Participating in FP7 Security

1
Participating in FP7 Security

• Michael Murphy PhD
• Enterprise Ireland
• FP7 Security Contact Point
• 21st May 2009

2
Introduction to FP7 Security

• FP7 Security deals with terrorist acts and
  organised crime up to the point of a crisis as
  well as how to cope with the aftermath of
  incidents be they natural or man-made
• FP7 Security offers opportunities across many
  disciplines including information technology
  sensors ethics biosciences psychology\human
  factors urban planning law etc
• 1.4Bn has been assigned to the FP7 Security
  market, with 204M likely to be allocated in
  2009
• The next Call is likely to be in June/July with a
  deadline for submission of proposals at least 3
  months thereafter
• Email me and Ill send you the draft Work
  Programme as well as the ESRAB European Security
  RD Strategy report which gives useful
  introductory background

3
Successful Academics

• Patrick Grommes/Nick McDonald TCD (Human
  Factors in (a) Crisis Management and (b) Airport
  Security)
• Ciaran Morrison NUI-G (Triage after Radiation
  Disasters)
• Elfed Lewis UL (Fibre Optic Sensors)

4
An Example - Topics from the Current Draft of the
Work Programme
5
How to Participate
6
1. Shape the Draft Work Programme(too late for
this year but we can try for next)

• Scan through the topic headings in the early
  drafts of the Work Programme
• If a topic is close to your area of interest but
  not exactly on the nail then please send me a
  revised form of words for submission to the EC
  for possible inclusion in the next draft
• If a topic is absent then lets discuss it with a
  view to having it included in next years work
  programme
• Please use the EC codes e.g., Topic
  SEC-2007-3.3.3

7
Contribute to the Work Programme

• Original Work Programme Text
• Topic SEC-2007-3.3.3 Solutions for ensuring
  end-to-end communication availability, relying on
  physical and logical technologies, on diversity
  of hybrid systems
• Technical content / scope The task is to
  develop suitable novel broadband services which
  guarantee the required quality of service and
  data integrity making use of multimode
  communication solutions (mainly focused in
  wireless/mobile communication with security (end
  to end) features for voice, data information and
  access.
• Revised Work Programme Text
• Topic SEC-2007-3.3-03 Solutions for ensuring
  disruption-tolerant end-to-end communication
  availability, relying on physical and logical
  technologies, on diversity of hybrid systems
• Technical content / scope The task is to
  develop suitable novel communication services
  which guarantee the required quality of service
  and data integrity making use of multimode
  communication solutions, even in the face of
  disruptions that may occur due to security
  incidents. These will mainly be focused on
  wireless/mobile communication making use, where
  appropriate, of disruption-tolerant networking
  schemes. Solutions should include appropriate
  end-to-end and hop-by-hop security features for
  voice, data information and access.

8
2. Network, Network, Network

• Irish Security Research Network (serenity)
• Centre for Irish and European Security (CIES)
• Become a proposal evaluator for the EC
• Consider participating in a European committee or
  network that relates to your area of interest
• Present at EC sponsored Security RD events

9
3. How to participate

• Get Inside a Consortium
• Identify a Topic in the Draft Work Programme that
  hits your sweet spot
• We can try to identify a credible consortium
  coordinator if you have a compelling proposition
• Be an Initiator
• Can you prompt the formation of a consortium
  leaving someone else to coordinate?
• Be a Coordinator
• Its best to be on top of the food chain
  coordinate your own proposal and select your own
  partners but its a challenging path

10
Summary Remarks

• Take a Strategic approach
• Plan well in advance
• Network locally and abroad
• Influence the Work Programme Topics
• Identify a Topic(s) where you have a strong
  proposition
• Work with me

11
Thank you

• Michael Murphy
• Enterprise Ireland
• Eastpoint Business Park
• Dublin 3
• Phone [phone]
• Mobile [phone]
• Email michael.murphy_at_enterprise-ireland.com