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EU Research Funding, EC
policies, tips how to prepare a
comptetive proposal
Krisztina Cziner, Dr.
Advisor, Grant Writing,
Aalto, Research Support Services, TTP
Money through competition (”external sources”) 2009
Academy of Finland
16 %
The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
25 %
Domestic Companies
20 %
Other Domestic Income (state agencies, foundations…)
29 %
EU
8%
Foreign Companies
1%
Other Foreign Income
1%
How to find funding possibilities
Research professional :
http://www.researchprofessional.com/
Research funding database, available EU call, individual fellowships and exfunding
possibilities. On national as well on international level. Acessable by whole Aalto staff.
Campus registration (fast) way to access, individual registration is also possible.
Funding calendar on TTP inside pages:
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/Calendar+for+research+
funding
Aalto inside pages:
https://into.aalto.fi/display/grants/Ilmoitukset%2C+uusimmat++Senaste+meddelanden+-+Recently+Updated
RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL SEARCH/ KEY WORD BIOMEDICAL
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Source http://www.eutrainingsite.com/download/QuickGuide.pdf
Challenges for
research in Europe
 Declining Critical Mass in certain research fields and
rising gap between Europe and US
 Comparatively lower investment in R&D
 EU: 1.93% of GDP
US: 2.59%, Japan: 3.15% (2005)
 industry tends to invest in R&D outside Europe
 Fragmentation of funding activities and research efforts
 duplication of research in many fields in Europe
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Research in the
European Integration Process
JRC
Creation
ECSC
Researc
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1951
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First EU
Research
Programs
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FP1
90 91 93 94 97 98 99 03 06 …
FP2
FP3
Single
Act
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European
Research
Area (ERA)
Maastricht
Treaty
Treaties
fusion
Euratom
Treaty
ECSC
Treaty
Amsterdam
Treaty
FP4
ERC
FP5
FP6
FP7
HORIZON 2020
(2014-2020)
Seventh Framework Programme
EU FP7, 2007-2013
• FP7 is the short name for the Seventh
Framework Programme for Research and
Technological Development.
• This is the EU's main instrument for funding
research in Europe and it will run from 20072013.
• FP7 is also designed to respond to Europe's
employment needs, competitiveness and quality
of life.
EU Framwork Program 7 (2007-2013)
Cooperation
1.
2.
3.
4.
Health
Food, agriculture and biotechnology
Information/communication technologies
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials
and new production technologies
5.
Energy
6.
Environment and climate change
7.
Transport
8.
Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
9.
Space
10. Security
Ideas
Frontier Research ERC
People
Marie Curie Fellowship
Capacities
Research Infrastructure
SMEs
Region of Knowledge
Research Potential
Science and Society
Development of Policies
International Cooperation
Euratom
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JRC
The Indicative Budget Breakdown
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Work Programmes Available for 2012
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/wp2012_en.html
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http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/
portal/page/people
INFORMATION PACKAGE
Motivation to Participate in a project and
start to write a proposal
• You need money
• Invitation from a known research partner or a friend
• Invitation from an unknow organisation sending general
or targeted E-mail
• Approaching deadline found by incident
• You have a GREAT IDEA and you want to get funding
from EU
• Targeted partner search initiated by Aalto
Answering the “who, what, why and
how”question when you prepare a
proposal
Who?
– Who are the researchers? Why are they the best people to carry out the research?
What?
– What are the project aims and objectives? What will the different tasks be?
Why?
– Why is it important that this research is carried out? Why must it be done now?
– Why is this the right funder for the project?
How?
– How will the research be carried out? How will progress be monitored? How will the
research make an impact, either within the research field or in wider society?
Based on guidelines from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC),
UK
www.epsrc.ac.uk and Punch, Developing Effective Research Proposals, 2nd edn.
(Sage Publications, 2006)/
Source: Luisa Louisa Gairn/English Lecturer/Aalto University Language Centre
Mobility
IMPORTANCE OF HIGH QULITY OF
PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS
ISI, WEB OF KNOWLEDGE:
http://apps.webofknowledge.com/WOS_GeneralSearch_in
put.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&SID
=P193Jekf1DPdhEeKl6J&preferencesSaved=&highlighted
_tab=WOS
Google Schoolar:
http://code.google.com/p/citations-gadget/
WHERE TO FIND THE BEST PARTNERS
Best Scientist
Academic and
R&D Networks
Experts
LEAD user of
the results
Strategic
Parthers
• Journals, Conferences, Patent
database
• EU R&D Associations and Networks
• Exisiting R&D Projets
• Evaluators, Advisory Groups etc.
