Transcript European Research Infrastructures: EU perspectives and future support in Horizon 2020 Integrated Maritime Policy Expert Group Session on Marine Knowledge Brussels, 11 December 2012 Agnès Robin DG.

European Research Infrastructures:
EU perspectives and future support in
Horizon 2020
Integrated Maritime Policy Expert Group
Session on Marine Knowledge
Brussels, 11 December 2012
Agnès Robin
DG Research & Innovation
Research Infrastructures
Research & Innovation
Horizon 2020 (EC proposal)
Excellent science (24 598 M€, constant 2011 prices)
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European Research Council (13 268 M€)
Future and Emerging Technologies (3 100 M€)
Marie Curie actions (5 752 M€)
European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) (2 478 M€)
Industrial leadership (17 938 M€)
Societal challenges (31 743 M€)
• Health, demographic change and wellbeing
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(8 028 M€)
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine maritime research, bio-economy (4 152 M€)
Secure, clean and efficient energy (5 782 M€)
Smart, green, integrated transport (6 802 M€)
Climate action, resource efficiency, raw materials
(3 160 M€)
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
(3 819 M€)
EIT (1 364 B€ + 1 461 B€)
Policy
Research and
Innovation
• Leadership in enabling and
industrial technologies (ICT, space,
nanotechnologies, advanced
materials and advanced
manufacturing and processing,
biotechnology) (13 781 M€)
• Access to risk finance (3 538 M€)
• Innovation in SMEs (619 M€)
JRC (non-nuclear: 1 961 M€)
EU policy/funding
Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth
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5 targets incl. 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D
7 flagship initiatives incl. Innovation Union (34 commitments)
European Research Area
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Communication (Jul. 2012): Priorities >> actions (MS, EC)
European Strategy Forum on Research
Infrastructures "ESFRI"
EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020
(Commission proposal)
Horizon 2020, EU Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation 2014-2020
Research and
Innovation
Facilities, resources, organisational systems and services
that are used by the research communities to conduct
research and innovation in their fields
This includes:
 major scientific equipment (or sets of instruments);
 knowledge-based resources such as collections,
archives or scientific data;
 e-infrastructures, such as data, computing and software
systems;
 any other infrastructure of a unique nature essential to
achieve excellence in research and innovation
Research & Innovation
Why a EU approach?
• To open access to the research infrastructures existing in the
individual Member State to all European researchers
• To avoid duplication of effort and to coordinate and
rationalise the use of these research infrastructures
• To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop
interoperability of facilities and resources, develop the
training of the next generation of researchers
• To connect national research communities and increase the
overall quality of the research and innovation
• To help pooling resources so that the Union can also acquire
and operate research infrastructures at world level
Research & Innovation
Horizon 2020 - RIs
Research Infrastructures (RIs)
• 1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyond
 1.1 Developing new world-class RIs
Main actions
 1.2 Integrating and opening national RIs
of pan-European interest
 1.3 Development, deployment and operation of ICT based eInfrastructures
• 2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs & their human
capital
Specific actions
• 3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international
Policy actions
cooperation
Policy
Research and
Innovation
ESFRI – European Strategy Forum on
Research Infrastructures
• Set up by the EU Council of Research Ministers in 2002
• Brings together representatives of Ministers of the 27 Member
States, 10 Associated States, and of the European Commission
• To support the development of a European policy for Research
Infrastructure and discuss a long term vision at European level
• To facilitate multilateral initiatives leading to the better use and
development of Research Infrastructures, at EU and international
level
• Mandate (2004) to develop a roadmap (2006) and its updates
(2008, 2010): 48 projects, major financial investment (~20 b€)
and long term commitment for operation (~2 b€/year)
Research & Innovation
ESFRI roadmap 2010
10+38 new - or major upgrade of - Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest
(+ 3 additional projects from the CERN Council strategic roadmap for particle physics*)
Social Sc. &
Hum.
