Dir G DG Research

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6th Framework Programme Priority 3 NMP

• Dir G - DG Research
• January 2003 - Brussels
• Georgios Katalagarianakis

georgios.katalagarianakis_at_cec.eu.int
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Community RTD the changing priorities
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The Framework Programme will be an instrument to
implement the European Research Area
http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/ http//www.cor
dis.lu/fp6/
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FP6 A changing role for EU Research Programmes

• Objective Lisbon to become the most
  dynamic and most competitive knowledge-based
  economy within 10 years
• Objective Göteborg sustainable development
  (environment, health, economy, employment)
• European Research Area (ERA) Integrating,
  reinforcing, structuring and stimulating
  investment in RD (1,9 gt 3,0)

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Enlargement

• EU
• Candidate countries
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Estonia
• Hungary
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Malta
• Poland
• Czech Republic
• Romania
• Slovenia
• Slovakia
• Turkey

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Pillars of Sustainable Development

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FP6 eight Priorities
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FP6 Eight Priorities to integrate RTD activities

• genomics and biotechology for health 2255
• information society technologies 3625
• nanotechnology, materials, production 1300
• aeronautics and space
  1075
• food safety and health risks 685
  
• sustainable development global change 2120
• citizens and governance 225
• - wider field of research (INCO, CRAFT,
  ...) 1300

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Instruments to be used

• Integrated Projects (IP) - New!
• Networks of Excellence (NE) - New!
• Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP)
• Co-ordination actions (CA)
• Specific support actions (SSA)

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New Instruments

• Integrated Projects (IP) - leading to radical
  innovation in the long term - new applicable
  knowledge - include different activities may
  span different topics
• Networks of Excellence (NE) - long-term
  integration contribute to advancing knowledge
  for sustainability, competitiveness dynamism of
  EU industry usually single topic
• IP, NE evaluation in 2 stages

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Integrated Projects
Clear and Quantified Deliverables and
Integration...
Objectives Real breakthroughs, Support to
Industry, Sustain. Development
across Technical Areas Design, life-cycle
aspects, Materials, Processes, Maintenance,
repair, etc...
across Activities from basic research Support
to SMEs Technology transfer to dissemination
and training
50 EC Funds
among Participants and funding bodies
governments, contractors, industry,
universities, research institutes, etc.
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Networks of Excellence
Objectives To assemble EU Research Capacities
and strengthen S T Excellence
Advancing Knowledge and Integration ...
to strengthen EU poles of excellence New
Materials Nanotechnologies New technologies
Joint Program of Activities (JPA) Ambitious and
merging national or regional activities
100 EC Funds for Integration of resources
Participants Wishing a Progressive and Lasting
Integration of Research Capacities
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Other Instruments

• Co-ordination Actions (CA) - strengthen links
  between national, regional EC RTD projects,
  co-ordination with EUREKA, COST ESF
• Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP) at
  frontiers of knowledge
• Specific Support Actions (SSA) - preparing future
  research activities, future scenarios, road-maps

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New opportunities are openingfor SMEs

• Within Integrated Projects and Networks of
  Excellence where specific activities are carried
  out by and for the SMEs are encouraged
• Via ad hoc activities designed for high-tech SMEs
  

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for a broader international cooperation in the
framework of

• The INCO countries developing countries
  mediterranean countries newly independent states
• Bi-lateral S/T agreements with, for example USA,
  Canada, China, Russia, Argentina, Chile and
  others
• The Intelligent Manufacturing Systems initiative
  with Norway, Switzerland, USA, Japan, Australia
  and Korea
• for activities to support education
  development of new skills

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Evaluation issues...Integrated Projects

• Relevance to call 3/5
• Potential impact 3/5
• S T excellence 4/5
• Quality of the consortium 3/5
• Quality of the management 3/5
• Mobilisation of the resources 3/5
  24/30
• Common for all priorities

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Recommendations to IP proposers

• Flagship project with ambitious consolidated
  action plans (as well as contingency plans)
• Pragmatic management (e.g. board of management,
  permanent secretariat)
• Combined financial resources such as venture
  capital, EIB funds, national funding, etc. in
  addition to the EC funds
• Inclusion of supporting modules for effective
  industrial RTD actions, e.g. training, TT,
  support to spin-offs, IPR set-up, ethics, etc.

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Evaluation issues...Networks of Excellence

• Relevance to call
  3/5
• Potential impact
  3/5
• Excellence of the participants 3/5
• Degree of integration the J P A 4/5
• Organisation and management 3/5 20/25
• Common for all priorities

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Recommendations to NoE proposers

• Overall, proposal should correspond with a strong
  commitment of proposers for a lasting integration
  of capacities
• Ambitious consolidated action plans (as well as
  contingency plans)
• Pragmatic management (e.g. board of management,
  permanent secretariat), supported by the
  partners top managers
• Inclusion of supporting modules for effective
  industrial RTD actions, e.g. training, TT,
  support to spin-offs, IPR set-up, ethics.

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Evaluation procedures

• Common approach
• Eligibility Criteria
• Criteria thresholds
• External expertsmin 5

• Priority 3 approach
• 2 stage submission evaluation
• Hearings at 2nd stage(QA with key partners)
  reduced time to contract, i.e finalise the
  Description of Work or the JPA, administrative
  and financial plan)

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Two Stage Evaluation

• Stage 1 Outline proposal - not incomplete,
  architecture of project, estimated budget, EU
  benefits, credibility of team and breakthrough
  likelihood - all criteria will be applied
• Stage 2 - ST and financial details, including
  work/financial plan for first 18
  monthsfurther/more details through hearing - all
  criteria will be applied

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Do not forget !

