Transcript Excellence Through Partnerships: EU Research Funding for

European Community
Framework Programme for
Research
Daniel Descoutures
European Commission
THE POLICY DRIVE
for S&T co-operation with Russia
• Four Common Spaces
• EC-Russia S&T Cooperation
Agreements
The role of the
European Commission in research:
building the European Research Area
European Commission (EC) funding brings down barriers
– Between countries:
• Multinational consortia
• Coordination of national funding programmes
• Researchers from almost any country in the world participate in EU
research projects.
– Between different types of organizations: universities, research
centres, SMEs, large companies, NGOs etc.
– Between disciplines: increased focus on translational research
– And encouraging Mobility: Marie Curie fellowships available for
researchers and for host institutes, including EU Return Grants
FP7: main elements
Budget 50.5 billion € (2007 – 2013)
(+75% by 2013)
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Collaborative research 32.3 billion € (Cooperation)
Frontier research European Research Council 7.5 billion € (Ideas)
Human potential; mobility 4.8 billion € (People)
Research Infrastructures & for SMEs benefit 4.3 billion € (Capacities)
Join Research Centre 1.7 billion €
Reminder:
The European Commission currently manages about 5% of total public
spending in R&D in the European Union
The European Union currently invests about 1.9% of GDP in research
FP7 2007 - 2013
Cooperation – Collaborative research
9 Thematic Priorities
Health (6 billion €)
Food, agriculture and biotechnology (2 billion €)
Information and communication technologies (9 billion €)
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production
technologies (3.5 billion €)
5.
Energy (2.3 billion €)
6.
Environment (including climate change) (1.9 billion €)
7.
Transport (including aeronautics) (4.2 billion €)
8.
Socio-economic sciences and the humanities (0.6 billion €)
9.
Security and space (2.9 billion €)
+ Euratom: Fusion energy research, nuclear fission and
radiation protection
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Health
• Biotechnology, generic tools and
technologies for human health
• Translating research for human health
• Optimising the delivery of healthcare
to European citizens
More on health
Food, Agriculture and
Biotechnology
• Sustainable production and management
of biological resources from land, forest,
and aquatic environments
• ‘Fork to farm’: Food, health and well being
• Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and
processes
More on food
Information and
Communication
Technologies
• ICT Technology Pillars
• Integration of Technologies
• Applications Research
• Future and Emerging Technologies
More on ICT
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies,
Materials and new Production
Technologies
• Nanosciences and nanotechnologies
• Materials
• New production
• Integration of technologies for
industrial applications
More on NNMPT
Energy
• Renewables, clean energy, C02 emissions,
efficiency, etc.
• Nuclear fission and radiation protection
(under Euratom FP)
• Fusion energy research (under Euratom FP)
More on Energy
Environment
(inc. climate change)
• Climate change, pollution and risks
• Sustainable management of resources
• Environmental technologies
• Earth observation and assessment tools
More on Environment
Transport
(inc. aeronautics)
• Aeronautics and air transport
• Surface transport
(rail, road and waterborne)
• Support to the European global satellite
navigation system (Galileo)
More on Transport
Security and Space
• Protection against terrorism
and crime
• Security of infrastructures
and utilities
• Border security
• Restoring security in case
of crisis
• Security systems
integration
and interoperability
• Security and society
• Security research
Coordination and
structuring
• Space-based applications
at the service of the
European society
• Exploration of space
• RTD for strengthening
space foundations
More on Security & Space
Collaborative research
in Health
Main policy drivers:
 Improving the health of European citizens
 Increasing the competitiveness of European
health-related industries and businesses
 Addressing global health issues,
including emerging epidemics
Collaborative research
in Health
FP7
Activities in 3 main areas
• Biotechnology, generic tools and
technologies for human health
• Translating research for human health
• Optimising the delivery of healthcare to
European citizens
FP7
Collaborative research
in Health
1: Biotechnology, generic tools and technologies
 High-throughput research
(enhancing data generation, standardisation, acquisition & analysis).
 Detection, diagnosis and monitoring
(with emphasis on non-invasive or minimally invasive approaches).
 Innovative therapeutic approaches and interventions
(with potential application in many diseases and disorders).
