Transcript Building Europe Knowledge: Towards the Seventh Framework

Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
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Commission’s proposal: 6 April 2005
→ Now debated by Member States (Council ) and
European Parliament
→ adoption June 2006 ?
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Duration: 7 years ( 2007 to 2013 )
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Budget:
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Organised in 4 specific programmes
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72,7 billion euro
FP7 2007 – 2013
Specific Programmes
1. Cooperation → Collaborative trans-national research
activities
2. Ideas
→ Basic research implemented through
a European Research Council (ERC)
3. People
→ Marie Curie actions and other initiatives
4. Capacities → Research infrastructures, regions of
knowledge, science and society, international cooperation,…
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Cooperation programme
• Support research activities carried out in
trans-national cooperation
• Funding schemes :
- Collaborative projects
- Networks of Excellence
- Coordination and support actions
- Joint Technology iniatives
• Structured in 9 thematic areas
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Cooperation programme
Thematic areas
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9.
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Health
Food, agriculture and biotechnology
Information and communication technologies
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
production technologies
Energy
Environment (including climate change)
Transport (including aeronautics)
Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
Security and space
Capacities programme
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Support the optimum use and the development of
Research infrastructures,
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Strengthen the research potential of European
regions,
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Develop the research potential in the EU’s
convergence regions,
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Science and Society issues,
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International cooperation,
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Support to SMEs, …
FP7 Timetable
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6 April 2005
Commission’s proposal
September 2005 ?
Specific programmes’ proposal
December 2005 ?
First reading at EP
January 2006 ?
Common position at Council
March 2006 ?
Second reading and approval at EP
June 2006 ?
Adoption
November 2006 ?
First calls for proposals
December 2006 ?
Launch Conference
The Research
Infrastructures
in FP7
July 2005
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Objectives
Optimising the use and development of the best research
infrastructures in Europe;
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Helping to create in all fields of Science and Technology new
research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the
scientific community
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to help EU society (including industry) to strengthen its base of
knowledge and its technological know how.
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Definition of
Research Infrastructures
"Facilities", "resources" or "services" that are needed by the
scientific community for the development of leading-edge
research in the most efficient manner at EU level, as well as for
knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges and knowledge
preservation;
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covers major equipments, collections, archives and structured
information, enabling ICT-based infrastructures, and any other
entity of a unique nature used for research.
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Research Infrastructures
are at the core of
the knowledge Triangle
Research
Research
infrastructures
innovation
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Education
Activities forecasted under FP7
Support for:
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Existing research infrastructures: aiming at optimising the
utilisation, sharing / integrating resources and improving
their performance;
New research infrastructures (incl. major upgrades) of panEuropean interest based on the work of ESFRI;
Emerging needs: support to the development of a European
policy on RI and of its international dimension.
a) Support to existing research
infrastructures
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transnational access
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integrating activities
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e-infrastructures
Implementation through:
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Bottom-up calls for proposals open to all fields of
science
Targeted calls implemented whenever
appropriate in cooperation with thematic areas
b) Support to new research
infrastructures
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Construction of new infrastructures and major
updates to existing ones,
based on the work conducted by ESFRI on the
development of a European roadmap
list of priority projects;
targeted calls and 2 stage approach
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Design studies: through a bottom-up approach,
promoting foresight and exploratory analysis.
ESFRI Ambitions
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To provide an overview of the needs for RI of pan-European
interest in different fields of science and technology
To prepare a European Roadmap with the objective of
regular updates as different areas mature. The making of
the Roadmap will be an ongoing process.
To act as an incubator for international negotiations about
concrete RI projects with pan-European interest
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c) Support to emerging needs
Support measures, through a mixed bottom-up /
top-down approach in support to
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the development of a European policy for RI
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to the development of international cooperation
Photo NASA/ESA/ASI
Cassini-Huygens spacecraft
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In brief…
Research
Infrastructures
Strategic
Bottom-up
Existing
Support of
excellence
Future
Support of ideas
(design studies)
Optimisation of
Resources
Reinforcement of
Capacities
(engineering support
of pan-European RIs)
ESFRI
Roadmap
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Clear Criteria for
new Research Infrastructures
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Capacity to offer a top-level service to scientific
users and guarantee of scientific excellence
through continuous performance upgrades;
Impacts at EU and international level, not only on
scientific developments but also on long term
socio-economic issues; support to ERA;
Maturity i.e. technological feasibility; life-cycle
costs evaluated (the ‘business’ case); EU
partnership; commitment of major stakeholders;
Added value of EU financial support (catalysis and
leveraging effect).
