APRE 2013

www.apre.itSerena Borgna - borgna@apre.it

APRE, NCP - National Contact Point Horizon 2020� ERC- European Research Council

� Societal Challenge 2 “Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland

Water Research and the bioeconomy”

� LEIT – NMBP “Nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing”

STATISTICS, VALUATION PROCESS, TIPS

17 March 2017, Trieste

ERC DAY: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

*Source: ERCEA presentations

Excellent Science

� European Research Council

� Frontier research by the best individual teams

� Future and Emerging Technologies

� Collaborative research to open new fields of innovation

� Marie Skłodowska Curie actions

� Opportunities for training and career development

� Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructure)

� Ensuring access to world-class facilities

Industrial Technologies

� Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

� ICT, nanotechnologies, materials, biotechnology, manufacturing, space

� Access to risk finance

� Leveraging private finance and venture capital for research and innovation

� Innovation in SMEs

� Fostering all forms of innovation in all types of SMEs

Societal Challenges

� Health, demographic change and wellbeing

� Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research & the bioeconomy

� Secure, clean and efficient energy

� Smart, green and integrated transport

� Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials

� Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

� Security society

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

Science with and for society

Joint Research Center (JRC)

2Euratom

HORIZON 2020

WHY ERC IS SPECIAL?

� All fields of science and scholarship are eligible

� Investigator-driven, BOTTOM-UP

� Scientific EXCELLENCE is the only criterion

� Individual team + research project

� Irrespective of nationality, gender or age of researchers

� Investment in research talent

� ATTRACTIVE, flexible grants, up to five years (up to 3,5 mln €)

� Under control of the Principal Investigator - PORTABILITY

� INDEPENDENT Individual teams in Europe

� All nationalities can apply

� Host organisation to be located in EU or Associated Country

� Research team (no network)

* Può variare a seconda del Work Programme

Proof of Concept

(PoC)

Starting Grant (StG)

Consolidator Grant (CoG)

Advanced Grant (AdG)

Synergy Grant (SyG)

FUNDING SCHEME

Novelty

WP 2018

ERC STATISTICs and IT

PARTICIPATION

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ERC FUNDED PROJECTS BY

COUNTRY OF HI

380 funded projects

based at a Host

Institution in Italy

Source ERCEA. Update 14.12.16

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SUCCESS RATE BY COUNTRY OF HI

5% IT success rate

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TOP HOST INSTITUTIONS IN ITALY

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ERC FUNDED PROJECTS BY PI

NATIONALITY

4th in the rank

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GRANTEES AT HOME AND ABROAD

294 Italian grantees abroad

30 foreign grantees in Italy

350 Italian grantees in Italy

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ERC GRANTS VERSUS TOP PUBLICATIONS

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PRIORITY TO YOUNG SCIENTISTS

Two-thirds of ERC grants

to early-stage Principal

Investigators.

+ 30 000 PhD and post-

doc researchers working

in ERC teams.

EVALUATION

Excellence is the sole evaluation criterion, at two levels:

HOW ERC RESEARCH PROPOSALS ARE

EVALUATED?

Research Project

• Ground breaking nature

• Potential impact

• Scientific Approach

Principal Investigator

• Intellectual capacity

• Creativity

• Commitment

PROPOSAL STRUCTURE

PART A – online forms

A1 :Proposal and PI info

A2 :HI info

A3 : Budget

PART B1 – pdf

Extended Synopsis : 5 pp

CV :2 pp

Track Record : 2pp

PART B2 –pdf

Full Proposal: 15 pp

Annexes – pdf

Support letter HI

Annex Ethical Issues (if applicable)

Additional Docs, ifapplicable

Remote assessment by Panel members

of section 1 – PI and synopsis (part B1)

Panel meeting

Proposals retained

for step 2:

Score A

STEP 1

EVALUATION PROCEDURE: two steps

Score:

B or C

STEP 2

Remote assessment by Panel members

and reviewers of full proposal (B1+B2)

Panel meeting + interview (StG and CoG)

Ranked list of

proposals:

Score A

Score

: B

Feedback to

applicants

Social Sciences and Humanities� SH1 Individuals, Markets and Organisations

� SH2 Institutions, Values, Environment and Space

� SH3 The Social World, Diversity, Population

� SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity

� SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production

� SH6 The Study of the Human Past

Life Sciences� LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and

Biochemistry

� LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and

Systems Biology

� LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology

� LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and

Endocrinology

� LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders

� LS6 Immunity and Infection

� LS7 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies & Public Health

� LS8 Evolutionary, Population and Environmental

Biology

� LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Physical Sciences & Engineering� PE1 Mathematics

� PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter

� PE3 Condensed Matter Physics

� PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical Sciences

� PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials

� PE6 Computer Science & Informatics

� PE7 Systems & Communication Engineering

� PE8 Products & Process Engineering

� PE9 Universe Sciences

� PE10 Earth System Science

Each panel :Panel Chair and 10-16 Panel Members

ERC EVALUATION: PANEL STRUCTURE

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� PANEL MEMBERS: typically 600 PMs

involved per call

� High-level scientists

� Recruited by ScC from all over the world

� About 10-16 members plus chair person

� REMOTE REFEREES: typically 2000 / call

� Each evaluate only a small number of

proposals

Other (7%)

WHO EVALUATES THE PROPOSALS ?

(7%)USA

In Step 1: Panel members see only Part B1 of the proposal (prepare it accordingly!)

� Pay particular attention to the ground-breaking nature of the research project

– no incremental research. State-of-the-art is not enough. Think big!

� Know your competitors – what is the state of play and why is your idea and

scientific approach outstanding?

� Part B1: concise and clear presentation is crucial (not all evaluators are

experts in your field)

� Outline of the methodological approach is recommended (feasibility

assessment)� risks!

� Show your scientific independence in your CV (model CV provided in the part

B1 template)

� Select the "right" Panel – very IMPORTANT!, ID explanation for 2ry panel

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TIPS - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTS

B1 AND B2

In Step 2: Both Part B1 and B2 are read by Panel Members & Remote Referees

DO NOT JUST REPEAT THE SYNOPSIS, GO INTO DETAILS

� Provide sufficient details on methodology, work plan (steps/phases/Work

packages), selection of case studies etc. (15 pages)

� Explain hypothesis or provide preliminary data (if exists)

� Make sure you give full references (excluded from page limits)

� Provide alternative strategies to mitigate risks

� Check coherency of figures

� Justify requested resources

− Explain involvement of team members (ERC proposals are NOT

collaborative ones)

− show the need of collaborators (if any)│

TIPS - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTS

B1 AND B2

PREPARING YOUR INTERVIEW:

SOME TIPS AND ADVICE

If invited to Step 2 (for StG and CoG):

� Get Panel Members interested in you and what you are doing

� Practice thoroughly, several (many?) times; typically a 10 minute

presentation followed by 10-15 minutes of questions

� Panels want to see that these are your ideas, not those of your

supervisor

� It is normal to be nervous…

SCORING

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STEP 1

• A. Proposal is of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation

• B. Proposal is of high quality but not sufficient to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation

• C. Proposal is not of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation

STEP 2

• A: Proposal fully meets the ERC's excellence criterion and is recommended for funding if sufficient funds are available

• B. Proposal meets some but not all elements of the ERC's excellence criterion and will not be funded

RESUBMISSION

RESTRICTIONS

WP 2017WP 2018 foreseen in summer

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ERC Calls Call dateSubmission

Deadline(s)

Budget € million

(estimated grants)

Starting Grants ERC-2017-StG

26 Jul2016 18 October 2016 605 (415)

Consolidator GrantsERC-2017-CoG

20 Oct 2016 9 February 2017 575 (320)

Advanced GrantsERC-2017-AdG

16 May

2017

31 August 2017 567 (245)

Proof of ConceptERC-2017-PoC

(for ERC grant holders

only)

5 Oct 2016

19 January 2017

25 April 2017

5 September 2017 20 (130)

The NATIONAL CONTACT

POINT

Marco Ferraro

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Angelo D’Agostino

dagostino@apre.itSerena Borgna

borgna@apre.it

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SPREADING AWARENESS, GIVING SPECIALIST ADVICE, AND

PROVIDING ON-THE-GROUND GUIDANCE, they will ensure that

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discipline.

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NCP’S MISSION

*“EC - NCP Guiding Principles”

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html

PROPOSAL

PRESCREENING

BUDGET REVIEW

H2020 PROGRAMME

SELECTION

OFFICIAL DOCs &

RULES

OFFICIAL DOCs &

RULES

USEFUL DOCs and LINKs

ERC Work Programme 2017 ERC Information for Applicants 2017

http://erc.europa.eu/

http://erc.europa.eu/projects-and-results

USEFUL DOCs and LINKs

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