SSH Research International Opportunities

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SSH Research International Opportunities

• IRCHSS International Funding
• FP7 SSH funding instruments SSH Topics 2010
• European Research Council
• European Science Foundation
• How to get involved Research Networks - Supports
  
• Future developments

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International Opportunities
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FP7 SSH

Theme 8 Cooperation 610 m
15 ERC 1,126
2007/8 - 139m 2009 - 76m 2010 - 76 m 2011
- 84 m 2012 - 93 m 2013 - 111m
2007 - 2013 1bn per year 150m SSH
Policy Driven Lisbon Agenda SSH Challenges
PI Driven Frontier Research
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The Five SSH Challenges

• 1. GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT, COMPETITIVENESS

SSH Research
2. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5. The CITIZEN in the EU
3. TRENDS in SOCIETY
4. EUROPE in the WORLD
6, 7, 8. Indicators, Foresight, horizontal
actions
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Large scale integrating projects

• Address a societal challenge 5 in 2010
• Take stock of past related research in this field
• Identify a cluster of multi-annual research
  actions addressing the different dimensions of
  this challenge, including a foresight dimension,
  international cooperation bottom up scope
• Contribute to support EU policies, the
  development of a European Research Area in SSH
  and its international dimension
• Valorise/disseminate research results (e.g.
  mid-term and final conferences)
• 6.5m 8m / 7 partners

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Collaborative Projects

• Specified expected impacts
• Support the research challenge
• 2.7m over 2 5 years
• 3 legal entities MS AC
• BSG 1 must be a civil society organisation MS
  AC

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Collaborative Projects SICA

• Specified expected impacts
• Support the research challenge
• 2.7m over 2 5 years
• Int 4 legal entities 2 of which are ICPC

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CSA Actions

• CSA Coordinating Supporting Actions
• Non research actions
• Specified budgets in WP
• Supporting 1 legal entities MS AC

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Cross Thematic Approaches

• SSH in other cooperation work programmes Security
  / Health / ICT /
• Across FP7 Infrastructures / Marie Curie / Ideas
• http//www.net4society.eu/public/documents

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European Research Council

• All disciplines, any nationalityas long as work
  is carried out in EU members states or associated
  states
• Support of a host institution supports you (signs
  off)
• Host can be any public entity which with frontier
  research infrastructure capacity
• You will need to be innovative cutting edge to
  succeed!

• STARTER GRANT
• Researchers at the stage of starting or
  consolidating their own independent research team
  or, depending on the field, their independent
  research programme.
• Demonstrate track record of early achievements
• 2 10 years post Phd (call launch)
• Career breaks considered (14 yrs)

• ADVANCED GRANT
• Established Active Researchers
• Internationally recognised
• Indicators of Excellence in field
• Senior authored publications 10
• Monographs 3
• Patents 5
• Invited Presentations 10
• Research expeditions 3

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SSH in the ERC Submissions for 2010

• Starter Grant (StG3) Third call
• Grants for 5 years 1.5m 0.5 m for reintegration
  / new EU activity
• Social Sciences and Humanities 9 December 2009
• Advanced Grant (AdG3) Third call
• Grants for 5 years 2.5m 1m for reintegration /
  new EU activity
• Social Sciences and Humanities 7th April 2010

74m
81m
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• European association of national organisations
  responsible for the support of scientific
  research.
• ESF brings European scientists together to work
  on topics of common interest, to facilitate
  cooperation in the use of large research
  facilities, and to discover and define new
  endeavours which will benefit from a cooperative
  approach.
• IRCHSS supported Programmes EUROCORES
• European Collaborative Research Projects 2004
  -2011 (ECRP) April
• Human Values Institutions and Behaviours
  2008 (HumVIB)
• European programme Higher Education and Social
  Change 2009 (EuroHESC)

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Apply for Network funding

• ESF Workshops / Conferences / Networking
  programmes www.esf.org
• Exploratory Workshops, 15k, small, interactive
  group sessions, 1-3 days, wide participation from
  across Europe, established early stage
  researchers. April
• Conferences, 40k 4 5 days 150 people, wide
  participation, innovative topics September
• Networking Programmes, 3 5yr programmes
  specific theme, funded by research councils
  October
• COST Networks www.cost.esf.org
• 100k 4 yrs 5 countries March September

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Engage in Existing Networks

• ESF networks www.esf.org
• QMSS Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
  
• EARTH Early Agricultural Remnants and Technical
  Heritage
• GLOBALEURONET
• Globalising Europe Economic History Network
• ESCON European Social Cognition
• COST networks www.cost.esf.org

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Financial Support Structures

• Travel Grants 3k
• Coordinator Grants 20k
• Specific call supports HERA / NORFACE
• http//www.fp7ireland.com/

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PREPARING FOR A PROPOSAL

• Raise Awareness
• Attend relevant sessions FP7 training EI,
  Commission Events on specific areas 2nd October
• Be aware of existing projects Leverage expertise
  of veterans of European Funding
• Think outside the box opportunities beyond
  SSH
• Become an Evaluator IRCHSS / EC
  https//cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/index.cfm?fuseacti
  onwel.welcome
• Getting Organised!
• Make use of support grants
• Join a Network / Establish a Network ESF /
  COST
• IRCHSS as an information and advisory service
• National Contact Point Brokerage events / ERC
  workshops
• Join FP7 HSS Google group http//groups.google.com
  /group/fp7hss

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Useful websites

• IRCHSS www.irchss.ie
• FP7 Ireland www.fp7ireland.com Webcast FP7
  Ireland conference
• SSH Google group http//groups.google.ie/group/fp7
  hss
• ERC Webcast http//www.fp7ireland.com/Page.aspx?S
  P252
• COST Networks www.cost.esf.org
• ESF Networks www.irchss.ie/esf
• SSH Policy http//www.net4society.eu/public/ec-doc
  uments/
• Reports http//ec.europa.eu/research/social-scien
  ces/reports_en.html METRIS

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Future

• CARA COFUND IRCHSS FP7 Autumn 09
• NET4SOC Transnational events Autumn 09
• FP7 2011 2013
• ERAnet calls 2011

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IRCHSS Contact Points

• EU/International Activities
• Sorcha Carthy, European Projects Officer
• scarthy_at_irchss.ie
• www.irchss.ie