• Enterprises, Test laboratories,
Regulatory Bodies, Standards Groups
• New Member States, Third Countries
Hyperion Ltd. 2008, Sean McCharity
Criteria Used to Select the Best Partners
 Friends before funds (already known by the coordinator)
 REPUTATION: Scientific Excellence in niche
(Capability)
 Resources (people facilities) available to deliver
(Capacity)
 Professional and Timely Delivery of Documents and
results
 Understanding and respect the burocratic rules
 Willing to work in a team, willing to share information
 Good personality-easy to work with over the project
Hyperion Ltd. 2008, Sean McCharity
European Research
Council Grant
FP7 budget € 50.5 billion
ERC budget € 7.5 billion; Increase by € 250 M/year
JRC nonnuclear (3 %)
Co-operation
(65 %)
Capacities
(8 %)
People
(9 %)
Ideas
(15 %)
ERC DEADLINES
ERC Starting Grant, for Post-docs and young Professors (2-12 years from Graduation), size 1.5-2
Million, Deadline 12.10.2011 (gone), new call expected in 2012 JULY
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/tutkimuksentukipalvelut/ERC+Starting+Grant
ERC Advanced Grant for Professors and advanced researchers, size up to 3.5 Million Euros,
Deadline, 16.02.2012
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/tutkimuksentukipalvelut/ERC+Advanced+Grant
ERC Synergy Grant , for 2-4 researchers, duration: 6 years, size 15 million Euros
Deadline: 25.01.2012
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/tutkimuksentukipalvelut/ERC+Synergy+Grant
ERC Proof of Concept (for those who already have an ERC), size 150 000 Euros
First deadline: 03.05.2012, Final deadline: 03.10.2012
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/tutkimuksentukipalvelut/ERC+Proof+of+Concept
ERC Granting schemes
Starting Grants
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Attract/retain next-generation leaders
Address funding gap early in independent
career
Establish independent research
team & program
up to € 2.0 Mio for 5 years
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StG 2010
60
of grantees
Number
Number of grantees
Advanced Grants
Attract/retain current world-leaders
Stimulate investigator-driven, breakthrough
research
up to € 3.5 Mio for 5 years
AdG 2010
50
40
30
20
10
0
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31
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35
37
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Age of the grantees
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Age of grantees
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Finnish Universities Participation in 7PO Projects
91
AALTO= 53 Projects (2009 statistics)
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20
20
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15
14
10
7
7
4
3
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Statistics on EU FP7 Applications
Applications
Work Program
HEALTH
KBBE
ICT
NMP
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENT
TRANSPORT
SSH
SECURITY
SPACE
ERC
PEOPLE
INFRASTRUCTURES
SME
REGIONS
SCIENCE IN SOCIETY
INCO
FISSION
TOTAL
Column1
Column2
Column3
Column4
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Applications Funded Projects Success Rate
Applied
Received
4
2
50 %
1 867 104
1 592 773
1
1
100 %
131 873
131 873
98
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19 %
41 498 619
7 715 254
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27 %
15 708 823
2 216 356
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0%
1 958 315
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4
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0%
617 943
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24 %
4 774 952
2 137 513
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3 096 483
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1
17 %
1 489 129
176 280
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0
0%
341 773
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10 %
66 927 310
8 049 698
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10 %
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50 %
1 745 049
1 494 603
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0%
46 320
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100 %
51 641
51 641
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0%
138 924
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0%
50 400
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100 %
56 000
56 000
291*
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17 %
140 500 658
23 621 991
(TKK - June, 2009)
*82 coordinated application, 15 funded
13 ICT coordinated application, 4 funded
EIT 2 Applications in 2009, 1 funded
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Eligibility criteria
A proposal is only considered eligible in EU FP7 if it meets all of the
following conditions:
• It is received by the Commission before the deadline given in the
call text.
• It involves at least the minimum number of participants for the
distinct funding scheme as given in the call text.
• It is complete (both the requested administrative forms (Part A) and
scientific proposal description (Part B) are present);
• The content of the proposal is clearly related to the topic and the
right funding scheme has been used, taking into account including
any special conditions
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Evaluation process
• The evaluation process is a peer review and will
be carried out by a panel of external
independent experts (each proposal will be
reviewed by at least 3 experts).
• Following the evaluation, applicants will be
informed of the outcome. Applicants of highly
ranked proposals may be invited by the
Commission to negotiate a grant agreement
providing for an EU financial contribution,
depending on the budget.