Useful links
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Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6)
http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/
ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research
Infrastructures)
http://www.cordis.lu/esfri/
http://www.e-irg.com
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Overview of proposals evaluated and
selected under Calls 1 – 4 – 5
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FP6-Research Infrastructures
Global overview: 431 evaluated proposals
CNI
8%
AM
10%
TA
34%
DS
13%
CA
10%
I3
25%
Breakdown by instrument
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TA: Transnational Access
I3: Integrated Infrastructures
initiatives
DS: Design Studies
CNI: Construction of New
Infrastructures
CA: Coordination Actions
AM: Accompanying Measures
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Global overview: 431 evaluated proposals
Socio-economic
Sciences and
Humanities
ICT and
Mathematics
5%
Engineering,
Energy and
Nanotechnologies
18%
11%
Environment
and Earth
Sciences
Life Sciences
and Biotechnologies
24%
20%
Thematic areas
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Physics,
Material
Sciences and
Analytical
Facilities
22%
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Global overview: Requested EC contribution: 1.933,32 M€
DS
11%
CNI
9%
AM
1%
TA
10%
CA
6%
I3
63%
Breakdown by instrument
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FP6-Research Infrastructures
Outcome:
108 selected proposals
CNI
9
DS
18
TA
32
AM
9
CA
10
I3
30
Breakdown by instrument
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Selected proposals:
Funded for calls 1 and 4
(1 project in reserve list
not included),
Short-listed for call 5
(9 projects in reserve list
not included)
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Outcome:
108 selected proposals
Socio-economic
Sciences and
Humanities
13%
ICT and
Mathematics
4%
Engineering,
Energy and
Nanotechnologies
13%
Environment
and Earth
Sciences
20%
Life Sciences
and
Biotechnologies
17%
Breakdown by thematic area
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Physics,
Material
Sciences and
Analytical
Facilities
33%
Selected proposals:
Funded for calls 1 and 4
(1 project in reserve list
not included),
Short-listed for call 5
(9 projects in reserve list
not included)
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Outcome:
Environment
and Earth
Sciences
11%
EC recommended contribution: 509,9 M€
Socioeconomic
Sciences and
Humanities
4%
ICT and
Mathematics
4%
Life Sciences
and
Biotechnologie
s
14%
Breakdown by thematic area
(selected proposals)
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Engineering,
Energy and
Nanotechnologies
10%
Physics,
Material
Sciences and
Analytical
Facilities
57%
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Success rate:
160
25% of evaluated proposals
Success rate
22%
Rejected proposals
Selected
140
Proposals
120
28%
100
115
80
78
33%
60
23%
40
20
20%
37
33
32
30
10
0
TA
I3
431 Evaluated Proposals
108 Selected Proposals
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26%
CA
25
18
DS
35
9
9
CNI
AM
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Success rate: 40% of total requested contribution
1.400
43%
1.200
Success rate
Rejected
selected
1.000
M€
706,2
800
600
400
200
20%
152,1
TA
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98,4
38,8
-
55%
525,2 21%
I3
CA
39%
102,9
91,9
26,7
114,3
DS
64,7
CNI
12%
10,8 1,4
AM
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Participants:
Candidate
countries
3%
INO+JRC
2%
Associated
countries
6%
Geographical areas
Candidate
countries
3%
Third
countries
4%
New EU MS
9%
INO+JRC
3%
Associated
countries
5%
Third
countries
4%
New EU MS
7%
Old EU MS
76%
Evaluated proposals
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Old EU MS
78%
Selected proposals
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Participants:
Succes rate by country
700
39%
Participants
600
Success rate
Rejected
Selected
500
35% 32%
400
30%
300
32%
36%
200
100
23%37%
18%
24%
33%
25%
17%
34%
26%
16%
31%
35% 29%
21%17%19%13%
37%
30%24%
23%23%26%
56%
0
EU member states, candidate and associated countries
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38%
22%
10% 0%
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Participants:
Succes rate by country
45
Success rate
Rejected
Selected
40
Participants
35
15%
47%
30
25
20
69%
15
5
60%
83%
10
50%
0%
50%
0% 100%
100% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0%
0% 0%
0
Third countries
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50% 50%
0% 0%
0% 0%
40%
50%
67%
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Coordinators: Gender dimension
Female
14%
Male
86%
Evaluated proposals
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Female
16%
Male
84%
Selected proposals
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Coordinators: Geographical areas
INO + JRC
1%
Candidate
countries
1%
Associated
countries
9%
New EU MS
4%
INO + JRC
4%
Candidate
countries
1%
Associated
countries
8%
New EU MS
1%
Old EU MS
85%
Evaluated proposals
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Old EU MS
86%
Selected proposals
FP6-Research Infrastructures
Coordinators: Breakdown by country
Coordinators
25
20
23
18
Selected
17
15
10
5
0
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9
9
8
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
Evaluation criteria
General criteria:
– Relevance to the objectives of the programme
– Scientific and Technological excellence
– Quality of the management