 Predicting suitability, safety and efficacy of therapies
(biological markers, in vivo and in vitro methods and models, including
simulation, pharmacogenomics, targeting approaches
and alternatives to animal testing)
FP7
Collaborative research
in Health
2: Translating research for human health
 Integrating biological data and processes:
(large-scale data gathering, systems biology)
 Research on the brain and related diseases, human
development and ageing
 Translational research in infectious diseases: to confront
major threats to public health (antimicrobial drug resistance,
HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, emerging epidemics)
 Translational research in other major diseases:
(cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes/obesity; rare diseases;
and other chronic diseases)
FP7
Collaborative research
in Health
3: Optimising the delivery of health care to
European citizens
 Enhanced health promotion and disease prevention (providing
evidence of best public health measures – life styles, interventions,
special focus on mental health, etc.)
 Translating clinical research into clinical practice
(patient safety, better use of medicines, benchmarking,
pharmacovigilance, etc.)
 Quality, solidarity and sustainability of health systems
(organisational and financial aspects, health systems, etc.)
Collaborative research
in Health
FP7
Two other issues will be addressed across
activities:
 Child health
 The health of the ageing population
Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology:
OBJECTIVES
 Build a European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBB)
 Respond to social, economic and global challenges:
– High quality food and sustainable food production
– Food-related disorders (cardiovascular, obesity …)
– Infectious animal diseases and zoonoses
– Sustainable agriculture/fishery and climate change
– Clean biomaterials from renewable bio-resources
 Involve all stakeholders (incl. industry) in research
 Support CAP and CFP
 Respond quickly to emerging research needs
 4 Fs: Food, Fiber, Fuel and Feed
Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology:
RATIONALE
 Society demands safer, healthier and sufficient food
 Society demands sustainable and eco-efficient production
methods in agriculture/fishery/forestry
 Renewable resources and biomass for non-food
applications helps reducing dependence on hydrocarbonbased economy
 Biotechnology and food companies / SMEs need to be
competitive on the world market (‘European Strategy on Life
Sciences and Biotechnology’)
 International cooperation ensures sustainable development,
optimal exploitation of resources and application of results
for a prosperous future world-wide
2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
Sustainable production and management of biological resources
from land, forest, and aquatic environments
“Fork to farm”: Food, health and well being
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable
non-food products and processes
Activity 1:
Sustainable production and
management of biological resources
from land, forest and aquatic environments
1.
Enabling research (‘omics’, converging technologies, biodiversity) for
micro-organism, plants and animals
– Exploitation of biodiversity
– Search for novel bioactive molecules
– Integration of ‘omics’ in systems biology
– Development of basic tools and technologies, bioinformatics, data
bases
– Methodologies for identifying varieties within species groups
2.
Sustainable, competitive and multifunctional agriculture, forestry,
aquaculture and rural development
– Development of new technologies, and equipment and of novel plants
and production systems (crops and trees)
– Low input and organic production systems
– Biosafety, coexistence and traceability of novel plants systems and
products
– Better understanding of the biology of pests, diseases and other
threats, sustainable pest management tools to improve plant health
– Safe aquatic production systems, fisheries biology, multi-annual
management approaches
Activity 1:
Sustainable production and
management of biological resources
from land, forest and aquatic environments
3.
Animal welfare, breeding and production
– Exploitation of genetic knowledge, new breeding methods
– Animal physiology and behaviour
– Better understanding and control of infectious animal diseases,
including zoonoses (avian flu, BSE etc.)
– Tools for monitoring, prevention and control of diseases
– Ecology of known or emerging infectious agents
– Impacts of different farming systems on climate
– Safe disposal of animal waste, improved by-product management
4.
Policy tools for agriculture and rural development
– Support to building the European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
– Rural development policies
– Common Fisheries Policy support through a whole ecosystem
approach
– Socio-economic studies for:
• comparative investigations of farming different systems
• cost-effective fisheries management systems
• the rearing of non-food animals
• interactions with forestry
• studies to improve coastal and rural livelihood
Activity 2:
“Fork to farm”Food, health and well being
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Consumer, societal, industrial and health aspects of food and feed
– Consumer behaviour as competitiveness factor
– Impact of food on health and well-being
– Consumer attitudes towards food
– Understanding societal trends
– Determinants of food choice
– Consumer access to food
Nutrition, diet related diseases and disorders
– Dietary factors and habits in relation to dietary diseases and disorders
(e.g. obesity)
– Development and application of nutrigenomics
– Interaction between nutrition, physio-logical and psychological functions
– Improve processed food and develop novel food, dietetic foods, foods
with nutritional and health claims
Innovative food and feed processing
– Key process technologies for functional food
– Processing and packaging
– Efficient management of by-products, waste and energy
– Sustainable technologies for animal feed processing
and quality control
Activity 2:
“Fork to farm”Food, health and well being
4.
Improved quality and safety of food, beverage and feed
– Microbial ecology and food safety
– Methods and models for the integrity of the food and feed supply chain
– New detection methods
– Technologies and tools for risk assessment, management and
communication
5.
