Title: European Commission Funding Opportunities
1European Commission Funding Opportunities for
Transatlantic Cooperation
Laurent Bochereau Head of Science, Technology and
Education Section European Commission Delegation
to the US
USC, 11 April 2008
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27 EU Member States 500 million
inhabitants 1957- Treaty of Rome
MAP EUROPE
3RD Recent Data
Note (1) 2000 data (2) 2002 data (3) 2003 data
4Research and economic development
5Evolution of EU STI Policies since 2000
- Moved up the political agenda (EU, national)
- - Key element in EU strategy for growth
employment - - European Research Area more integrated, open
and attractive - - Increase investment (3 of GDP by 2010 2/3
by private sector) - Broad policy approach
- - Research-innovation-education
- - Wider policy mix supply push and demand pull
- Wider range of instruments at EU level
- - Funding instruments
- - Legislation (visa for entry and stay of
foreign scientists) - - Voluntary guidelines (university-industry
relations, fiscal incentives) - - Agenda for modernisation of universities
(education and research)
6Funding Instruments
- Research Framework Programmes
- European Research Council (grants to individuals
based solely on excellence) - Joint Technology Initiatives (large scale PPPs)
- Cross border cooperation between regions
(research driven clusters) - Coordinated calls with third countries
- Increased mobility budget (e.g. within and
outside of Europe and between industry and
academia) - EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities
- Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
- Structural Funds
7EU budget 2006 5.3 billion for research
123.5 billion expenditure (commitments)
Source "EU Budget - The figures" EU COM, Jan.
2006, ISBN 92-79-01144-8
8EU Research Framework ProgrammesAnnual Budgets
between 1984 and 2013
NB budgets in current prices. Source Annual
Report 2003, plus FP7 revised proposal
9EU research changing priorities
10FP7 The Structure
Cooperation Collaborative research
Ideas Frontier Research
People Marie Curie Actions
Capacities Research Capacity
JRC non-nuclear research
Euratom direct actions JRC nuclear research
Euratom indirect actions nuclear fusion and
fission research
11FP7 Indicative breakdown ( million)
12International cooperation in FP7
- Guiding Principles
- Shared objectives
- Mutual benefit
- Equal treatment
- Reciprocity
- Objectives
- More integrated
- More competitive
- More targeted
- More coordinated
13FP7 Categories of Countries
14Transatlantic ST co-operation
- EC-US Science and Technology Co-operation
Agreement - Originally signed 1998
- Renewed in 2004
- Negotiation towards a renewal in 2008
- Pan-European dimension to transatlantic
STco-operation to complement bilateral
arrangements with Member States - Actions through implementing arrangements
Environment, metrology, materials science,
nanotechnology, biotechnology, non-nuclear and
renewable energy
15FP7 Cooperation bringing together our best
talents (researchers, industry and SMEs) to
tackle the following areas
- Health
- Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Nano-sciences, Nano-technologies, Materials and
new Production Technologies - Energy
- Environment (including Climate Change)
- Transport (including Aeronautics)
- Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities
- Space
- Security.
16FP7 2007 Cooperation ResultsParticipation of
Third Countries
17US-EC Task Force on Biotechnology Research
- Task Force
- Established in 1990 by EC and the US White House
Office of Science Technology (anticipate the
needs of tomorrows science, today) - Mission to promote information exchange and
coordination of biotechnology research programs
funded by the EC and the US government - Members
- US ARS, NSF, NIH, FDA, EPA, NASA, NIST)
- EC Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Research,
Food Quality, External Relations, Health,
Research DG - Scientific advisory panel
- Working groups (past)
- Bioinformatics, Neuroinformatics
- Farm Animal Genomes
18US-EC Flagship Projects
- Flagship themes
- Plant cell walls Increasing accessibility for
biorefining - Plant oils Produce industrial oils biofuels
in oilseed crops - Biopolymers High value/high performance
polymers - Selection criteria clear consumer benefit,
scientific challenge, economic benefit and risk
analysis, private sector involvement - Biobased Products Initiative (includes all
flagships) - EC-US working group developed a strategic vision
paper - Flagship coordinators developed research
framework - Program reviewed by stakeholders in 2005
(Beltsville, MD) - Program approved by US-EC Task Force
19Mouse Mutagenesis
- The European Commission, US National
Institutes of Health and Genome Canada are
co-funding a global collaborative research
programme aimed at creating mutant mouse lines in
every single gene present in the mouse genome. - Objective to better understand the ways a
single gene influences the health and well-being
of mice by deleting, or knocking out,
individual genes. - Networking three major initiatives
- the EUCOMM project (13 million, EC)
- the NorCOMM project (4.4 million, Canada)
- the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP, 39.2
million, NIH)
20FP7 PeopleMarie Curie Actions- Fellowships,
Grants, Awards
