FP7 in a nutshell

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FP7 in a nutshell

• 19/05/2009, DavosInformation Day Space and
  Environment

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Agenda
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FP7 The display case
Biggest RD programme worldwide FP7 is like a
display case Where does my research fit in?
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FP7 - The cement of theEuropean Research Area

• FP7 only 5 of the public research funding in
  Europe.
• Research that is not possible on national level
• European collaboration
• European competition

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Framework Programmes Budget
Annual budget in billion between 1984 and 2012,
in current prices Source EC, Annual report 2003
revised FP7 proposal
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Budget SNF, FP7, KTI in Switzerland
Millionen CHF
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Switzerland and FP7 - an Overview

• CH in the Framework Programme since 1992
• Since 1 January 2004 as an associated country
• Swiss participants have exactly the same rights
  and duties as EU participants
• Switzerland pays 340 million CHF/year to FP7
• Switzerland ROI in FP6 (2003-2006) gt 100

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The 4 Components of FP7
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The 4 components of FP7
http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html
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The 4 main components of FP7
All types of research and development activities
I. Cooperation
Frontier research Basic research
II. Ideas
Human potential, science careers and fellowships
III. People
Research and innovation capacities
IV. Capacities
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COOPERATION
4 Specific FP7 programmes
Billion
Cooperation
32.4
10 themes
Ideas
7.5
Basic research (ERC)
People
4.7
Mobility (Marie Curie actions)
Capacities
4.1
7 horizontal axes
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Cooperation 10 themes
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IDEAS
4 Specific FP7 programmes
Billion
32.4
10 themes
Cooperation
7.5
Basic research (ERC)
Ideas
4.7
Mobility (Marie Curie actions)
People
4.1
7 horizonal axes
Capacities
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IDEAS principles

• Support for individual researchers or teams, led
  by a Principal Investigator
• ERC Starting Independent Research Grant
• ERC Advanced Investigator Grant
• All fields of science are eligible
• Investigator-driven, bottom-up
• Excellence is the only criterion ? Champions
  League of the research grants!
• 100 reimbursement of costs
• Host organisation to be located in the EU (or
  Associate State)

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IDEAS Starting Grants

• Supports researchers at the start of their
  independent research career (3-8 yrs after PhD)
  and establishment of their first research team
• Every year one call
• Next call in summer 2009 (deadline fall)

Excellent success-rate for CH-Researchers in the
first call (ranked on the 3rd place )
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IDEAS Advanced Grants

• Opportunity to established top research leaders
  to pursue frontier research of their choice
• Little Nobel Prize
• Reverse brain drain into brain gain
• 3 domains Physical Sciences Engineering,
  Social Sciences Humanities, Life Sciences
• Yearly calls, next one fall 2009, deadline in
  spring 2010

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PEOPLE (Marie Curie actions)
4 Specific FP7 programmes
Billion
Cooperation
32.4
10 themes
Ideas
7.5
Basic research (ERC)
People
4.7
Mobility (Marie Curie actions)
Capacities
4.1
7 horizonal axes
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PEOPLE - basics

• Any topic (bottom up)
• Trans-nationality go abroad!
• Marie Curie (MC) as common brand
• No age limit for researchers (but research
  experience, life-long learning)
• Actions open to researchers worldwide
• Facilitation for the return to Europe

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PEOPLE type of MC actions
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PEOPLE where do I fit in ?
Typical Marie Curie Action
ITN IAPP IRG ERG
10 years
Typical Research Experience
IEF IOF IIF IAPP IRG ERG COFUND
4-10 years
0-4 yrs
ITN (as doctoral student)
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PEOPLE financials

• Researchers
• expenses related to travel
• expenses being away from home
• expenses attending interviews for the following
  job
• Institutions receive up to 600/month
• - Figures are indexed to the cost of living in
  the country

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CAPACITIES
4 Specific FP7 programmes
Billion
Cooperation
32.4
10 themes
Ideas
7.5
Basic research (ERC)
People
4.7
Mobility (Marie Curie actions)
Capacities
4.1
7 horizontal axes
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CAPACITIES

• 47 Support of existing Research Infrastructure
  New infrastructures
• 30 Research for and by SMEs
• 3 Regions of knowledge
• 8 Research Potential
• 8 Science in Society
• 4 Specific activities of International
  Cooperation

ESFRI list ftp//ftp.cordis.lu/pub/era/docs/esfr
i_list_opportunities_290305.pdf
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research
Infrastructures
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http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm
Con-nect to the indi-vidual call infor-mation
IDEAS
CAPACITIES
COOPERATION
PEOPLE
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From Project Idea to Project Management
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Build a Proposal
Sub-mission
Project Idea
Project Preparation
How to negotiate
Project Management
Evaluation
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Who can (not) participate?

• Who can participate in FP7?
• Any legal entity established in a Member State
  (MS), associated country (AS) or in a third
  country
• How many project partners do I need?
• At least 3 independent legal entities from
  different MS or associated country
• Who is entitled to funding?
• All participants, except USA, Canada, Japan,
  South Korea, Australia, New Zealand

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Project Types

• Collaborative projects
• Large Projects
• Small Projects
• Networks of Excellence
• Ideas Starting Advanced Grants
• Marie-Curie Fellowships
• Integrated Infrastructures Initiatives,Research
  for the benefit of specific stakeholders
• Coordination and Support Actions (for all FP7)

also called funding schemes
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From Project Idea to Project Management
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Build a Proposal
Sub-mission
Project Idea
Project Preparation
How to negotiate
Project Management
Evaluation
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Project Preparation

• Does my project idea fit into FP7?
• Cooperation is (mostly) top-down
• Call Fiches (early publications) describe
• Research themes open for project in FP7
• Funding schemes (project type)

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FP7 Partner Search

• Personal contacts
• European conferences linked to FP7
• European Infodays to calls on FP7
• Cordis project database for experienced partners
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp6/projects.htm
• Existing partner search facilities (NCP networks)
• www.smesgohealth.org
• www.ideal-ist.net

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From Project Idea to Project Management
t0
Build a Proposal
Sub-mission
Project Idea
Project Preparation
How to negotiate
Project Management
Evaluation
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Build (Write) a proposal

• Which documents are important?
• -gt Work programme
• -gt Official Cordis Call Fiche
• -gt Guide for Applicants
• http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7
• Criteria of importance for success?
• -gt Formal criteria
• -gt Scientific/technological excellence
• -gt Quality efficiency of implementation
  management
• -gt Potential impact

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From Project Idea to Project Management
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Build a Proposal
Sub-mission
Project Idea
Project Preparation
How to negotiate
Project Management
Evaluation
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Proposal Submission

• During an open Call for Proposal
• Every call comes with a work programme
• -gt detailed specific description of particular
  topics
• -gt criteria regarding size of consortium, funding
  schemes etc.
• Calls are published on CORDIS -gt find a call!
• and on EURESEARCH -gt all open calls! all
  expected calls!

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Submission

• How and where do I submit the proposal?
• Electronic Proposal
• Submission Service (EPSS)
• -gt online preparation only
• -gt Electronic submission only
• -gt Pre-registration mandatory
• -gt The EC assigns each proposer aProposer
  Identitification Code (PIC)

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For more information

• European Research Area http//ec.europa.eu/comm/r
  esearch/future/
• EU RTD Portal CORDIS http//cordis.europa.eu
• CORDIS FP7 http//cordis.europa.eu/fp7
• EURESEARCH http//www.euresearch.ch

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Thanks for your attention