Building a Europe of Knowledge

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Building a Europe of Knowledge

• Towards the Seventh Framework Programme2007-2013

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Whats new?

• Main new elements compared to FP6
• Duration increased from five to seven years
• except for Euratom FP
• Annual budget increased significantly
• Basic research ( 1 billion per year)
• New structure cooperation, ideas, people,
  capacities
• Flexible funding schemes
• Joint Technology Initiatives
• Simpler procedures
• Logistical and administrative tasks
  external structures

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FP7

• 7-year programme (2007 -2013) with a budget of
  50 521 million
• Remember FP6? 4 years with a budget of
  approximately 20bn
• FP7 is designed to achieve the Lisbon and
  Barcelona objectives, to implement the ERA and to
  complement activities in Member States
• Complementarity with other EC programmes
• Competitiveness and Innovation
• Education and Training
• Structural Funds

FP7 Key Points
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FP7 Legal Framework
PARLIAMENT/COUNCIL (CO-DECISION)
FP7 Key Documents
COUNCIL (WORKING GROUPS)
PROGRAMME COMMITTEES
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How are Work Programmes developed?

• Specific Programme
• Key themes and priorities agreed by Council
  (Member States) and Parliament (MEPs)
• Work Programme
• Drafted by Commission on basis of SP
• Consult
• Member States through Programme Management
  Committees
• European Research Community through Expert
  Advisory groups
• European Union policies (inter-service
  consultation)
• European Technology Platforms

FP7 Decision-making Process
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New Look DG-R

• Directorates are as follows

FP7 Re-organisation of DG-R
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List of NCP areas

• NCP co-ordinator
• Legal and financial issues
• Per theme in Co-operation
• European Research Council
• Marie Curie
• Research infrastructures
• Regional NCP Regions of Knowledge and Research
  Potential
• SME
• INCO
• Science in Society
• Euratom
• JRC

FP7 National Contact Points
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FP7 2007 2013 Specific Programmes
Cooperation Collaborative research
Ideas Frontier Research
People Marie Curie Actions
Capacities Research Capacity

JRC non-nuclear research
Euratom direct actions JRC nuclear research
Euratom indirect actions nuclear fusion and
fission research
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Capacities Research Capacity

• Research infrastructures
• Research for the benefit of SMEs
• Regions of Knowledge
• Research Potential
• Science in Society
• Coherent development of policies
• Activities of International Cooperation

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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation Collaborative Research
FP 7 Specific Programmes
Ideas Frontier Research
(ERC)
People Human Potential (Marie
Curie)
Capacities Research Capacity
Plus JRC and EURATOM
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Budget Split 2007-2013
Values in Millions
1 751
FP7 Specific Programmes
4 217
4 728
7 460
32 365
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FP7 Cross-Cutting Issues

• International Co-operation
• Research Infrastructures
• Cross-cutting policy research
• SME participation
• Dissemination and knowledge transfer - including
  through the mobility of researchers
• European Charter for Researchers and the Code of
  Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

FP7 Introduction
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FP7 Co-operation
Co-operation Collaborative Research
FP 7
Ideas Frontier Research
(ERC)
People Human Potential (Marie
Curie)
Capacities Research Capacity
Plus JRC and EURATOM
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation Collaborative Research (32 365
million)

• European priority-driven and top-down research
• Transnational, collaborative projects and
  networks
• International co-operation at thematic level
• Scientific support to policy and emerging areas
• 10 themes

FP7 Specific Programmes
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation Collaborative Research (32
365 million)
FP7 Specific Programmes

• Work Programmes implemented on annual(?) basis
  by
• Calls for proposals
• Commission specified topics
• Commission specified project types
• Evaluation procedure could differ (One/two
  step/twostage)
• Could also specify estimated budget, size and
  composition of consortium (types and locations of
  partners)

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Themes
Collaborative Research
1. Health 6 050 M
FP7 Co-operation
2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 1
935 M

3. ICT 9 110 M 
4. Nanosci, Nanotech, Material Production
Tech 3 500 M
RD Needs
Policy Work
INCO
5. Energy 2 300 M
6. Environment (including Climate Change)
1800 M
7. Transport (including Aeronautics) 4
180 M
8. Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities
610 M
9. Security 1 430 M
10. Space 1 350 M
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Funding Schemes FP6 FP7
IP
Collaborative Projects
STREP
FP7 Co-operation
Networks of Excellence
NoE
CA
Coordination and Support actions
SSA
Proposed FP7 Funding Schemes
FP6 Instruments
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Health - Activity Areas
2 Translating research for human health
1 Biotechnology, generic tools technologies
for human health
3 Optimising the delivery of health care to
European citizens
FP7 Co-operation - Health
Child health
Health of the ageing population
International Co-operation
SME relevant research
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Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology - Activity
Areas
1. Sustainable production management of
biological resources
2. Fork to farm food, health and well being
3. Life sciences and biotechnology for
sustainable non-food products and processes
FP7 Co-operation - FAB
...Build a Knowledge Based Bio-Economy
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ICT Challenges

