research infrastructures infodays in greece [email protected] december 20 and 21, 2004
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Definition of Research Infrastructures
“Facilities and resources that provide essential services to the research community in both academic and/or industrial domains”
• “single-sited” - single resource at a single location• “distributed” - a network of distributed resources,
including Research Infrastructures based on Grid-type architectures
• “virtual” - the service being provided electronically
Examples of Research Infrastructures
• Singular large-scale research installations• Collections, bio-banks, special habitats• Libraries, databases• Integrated arrays of research installations• Communications networks, computing
facilities• Infrastructural centres of competence
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Thematic priorities (64%) Specific activities covering a wider field of research (7%)
Supporting policies and anticipating scientific and technological needs
Horizontal research activities involving SMEs
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Research Infrastructures in FP6
Objectives of the Research Infrastructures
programme
• Promote the development of a fabric of research infrastructures of the highest quality and performance in Europe
• Promote their optimum use on a European scale, based on the needs of the research community
Former actions
• Under FP2 and FP3: projects supporting Transnational Access to major Research Infrastructures
• Under FP4 and FP5: also networking and research projects
FP6 actions for Research Infrastructures
• For existing infrastructures:
- TA - Transnational Access (SSA)
- IA - Integrating Activities• Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives : I3• Co-ordination Actions : CA
- CND - Communication Network Development (I3, CA, SSA)• For new or major upgrade of infrastructures:
- DS - Design Studies (SSA)
- CNI - Construction of New Infrastructures (SSA)• AM - Accompanying Measures (SSA)
(Area / Instrument)
Conditions
for a EC support
• Scientific and Technological excellence (in any field of Science and Technology)
• Major Research Infrastructures (world-class service)
• Need expressed by the scientific community
• European added value
The Research Infrastructures Calls
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Call 1: Transnational Access and Integrating Activities (17 Dec. 2002)
Call 2: Grids (17 Dec. 2002)
Call 3: Géant (6 June 2003)
Call 4: Design Studies, Construction of
New Infrastructures and AM (11 Nov. 2003)
Call 5: Transnational Access, Integrating
Activities and AM (4 Nov. 2004)
Call 6: Consolidating Initiatives (15 Dec. 2004)
Call 7: Grids (11 May 2005)
The current callFP6-2004-Infrastructures-5
• Publication date: 4 November 2004 All fields of S&T are covered• Call deadline: 3 March 2005 Electronic submission only / Pre-notification• Remote evaluation: March - April 2005• Panel meetings: Brussels, 9-13 May 2005• Results: available in July• Negotiations: Sept. 2005 – Dec. 2005• First contracts: January 2006
FP6-2004-Infrastructures-5 Call outline (1)
• Indicative budget: 145 million €– Integrating Activities (CA, I3): 126 million €– Transnational Access (SSA): 17 million €– Accompanying Measures (SSA): 2 million €
• Expected proposals: 150– Integrating Activities (CA, I3): 50 – Transnational Access (SSA): 70– Accompanying Measures (SSA): 30
• 3 ranking lists
FP6-2004-Infrastructures-5 Call outline (2)
• Expert evaluators: 90 (+ Chairman + Independent Observer)
• 5 thematic sub-panels for Integrating Activities and Transnational Access
• One multidisciplinary subpanel for Accompanying Measures
Evaluation procedure
Evaluation criteria
• General criteria:– Relevance to the objectives of the programme– Scientific and Technological excellence– Quality of the management– European added value
• More details in the revised Work Programme
Evaluation criteria
• Results from previous calls taken into account
How? As an example: for I3s, criterion 3 of the evaluation (Fundamental Objectives) will include the extent to which infrastructures involved in similar activities have been funded in the contracts from the earlier call for Transnational Access and Integrating Activities
Transnational Access - SSA
• To support opportunities of access to individual major infrastructures (rare in Europe), for transnational user groups
• Financing covers up to 100% of the Access, Travel & Subsistence, and other related costs
• ContractsTypically 36 to 48 months
EC contribution 100 to 750 k€ per year, not exceeding 20% of the operating costs of the infrastructure
• To integrate the European infrastructures of a specific scientific community, promoting their coherent use and development
• 3 mandatory groups of activities:– Networking Activity to catalyse co-ordination and co-
operation (common databases, virtual facilities, setting common protocols, training users…)
– Transnational Access to one or more infrastructures
– Joint Research Activities to improve (in quality and quantity) the service provided
Integrating Activities - I3
• Financing covers:– Up to 100% of the Networking activities
– Up to 100% of the Access, T&S and related costs – Up to 50% of the Joint Research activities costs
• ContractsTypically 48 to 60 months
EC contribution of several millions € (average: 12)
25-200 k€/year for each N.A.
100-750 k€/year for each T.A.
0.4-5 M€ for each J.R.A.
Integrating Activities - I3
• To integrate the European infrastructures from a given class, by promoting their coherent use and development
• Networking activities only
• Financing up to 100%
• ContractsTypically 48 to 60 monthsEC contribution of a few millions € (average: 1.8)
25-200 k€/year for each Networking Activity
Integrating Activities - CA
• To sustain existing or future mechanisms for a coordinated approach to Research Infrastructures in Europe
• Financing up to 100%
• ContractsTypically 12 to 36 monthsEC contribution 50-100 k€, for each measure
Accompanying Measure - SSA
• Database studies
• Foresight studies
• Exploratory workshops
• Round-table workshops
Accompanying Measure - SSA
• I3: – All three activities (Networking, Access, Joint
Research) are mandatory
• AM: – Round-table workshops not supported
• General:– Final threshold increased– Some specific evaluation criteria modified
(see revised Work Programme)– Results from previous calls taken into account
Main differences between the new call 5
and previous calls
AM, TA, CA and I3 projects selected in previous calls
Acronym AreaInstrument / Scheme
EUROMAGNET High magnetic fields I3
MNT EUROPE Micro Nano Technologies I3
WISSMCBraun Submicron Center for research on semiconductor materials, devices & structures
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HIGH FIELD RESEARCH
High magnetic fields installation TA
ENGAS Environmental Gas Management TA
SOLFACE High Flux SOLar FACilities for Europe TA
SUSPOWER Sustainable Thermal Power Generation TA
Domain: Engineering, Energy & Nanotechnologies
Acronym AreaInstrument / Scheme
RADIONET Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe I3
OPTICON Optical-Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy I3
ILIAS Infrastructures for Astroparticle Science I3
HadronPhysics Study of Strongly Interacting Matter I3
CARE Coordinated Accelerator Research in Europe I3
EURONS EUROpean Nuclear Structure I3
LASERLAB-EUROPE
Integrated European Laser Laboratories I3
IA-SFS Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Science I3
NMI3 Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy I3
EU-ARTECH Conservation of the European Cultural Heritage I3
EUROPLANET European Planetology Network CA
ULTI Ultra Low Temperature Installation TA
High PressureThe Structure and Properties of Materials at High Pressure
TA
Domain: Physics and Analytical facilities
Acronym AreaInstrument/ Scheme
EMMAINF European Mouse Mutant Archive Infrastructure I3
ENSCONET European Native Seed Conservation Network CA
MAX-INF2 Macromolecular Crystallography Infrastructure CA
Domain: Life Sciences and Biotechnologies
Acronym AreaInstrument /
Scheme
SYNTHESYS Collections and analytical facilities in Natural Sciences I3
EUFAREuropean fleet for airborne research in the field of environment and geo-sciences
I3
EUROCHAMPSimulation chambers for investigating atmospheric processes
I3
OASIS Optimising Access to SPOT infrastructure for Science TA
ALOMAR EARIArctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research
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COSTAR Coal-mine Sites for Targeted Remediation Research TA
SALVADORE Seismic Analysis of the Lithosphere TA
ATANS Access To Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) TA
Domain: Environment and Earth Sciences
Acronym AreaInstrument / Scheme
HPC-EUROPA High Performance Computing I3
IHES Euro-prog mathematics, theoretical physics and other sciences TA
NEURALCOMP Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation TA
DIECMDisseminating the integrated European Census
MicrodataAM
CIECMCoordinating the Integration of the European Census
MicrodataAM
Domain: Computational Sciences, Mathematics,Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities
Success rates for Integrating Activities and Transnational Access (call 1)
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Engineering,Energy,
Nanotechnologies
Physics andAnalytical Facilities
Life Sci. andBiotechnologies.
Environment andEarth Sci.
Computational Sci.,Mathematics,
Socio-EconomicSci. and Humanities
TOTAL
7/29
13/36
3/26
8/42
3/21
34/154
• 6: Consolidating initiatives (I3, CA, SSA)– Closing 17 March 2005; budget: 25 million €– for user communities and for supporting international
issues & science-related eInfrastructure policies
• 7: Grid (I3, CA, SSA) initiatives – Closing 7 September 2005; budget: 55 million €– should link and build upon existing ones in the same
area
FP6-2005-Infrastructures-6 and FP6-2005-Infrastructures-7 Communication network development
(managed by DG INFSO)
• Information on Research Infrastructureshttp://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/
• Call FP6-2004-Infrastructures-5http://fp6.cordis.lu/infrastructures/calls.cfm
• FP6 funded projects (Infrastructures)http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/projects.htm
• Activities managed by DG INFSO http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/home.html
Further information
The Research Infrastructures
in FP7
Coordination between MS
Joint research initiatives
Stimulation of collaboration
Competition for excellenceHuman potential
+Scientific
infrastructures
One of the 6 major axes in FP7
Research Infrastructures in FP7: Two main lines of action
• Continuation and improvement of the current (mainly “bottom-up”) approach for optimizing the access to and the use and performance of existing infrastructures
• Implementation of a “strategic” approach for developing new infrastructures of pan-European interest
Continuation, improvement and
reinforcement of the existing schemes
• To optimise the use of infrastructures and to improve their performance Access to research infrastructures Integrating activities (networking, coordinated
access, research activities) Communication Network Development Design Studies (for new infrastructures)
• Call for proposals and selection of proposals through a peer review system
Support for the development of future Research Infrastructures of EU interest based on:
• A strategic long term vision for Research Infrastructures – roadmap(s)
• More targeted support for specific research infrastructure projects
• Increased use of financial engineering mechanisms to support such new infrastructures
The “strategic” approach
A clear vision of the needs for new research infrastructures in the medium–long term should be defined as well as a corresponding roadmap.
