Towards an Pan-European Research Information System

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• Towards an Pan-European Research Information
  System
• The ESF Perspective and Approach

Dr. Alexis-Michel MugabushakaScience Officer in
CEO Unit, ESF
EuroCRIS Seminar 2006 Brussels, 12.Sept.2006
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A work in progress

• The presentation is about a work in progress.
  The views are thus those of the author and do
  reflect neither the views nor the policies of the
  European Science Foundation Board. It shows
  partially the directions of a joint project of
  EUROHORCs and ESF.

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Outline of the presentation

• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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Outline of the presentation

• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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Outline of the presentation

• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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Outline of the presentation

• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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About ESF

• 78 Member Organisations in 30 countries, beyond
  the European Union.
• Research funding organisations
• Research performing organisations
• Academies

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About ESF

• ESF provides a common platform for
• our Member Organisations (MOs) in
• order to
• Advance European research
• Explore new directions for research at the
  European level
• Through our activities, we serve the
• needs of the European research
• community in a global context.

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• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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Changing context

• Annual reports
• Growing demand
• Accountability /Evaluation
• Changing expectations from the stakeholders
• Pressure for efficiency

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Changing context

• Researchers transnational funding
  opportunities cooperation partners access the
  results
• Research organisations Programmes Activity
  portfolio cooperation
• science society contract policy makers the
  public at large
• ICT advances from lists to CRIS

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Outline of the presentation

• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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CRIS in ESF MO

• Cases studies
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft gt GEPRIS
• Slovenian Science Foundation(SSF) gt SICRIS
• Swiss National Science Foundation gt project
  databases
• CNRS gt LABINTEL_at_
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gt
  Grants on Web
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
  Council (EPSRC) gt Grants on the Web

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CRIS in ESF MO

• Common ground
• Aims and basic functionality
• Target (including international audience )
• Search possibilities
• Diversity in the approaches
• Standalone / embedded in the internal information
  systems (embedded lt gt linked)
• Scope National vs. Institutional coverage
• Complexity search engines / reporting tools
• Information of information e.g. Grants sum /
  results

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Outline of the presentation

• About ESF
• Information Management in research organizations
  From lists to Systems (CRIS)
• A birds eye view on current systems
• A Pan European CRIS ESF Approach

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Pan European CRIS

• Context
• ERANET blurs the borders
• ERANETING increasingly joint programmes gt
  joint management / reporting
• Approach under Discussion
• Linking up existing systems
• Two possible Areas (Needs articulated by ESF
  MO)
• Integrated Research Information System
• Integrated Grant Management System (for joint
  programmes, sharing information e.g. On reviewers
  )

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Pan European CRIS
Integrated Research Information System
embedded or linked ?
Integrated Grant Management System
for joint programmes, sharing informatione.g. On
reviewers
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Structured data model

• Challenge CERIF as a Layer to CERIF and Non
  CERIF Systems
• CERIF to accomodate data models with variable
  geometry
• Data Not a common minimum but Core
  electives
• CERIF research information grant management
  (linked ? Embedded ?)

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Pan European CRIS
PAN EUROPEAN CRIS
CERIF
CRIS 4
CRIS 1
CRIS 2
CRIS 5
CRIS 3
Integrated Research Information System
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Critical issues

• Not about technology
• Agreement / Mandate of MO
• Framing the issues
• Evolving system not everything at once
• Acceptance and Use
• Balance between User driven and
  build-it-they-will-come Approach
• Thinking the process
• Make sure that researchers enter information only
  once

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Next steps

• 11.October.2006
• assessing together with EUROHORCs the
  feasibility of an Pan European CRIS
• ESF Member Forum on research information systems
  grant management systems

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Thank you for your attention

• amugabushaka_at_esf.org