(5)
 SHARE
 BBMRI
ELIXIR
 ESSurvey
 ECRIN
INFRA
FRONTIER
 CESSDA
INSTRUCT
 EATRIS
 EU-
OPENSCREEN
 EMBRC
Euro
BioImaging
ERINHA
BSL4 Lab
ISBE
MIRRI
 CLARIN
DARIAH
Environmental
and Earth Sciences
(9)
Life Sciences
( 13 )
ANAEE
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Material &
Analytical
Facilities ( 6 )
ECCSEL
EUROFEL
 ELI
TIARA*
Windscanner
EMFL
KM3NeT
CTA
EPOS
EU-SOLARIS
European
XFEL
E-ELT
SKA
EISCAT_3D
JHR
ESRF Upgrade
SPIRAL2
FAIR
COPAL
IFMIF
NEUTRON ESS
SLHC-PP*
ILC-HiGRADE*
HiPER
ILL20/20
Upgrade
ICOS  EURO-ARGO
IAGOS

Energy
(7)
EMSO
SIOS

LIFEWATCH
RIs in the implementation phase
 ERIC set up
MYRRHA
 ERIC application
 expected ERIC application
Research & Innovation
Physics & Astronomy
( 10 )
Distributed research
infrastructures
Single sited research
infrastructures
e-Infrastructures
(1)
PRACE
ERIC - European Research Infrastructure Consortium
(Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009)
• A legal instrument at EU level, to facilitate the joint
establishment and operation of RI of European interest.
• Legal personality recognized in all Member States
• Qualifies as an international organization for the
purposes of VAT (exemption under certain limits and
conditions from VAT and excise duties) and Public
Procurement Directives
• The two first ERICs: CLARIN and SHARE
• Amendment under way to enable contributions from
Associated Countries to be fully taken into account
Research & Innovation
ESFRI project – Example 1
Euro-Argo : A new European Research Infrastructure
 Objective: ensure a long term European contribution to Argo.
 Proposal : Europe establishes an infrastructure for ¼ of the global array
 Requirement : 250 floats per year including regional enhancements
(Nordic seas, Mediterranean&Black seas) (about 50 floats per year for
regional enhancements)
 Dual use : research/climate and operational oceanography (GMES)
 Set up a new European legal structure (Euro-Argo ERIC) that will allow
European countries to consolidate and improve their contribution to Argo
international. Agreements are at ministerial level and this will help to ensure
long term sustainability.
(slide from Euro-Argo partners - ASW-4 – Venice, September 27, 2012
ESFRI project – Example 2
EMBRC will be a RI of marine
research stations across Europe
providing End-Users from Academia,
SMEs and Industry with access to
marine biodiversity, its associated
meta-data and extractable products.
Scientific Themes
1. Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functioning
Scientific & Training Services*
1. Access to Marine model species and their
ecosystems, Culture Collections & Databases
2. Research Vessels, SCUBA, ROVs
3. Aquaria & Marine Experimental Facilities
4. Analytical Platforms for Marine research
• -Omics Facilities including Bioinformatics
• Animal-borne Platforms
• Microscopy & Imaging
2. Developmental Biology & Evolution
3. Biogeochemistry & Global Change
Consultancy to:
Policy Makers, Industry and SMEs
4. Marine Products & Resources
5. Biomedical Sciences
(slides from EMBRC – ESFRI/JPI workshop, Brussel, June 2011
*EMBRC
entrered its preparatory-phase in February 2011
Status of Implementation
Management
WP1
Strategic Planning
WP2
E- infrastructures
WP3
Construction Plans
WP4
Legal Work
WP5
Financial Work
WP6
Risk & Quality
WP7
Human Resources
WP8
Stakeholders
WP9
User access
WP10
Outreach
WP11
Kick-Off Meeting
Resources
Inventory
Preliminary
Implementation
Feb 2011
Jun 2011
Potential links with JPIs
Strategic Landscape
and Policy Drivers
HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE
SEAS AND OCEANS
SUSTAINABLE MARINE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY
AND CLIMATE CHANGES
FOOD SECURITY
A HEALTHY DIET
FOR A HEALTHY LIFE
BIODIVERSITY
MORE YEARS BETTER LIFES
HEALTH OF THE HUMAN POPULATION
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Horizon 2020 - RIs
Research Infrastructures
• 1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyond
 1.1 Developing new world-class RIs
Main actions
 1.2 Integrating and opening national RIs
of pan-European interest
 1.3 Development, deployment and operation of ICT based eInfrastructures
• 2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs & their human
capital
Specific actions
