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European Research Council
The European Research Council
Prof. Alain Peyraube
European Research Council Scientific Council ERC visit to Brazil 11-18 May, 2010
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FP7 (EC)
7 th Framework Programme (FP7)
50.52 Billion Euros, 4 Specific Programs
“Family” of FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation 33 B Euros (8 priorities) Ideas 7.5 B Euros = ERC People 5 B Euros (Marie Curie fellowships) Capacities 4 B Euros (Infrastructures, etc.) Ideas: complementary to other FP7 support policy vs. science-driven, bottom-up vs. targeted research
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The 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 financial aspects
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The Scientific Council
Members & Role 22 most respected researchers
reflecting the full scope of European research and scholarship proposed by an independent identification committee appointed by the Commission (for 4 years, renewable once)
Role:
Establishes overall scientific strategy
establishes annual work programmes (incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); defines peer review methodology; ensures selection and accreditation of experts
Controls quality of operations and management Ensures communication with the scientific community
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Strategic Aims
Overview
• • • ERC : first pan-European funding agency for frontier research Funding directed to individual teams and projects selected solely on the criteria of excellence Operates according to the principles of scientific excellence, autonomy, efficiency and transparency
Autonomous scientific governance Simple, user-friendly delivery
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ERC Grants: Open to individual teams anywhere in the world European Research Council
• • • ERC is the only component of the FP7-family to widely open its programs and schemes to individual teams anywhere in the world, under only one condition, i.e. that funded projects will have to be located in EU or its associated countries Thus
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PIs and team members can be of any nationality, working in almost any country │ 6
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Two types of Grants
• • ERC Starting Grants, supporting excellent early stage independent investigators (2-9 years since completion of PhD) – 2007 and 2009 ERC Advanced Grants, supporting investigators at all subsequent stages – 2008 and 2010 •
Hosting institution
Located in a EU Member State or Associated Country Intra-European grant portability allowed │ 7
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ERC Grant schemes
Budget Allocation
For operational reasons the ScC agreed on
3 main research domains:
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Domain 1: Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Information and Communication, Engineering Sciences, Universe and Earth Sciences (PE)
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Domain 2: Life Sciences (LS) Domain 3: Social Sciences and Humanities (SH)
Pre-allocation of
call budget for ERC Grants
per domain currently as follows:
45% PE - 40% LS - 15% SH Now : 39% PE – 34% LS – 14% SH + 13% Interdisc.
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ERC Grant schemes
Panel Structure
Panels have one
Panel Chair
and
10-12 Panel Members,
all selected by the Scientific Council members
20 Panels
for the 1st Call : 8 PE, 7 LS, 5 SH
25 Panels now: 10 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH
Panel Chair
oversees evaluation process
for the proposals assigned to his/her Panel in collaboration with ERC staff Panel Chair gives high level stamp of
credibility and visibility
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Panels composition
• • • Panel Members and Chairs Make decisions and document the decisions Panel chairs Ensure quality of the evaluation process Chair panel meetings (steps 1 & 2) Participate in panel chair meetings ERC Panel Teams (2 Scientific Officers) Ensure that rules are respected Ensure comparable process is followed in all panels Transition: composed of ERC staff and RTD colleagues │ 10
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Evaluation criteria
1.
Principal Investigator 2.
Research Project 3.
Research Environment
Step 1 of evaluation criteria 1 and 2 Step 2 of evaluation all criteria Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria 1 and 2 numerically, which will result in the ranking of the proposals Criteria 3 will be considered as "pass/fail" and commented upon but not scored │ 11
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Co-investigators
• • • • • • Exceptional For interdisciplinary proposals only PI can include 1 or more co-investigators (co-I) Co-I submitted to same resubmission rule as PI Higher budget (up to 3,5 M €) Scientific added value of including co-investigators to be assessed by panel │ 12
New Panel structure and description PE (18 March 2008) European Research Council
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PE1 Mathematical foundations:
all areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter:
particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
PE3 Condensed matter physics:
structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences
PE4 Physical and analytical chemical sciences:
analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
PE5 Materials and synthesis:
materials synthesis, structure properties relations, functional and advanced materials, molecular architecture, organic chemistry │ 13
New Panel structure and description PE (18 March 2008) - 2 European Research Council
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PE6 Computer science and informatics:
informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
PE7 Systems and communication engineering:
electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
PE8 Products and processes engineering:
product design, process design and control, construction methods, civil engineering, energy systems, material engineering
PE9 Universe sciences:
astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar system; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation
PE10 Earth system science:
physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management │ 14
New Panel structure and description LS (18 March 2008) European Research Council
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LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry:
molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, biochemistry of signal transduction
LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology:
genetics, population genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling and simulation, systems biology, genetic epidemiology
LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology:
cell biology, cell physiology, signal transduction, organogenesis, evolution and development, developmental genetics, pattern formation in plants and animals │ 15
New Panel structure and description LS (18 March 2008) - 2 European Research Council
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LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology:
organ physiology, pathophysiology, endocrinology, metabolism, ageing, regeneration, tumorigenesis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome
LS5 Neurosciences and neural disorders:
neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, systems neuroscience, neurological disorders, psychiatry
LS6 Immunity and infection:
immunobiology, aetiology of immune disorders, microbiology, virology, parasitology, global and other infectious diseases, population dynamics of infectious diseases, veterinary medicine │ 16
New Panel structure and description LS (18 March 2008) - 3 European Research Council
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LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health:
aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease, public health, epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical medicine, regenerative medicine, medical ethics
LS8 Evolutionary, population and environmental biology:
evolution, ecology, animal behaviour, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography, marine biology, ecotoxicology, prokaryotic biology
LS9 Applied life sciences and biotechnology:
agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology and remediation │ 17
New Panel structure and description SH(18 March 2008) European Research Council
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SH1 Individuals, institutions and markets:
economics, finance and management
SH2 Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour:
studies of science and technology sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, social
SH3 Environment and society:
environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies
SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity:
cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education
SH5 Cultures and cultural production:
literature, visual and performing arts, music, cultural and comparative studies
SH6 The study of the human past:
archaeology, history and memory │ 18
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ERC-2007-StG 1
Submission (stage 1): Massive response!
