Research infrastructure priorities and national strategy in Norway

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Research infrastructure priorities and national
strategy in Norway Ole Henrik Ellestad, Research
Council of Norway NordForsk Seminar on the ESFRI
Roadmap and Nordic infrastructure
priorities March 26-27, 2007 in Oslo
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Research infrastructure priorities and national
strategy in Norway Ole Henrik Ellestad, Research
Council of Norway NordForsk Seminar on the ESFRI
Roadmap and Nordic infrastructure
priorities March 26-27, 2007 in Oslo
1. Norwegian participation in Nordic and
international research infrastructures CERN,
ESA, ESRF, EISCAT, NOT, IODP, ARGO, NDGF 2.
ESFRI Roadmap Projects of special interest to
Norway Possible participation in 11
projects Users in 4 projects but not
participation in PP 3. EU Research
Infrastructure (FP7 - Capacities) 19 RIs
submitted to the database survey 4. Norwegian
national strategy for research infrastructures Ad
vanced scientific equipment e-Infrastructure Sci
entific databases
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CERN Research Programme 2006-2011

• Yearly budget 18 MNOK inflation indexation
• ATLAS High-energy particle physics
• ALICE High-energy nuclear physics ISOLDE
• Advanced instrumentation Accelerator and
  detector RD
• Industry Liason/Technology Transfer Officer
• Technology student programme
• Contributions to World LHC Computing Grid through
  Nordic Data Grid Facility Tier 1 Centre
• Cooperation with Uppsala in detector RD
• Informal consultations between Nordic delegations
  before Council meetings

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Space Research Programme 2003-2010

• Yearly budget 12.5 MNOK ( membership fees)
• Supporting research related to ESA Science
  Programme, EISCAT and NOT, and also ESA-relevant
  research infrastructure in Northern Norway and
  Svalbard
• Some theory, modelling and simulations
• Priority 1 Solar terrestrial physics emphasis
  on understanding fundamental processes in the Sun
  and the solar atmosphere, and how the solar wind
  and solar activity influences the global
  environment
• Priority 2 Development of the Universe emphasis
  on understanding fundamental astrophysical
  processes
• RD for the necessary technological tools (e.g.
  rocket and satellite instrumentation)
• Participation in several ESA projects SOHO,
  Cluster, Cassini Huygens, Rosetta, Planck,
  BepiColombo,
• Long history of cooperation with Uppsala and
  Stockholm in satellite and rocket instrumentation
  (electric field probes)
• Plans for expanding the current program, both in
  terms of budget and in scientific scope (include
  Earth observations and microgravity)

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Synchrotron Research

• 2007 Budget 5.5 MNOK
• Funding Swiss-Norwegian beamline (SNBL/ESRF)
• 50/50 funding Nor/CH
• Joint funding Norwegian users/RCN
• Fund synchrotron related travels
• Fund researcher project
• Present 2 post.doc1 PhD
• Ambition 1 4 running prosjects incl. long term
  (min 1 year) visit at synchrotron facility
• Ambition 2 Researcher training school joint
  SNBL/Norwegian /Swiss Universities

• Norwegian Synchrotron User meeting 2007
• Bergen 4-5 June
• Info at
• www.forskningsradet.no/nanomat2007
• NORDSYNC/ESRF
• 4 in ESRF
• Norway 14 in NORDSYNC
• (SWE 41,5, DK28,5,
• FIN 16)
• new distribution NORDSYNC under discussion

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European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) Scientific
Association

• EISCAT studies the interaction between the Sun
  and the Earth as revealed by disturbances in the
  magnetosphere and the ionised parts of the
  atmosphere. These interactions also give rise to
  the Northern Lights.
• EISCAT radar facilities are located in Northern
  Norway (including Svalbard), Sweden and Finland.
• EISCAT is funded by the Research Councils of
  Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, France, the
  United Kingdom and Germany.
• New agreement from 2007 China new member

The EISCAT UHF Svalbard radar in Longyearbyen
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NOT Scientific Association

• NOTSA was established in 1984 first light i
  1988
• 2.5 m telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands
• NOTSA is funded by the Research Councils of
  Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
• Discussions about NOT in the future Establishing
  a Common Northern Observatory (together with
  other La Palma telescopes)
• Future ESO membership for Norway?

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The Nordic Data Grid Facility, NDGF

• A Co-operative Nordic Grid facility
• Nordic production Grid, leveraging national
  grid resources
• Common policy framework for Nordic production
  grid
• Joint Nordic planning and coordination
• Operate Nordic storage facility for major
  projects
• Co-ordinate host major grid projects (i.e.,
  Nordic LHC Tier-1)
• Develop grid middleware
• NDGF 2006-2010
• Funded (2 M.EUR/year) by National Research
  Councils of the
• Nordic countries. Norwegian share ½ M.EUR/year
• Builds on a history of Nordic grid
  collaboration
• New fields of science to be included in 2007
• Hosted by Nordunet (Nordic joint network for
  research and education)

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Norwegian national strategy on research
infrastructures - Process