Total food chain concept
– Environmental impacts on and of food/feed chains
– Study of food contaminants and health outcomes
– Enhanced tools and methods for the assessment of impacts on food and
feed chains
– New models for commodity chain analysis
– Total food chain management concepts
– Consumer aspects
Activity 3:
Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and processes
1.
Improved crops, feed-stocks, marine products and biomass for energy,
environment, and high added value industrial products; novel farming
systems:
– Strengthen the knowledge base and develop advanced technology for
terrestrial or marine biomass application in energy and industry
– Exploitation of natural or enhanced terrestrial and marine organisms as
novel sources of new valuable products (specialty chemicals,
pharmaceuticals etc.)
– Improve chemical and biochemical productivity of biomass for
production of high added value products etc.
2.
Bio-catalysis; new bio-refinery concepts and other bioprocesses:
– Investigate and apply industrial biotechnologies and improve whole
crop chain for realising the full potential of the bio-refinery concept
(including socioeconomic, agronomic, ecological and consumer
aspects)
– Increase understanding and control of plant and microbial metabolism
for the production of renewable high value products (fibres, polymers,
medicine, pharmaceuticals etc.)
– Improved biomass input and bio-processes for increased yield, quality
and purity of conversion products including biocatalytic process
design and innovative down stream processing etc.
Activity 3:
Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and processes
3. Forestry and forest based products and processes:
– Biotechnologies for new and improved high quality and renewable
wood/fiber-based products and processess
– Development of novel and improved high added value products from
forest raw material
– Support to underpinning sciences of forest physiology and pathology etc.
4. Environmental remediation and cleaner processing:
– Exploit the potential of biotechnology to detect, monitor, prevent and
remove pollution
– Treating, upgrading and/or recycling wastes and industrial by-products
– Bioassays and Biosensors
– Biodegradation of chemicals
– Analysis of bottlenecks for the introduction of bioprocesses etc.
Work Programmes
• Strategy/ approach, timing and content of calls
(topics, funding schemes, budgets etc.)
• Evaluation criteria (S&T quality, impact,
implementation)
• Particular requirements for participation,
evaluation, implementation
Preparation of Work
Programmes
• Annual process
• Following consultation and expert advice:
– Advisory Groups
– European Technology Platforms
– Open consultations
– Workshops, expert meetings, etc
– Consultation with other Commission
directorate generals
• Subject to opinion by Programme Committees
(Member State representatives)
Environment (incl. climate change)
Climate Change, Pollution and Risks
Pressures on environment and climate
Environment and health
Natural hazards
Sustainable Management of Resources
Environmental Technologies
Earth Observation and Assessment Tools
FP7 WORK PROGRAMME
Research orientations for
possible inclusion in early calls
Pressures on environment and climate
 Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation
 Megacities, air quality and climate
 Ocean acidification and its consequences
 Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in water policies (CA/SA)
 Climate change impacts on vulnerable mountain regions
 Past and future climate change impacts in the Parana-Plata river basin
of South America (CP: Specific Intl Co-op Action)
 Full costs of climate change
 Effectiveness of adaptation and mitigation measures related to
changes of the hydrological cycle and its extremes
 Impacts and feed-backs of climate policies on land use and ecosystems in Europe.
 Exploitation and dissemination of climate change research results and
public perception (CA/SA)
FP7 WORK PROGRAMME
Indicative topics for future years
Pressures on environment and climate
 Climate change and sea-level rise
 Earth system dynamics: Palaeoenvironmental analysis
 Lower-middle atmospheric interactions
 Quantification of changing surface UV radiation levels
 Integrated assessment of climate change, air quality and energy security
 The impact of climate variability and extremes on greenhouse gas exchange,
storage and soil organic matter
 Integrated carbon budgets of the ocean, land and atmosphere as a function of time
 Assessment of European research activities and results on carbon and
nitrogen cycles.
 New components in earth system models
 Provision of local scale climate information
FP7 WORK PROGRAMME
Indicative topics for future years
Pressures on environment and climate (continued…)
 Impacts of current and future climate conditions including extreme hydro-meteorological
events on regional water budgets, ecosystems, agricultural and industrial systems and
land use in Europe.
 Assess global and regional impacts of major climate risks/tipping points (such as
west Antarctic, drying semi-arid areas etc)
 Assessment of European climate research activities and results in ice-covered
regions
 Impact of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems
 Identify resilient adaptation strategies building on physical, engineering, social, and
ecological sciences addressing social learning and the limits to adaptation especially
in vulnerable areas
 Analysis of optimal climate policy strategies that account for high uncertainty and
risks related to climate change as well as uncertainty in mitigation costs.
