Transcript BILAT-USA & LINK2US Kick

WELCOME
TO THE EU – U.S. RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURES SYMPOSIUM
C.N.R. – ROME
1st Oct. 2010
BILAT-USA has been funded by the 7th EU
RTD Framework Programme
Sabine Herlitschka, PhD
Director
Division of European & International
Programmes
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Coordinator of „BILAT-USA“ Project
The European Research Area
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7th EU Framework Programme:
app. 50 billion for...
International Cooperation high on the Agenda!
´Cooperation´
1. Health
2. Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and
Biotechnology
3. Information Communication Technologies
4. Nanosciences + Nanotechnologies,
Materials + new Production Technologies
5. Energy
6. Environment (incl. climate change)
7. Transport (incl. Aeronautics)
8. Socio-economic sciences + the
Humanities
9. Space
10. Security
‘Ideas’ -Frontier Research
Single Teams, Criteria
Excellence, European
Research Council
‘People’
Mobility and Career
Development of People
‘Capacities’
•Research Infrastructure
•Research for the benefit of
SMEs
•Regions of Knowledge
Research Potential
•Science in Society
•Coherent development of
research policies
•International cooperation
www.ffg.at
Participation of U.S. organizations in FP7 Cooperation
Programme
U.S. Participation (up to December 2009)
– in proposals submitted 809
– in projects selected
190
Success rate
25% (US)
18% (non-EU / assoc. country)
21% (average - all sources)
Most popular themes:
– Health, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
– Nanosciences, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP)
– Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology (FAB)
Fostering strategic EU – US S&T Cooperation:
„BILAT-USA“
BILAT-USA
Link2US
Participation of EU
Teams in US Programmes
Trans-atlantic Dialog
Platform,
Information, Awareness,
Cooperation,
Participation of US Teams
in FP7
and „Link2US“
Who is involved: Partners
EU
AT: FFG-Austrian Research Promotion Agency:
Coordinator „BILAT-USA“ Project
HU: Tetalap
IT: APRE
LU: Intrasoft
U.S.
AAAS: Coordinator „Link2US“
Objectives
+ Improving the process of providing information on programs and
funding designed to promote cooperation towards the FP;
+ Better identifying, demonstrating mutual interest and benefit in
S&T cooperation between the EU and U.S.;
+ Sharing best practices via joint fora such as workshops and
presenting state of the art & prospects for cooperation in particular
fields.
Link2US Project:
Improve awareness by European research community of U.S.
collaborative funding schemes, enhance cooperative research with
American counterparts. Activities incl. overview on U.S. funding
programs, surveying bilateral agreements, analysing barriers,
monitoring the participation of European researchers in U.S. programs.
in practical terms….
What BILAT-USA is
 Platform to initiate, foster transatlantic EU-U.S.
cooperation with focus on specific results/follow-up
 active in fields where the BILAT-USA can add value
What BILAT-USA is not
 Funding programme
 sole conference organizer or travel agent
 Permanent organizational setting
First Events
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Science Policy Forum: May 2010, Washington D.C. in the context of
AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy
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Research Infrastructure Symposium: 1st Oct. 2010, Rome, back to
back with RI Conference/RI NCP Project Meeting
under preparation:
 Innovation & TechTransfer Symposium back to back with
MIT-Europe Conference
Communication Platform
www.EuUsScienceTechnology.eu
incl. up-to-date info on EU-U.S. Cooperation,
quaterly Newsletter,
key documents produced eg funding overview, etc
Objectives of Symposium…
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Facilitating cooperation and identifying future actions
individual project-specific activities, dealing with general crosscutting
issues such as governance, data processing, data access and security
providing input for the upcoming FP7 work programme 2012
Follow-up available by BILAT-USA:
 ask Session Chairs for summaries, see template
 Overall summary of Symposium incl. recommendations/lessons learnt
for further action to co-organising institutions
 If further action from BILAT-USA needed the workplan allows for some
flexibility
for further information
Berna Windischbaur, Project Manager
[email protected]
Sabine Herlitschka, Coordinator
[email protected]
Division European and International Programmes
FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency
BILAT-USA has been funded under FP7/Capacities Programme
Grant Nr. 244434