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Evaluation Scores
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Evaluation Criteria for ERC
• Excellence is the sole criterion
Scientific Proposal
Principle Investigator
&
A
Step 1:
A= Sufficient quality
B=High quality but not sufficient
C=no sufficient quality
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A
Step 2:
A= Sufficient quality Funding if
sufficient funds are available
B=notmeeting all elements of the
ERC excellence criterion
UPCOMING TRAININGS THIS AUTUMN
EU FP7 for Beginners, Basic Course in English 9.11.2011
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/EU+FP7+for+Beginners%2C+Basic+Course+in+En
glish+9.11.2011
ERC ADVANCED GRANT (for professors) 12.12.2011
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/ERC+Advanced+Grant+Training+12.12.2011
Course material available from our earlier courses
Academy of Finland funding info 14.9.2011
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/Academy+of+Finland+funding+info+14.9.2011
Properties of good proposals
https://inside.aalto.fi/download/attachments/15368627/Properties+of+a+good+proposal?version=
1&modificationDate=1317019701000
Good video How to take risks in research, failieurs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phYo9tcMj8
Good material available from earlier
courses
Academy of Finland funding info (2 calls per year/Sept.- April )
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/Academy+of+Finl
and+funding+info+14.9.2011
Properties of good proposals
https://inside.aalto.fi/download/attachments/15368627/Properties+of+
a+good+proposal?version=1&modificationDate=1317019701000
Good video How to take risks in research, failieurs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phYo9tcMj8
TEKES info
https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/Tekes-info+17.8.2011
Research Support services for BECS
• Advisor, Grant Writing (new)
– Krisztina Cziner (started 1.9.2011), Research Liaision Officer
background since 2008.
• Research Liaison Officers of SCI school- note the division of
departments:
– Dmitri Chicherin – Departments BECS, Low Temp Lab., HIIT
(+ external services)
– Vuokko Lepistö-Kirsilä – Departments CSE, DIEM, HIIT, ICS, ME,
MSA
• Grant Advisor : Elise Kovanen
• Lawyers: Mervi Malinen ja Anna Markkanen
• Archiving services: Heidi Ndansi (whole Aalto)
Research Support Services
Core services to researchers and research groups
• Tutkijoiden ja tutkimusryhmien avustaminen
• Grant scouting (proactive and targeted
information about research funding possibilities) rahoitusmahdollisuuksien löytämisessä
and grant writing services (helping research ja rahoittajille laadittavien hakemusten
groups to get funding; more and better funding laatimisessa (grant scouting ja grant
writing)
applications)
• Tutkimushankkeisiin liittyvä juridinen tuki ja
• Legal counselling on research projects,
negotiation of research agreements, counselling neuvonta, erityisesti sopimusasiat ja
tutkimustulosten hyödyntämiseen liittyvät
on intellectual property right matters and
exploitation of results, contract writing services asiat
• Turvataan yliopistolle ja tutkimusryhmille
• Risk management: ensuring the right to
oikeus jatkotutkimukseen ja julkaisemiseen
publish and further develop research results
tutkimusprojektien aiheista sekä varmistaa
and avoiding uncontrolled financial
että projekteista ei aiheudu hallitsemattomia
consequenses in research projects.
taloudellisia seuraamuksia
• Assisting research groups with the
• Avustaminen projektien hallinnollisessa
administrational implementation of
toteuttamisessa
research projects.
• Hankesuunnitteluun ja tutkimussopimuksiin
• Information services concerning research
liittyvät tietopalvelut
projects.
Chart of authorised signatories/
Allekirjoitusmatriisi
• https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ResearchSupport/Chart+of+
authorised+signatories+at+Aalto
• Suomeksi: https://inside.aalto.fi/display/tutkimuksentukip
alvelut/Allekirjoitusmatriisi
Thank you for your attention!
Krisztina Cziner, Dr.
Advisor/Grant Writing
Research Support Services
[email protected]
Tel. 050 3161028
INSTRUMENTARIUMIN TIEDESÄÄTIÖN APURAHAT 2011
Instrumentariumin Tiedesäätiö jakoi 23. maaliskuuta 2011 apurahoja 30.
kerran
Tiedesäätiö jakaa vuosittain apurahoja lääketieteen ja lääketieteen tekniikan
sekä niihin liittyvään luonnontieteeliseen ja taloustieteelliseen tutkimukseen.
Nyt myönnettiin apurahoja 30 tutkijalle/tutkijaryhmälle yhteensä 650.000
euroa. Summa sisältää neljä vähintään yhden vuoden mittaista ulkomailla
tapahtuvaa tutkimustyötä varten myönnettyä henkilökohtaista post-docapurahaa, sekä yhden Instrufoundation Fellow- apurahan, joka on tarkoitettu
1 vuoden mittaista Suomessa tapahtuvaa tutkimusta varten.
http://www.instrufoundation.fi/index.php?k=18077
Size 8000- 100 000 euros
Hallitus
Hallituksen kokoonpano vuonna 2011 on:
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Professori Jaakko Karvonen, puheenjohtaja
Professori Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, varapuheenjohtaja
Professori Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto, BECS)
Professori Markku Jalkanen
Professori Tatu Juvonen
Professori Leena Lindgren
Professori Risto Nieminen (Aalto, Prof. In Physics)
Dosentti Markku Mäkijärvi
Professori Mikko Paalanen (retired Aalto prof., former head of LowTemp. Lab)
Dosentti Eija Pääkkö
Dipl.ins. Olli Riikkala
Professori Hannu Seristö (Aalto, Vice President)