• 1 - Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service
  Infrastructures
• 2 Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics
• 3 - Components, Systems, Engineering
• 4 - Digital Libraries and Content  
• 5 - Towards Sustainable and Personalised
  Healthcare
• 6 - ICT for Mobility, Environmental
  Sustainability and Energy Efficiency
• 7 - ICT for Independent Living and Inclusion
• AND
• Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

FP7 Co-operation - ICT
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NMP Activity Areas
1. Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
FP7 - Co-operation - NMP
2. Materials
3. New Production
4. Integration of technologies for industrial
production
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Energy - Activity Areas
Renewable electricity generation
Energy savings and energy efficiency
FP7 Co-operation - Energy
Renewable fuel production
CO2 capture and storage for zero emission power
generation
Renewables for heating and cooling
Clean coal technologies
Smart energy networks
Hydrogen and fuel cells
Knowledge for energy policy making
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Environment Activity Areas

• 2.
• Sustainable
• management
• of resources

• 1.
• Climate change,
• pollution
• and risks

FP7 Co-operation Environment

• 3.
• Environmental
• technologies

• 4.
• Earth
• observation
• assessment
• tools

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Transport - Activity Areas
Aeronautics and air transport
Galileo
Surface transport
FP7 Co-operation Transport
Horizontal themes
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SSH - Activity Areas
1. Growth, employment and competitiveness in a
knowledge society
1. Health
2. FAB
FP7 Co-operation - SSH
2. Combining economic, social and environmental
objectives in a European perspective
3. ICT
4. NMP
3. Major trends in society and their implications
5. Energy
6. Environment
4. Europe in the world
7. Transport
5. The citizen in the European Union
8. SSH
6. Socio-economic and scientific indicators
9. Space
10. Security
7. Foresight activities
8. Strategic activities
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Space - Activities

• Space-based applications at the service of the
  European Society
• Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
  (GMES)
• Applications of Satellite Communications
• Other activities
• Space transportation addressing issues of space
  propulsion
• Space technology - to improve competitiveness
  and assess LT needs
• Space sciences for advanced technologies
• and support International Space Station (ISS)

FP7 Co-operation Space
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Security - Mission orientated RD
3 Intelligent surveillance and border
security
4 Restoring security and safety in the case
of crisis
1 Security of citizens
2 Security of infrastructures and utilities
FP7 Co-operation - Security
5 Security systems integration, interconnectivity
interoperability
6 Security and Society
7 Security research co-ordinating and structuring
See ESRAB Report of Sept 2006
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ERA-NETs in FP7

• No longer just a stand-alone action
• Around 70 FP6 ERA-NET in operation
• 2007 prioritises around 14 in Co-operation
  themes and 3 in Capacities
• ERA-NET Plus to be used in some areas to
  co-finance joint calls
• In preparing the 2008 update to the Co-operation
  Work Programme, horizontal calls will be
  reconsidered
• Special case for Metrology and Baltic Sea
  Research ERA-Net Plus support as well as
  preparing for Article 169 later

FP7 ERA-NETs
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FP7 ERA-NETs under Co-operation
FP7 ERA-NETs
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FP7 ERA-NETs under Capacities
FP7 ERA-NETs

• Usually Coordination and Support Actions
• Usually funding agencies, or those authorised on
  their behalf
• Define and implement strategic agenda, consider
  pooling resources and operating joint calls

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European Technology Platforms
Agree Common Vision
Industry-led stakeholder forums that are
independent from the European Commission Now
more than 30 ETPs
Define Strategic Agenda
European Technology Platforms
Implement Strategic Agenda
More info http//cordis.europa.eu/technology-plat
forms/individual_en.html
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Joint Technology Initiatives
Proposed as at June 2005
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
New Nanoelectronics Approaches
FP7 Co-operation - JTIs
Embedded Systems ICT
Aeronautics and Air Transport
Innovative Medicines
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation Collaborative Research
Framework Programme 7
Ideas Frontier Research
(ERC)
People Human Potential (Marie
Curie)
Capacities Research Capacity
Plus JRC and EURATOM
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Ideas Frontier Research (7 460 million)

• New to FP7
• To enhance competition at EU level for Frontier
  Research
• Frontier Research creating new knowledge and
  developing new understanding
• Starting Independent Research Grant
• Advanced Investigator Grant
• ERC Website Launched - http//europa.eu.int/erc/in
  dex_en.cfm

FP7 Ideas - ERC
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What is Frontier research?