• 3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international
Policy actions
cooperation
Policy
Research and
Innovation
Horizon 2020 - RIs
1.2 Integrating and opening existing
national RIs of pan-European interest
• Objective: To open up key national RIs to all
European researchers and to ensure their optimal use
and joint development
• EU funding will support “European Research
Infrastructures Networks” bringing together RIs in a
given field covering:
 Transnational and virtual access activities
 Networking activities to foster a culture of cooperation
 Joint research activities to improve the services
provided by the infrastructures
Policy
Research and
Innovation
SeaDataNet partner countries
NODCs + ICES + IOC-IODE + EU-JRC + technical experts
(Slides from Dick M.A. Schaap – MARIS, SeaDataNet Technical Coordinator)
Building a Pan-European infrastructure for ocean and
marine data management
• 2002 – 2005: Sea-Search project (EU funding 3 ME)
• Networking NODCs from 30 countries around European
seas: Focus on metadata
• 2006 – 2011: SeaDataNet project (EU funding 9 ME)
• Connecting 40 NODCs from 35 countries around
European Seas: harmonisation of metadata services and
unified access to distributed archived data via central
portal
• 2011 – 2015: SeaDataNet II project (EU funding 6 ME)
• robustness of services; machine-to-machine interfacing for
specific communities; real-time data exchange; full INSPIRE
compliance; improved capability for marine biological data
Towards an alliance of
European research fleets
A Capacities I3 (integrated infrastructure initiative)
project carried out by 24 marine institutes,
universities, foundations and SMEs from 16 countries
(EU Member States –including 4 recent ones- and
associated countries)
+ 3 Associated Partners including ESF Marine Board
From 1st of September 2009 for 4 years
EC FP7 contribution 7.2 M€ on a total budget of 9 M€
Coordination Ifremer
(slide from EUROFLEETS project, March 2011)
3rd of March 2011
EGMRI meeting
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JERICO’s Vision & objectives
to harmonise existing European (operational) coastal observatories
(physical and biological) and promote coordinated future
developments and access to the RI
Main objectives
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to enhance the coordination between existing coastal observatories
to propose common procedures from the sensor to the data quality
assessment
to enlarge the network with new partners
to prepare for the future European Network of coastal observatories (OCO)
towards the EOOS
JERICO will increase knowledge and understanding of marine
systems, strengthen the evidence base for environmental
assessments, provide data and information required to improve
predictions of future human and climate driven environmental
change and the strategies to combat them
(slide from JERICO project, October 2011)
Horizon 2020 - RIs
Research Infrastructures
• 1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyond
 1.1 Developing new world-class RIs
Main actions
 1.2 Integrating and opening national RIs
of pan-European interest
 1.3 Development, deployment and operation of ICT based eInfrastructures
• 2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs & their human
capital
Specific actions
• 3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international
Policy actions
cooperation
Policy
Research and
Innovation
Horizon 2020 - RIs
2. Fostering the innovation potential of
RIs and their human capital
• To stimulate innovation both in the RIs themselves and in
their supplier and user industries
 R&D partnerships with industries to develop Union capacities in
high-tech areas such as scientific instrumentation
 pre-commercial procurement by RI actors
 stimulate the use of RIs by industry
 Encourage the integration of RIs into local, regional and global
innovation ecosystems
• To strengthen the human capital of RIs
 Support for the training of staff managing and operating RIs,
exchanges of staff and best practices between facilities
Policy
Research and
Innovation
Horizon 2020 (EC proposal)
Excellent science (24 598 M€, constant 2011 prices)
•
•
•
•
European Research Council (13 268 M€)
Future and Emerging Technologies (3 100 M€)
Marie Curie actions (5 752 M€)