- 1. Initial training
- Networks for Early stage researchers
- 2. Life long training and career development
- Intra European Fellowships
- European Reintegration Grants
- Co-funding of national programmes
- 3. Industry dimension
- Industry-academia partnership and pathways
- 4. International dimension
- Outgoing fellowships
- International reintegration grants
- Incoming fellowships
- International staff Exchange Programmes (ST,
ENP)
21FP7 Ideas conducting Frontier Research- The
European Research Council (ERC)
- European Research Council (ERC) the first
pan-European funding agency for Frontier Research - Support investigator-driven frontier research
- over all areas of research
- competition as EU level
- excellence as sole criterion
- Budget 1 billion per year (2007-2013 7.5
billion) - Autonomous scientific governance (Scientific
Council)
22ERC Applications from Researchers 1st stage
(8794 proposals evaluated)
12
EU Members FP7Associated Countries
23
9
149
6
2
3
2
15
4
23FP7 PeopleMarie Curie Actions- Fellowships,
Grants, Awards
- 1. Initial training
- Networks for Early stage researchers
- 2. Life long training and career development
- Intra European Fellowships
- European Reintegration Grants
- Co-funding of national programmes
- 3. Industry dimension
- Industry-academia partnership and pathways
- 4. International dimension
- Outgoing fellowships
- International reintegration grants
- Incoming fellowships
- International staff Exchange Programmes (ST,
ENP)
24Outgoing fellowships (from EU)
- Career development/ life-long training for EU
researchers - EU outgoing individual fellowships, to be trained
in a third country institute or organisation - at least 4 years after graduation
- Funding for up to 3 years in total
- -- with 1-2 years abroad
- To establish cooperation
- Based on a personal career development plan
- Application together with the host of the return
fellowship, - mandatory return phase
25Incoming fellowships
- Incoming individual fellowships to attract top
class researchers to EU and Ass. - at least four years after graduation (post doc)
- to develop cooperation
- Proposal is submitted by the researcher together
with the host organisation - For 1 to 2 years
- Salary plus contribution towards research
related costs - Eventually a 1 year return phase for researchers
from ICPC
26International Reintegration Grants
- Financial assistance to any EU or Ass researchers
who wish to return and find a position in Europe - After having worked in research in a third
country - for at least three years
- grant of 2 to 4 years
- At least four years research experience after
graduation - Researcher applies together with the host
organisation - Flat rate of 25 000 annually
- Commission signs grant agreement, while
re-integration host will sign employment
agreement - Regular cut off date twice a year
27FP7 People Programme Preliminary Results
- 19 US out of the 127 Incoming International
Fellows - 2nd place after India (20) AUS (18) CN (12)
- 102 International Reintegration Grantees were in
the US at the time of applying (out of 224) - help stabilise in research careers
28 New IRSES International Research Staff
Exchange scheme
- For EU Neighbourhood Countries and Countries with
ST Agreement - To establish or deepen partnership between min 2
research organisations within EU/associate and
one or more organisations in third countries. - Joint exchange programme to/from Europe (not
between EU/AS partners) - 24 - 48 month partnership
- Short term exchanges (up to 1 year per person)
- Partner institutes select their staff for
exchange (Researchers, management, technical
staff )
29EracareersResearchers Mobility Portal
http//europa.eu.int/eracareers/index_en.cfm
- Information about research, fellowships, grants,
job opportunities - Information about legal and administrative issues
(entry, social security, tax, etc) - Access to European Network of Mobility Centres.
30Call for Evaluators
- The European Commission operates a database of
experts. - The registration service for FP7 is available in
CORDIS. - Further information on the appointment of
independent experts can be found in the CORDIS
FP7 participation section - https//cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7
31Key European issues for international cooperation
in ST
- How to work better together between MS/AS and the
EC? How to achieve  speaking with one voice in
multilateral intitiatives? - How to reach greater coherence between
international ST cooperation and other EC
external policies and instruments? - How to set thematic and geographical priorities?
- How to address global challenges?
- How to promote European agendas in multilateral
organisations and agreements? - How to make bilateral ST agreements more
effective? Do we need other instruments (eg joint
calls for projects involving MS where possible)?
32More Information
- EU research http//ec.europa.eu/research
- Seventh Framework Programme http//ec.europa.eu/r
esearch/fp7 - Information on research programmesand projects
http//www.cordis.lu/ - RTD info magazine http//ec.europa.eu/research/rt
dinfo/ - Mobility (Marie Curie)
- http//europa.eu.int/mariecurie-actions
- http//europa.eu.int/eracareers
- http//europa.eu.int/mc-opportunities/
- Information requests http//ec.europa.eu/researc
h/enquiries/