– European added value
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Relevance to the
objectives of the programme
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Existing research infrastructures
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World class service provided
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Integrating effect (e.g. « Joint » research)
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Project answers a need from the scientific community at a
European scale
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New opportunities of access, with « peer review »
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Scientific and
Technological excellence
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Enables users to conduct high quality research
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Joint Research Activities are scientifically and technologically
innovative
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Quality of the management
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Objectives: sound, clearly defined, and justified
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Appropriate structure of project management and competences
of the participants, that enable objectives to be reached
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Adequacy of the requested resources
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European added value
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Infrastructures can attract users from other countries than
operator’s countries
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Results of the project can improve access to the
corresponding pool of European infrastructures
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Structuring effect on European research
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DG for Regional Policy & Cohesion
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Cohesion Policy & Lisbon
Agenda
European Council March'05
"Mobilisation of all appropriate national and
Community resources, incl. Cohesion Policy to
pursue Lisbon Strategy."
Cohesion Guidelines 2007-2013
Cohesion policy to focus more on knowledge,
research, facilitate innovation and improve
entrepreneurship
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Draft
ERDF
Article 4.1
"Research and technological
development (R&TD), innovation and
entrepreneurship"
 Strengthening R&TD capacities, incl. infrastructures
Regulatio
n  Aid to R&TD in small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) and to technology transfer
Art. 4  Improvement of links between SMEs and universities, and
Convergence'research and technology centres
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Development of business networks and clusters,
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Support for the provision of business and technology
services to groups of SMEs
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Fostering of entrepreneurship
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Innovation funding for SMEs through financial engineering
instruments
Structural Funds to reinforce R&D
investment
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Improve conditions for research, innovation and
the knowledge economy
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Under "Convergence" Objective SF can support
RTD and education infrastructure, equipment
and instrumentation
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Both in publicly funded research institutions as
well as businesses
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Condition that there is a direct link to regional
economic development objectives
Typology of eligible actions
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Infrastructures : business parks, innovation centres,
incubators, research centres, etc.
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Networks : development of clusters, competence
networks, co-operation between university and SMEs,
technology transfers
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Innovative projects : transfer of new technology to
business, start-ups, spin-offs (researchers into
entrepreneurs), or straightforward research projects
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Environment for Innovation : encourage innovation in
SMEs e.g. marketing, financing, consulting, etc.
SF Programming system 20072013
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1.
Community Strategic Guidelines
Guideline II : "Improving knowledge and innovation for
growth"
2.
National Strategic Framework Document (Art.25) : link
Community priorities to national and regional
priorities
3.
Drafting Operational Programmes : R&D part of OP
'Competitiveness' (Min. of Economy) ?
4.
Development (R&D) strategy through partnership with
relevant stakeholders
5.
In less developed Member States : concentrate RTD
actions around existing poles of excellence (avoiding
dispersion of resources)
Financial Allocation
Budget period 2007-2013
Bulgaria
Cohesion Fund
Convergence
Co-operation
(cross-border and international)
Total
€ 2,083,100,000
€ 4,025,200,000
€ 141,000,000
€ 6,249,200,000
SF Co-financing ERDF – public Member State:
 Cohesion Fund – 85% ERDF / 15 % Member State
 Convergence and Territorial cooperation
75% ERDF / 25 % Member State
(80% ERDF for regions in countries eligible for Cohesion
Fund?)
NB: No formal agreement after Council Meeting on Financial
Perspectives June '05
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