• Ministry for Education and Research Mandate
• Overall responsibility for ESFRI and
  EC-infrastructure (Capacities)
• National participation in the ESFRI process and
  roadmap projects
• Research Council Provide strategy for research
  infrastructure
• Information work Home site for the
  ESFRI-process www.forskningsradet.no/esfri
• Analysis work Involve external working groups
  to document the scientific potential and interest
  in ESFRI projects
• Framework for decision making Define criteria
  for the recommendation and prioritization of
  ESFRI projects of relevance for Norway
• Research communities Participation in ESFRI
  Preparatory Phase
• National roadmap Goal
• A new large funding program for research
  infrastructures
• The Norwegian roadmap ready by the end of 2007

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Norwegian national strategy on research
infrastructures - Content

• Scientific Equipment - 3 categories
• Advanced scientific equipment
• Large scientific equipment (especially expensive
  infrastructure)
• International collaboration on scientific
  equipment and research infrastructure
• e-Infrastructure National computing facilities,
  GRID, high speed networks, data repositories
• Scientific Databases Scientific databases,
  long time series, registers, collections
• Coordination with international processes
• ESFRI roadmap Consideration and prioritization
  of Norwegian participation in ESFRI projects
• EC-Infrastructure Consider existing research
  infrastructures with special funding and status
  by the EC
• Broad, multidisciplinary process involving the
  research institutions
• Include suggested suitably actions and funding
  mechanisms

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Status ESFRI projects 11 projects with Norwegian
participation in EU/FP7 preparatory phase
(prelim. list)

• CESSDA (High quality data for social sciences)
  (UK) Dag Kiberg, NSD
• CLARIN (Language resources and technology for
  research) (NL) Gisle Andersen, UiB/AKSIS UiO,
  NTNU, UiT
• ESS (European Social Survey) (UK) Kristen
  Ringdal, NTNU NSD, SSB
• AURORA BOREALIS (European Polar Research
  Icebreaker) (DE) Olav Eldholm, UiB UiT, UiO,
  Oljedirektoratet
• EMSO (Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory)
  (FR) Jürgen Mienert, UiT UiB, UiO, Sintef,
  CMR, UNifob, HI
• EURO ARGO (Ocean Observing Buoy System )
  (FR) Kjell Arne Mork, HI
• ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System)
  (DE) Georg Hansen, NILU UMB, Bioforsk,
  SkogLandskap
• LIFE WATCH (Protection, management and
  sustainable use of biodiv.) (NL) Tor G.
  Heggberget, NINA
• European Bio-banking and Biomolecular Resources
  (FI) Kristian Hveem, NTNU/HUNT FHI, UiT/ISM,
  UiB/SMIS
• EU-HPC (Integrated European High Power Computing
  Service) (FI) Jacko Koster, UNINETT-Sigma
• EATRIS (Translation of basic discoveries into
  clinical interventions) (DE) Kjetil Tasken, UiO.

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Status ESFRI projects Projects with Norwegian
interest (Norwegian user groups) but without
participation in EU/FP7 preparatory phase
(preliminary list)

• EROHS (Integration of data, technologies and
  policies) (DK) NSD. Consortium possibly
  coordinated by Denmark
• ESRF upgrade (European Synchrotron Radiation
  Facility) NTNU, NordSync. Norwegian user
  groups, not part of technical upgrade project
• XFEL, ILL, IRUVX-FEL NTNU . Possible Norwegian
  user groups, not part of technical development.
• ESS (European Spallation Source) IFE, NTNU,
  UiO. Suggested Nordic consortium in support of
  the ESS.

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Status ESFRI projects Participation in EU/FP7
proposals and the need to demonstrate national
support

• Participation in EU/FP7 Preparatory Phase
  projects All the stakeholders necessary to
  make the projects a reality (notably funding
  agencies). In reality a variable geometry of
  research organisations, industry, funding
  agencies and ministries.
• Norwegian participants Need to demonstrate
  institutional/national support Several
  Norwegian participants have called for a Letter
  of Support/Commitment issued by the Norwegian
  Research Council or the Ministry
• Norwegian Research Council Contribution to
  demonstrate national support We will provide a
  Letter of Support for each Norwegian partner
  which will document the national process in
  support of the ESFRI under the framework of the
  National strategy for research infrastructure,
  as well as other relevant existing national
  priorities.

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Status ESFRI projects Preparation for the
updated roadmap

• Svalbard as a research platform - Svalbard
  Common Observatory for the Polar Environment
  (Scope).- Eiscat, UNIS, Svalbard Science Centre,
  Ny-Ålesund RI, SvalSat, SvalRak.- Need to
  improve the structure, content and aims of the
  project for ESFRI.- New strategy for Svalbard
  as a research platform prepared by the National
  committee for polar research.
• Sustainable energy- The ESFRI roadmap calls for
  projects within the field of sustainable energy.
  - Engas, European Energy Laboratory, ..-
  NTNU/Sinfef works with a proposal aiming for the
  next FP7 call for Research Infrastructures in
  2008 (Integrating Activities) and spring 2010
  (ESFRI preparatory phase, 2nd call).