Towards transnational funding of Nuclear Physics Research Infrastructures

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• Towards transnational funding of Nuclear Physics
  Research Infrastructures

ALICE-LHC
AGATA
FAIR
ISOLDE-ALTO JYVL-LNL-LNS- GANIL-SPIRAL1-GSI Easte
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GANIL-SPIRAL2
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• The Situation in 2007-2008
• (recall)

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The Seventh Framework Programme 2007 - 2013
FP7 budget (50 521 M)
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9 major RI domains about 600 identified
facilities
More than 25 500 permanent scientists are
working in such facilities
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ESFRI
The European Strategy Forum on Research
Infrastructures (ESFRI) has been set-up to help
facing important challenges

• Launched in April 2002 by Council of Research
  Ministers
• Representatives from the 27 Member 5
  Associated States one representative of the
  European Commission (EC)

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Brussels, 19 October 2006 European
Research Infrastructures The ESFRI roadmap
identifies 34 large-scale infrastructure projects
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• The EU accepts to fund
• NuPNET
• Start of the project
• 1 March 2008

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NuPNET Consortium meets for the first time at the
kick-off on 27 March 2008 in Paris
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List of NuPNET Partners(18 partners representing
14 countries)
Partner no. Country Short name Partner
Partner 1 F CNRS-IN2P3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Physique Nucléaire et de la Physique des Particules
Partner 2 D PTGSI Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Partner 3 D BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Partner 4 I INFN Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Partner 5 SP FECYT Fundacion Espanola para la Ciencia y la Tecnologia
Partner 6 SP MICINN Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovacion
Partner 7 B FNRS Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique
Partner 8 B FWO V Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlanderen
Partner 9 BG INRNE Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Partner 10 F CEA Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
Partner 11 CZ NPI ASCR Nuclear Physics Institute - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Partner 12 FI HIP Helsinki Institute of Physics
Partner 13 GR GSRT General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Partner 14 HU NKTH National Office for Research and Technology
Partner 15 NL RuG Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Partner 16 PL NCBiR National Centre for Research and Development
Partner 17 RO IFIN-HH National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Partner 18 UK STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Agreed Funding by the EU Commission of 1.3
million
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Specific Goals of NuPNET

• Map the science priorities (NuPECC) into a
  funding action plan
• Establish procedures and funding for
  trans-national common activities (variable
  geometry)
• Identify joint activities to be implemented in
  the framework of NuPNET.
• Launch one or two joint pilot activities
• Establish a sustainable action beyond March 2011

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The NuPNET strategy Success through a stepwise
approach
18 participants are Funding agencies and
ministries From 14 EU countries
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The NuPNET strategy a combined Management
Structure
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Appointed Leaders of NuPNET
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List of deliverables
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Actions since the kick-off in March 2008

• Year 1 the first half- (March - Aug. 08)
• The EU approves the Technical Annex (mid-March)
• NuPNET Kick-off meeting on 27 March in Paris
• ? Article on www.IN2P3.fr
• Co-ordination Committee (CC) meets for the 1st
  time on May 19 in Frankfurt
• The NUPNET Consortium approves the Consortium
  Agreement (mid-June)
• Submission of Deliverable "Short Management Plan"
  (approved by EU)
• First run of the WP2 Questionnaire (sent to CC
  members only)
• ? Article in "Le Journal du CNRS"
• ? Article in "Nuclear Physics News"
• A Logo for NuPNET
• Submission of Deliver. "Communication Plan
  Logo" (approved by EU)
• ? Article in "CNRS International Magazine"
• The EU transmits the draft Grant Agreement (beg.
  July)
• Official run of the WP2 Questionnaire (sent to
  NuPNET Consortium)

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Actions since Sept. 2008

• Year 1 the second half- (Sept. 08 Feb. 09)
• 1st NuPNET Open Days on 8 Sept. in Athens
  GR-RO-CK-HU-BG
• ? Announcements on Cordis Wire (EU) NSCR GSRT
• 1st Governing Council on 13 Oct. in Madrid
• ? Information relayed on Cordis Wire (EU)
  MICINN FECYT
• ? Interviews for the Spanish Scientific News
  Platform (video)
• The EU signs the final Grant Agreement (14 Oct.
  2008)
• CC meets for the 2nd time on 30 Oct. in Darmstadt
• 2nd NuPNET Open Days on 30-31 Oct. in Darmstadt
  DE-BE-NL-FI
• ? Announcements on Cordis Wire (EU) and GSI
• ? Article in "CERN Courier" (on-line magazine)
• 1st instalment of the pre-financing received at
  CNRS/IN2P3 (14 Nov. 2008)
• All NuPNET members have signed the Forms A giving
  them an "Accession to the NuPNET Contract" (22
  Jan.)
• CC meets for the 3rd time on 11 Feb. in Paris
• First run of the WP3 Questionnaire (sent to CC
  members only)

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Actions since March 2009

• Year 2 the first half- (March - Aug. 09)
• Completed Questionnaires have all been received
  by WP2
• A Web site for NuPNET www.nupnet-eu.org
• Analysis of completed Questionnaires by WP2 (in
  progress)
• PLANNED
• CC meets for the 4th time on 18 March in Bochum
• A Intranet for NuPNET
• CC meets for the 5th time on 12 May in Milan
• 3rd NuPNET Open Days on 12-13 May 09 in Milan
• France,Italy,Poland,Spain,UK
• ? Media Actions planned
• A Logo for NuPNET
• MAY/JUNE 2009 - Submission of Deliver. "Census of
  Funding"
• AUG/OCT 2009 - Submission of Deliver. "1st
  Activity Report"

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WP2 Questionnaire- Structure and Schedule -

• Schedule
• Testrun in June /July 08
• Quest. sent to Consortium Aug. 08
• Final run in Dec. 2008
• Analysis
• Census on existing programs (DM) by May 2009
  
• General compilation of results (D) by May 2010

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WP2 - First Preliminary resultsResults FUNDING
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WP2 - First Results STAFF EMPLOYED
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WP2 - First Results SALARIES
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