European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) (2 478 M€)
Industrial leadership (17 938 M€)
Societal challenges (31 743 M€)
• Health, demographic change and wellbeing
•
•
•
•
•
(8 028 M€)
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine maritime research, bio-economy (4 152 M€)
Secure, clean and efficient energy (5 782 M€)
Smart, green, integrated transport (6 802 M€)
Climate action, resource efficiency, raw materials
(3 160 M€)
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
(3 819 M€)
EIT (1 364 B€ + 1 461 B€)
Policy
Research and
Innovation
• Leadership in enabling and
industrial technologies (ICT, space,
nanotechnologies, advanced
materials and advanced
manufacturing and processing,
biotechnology) (13 781 M€)
• Access to risk finance (3 538 M€)
• Innovation in SMEs (619 M€)
JRC (non-nuclear: 1 961 M€)
« The Ocean of Tomorrow » 2013
4 Topics
1. Biosensors for marine water quality monitoring (15M €)
2. Sensors for in-situ monitoring (15M €)
3. Antifouling materials for maritime applications (15M €)
4. New marine technologies for the offshore energy sector (10M €)
5 Themes implementing the call
Theme 2: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology (FAFB)
Theme 4: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production
Technologies (NMP)
Theme 5: Energy
Theme 6: Environment (including Climate Change)
Theme 7: Transport (including Aeronautics)
55 million € EU contribution
Structural Funds
• Developing synergies between the Structural funds
and Horizon 2020 is a priority of the European
Commission
• More specific reference to research infrastructures "of
European interest" is made in the European Commission
proposal for the European Regional Development Fund
• Also, Horizon 2020 foresees support to activities
dedicated to developing cooperation between research
infrastructures and other Union policies, such as
Cohesion, through relevant studies and communication
tasks
Policy
Research and
Innovation
Next steps for Horizon 2020
Ongoing
Parliament and Council negotiations on the
basis of the Commission proposals
Ongoing
Parliament and Council negotiations on EU
budget 2014-2020 (including overall budget
for Horizon 2020)
Mid 2012
Final calls under 7th Framework Programme
for research to bridge gap towards Horizon
2020
Mid 2013
Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament
and Council on Horizon 2020
1/1/2014
Horizon 2020 starts, launch of first calls
Policy
Research and
Innovation
Thank you for your attention!
Find out more:
www.ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures
www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020
Research and
Innovation
Additional slides
Research and
Innovation
3. Reinforcing European RI policy
and international cooperation
• Reinforcing European policy for RIs
 Partnerships between relevant policymakers and funding
bodies
 Surveys, monitoring and assessments of RIs at Union level
 Policy studies and communication tasks
• Facilitating strategic international cooperation
 Cooperation for global RIs
 Cooperation of European RIs with their non-European
counterparts:
 Ensuring their global interoperability and reach
 Pursuing international agreements on the reciprocal use,
openness or co-financing of RIs
Policy
Research and
Innovation
ERIC requirements (expert assessment)
• Principal task: establish & operate a RI
• Necessary for European research programmes and
projects
• Added value for the ERA
• Grant effective access
• Contribute to mobility of knowledge, researchers
• Contribute to the dissemination and optimisation of the
results of activities
Research & Innovation
FP7 contribution to ENV Sciences RIs
Biodiversity - ecosystems
EXPEER, SYNTHESIS, TREES4FUTURE, INCREASE, ANAEE, LIFEWATCH, CReATIVE-B
Atmospheric Sciences
ACTRIS, EUFAR, EUROCHAMP2, InGOS, COPAL, IAGOS, EISCAT_3D, ICOS, ARISE, ICARE-2010
Marine Sciences
...(ELIXIR), EMBRC, ASSEMBLE, AQUAEXCEL
EUROFLEETS, JERICO, MESOAQUA, SeaDataNet2/UP.BSS, EMSO, EURO-ARGO, GROOM, SIDERI...
Polar research
Climate Change
INTERACT, ERICON-AB, SIOS-PP
IS-ENES, INCREASE, EXPEER, MESOAQUA, ICOS, SIOS-PP
Other Earth Sciences
Coordination & support (multidisciplinary)
(NERA), EPOS, EISCAT_3D
ICT (ENVRI); Int'l coop (COOPEUS);
IA PP DS CSA
Policy
Research and
Innovation