ERC presentation

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FP7 IDEAS ProgrammeThe European Research
Council 2007 2012 An overview with focus on
Italy
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The early European Research Area For Excellence,
the best framework conditions are needed
Raphael The School of Athens (1510-1511)
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Consiglio europeo della Ricerca (ERC)

• Budget 2013 1,741 miliardi
• Sovvenzioni max 2,5 milioni per progetto
• Beneficiari ricercatori di ogni
  nazionalita',disciplina e
• eta' (almeno 2 anni post-doc), per progetti
  da svolgere
• in un paese UE o in uno dei paesi associati
  all VII PQ

• Sostegno a singoli ricercatori (no
  networks/consorzi)
• Criteri di selezione eccellenza scientifica
• Panels di selezione internazionali (peer review)
• Nessuna priorita' tematica

Come
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ERC Structure

• The European Commission
• Provides financing through the EU framework
  programmes
• Guarantees autonomy of the ERC
• Assures the integrity and accountability of the
  ERC
• Adopts annual work programmes as established by
• the Scientific Council

• The ERC Scientific Council
• 22 prominent researchers proposed by an
  independent
• identification committee
• Appointed by the Commission (4 years, renewable
  once)
• Establishes overall scientific strategy annual
  work programmes
• (incl. calls for proposals, evaluation
  criteria) peer review methodology
• selection and accreditation of experts
• Controls quality of operations and management
• Ensures communication with the scientific
  community

• The ERC Executive Agency
• Executes annual work programme as established by
  the Scientific Council
• Implements calls for proposals and provides
  information and support to applicants
• Organises peer review evaluation
• Establishes and manages grant agreements
• Administers scientific and financial aspects and
  follow-up of grant agreements
• Carries out communications activities and ensures
  information dissemination
• to ERC stakeholders

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ERC Scientific Council Members

• Prof. Klaus BOCK (Chemistry)
• Prof. Nicholas CANNY (History)
• Prof. Sierd A.P.L. CLOETINGH (Earth Sciences)
• Prof. Tomasz DIETL (Physics)
• Prof. Daniel DOLEV (Computer Sciences)
• Prof. Athene DONALD (Biological Physics)
• Prof. Carlos M. DUARTE (Biology)
• Dr. Barbara ENSOLI (Medicine)
• Prof. Daniel ESTEVE (Physics)
• Prof. Pavel EXNER (Applied Mathematics
  Mathematical Physics), ERC Vice President
• Prof. Reinhard GENZEL(Astrophysics)
• Prof. Carl-Henrik HELDIN (Molecular Cell
  Biology), ERC Vice President
• Prof. Timothy HUNT (Biology)
• Prof. Matthias KLEINER (Engineering)
• Prof. Eva KONDOROSI (Biology)
• Prof. Nuria SEBASTIAN GALLES (Psychology)
• Prof. Helga NOWOTNY (Science and Technology
  Studies), ERC President
• Prof. Alain PEYRAUBE (Linguistics)
• Prof. Mart SAARMA (Biology)

Prof. Don Dingwell ERC Secretary General
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FP7 budget 50.5 billion ERC budget 7.5
billion Increase by 250 M/year
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ERC tre tipi di sovvenzioni
Starting e Consolidators Grants
Advanced Grants

• Attirare/trattenere in Europa le prossime
  generazioni di leaders scientifici
• Favorire lindipendenza dei giovani talenti
• Stabilire team e programmi di ricerca
  indipendenti
• Max 2 Milioni per 5 anni

• Attirare/trattenere in Europa i migliori
  scienziati
• Stimolare importanti scoperte scientifiche
• Max. 2.5 Milioni per 5 anni

StG 2010
AdG 2010
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ERC Grant schemes
Starting Grants starters (2-7 years after PhD)
up to 2.0 Mio for 5 years
Advanced Grants track-record of significant
research achievements in the last 10 years up to
3.5 Mio for 5 years
Consolidator Grants consolidators (7-12 years
after PhD) up to 2.75 Mio for 5 years
Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research -
earliest stage of marketable innovation up to
150,000 for ERC grant holders
Synergy Grants 2 4 Principal Investigators up
to 15.0 Mio for 6 years
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Creative freedom of the individual grantee

• ERC offers independence, recognition visibility
• to work on a research topic of own choice, with a
  team of own choice
• to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years
• to negotiate with the host institution the best
  conditions of work
• to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and
  collaborators
• to move with the grant to any place in Europe if
  necessary (portability of grants)
• to attract additional funding and gain
  recognition ERC is a quality label