Domain
Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering
Number of proposals
3,396 4,408 Social Sciences & Humanities 1,363 Total
9,167
*Indicative budget established by ScC (Work programme 2007)
% of proposals
37,0 48,1
% of budget pre-allocated*
40 45 14,9 15 │ 19
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Country of host institution
for the 9000 proposals
Number of proposals by domain and country of host institution (head quarters)
1600 1400 1200 SH PE LS 1000 800 600
34 countries
400 200 0
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Granted projects Domain
Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering
Number of proposals
108 137
% of proposals
36 45
% of budget pre-allocated*
40 45 15 Social Sciences & Humanities 58 Total
303
*Indicative budget (Scientific Council, ERC work programme 2007) 18 │ 21
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303 proposals granted (3.30%): 137 PE (45%), 108 LS (36%), 58 SH (18%) Distribution of the 303 by host institution: 19% UK, 13% FR, 11% DE, 8.5% NL, 8.2% IT, 8% SP, 8% IL
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ERC Advanced Grant 1 - 2008
(ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant) European Research Council
Targeting researchers who have already established their independence as team leaders and are
exceptional leaders in terms of significance of their research achievements
(in the last 10 years)
up to 5 years, up to € 3,5 million per grant ~2000 Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7 (2007-2013)
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ERC Advanced Grant 1
Evaluation Criteria: Excellence is the sole award criterion 1.
2.
3.
Principal Investigator
Quality of research output/track-record ( Intellectual capacity and creativity ( 10-year track-record) CV + leadership profile)
Research Project
Ground-breaking nature of the research Potential impact Methodology
Research Environment
(assessed in Step 2 only) Contribution of the research environment to the project Contribution of the project to research environment Participation of other legal entities (if clear/ substantial added value) │ 24
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Distribution / Domain - Applications
Domain
Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Total
Number of proposals
766 997 404
2167 % of proposals
35 46
% of budget pre-allocated*
34 39 18 14 │ 25
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Distribution / Domain - Granted
Domain
Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering
Number of Proposals
84 117
% of proposals
33.6
46.8
% of budget pre-allocated*
34 39 Social Sciences & Humanities 49 19.6
Total
250 + 29 INTERDISC. (11 PE, 11 LS, 7 SH) = 13% of the budget = 279 (12.9%)
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European Research Council Advanced Grant 1 - 2008 Distribution / Host Institution of the granted projects
• • • • 63 UK, 37 FR, 28 CH, 28 DE, 20 IT, 1 NL, 15 IL, 13 SE, 13 ES, … PE Domain, out of the 117: 20 UK, 15 FR, 12 CH, 12 IT, 11 DE, 10 NL, 9 IL, 9 SE … LS Domain, out of the 84: 18 UK, 11 DE, 11 FR, 9 CH, 5 ES, 5 NL, 4 IT, 4 IL … SH Domain, out of the 49: 12 UK, 9 FR, 5 DE, 5 NL, 5 ES, 4 IT, 3 CH … │ 27
ERC Starting Grant 2 - 2009 Submitted and mainlist proposals by domain European Research Council Submitted proposals Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Interdisciplinary Domain 927 (37%) 1112 (44.4%) 464 (18.6%) ∑ = 2503 Mainlist 69 (31.5%) 93 (42.5%) 41 (18.7%) 16 (7.3%) ∑ = 219
ERC Starting Grant 2009 The 238 granted proposals (9.50%) European Research Council
• Reserve List : 19 proposals (9 PE, 5 LS, 5 SH) all granted 238 proposals granted : 107 PE, 81 LS, 51 SH • Distribution by host institution: 43 UK, 31 FR, 28 DE, 18 ES, 17 CH, 17 NL, 15 BE, 15 IT, 15 NL, 14 BE, 14 IL, …
European Research Council Advanced Grant 2 - 2009 Number of submitted and short-listed proposals Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Interdisciplinary research Submitted proposals 512 736 335 ∑ = 1583 Short List 198 247 109 ?
∑ = 554
European Research Council Main Lists : 236 (14.9%)
• • • • • PE : 99 proposals SH : 42 proposals LS : 81 proposals ID : 14 proposals (6 PE, 8 LS, 0 SH) Host Institution : 58 UK, 34 FR, 31 DE, 29 CH, 16 NL, 15 IT, 15 NL, 12 SE, 11 IL, 10 ES │ 31
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• • • The 105 PE : 23 UK, 15 CH, 15 DE, 14 FR, 8 SE, 6 IL, 6 IT, 5 ES, 4 NL, … The 89 LS : 21 UK, 15 FR, 13 CH, 12 DE, 6 NL, 5 IT, 4 ES, 3 IL, 3 SE, … The 42 SH : 14 UK, 5 FR, 5 NL, 4 DE, 4 IT, 2 IL, 2 NO, 1 AT, 1 CH, 1 ES, 1 IE, 1 HU, 1 SE │ 32
Merci Thank you
谢谢
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