fp7 specific programme ideas (march 2007)
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Bringing Great Ideas to Life
FP7 Ideas programme
Meelis KadajaArchimedes Foundation
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First Specific Programmes
FP1
FP6FP5
FP4
EuropeanEuropeanResearchResearchArea (ERA)Area (ERA)
FP2FP3
FP7
IdeasIdeas
Research in European Union
1984 2000 2006 2013
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Solution: The FP7 Ideas Specific Programme
to support the truly creative scientists
to make the unpredictable and spectacular discoveries
that can change the course of human understandings.
A problem: Europe does not perform well in terms of truly outstanding research
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Boost European excellence in frontier research
basic research in science and technology is important to economic and social welfare;
research at and beyond the frontiers of current understanding is the most challenging research area;
research at frontiers of current understanding is characterized by an absence of disciplinary boundaries.
Strategic Aim
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The European UnionThe European Union
Implementation of the FP7 Ideas Specific Programme
Ideas
The Scientific The Scientific CouncilCouncil
The AgencyThe AgencyERC
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22 Europe’s most respected researchers
appointed by the Commission
The Scientific The Scientific CouncilCouncil
Ensures communication with the scientific community
Establishes overall strategy
Establishes work programme(incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria)
Defines peer review methodology, control quality of scientific operations
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The ERC Board
Prof. Fotis KafatosERC President and Chair of the ScC
Prof. Helga Nowotny and Dr Daniel Esteve
ERC Vice-Presidents and Vice-Chairs of ERC ScC
Prof. Ernst-Ludwig WinnackerERC Secretary-General
Jack MettheyDirector of ERC DIS(Directorate S)
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The The AAgencygency
The dedicated implementation structure set up by European Commission
Pending the establishment executive agency, its tasks will be executed by European Commission
Execute annual work programme
Implement calls for proposals and provide support to applicants
Organise peer review evaluation
Establish and manage grant agreements
Administer scientific and financial aspects and follow-up of grant agreements
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The European UnionThe European Union(represented by the Commission)(represented by the Commission)
Provides financing through the EU framework programmes
Guarantor of the autonomy of ERC
Assures the integrity and accountability of the ERC
Adopts annual work programmes as established by the Scientific Council
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Support for individual teams
All fields of science are eligibleinvestigator-driven, bottom-up
Excellence is the only criterionPrincipal investigator/team + research project
Investment in research talentFlexible grants, under the control of the Principal Investigator
Activities and Principles
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ERC funding schemes
Objectives:
To keep (young) researchers in Europe
To favour “brain gain” and “reverse brain drain”
ERC Starting Grant1st ERC call: 22nd Dec 2006
ERC Advanced Grant2nd ERC call: Autumn 2007
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Support researchers at the start of their independent research career and establishment of their first research team
Provide a support for transition from working under a supervisor to independent research
Supply grants to support the creation of excellent new teams which bring energy and new ideas to their disciplines
ERC Starting Grant(ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant)
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~ €300M per year (approximately ⅓ of ERC annual budget)
€100k – 400k per grant per year
€0.5-2.0M per grant
~ 250 Starting Grants per year, each for up to 5 years
1400+ Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7
ERC Starting Grant(ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant)
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Designed to support excellent investigator-initiated research projects by established investigators
Should complement the ERC Starting Grant scheme by targeting researchers who have already established their independence as team leaders
€100k-500k per grant per year
max € 2,5 million per grant
ca. 200 grants per year
ERC Advanced Grant (ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)
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ERC Budget
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Total: € ≈7.5 bn: ≈1/3 Starting Grants, ≈ 2/3 Advanced GrantsLess than 5% for operational ERC management
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ERC covers all fields of science
For operational reasons the ScC agreed on 3 main scientific domains:
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Biological & Life Sciences
Panel LS3 - …infection and immunity, microbiology, virology, parasitology….
Social Sciences and Humanities
The first Call budget for ERC Starting Grants has been pre-allocated to these areas as follows:
45% - 40% - 15%
Budget AllocationERC Starting Grant
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Team leader + team members (if needed)
The Team Leader (“Principal Investigator”) has the
- power to assemble his/her research group (team);
- freedom to choose the research topic.
Who can apply ? Individual Teams
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Ideas (ERC specific programme) encourages participation of researchers from European and non-European countries Level of participation varies with regard to roles and funding Roles:
Principal InvestigatorCan be of any nationalityBut: PI’s host organisation needs to be established in EU Member States or Associated Countries, or be a international European Interest Organisations (such as CERN, EMBL, etc.) or the JRC
Team MembersCan be of any age, nationality in almost any country.
Who can apply? European and International Teams
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PI
young researcher is the applicant between 2-9 from the first PhD degree. However up to 12 years extensions of this period may be allowed in case of eligible career breaks
PI and contributing investigators (team members)
Any nationality
One ERC Grant per investigator only may be active at any time
Hosting institution
Located in a European Union or associated country
Intra-European grant portability allowed
EligibilityERC Starting Grant
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ERC StG grant applications can be submitted only in response to an open “call for proposals”. Calls are published on:
the ERC website (http://erc.europa.eu),
the CORDIS website (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html)
the Official Journal of the EU (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj)
When can I apply?
Call for proposals for ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant
Proposals are receivable from 1 April 2007Call deadline: 25 April 2007 at 17.00 (Brussels local time)
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Two-step application procedure (risk of oversubscription) 1st stage - Outline Proposal: max 8 Pages (3+4+1) 2nd stage – Full Proposal: max 16 Pages (4+10+2)
Proposal Components CV + self-evaluation of the PI’s research achievements +
funding ID Brief Description of scientific and technical aspects of the
project Description of the scientific environment and resources
Pre-registration – indication of number /area of proposals
Electronic Submission only (via EPSS)
Page Format Font Type Font Size Line Spacing Margins
A4 Times Roman 12 1.0 At least 2.0 cm
How do submit an ERC StG application?
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Reception of proposals 1
Allocation of proposals to panels
Panel meetings
Evaluation Reports
Not recommended
Recommended
Eligibility check 1
Invitation for Stage 2
ScC Coherency
Due process
Assessment by panel members assigned
Reading by all panel members
Evaluation Stage 1
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Reception of proposals 2 Eligibility check 2
Remote review by referees
Interviews of applicants
Panel meetings preparation
Panel meetings
Assignment of referees to proposals
Evaluation Reports
Reserve
Not recommended
Recommended
ScC Coherency
Due process
Evaluation Stage 2
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Evaluation criteria (I)Scientific Excellence is the sole Criterion
1. Potential of applicant
2. Quality of project
3. Research Environment
Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria under Heading 1 and Heading 2 numerically which will result in the ranking of the projects
Criteria under Heading 3 will be considered as "pass/fail" and commented but not scored
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Principal Investigator: Potential to become a world class research leader
a. Quality of research outputHas the Principal Investigator published in high quality peer reviewed
journals or the equivalent?
To what extent are these publications ground-breaking and demonstrative of independent creative thinking and capacity to go significantly beyond
the state of the art?
b. Intellectual capacity and creativityTo what extent does the Principal Investigator's record of research,
collaborations, project conception, supervision of students and publications demonstrate that he/she is able to confront major research challenges in the field, and to initiate new productive lines of thinking?
Evaluation criteria (II)ERC Starting Grant
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Quality of the research proposal a. Ground-breaking nature of the researchDoes the proposed research address important challenges in the field(s) addressed?Does it have suitably ambitious objectives, which go substantially beyond the current
state of the art (e.g. including trans-disciplinary developments and novel or unconventional approaches)?
b. Potential impactDoes the research open new and important, scientific, technological or scholarly
horizons?
c. MethodologyStage 1: Is the outlined scientific approach (including the activities to be undertaken
by the individual team members) feasible?Stage 2: Is the proposed research methodology (including when pertinent the use of
instrumentation, other type of infrastructures etc.) comprehensive and appropriate for to the project? Will it enable the goals of the project convincingly to be achieved within the timescales and resources proposed and the level of risk associated with a challenging research project?
Evaluation criteria (III)ERC Starting Grant
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Research Environment a. Transition to independenceWill the proposed project enable the Principal Investigator to make or consolidate
the transition to independence?
b. Host institution [normally applicant legal entity]Does the institution hosting the project have most of the infrastructure necessary
for the research to be carried out?Is it in a position to provide an appropriate intellectual environment and
infrastructural support and to assist in achieving the ambitions for the project and the Principal Investigator?
c. Participation of other legal entitiesIf it is proposed that other legal entities participate in the project, in addition to the
applicant legal entity, is their participation fully justified by the scientific added value they bring to the project?
Evaluation criteria (IV)ERC Starting Grant
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http://erc.europa.eu
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