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Top applicants - countries of host institutions
ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant calls
2007-2013ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2013
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ERC Competitions 2007-2012
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Data as of 08/04/2013
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Over 3400 grants awarded after 10 StG and AdG
calls (one fifth to women PIs)
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Highly competitive Average success rate 12
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ERC grant distribution to countries of HI ERC
Starting and Advanced grant calls 2007-2012
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) Host institution refers to the organisation
with which the first grant agreement was signed
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Top European Institutions hosting at least
25 ERC Grantees by funding Schemes StG
2007-2012AdG 2008-2012 First legal signatories
of the grant agreement Data as of 08/04/2013
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Success rates per country of Host Institution ERC
Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012
) First legal signatories of the first grant
agreement taken into account
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Nationals at home and abroadERC Starting and
Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012
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Mobility of researchersERC Starting and Advanced
Grant calls 2007-2012
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Current host institutions data as of 08/04/2013
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Evaluated Proposals from hosts in ItalyERC
Starting Grant calls 2007-2013ERC Advanced Grant
calls 2008-2013
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Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into
account ) all submitted for 2013 calls
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Granted proposals at HI in ItalyERC Starting
Grant calls 2007-2012ERC Advanced Grant calls
2008-2012
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current host institutions data as of
08/04/2013
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Top Host institution in Italy ERC Starting
Advanced grant calls 2007 2012
current host institutions data as of
08/04/2013
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Frontier research and innovation ERC Proof of
Concept

• Initiated to help ERC grant-holder to bridge the
  gap between their research and the earliest stage
  of a marketable innovation
• Supporting grant-holders during the
  pre-demonstration
• Up to 150.000 Euro per grant
• One step evaluation
• First call in Autumn 2011 with 2 deadlines
• Second call in 2012 with 2 deadlines
• Third call in 2013 (deadlines 24 April and 3
  October)

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ERC Proof of Concept areas of application
PoC scheme was introduced in 2011 to allow
researchers who are already ERC grant holders to
bridge the gap between their research and the
earliest stage of an innovation
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Speeding up the discovery process ERC Synergy
grant

• 2012 work programme on a pilot basis
• 2 4 Principal Investigators complementary
  skills, knowledge resources to jointly address
  frontier research problems
• Up to 15m for up to six year
• Based on ERC principles (no consortia, no
  networks)
• bottom-up and risk-taking
• driven by scientific demand
• PIs expected to spend significant core time
  together
• only one Host Institution, but groups not
  required to be physically located in the same
  place
• 710 submissions to the first SyG Call 1.6
  success rate
• 449 submissions to the second SyG Call

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Developing a new generation of excellent
scientists 2/3 of staff are people in the
training phase of their career (Analysis of 636
on-going projects)
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Attracting excellent researchers Composition of
ERC teams (PIs not included)
EU 69 Assoc. Countries 11 non-ERA 17
unknown 3
Most non-ERA from China, US, India, and Russia
50 of non-ERA team members ''attracted'' to
Europe with the ERC grant
Breakdown by nationality (97) (sample of 636
Starting and Advanced projects)
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The ERC attracts high calibre scientists
ERC Grantee StG 2007
ERC Grantee AdG2008
ERC Grantee AdG2010
Fields Medals 2010
Nobel prize in physics 2010
Konstantin Novoselov Uni of Manchester (Graphene)
Andre Geim Uni of Manchester (Graphene)
Elon Lindenstrauss Hebrew Univ.
Stanislav Smirnov Geneva Uni.
Ngô B?o Châu Université Paris-Sud
Cédric Villani Institut Henri Poincaré
LOréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science
ERC Grantee AdG2008
Wolf Prize 2010
Alain Aspect Inst. dOptique, Palaiseau (Physics)
Axel Ullrich Max Planck (Medecine)
David Baulcombe Cambridge Univ. (Agriculture)
Anton Zeillinger Vienna Univ. (Physics)
Anne LHuillier Lund University Physical Sciences
ERC Grantee AdG2008
ERC Grantee AdG2010
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ERC Grantee AdG2008
4 European winners in Science categories
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ERC prospects for the future Rising applications
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HORIZON 2020

• HORIZON 2020 structure
• Excellence Science
• Industrial leadership
• Societal challenges
• EIT
• JRC
• Excellent Science reinforcing and extending the
  excellence of the EUs science base and
  consolidating ERA to make EUs RI system more
  competitive on a global scale
• European Research Council (budget proposal under
  H2020 15 billion)
• Future and Emerging Technologies
• Marie Curie
• Research Infrastructures