 Assessment of the effectiveness and costs of emerging radical response strategies
to limit climate change (e.g. geo-engineering, combined biomass use and carbon
capture).
Dissemination and
use of EU R&D
results
Need better diffusion and use of project outputs
funding at:
– Project level
• Innovation-related activities within RTD projects
• Assistance from external experts
– In all thematic areas
• Networking initiatives, seminars, brokerage events
– Focused on specific fields or user groups
How FP7 and CIP
complement each
other
• Complementary and mutually reinforcing actions
• Competitiveness and dissemination remain key elements
of FP7
• Designed to operate side by side in support of Lisbon
objectives
• Close coordination
FP7: Dissemination of
knowledge and innovationrelated activities (within
projects)
CIP: Innovation support
networks and take-up of
proven technologies
European
Technology
Platforms
• Industry-Driven, CompetitivenessFocused
• European Technology Platforms –
Concept:
Stakeholders, led by industry, get together to define a
Strategic Research Agenda on a number of strategically
important issues with high societal relevance where
achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and
sustainable objectives is dependent upon major research
and technological advances in the medium to long term.
European
Technology
Platforms
• Bottom-Up Approach with Industry in Lead
• Wide Stakeholder Involvement
• Flexibility: No ‘One Size Fits All’
• EU Role: Facilitating and Guiding but not Leading or
Owning
• Majority of Strategic Research Agendas, where
Appropriate, Taken into Account in Thematic Priorities
of FP7
• Minority of Strategic Research Agendas Identified
through Dialogue with Industry as Potential ‘Joint
Technology Initiatives’
Joint Technology
Initiatives
Identification criteria include:
• Added value of European-level intervention
• Degree and clarity of definition of objective
• Strength of commitment from industry
• Scale of impact on industrial competitiveness and growth
• Importance of contribution to broader policy objectives
• Capacity to attract additional national support
and leverage industry funding
• Inability of existing instruments to achieve objective
Potential Joint
Technology
Initiatives
Hydrogen
and Fuel Cells
Innovative Medicines
Aeronautics and
Air Transport
Embedded Computing
Systems
Other possible themes
to be identified later…
Global Monitoring
for Environment
and Security
Nanoelectronics
International
Cooperation in FP7
Strategic objectives:
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Support European competitiveness through strategic
partnerships with third countries in selected fields of science
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Address specific problems that third countries face or that
have a global character, on the basis of mutual interest and
mutual benefit
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Use S&T cooperation to reinforce the Community’s external
relations and other relevant policy
International
Cooperation in FP7
2 different mechanisms:
1. All activities open for International Cooperation
 International Cooperation Partner Countries* may
participate in all projects and receive EC funding
like in FP6
 Industrialised countries may be funded only if seen
indispensable
 Minimum number of participants: 3 from Europe
* INCO target countries in FP6
International
Cooperation in FP7
2 different mechanisms:
2. Specific International Cooperation Actions
Address specific problems that partner countries
face or that have a global character, on the basis
of mutual interest and mutual benefit
Minimum number of participants: 2+2 (2 from EU +
2 from International Cooperation Partner Country
Russia coming from 2 different regions)
Cooperation
Collaborative research / International co-operation
RULES OF PARTICIPATION
1. Opening of all activities
the minimum number of participants shall be 3 independent legal
entities established in three different Member States or Associated Countries
Third Countries as ADDITIONAL partners
2. Specific co-operation actions SPECIAL RULE
the minimum number of participants shall be 4 independent legal entities
of which:
– at least 2 are established in two different Member States or Associated countries
and
– at least 2 are established in International Cooperation Partner Country Russia
coming from 2 different regions
Third Countries as COMPULSORY partners
International
Cooperation in FP7
Specific Cooperation Actions
• Identification of potential bilateral S&T
Cooperation and priorities is being carried out through
permanent joint EU-Russia working groups which
have been created in the following thematic areas :
- Health
- Food and Biotechnology
- Nanotechnologies
- Energy
- Surface transports (railways)
• Priorities are being identified based on:
- Mutual interest between the EU and Russia
- S&T potential
International
Cooperation in FP7
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Outgoing international fellowships
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Incoming international fellowships
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Partnerships to support exchange of
researchers
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Support of common initiatives between
European organizations and countries with
S&T agreements
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Measures to counter the risk of ‘brain drain’
from developing countries/emerging
economies
More Information
Towards Framework Programme 7
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7