Research Infrastructures within

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Research Infrastructureswithin
Maria Douka European Commission Research
Infrastructures ERID-Watch Workshop, Paris -
January 2007
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Definition of Research Infrastructures

• Facilities, resources, and related services
  usedby the scientific community for
• Conducting leading-edge research
• Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchangesand
  knowledge preservation
• Includes
• Major scientific equipment
• Scientific collections, archives and structured
  information
• ICT-based infrastructures
• Entities of a unique nature, used for research

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Objectives of the CommunityResearch
Infrastructures action

• Optimising the use and development of the best
  existing research infrastructures in Europe
• Helping to create in all fields of S T new
  research infrastructures of pan-European interest
  needed by the European scientific community
• Supporting programme implementation and policy
  development (e.g. international cooperation)

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EC funding by support scheme (total budget
732.2 M)
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Community activities under FP6 (2002-2006)

• Facts and Figures
• Total budget 732 .2 M
• of which 222 for GRID GEANT
• Number of projects 142
• Number of RIs supported 248
• Potential number of users gt20000

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Research filling the gap(total expenditure on
RD as of GDP, 2004)(EU-25 extrapolation
based on RD intensity targets put forward by
Member States in their respective National Reform
Programmes)
Data Eurostat, OECD. Source DG Research
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Actions towards intl Research are present since
a long time (cf. evolution of Community and
multilateral actions, source EC)
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Budget evolution of the different Framework
Programmes
NB Budgets in current prices. Source Annual
Report 2003, plus FP7 staff working paper
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Policy development and Programme implementation

• ERA-NETs for research infrastructures
• Studies, conferences and coordination actions for
  policy development, including international
  cooperation
• Coordination actions to support emerging needs
• Network of National Contact Points (NCP)
• Other Support actions, as appropriate

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Support to new research infrastructures

• and major upgrades to existing ones
• Support to the preparatory phasemainly based on
  the work conducted by ESFRI
• (in addition) support to RSFF
• (limited) available resources tosupport the
  construction

230 M 2007-2013
200 M 2007-2013
100 M 2007-2013
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The Preparatory phase

• Member States not necessarily need this phase
• nevertheless, FP7 could help, in facilitating
  decision-making
• A first call will be restricted to the projects
  identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap
• One proposal per topic is expected
• Targeted at resolving bottlenecks in
  decision-making

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Participation to the Preparatory phase

• Project consortia should involve all stakeholders
  to help the project move forward
• Public authorities, research councils or funding
  agencies at national and/or regional level,
• as appropriate, operators of research facilities,
  research centres, universities, industry
• The European Commission would act as a
  facilitator
• The coordinator to act as a  team builder 
• Consortia to remain open for  late comers 

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Tasks, resources, duration of the Preparatory
phase

• Tasks focusing on (e.g.)
• Governance and strategy development,
• Financial arrangements
• Legal issues
• Preparation of logistical work / services to
  researchers
• Technical work (less emphasis than under FP6)
• Limited direct EC financial contribution,typicall
  y within the range 1-7 M
• Typically from 1 to 4 years

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Preparatory Phase facilitating financial
engineering for new research infrastructures
European Commission
Stakeholdersincl. EIROs
Member states
Inclusion in Specific RTD Programme(s)
Inclusion in national Programmes
Inclusion in DG REGIO / DG DEV strategic plans
Projects
EIB
RSFF
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Synergies with the Structural Funds

• working in complementary mode, using different
  instruments and policies towards largely similar
  objectives
• Research policy driven by
  excellence
• Regional policy driven by the
  principle of cohesion

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Useful links

• FP7 Proposal and Capacities Specific Programme
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm
• Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6)
• http//cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/
• http//cordis.europa.eu/ist/rn/
• ESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research
  Infrastr.)
• http//cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html
• e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG)
• http//www.e-irg.org
• Research Infrastructures in Europa (on-line soon)
• http//ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures