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Title: European Commission Funding Opportunities


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European 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
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RD Recent Data
Note (1) 2000 data (2) 2002 data (3) 2003 data
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Research and economic development
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Evolution 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)

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Funding 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

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EU 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
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EU Research Framework ProgrammesAnnual Budgets
between 1984 and 2013
NB budgets in current prices. Source Annual
Report 2003, plus FP7 revised proposal
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EU research changing priorities
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FP7 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
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FP7 Indicative breakdown ( million)
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International cooperation in FP7
  • Guiding Principles
  • Shared objectives
  • Mutual benefit
  • Equal treatment
  • Reciprocity
  • Objectives
  • More integrated
  • More competitive
  • More targeted
  • More coordinated

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FP7 Categories of Countries
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Transatlantic 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

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FP7 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.

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FP7 2007 Cooperation ResultsParticipation of
Third Countries
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US-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

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US-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

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Mouse 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)

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FP7 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)

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FP7 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)

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ERC Applications from Researchers 1st stage
(8794 proposals evaluated)
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EU Members FP7Associated Countries
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FP7 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)

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Outgoing 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

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Incoming 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

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International 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

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FP7 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

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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 )

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EracareersResearchers 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.

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Call 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

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Key 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)?

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More 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/
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