• The term 'frontier research' reflects a new
  understanding of basic research.
• Research at the frontier of knowledge
  increasingly important to competitiveness and
  welfare
• research at and beyond the frontiers of
  understanding is an intrinsically risky venture,
  progressing on new and most exiting research
  areas
• characterised by an absence of disciplinary
  boundaries.

FP7 Ideas - ERC
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ERC First CallStarting Independent Research
Grant
FP7 Ideas - ERC
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ERC Second Call (late 2007?)Advanced
Investigator Grant

• Objective
• encourage and support excellent, innovative
• investigator-initiated research projects
• Eligibility
• leading advanced investigators across EU and
• Associated Countries
• targeting researchers already established as
• independent research leaders in their own
  right.
• Research Areas
• bottom up approach - any research area
• (except Fission and Fusion)

FP7 Ideas - ERC
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation Collaborative Research
FP7 People Marie Curie
Ideas Frontier Research
(ERC)
People Human Potential (Marie
Curie)
Capacities Research Capacity
Plus JRC and EURATOM
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FP7 Specific Programmes
People Human Potential (4 728 million)
FP7 People Marie Curie

• Objectives and Policy Context
• Make Europe more attractive to researchers
• Strengthen human potential by
• Encouraging people to become researchers
• Encouraging researchers to carry out their
  research in Europe
• Trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility

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FP7 Marie Curie Actions
FP7 People Marie Curie
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How does this compare to FP6?
FP7 People Marie Curie
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Researcher Eligibility

• In order to assess eligibility, it is essential
  that you consider the following
• The minimum or maximum amount of research
  experience stipulated for the action
• The transnational mobility requirements for the
  action

FP7 People Marie Curie
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Co-operation Collaborative Research
FP7 - Capacities
Ideas Frontier Research
(ERC)
People Human Potential (Marie
Curie)
Capacities Research Capacity
Plus JRC and EURATOM
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Activities
Capacities Research Capacity (4 217
million)
1. Research infrastructures 1 850m
2. Research for the benefits of SMEs 1 336m
FP7 - Capacities
3. Regions of Knowledge 126m
4. Research potential
370m
5. Science in Society
280m
6. International co-operation
185m
7. Coherent dev. of research policies 70m
Co-ordination of national programmes (incl.
ERA-NET )
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Research Infrastructures
FP7 Capacities
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Research for benefit of SMEs

• Building on success of FP6
• Strengthen innovation capacity of SMEs
• Support SMEs or SME associations in need of
  outsourcing research to RTD performers
  (universities and research centres)
• Through
• Research for SMEs
• Research for SME associations

FP7 Capacities
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Regions of Knowledge

• Building on success of FP6 pilot scheme
• Support the definition and implementation of
  optimal policies and strategies for the
  development of R D driven clusters
• Increased and more focused use of Structural
  Funds
• Open to all regions
• Regional research agendas
• Promote and strengthen co-operation between
  clusters
• Contribute to strengthening existing clusters and
  creating new ones

FP7 Capacities
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Research Potential

• Builds on FP5 Centres of Excellence and FP6
  Tok-DEV
• 3 activities
• 1. Unlocking the potential of Convergence and
  Outermost Regions
• Two-way secondments
• Recruitment of researchers
• Acquisition or development of research equipment
  (SMEs)
• Workshops/conferences, dissemination/promotional
  activities
• 2. Provision of evaluation facilities for
  Convergence and Outermost Regions
• 3.International Co-operation WBC
• Details as activity 1 (recruitment/equipment in
  WBC only)
• Min. participation 3 organisations, 1 from
  MS/AC 1 from CR/Outermost Region in MS/AC and 1
  from WBC
• Bottom-up but cover themes in co-operation

FP7 Capacities
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Science in Society

• Expansion of FP6 work
• Support creation of social and cultural
  environment that allows successful and
  exploitable research to be carried out
• 1st Action Line A more dynamic governance of the
  science and society relationship
• 2nd Action Line Strengthening potential
  broadening horizons
• 3rd Action Line Science and Society Communicate

FP7 - Capacities
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International Co-operation

• Regional priority setting and definition of S T
  Co-operation policies
• Enhancement and development of S T Co-operation
  Partnership including structural activities and
  networks
• Supporting co-ordination of national policies and
  activities on international S T co-operation
• Candidate counties
• ICPC countries
• Western Balkans countries
• Mediterranean Partner countries
• Eastern European and Central Asian countries
• ACP
• Latin America
• Asia
• Industrialised third countries

FP7 - Capacities
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Information

• NCP databasehttp//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/get-suppo
  rt.htm
• EU research http//ec.europa.eu/research
• Seventh Framework Programme http//ec.europa.eu/r
  esearch/fp7
• Information on research programmesand projects
  http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
• RTD info magazine http//ec.europa.eu/research/rt
  dinfo/
• Information requests http//ec.europa.eu/researc
  h/enquiries/