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) will play a major role in this context.
A clear vision
ESFRI will develop a roadmap for construction of new RIs for the next 10-20 years
With a transparent methodology, recognized by all stakeholders
Using agreed criteria (European dimension, needs of the scientific community, technological feasibility, …)
Continuous process, with annual updates
First results expected by mid 2005
European roadmap forResearch Infrastructures
3 Steering Groups are being set up :- Physical Sciences and Engineering- Biological and Medical Sciences- Social Sciences and Humanities
A fourth group was already existing :- eIRG, for e-Infrastructures
Dedicated Expert Groups may be set up
Inputs also from national roadmaps, studies, industrial representative bodies, EIROforum, ESF, WHO, …
ESFRI working method
Established by the Commission on the basis of the roadmap
- “balanced”, periodically updated- with justifications for each pan-European
project
Using clear criteria (potential impact -Lisbon objectives, reduced fragmentation of efforts -, European partnership, timeliness, readiness, budgetary planning, quality of management, …)
List of priority projects
A two-stage process within FP7 :
Preparatory phase- through restricted calls
targeted to the list of priority projects- for construction plans, legal organisation,
management structure, …
Implementation phase - following successful first phase
- for concrete construction and operation
The operational mechanism
Acting as a facilitator for the overall projects
- leveraging and catalysing action- financial engineering- legal framework…
Coordinating the Community instruments(Framework Programme, Structural Funds, EIB)and assessing consistency of actions
Ensuring a close monitoring of the projects
An active Commission’s role
Suggested calendar to consolidate an EU policy on RIs
1. Agreement on the approach
2. Consolidation of work
3. Analysis of current activities, vision for the future
4. Analysis of roadmap for new RIs and of operational mechanisms
5. Towards a Council resolution and presentation of specific programmes
November 2004
Spring 2005
December 2004
Autumn 2005
Summer 2005
• ESFRIhttp://www.cordis.lu/era/infrastructures_forum.htm
• Future of Research – preparing FP7 http://www.cordis.lu/era/fp7.htm
http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/
Further information
Creating synergies between the Framework Programme and the
Structural Funds
The BONUS scheme
Reference to the « Bonus » Scheme in
FP6
“In the case of regions lagging in development, when a project receives the maximum intensity of co-financing authorised under this Programme or an overall grant, an additional contribution from the Structural Funds, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/99 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, could be granted.”
Decision No 1513/2002/EC, Annex III.2 Detailed Rules for Financial Participation by the Community
Activities financed by the Structural Funds:
the example of Infrastructures
• Construction, development and modernisation of infrastructure for scientific research at the university level, i.e.: libraries, laboratories and other facilities,
• Development or research parks and applied research centres for implementation of advanced technology
Also…• Establishing and developing business incubator or
technology transfer centres, • Equipment aimed at applied research linked to
industry, • Support for innovative enterprises located in science
and technology parks.
Next steps
• New regulation on the Structural Funds: to be adopted and published in the OJ in 2005
• The preparation of the Guidelines document: starting in 2005, will be published as a Communication
from the Commission
• Urgency to raise awareness of organisations in charge of structural funds towards research needs and related projects in your region,
• Communication to be eased between different parts of national administration responsible for the management of the two different funds
The available financial resources could be increased via the harmonisation of the planning for the use of
the two funds
Conditions of Eligibility for Applying
to the « Bonus » Scheme
You have to be:• an FP6 contractor• established in Objective 1 Region
You have to respect: • Structural Funds and State Aids Regulations• Rules governing the 6th Framework Programme
You have to take:• Direct Contact with the Structural Funds
Managing Authority in your country or region:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/manage/authority/authority_en.cfm
• Regions and Structural Fundshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/communic/comm_en.htm
http://www.cordis.lu/era/knowreg.htm
http://www.cordis.lu/era/regions.htm
http://www.innovating-regions.org/
Further information