• Increased efforts towards research the EU
  industrial sectors need it !
• Coordinated efforts in research to ensure
  synergies between EU national actions
• Integrated efforts research without innovation
  is of no value SMEs are key partners !
• Concentrated efforts towards sustainable
  development and value-added knowledge-based
  enterprises

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Thematic priority 3 1.300 million

• To support integrated research activities on
  nanotechnologies, materials, production
  processes, instruments, devices and applications
  for many sectors...
• Towards Knowledge-based Enterprises !

http// www.cordis.lu/fp6/nmp.htm
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The specific programme, referring to priority 3,
asks to concentrate on

• i) Nanotechnology, as a flagship of the next
  industrial revolution
• ii) Multi-functional knowledge-based materials,
  as critical drivers of innovation
• iii) New production processes and devices, as the
  key to sustainable development

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Overall approach and objectives

• Transition towards knowledge-based society
  sustainable development
• From resource-based to knowledge-based
• Promote real breakthroughs not incremental
  research
• Integrated approach covering production
  consumption patterns
• Integration of education skills development

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Two areas of more generic nature

• Nanotechnologies and nanosciences
• Long-term interdisciplinary research
• Nanobiotechnologies
• Nanometre-scale engineering,
• Handling and control devices instruments
• Applications ...
• Knowledge-based multifunctional materials
• Development of fundamental knowledge
• Transformation and processing
• Engineering support

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One area of more socio-economic nature

• Processes and devices in support of
  transformation from traditional to high
  added-value industry
• Flexible and intelligent manufacturing systems
• Systems research and hazard control
• Life-cycle (production-use and user awareness)

One integrating area

• Technologies for safety and security of people

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• Nanotechnologies nanosciences (2003
  priorities)
• 3.4.1.1 - Long-term interdisciplinary research
• Expanding knowledge in size-dependant phenomena
• Self-organisation and self assembling
• molecular bio-molecular mechanisms
• 3.4.1.2 - Nanobiotechnologies
• Interfaces between biological and non biological
  systems
• 3.4.1.3 - Nanometre-scale engineering
• Engineering techniques for nanotubes
• 3.4.1.4 - Handling / control devices
  instruments
• Handling control at single atom or molecule
  level
• 3.4.1.5 - Applications Roadmaps for
  nanotechnology

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• Knowledge-based multifunctional materials (2003
  priorities)
• 3.4.2.1 - Development of fundamental knowledge
• Understanding materials phenomena
• 3.4.2.2 - Transformation and processing
• Mastering chemistry creating new processing
  pathways
• Surface interface science and engineering
• 3.4.2.3 - Engineering support
• New materials by design
• New knowledge-based higher performance materials

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• Processes devices (2003 priorities)
• 3.4.3.1 - Flexible intelligent manufacturing
  systems
• New production technologies
• New and user-friendly production equipment
  technologies
• Creation of knowledge communities (links
  priority 2)
• KB added value products services in
  traditional industries
• 3.4.3.2 - Systems research and hazard control
• Cleaner, safer more eco-efficient production
• Sustainable waste management hazard reduction
• (links priority 6 and EU Env. Tech. Action Plan)
• 3.4.3.3 - Life-cycle of ind systems, products
  services
• Optimisation of production-use-consumption
  interactions
• Increasing user awareness

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Integration of nanotechnology, new materials,
new processes for improved security Quality of
life (2003 priorities) 3.4.4.1 - Systems,
instruments and equipment for better diagnosis
and/or surgery Remote systems and
biosensors 3.4.4.2 - Tissue engineering, new
bio-mimetics and bio-hybrid systems Bio-materials
, bio-reactors, production lines 3.4.4.3 - New
generation sensors, actuators, systems for
health, safety security of people and
environment Real-time detection of hazards,
monitoring of quality, reliability safety of
products systems (links priority 2)
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Priority 3 first call

• Launch 17 December 2002
• Closing date for the new instruments, March 6,
  2003 (1st stage) June 26, 2003 (2nd stage). For
  other instruments, April 10 (single stage)
• Indicative budget 400 M (of which 260 M for
  the new instruments)
• Priority areas all, apart those opened for the
  joint call with priority 2 and for the SME
  dedicated call

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Joint call of Priorities 23

• Launch 17 December 2002
• Closing date new instruments April 24, 2003 (1st
  stage) Sept 16, 2003 (2nd stage). For other
  instruments, same dates (single stage)
• Indicative budget 60 M (25 M 35 M for
  priority 2 3 respectively 45 M for IPs NEs)
  
• Priority areas 2.3.2.11 - products and
  services engineering 3.4.3.1 - knowledge
  communities in production technologiesInstrument
  s IP, NE, CA, SSA

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Dedicated call for SMEs Integrated Projects

• Launch 17 December 2002
• Closing date April 10, 2003 (1st stage)
  September 3, 2003 (2nd stage)
• Indicative budget 40 M
• Restriction to participation Proposals should
  be clearly led by SMEs
• Priority area 3.4.3.1 - support to the
  development of new knowledge based added value
  products and services in traditional
  industriesInstrument IP

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Information

• NMP workprogramme and calls text
• http// www.cordis.lu/fp6/nmp.htm
• Expressions of interest
• http//eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm
• Research under Growth programme
• http//www.cordis.lu/growth/
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/growth/index.ht
  ml
• Construction
• E-Core network portal http//www.e-core.org