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actionsunder
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020
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Horizon 2020 - New actions 2014-20

• MC will continue as the Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  Actions (MSCA)
• Funding levels maintained
• Broad Schemes maintained
• Simplification in Implementation
• Bi-Annual Work programmes

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Horizon 2020

• Excellent Science - Priority I
• European Research Council
• Future and Emerging Technologies
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
• Research Infrastructures

• Industrial leadership - Priority II
• Leadership in enabling and industrial
  technologies
• Access to risk finance
• Innovation in SMEs

• Societal challenges - Priority III
• Health, demographic change and wellbeing
• Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine
  and maritime research, bio-economy
• Secure, clean and efficient energy
• Smart, green and integrated transport
• Climate action, resource efficiency and raw
  materials
• Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

• EIT
• JRC non-nuclear action

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actionsunder Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020

• Proposed Budget (2014-2020) 5.75 billion
• Fostering new skills through excellent initial
  training of researchers
• Nurturing excellence through cross-border and
  cross-sector mobility
• Stimulating innovation through cross-fertilisation
  of knowledge
• Increasing structural impact by co-funding the
  activities
• Specific support and policy action

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Horizon 2020
ITN
ITN Early-Stage Researchers
Innovative networks supporting early-stage
training (Including Industrial doctorates Joint
doctorates)

• IEF

• IOF

IF Experienced Researchers
Individual fellowship supporting experienced
researchers undertaking mobility

• IIF

• CIG

RISE Exchange of Staff
International and inter-sector cooperation
through research and innovation staff exchange
IAPP
IRSES
Co-funding of regional, national and
international programmes funding doctoral and
postdoctoral researchers
COFUND Co-funding
COFUND
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Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
MSCA - main EU programme for structured doctoral
training

• Dedicated to early-stage researchers (no ER
  recruitment)
• Involving wide partnership of institutions from
  academic and non-academic sectors
• Based on FP7 ITNs experience support to joint
  doctorates
• Addressing triple 'i' dimension of mobility
• Combining scientific excellence with
  innovation-oriented approach
• Developing entrepreneurship and skills matching
  research labour market needs
• Enhancing employability of researchers

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Individual Fellowships (IF)

• Opportunities for international and inter-sector
  mobility of ER to facilitate career moves
• Enhance competences and creative potential of
  best researchers, European and non-European
  willing to work in the EU
• Encompass intra-European, incoming, outgoing
  mobility and re-integration
• Possibility of inter-sector secondments

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Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)

• New type of exchange of staff action to stimulate
  transfer of knowledge
• Flexible inter-sector (within Europe) and
  international (with 3rd countries) exchanges of
  highly skilled research and innovation staff
• No recruitment foreseen
• Single eligibility rule for partnership consortia
  
• Based on a common research project

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COFUND

• Stimulating regional, national and international
  programmes to foster excellence
• Spreading best practices of MSCA in terms of
  international mobility, research training, career
  development
• Extended to doctoral training
• Building on experience from FP7 COFUND
  evaluation results available
• COFUND is enhancing the international dimension
  of a number of national and regionally-based
  fellowship programmes in ways that are not open
  to Individual Fellowships
• Modest positive impact on operational and
  administrative procedures of host institutions
  (COFUND)
• Contributing to a gradual levelling up in
  employment conditions for researchers

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Council
Inter-institutional discussions

• Framework Programme Regulation
• Partial General Approach (PGA) reached on 31 May
  2012
• Rules for Participation and Dissemination
• PGA reached on 10 October
• Specific Programme
• PGA reached on 11 December 2012
• MSCA
• Impact across the programme on the innovativeness
  of the private sector
• Importance of industrial doctorates
• Mobility for European brain gain importance of
  (re)integration
• Extension of co-funding, involve private sector
• Synergies with Erasmus for All, Structural Funds,
  KICs

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Inter-institutional discussions
European Parliament

• ITRE Committee vote on 28 November 2012
• Importance of widening participation
• Building synergies between Horizon 2020 and
  Structural Funds
• Establishing bridges with national and regional
  initiatives
• 20 of budget for SMEs
• Open access to publications and scientific data
• MSCA
• Increase of budget (from 7.2 to 8.3 of H2020)
• Importance of joint and industrial doctorates
• Promoting excellence in less innovation
  performing regions
• Measures to remove obstacles to the mobility of
  female researchers
• Support for outgoing mobility followed by return
  to Europe
• "Seal of excellence" on positively evaluated
  projects (not funded)