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The European Research Council
ERCAn Overview with Focus
on the Czech Republic
Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNONERC President
Prague, 30 October 2014
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ERC after 7 Years
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Investigator-driven progamme supporting frontier research through a bottom-up, pan-European competition in all fields of science and humanities
Evaluation is based strictly on the quality of the research proposal and of the principal investigator
Scientific governance is done by an independent Scientific Council of 22 members which has full authority over the funding strategy and the choice of the evaluators
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ERC in European Funding of Research
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Starting Grants
starters (2-7 years after PhD)
up to € 2.0 Mio for 5 years
Advanced Grants track-record of
significant researchachievements in the
last 10 yearsup to € 3.5 Mio
for 5 years
Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest
stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders
Consolidator Grants
consolidators (7-12 years after PhD)
up to € 2.75 Mio for 5 years
ERC Funding Schemes
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4 500 researchers funded (65% are at an early-career stage);
64 nationalities represented (EU has 28!)
ERC after 7 Years
Highly competitive (average success rate tending to 10%)
Grants located in almost 600 different institutions in 30 countries
50% of grantees in 50 institutions
Benchmarking effect: impact on national programmes and agencies; national funding for best "runners-up"
Efficient and fast grant management
Highly recognized by the research community beyond Europe
30,000 publications acknowledging ERC support by September 2014
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Priority to Young Scientists
Two-thirds of ERC grants to early-stage
Principal Investigators.
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Developing a New Generation
On average each ERC project team has six members.
2/3 of team members are in the initial phase of their
career.
+ 15 000 PhD and post-doc researchers working in
ERC teams.
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ERC Grants and Countries of HIERC calls 2007-2013
*) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed
Over 4,300 projects have been selected, one fifth corresponding to women PIs.
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Top European
Institutions Hosting
at least 30ERC
Grantees by Funding
Schemes
StG/CoG 2007-2013AdG 2008-2013
First legal signatories of the grant agreement
Data as of 21/08/2014
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Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the European Union's funding programme for research and innovation for 2014 – 2020 "supporting activities covering the whole spectrum from idea to market".
Three principal pillars: Excellent science Industrial leadership Societal challenges
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European Research Council Frontier research
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Horizon 2020 Excellent Science Pillar
Future and Emerging TechnologiesCollaborative research to open new fields of research and innovation
Marie Sklodowska Curie ActionsOpportunities for training and career development
Research Infrastructures (including e-infrastructures)Ensuring access to world-class facilities
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FP7 budget € 50.5 billion ERC budget € 7.5 billion
H2020 budget € 77 billion ERC budget € 13 billion
Horizon 2020 Budget
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ERC Delivers
30 000 publications acknowledging ERC support by September 2014
7% of these publications were in the top 1% most cited in their scientific field and year of publication
20% of completed LS and PE projects reported at least one patent (on average 2 patents reported per project)
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Czech Republic at ERC
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Proposals Based in the Czech Republic
344 proposals evaluated from researchers based at Czech HIs
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Total AdG proposals: 91 Total StG/CoG proposals: 173(without StG2007)
Evaluated Proposals from CR
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10 ERC Grants Based in the CR
Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
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ERC Host Institutions in the CR
Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
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ERC Grants versus Top Publications
*) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed
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ERC Grants versus Global R&D Effort
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Mobility of Researchers
Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
75 Czech researchers applied with a HI abroad (in 16 different countries)
12 Czech researchers hold an ERC grant abroad: AT (3), CH (3), UK (3), DE (2), FR (1)
3 foreign researchers holding an ERC grant in the Czech Republic
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Success Rates per Country of HI
*) First legal signatories of the first grant agreement taken into account
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Success Rates versus Applications
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EU13 Countries at ERC
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Top HIs in EU13 Countries
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ERC Grants Based in EU13 Countries
88% of grantees in EU13 countries are nationals of the host country(70% for EU15)
85% of grantees in EU13 countries were resident in the host country at the time of application(90% for EU15)
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ERC Grants and Top Publications
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Success Rates by Area of HI
Share of EU13 public researchers in EU & AC = 16%
Share of EU13 research investment (GERD) in EU & AC = 3%
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Evaluation Outcome
Success rate step1 EU13: 7%Success rate step1 EU15: 22%
Success rate step2 EU13: 43%Success rate step2 EU15: 47%
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Successful EU13 Nationals in Calls
Current host institutions; data as of 21/08/2014
55% of EU13 nationals with a grant are based abroad
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Averaged over the first 13 ERC calls 26% of the ERC panel members were women
International Participation to ERC Panels
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Widening European Participation WG
• Contribute to a truly inclusive European culture of competitiveness in science
Increase participation in ERC calls of researchers from the EU’s less research-performing regions
Facilitate systematic debate and interactions among ERC grantees and young promising scientists from EU’s less research-performing regions
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ERC grants correlate very closely with national research investment and scientific output
Low application rates in general from most of EU13 countries and some evidence best researchers from EU13 not applying (Reputational risk? Sufficient national funding? ERC grants disrupt local systems?)
EU13 nationals applying from outside EU13 countries have same success rate as EU15 nationals
Proposals from EU13 countries have same success rate as proposals from EU15 countries at step 2 – the issue is not with interview or remote reviews
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Conclusions
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