Sapienza University of Rome a short presentation

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Sapienza University of Romea short presentation
Sapienza University of RomeEU Research
Programmes and visiting Professors
ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011
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EU Research Programmes and Visiting Professors

• EU Research Programmes
• 7FP in brief
• The Specific Programmes of 7FP
• The Sapienzas participation in 7FP
• The Activities of International Relation Office
• Visiting Professors
• Who can apply?
• Calls for proposals 2010

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EU Research Programmes FP7 in brief

• 7th Framework Programme for Research and
  Technological Development (2007-2013) is the main
  financial tool through which the European Union
  supports research and development activities,
  covering almost all scientific disciplines.
• The overall amount for Community financial
  participation in the 7FP is EUR 50 521 million
  for the period 2007 - 2013
• FP7 is organised in four programmes corresponding
  to four basic components of European research
• COOPERATION
• IDEAS
• PEOPLE
• CAPACITIES

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EU Research Programmes FP7 in brief -
COOPERATION

• Cooperation is the core of FP7, representing two
  thirds of the overall budget. It fosters
  collaborative research across Europe and other
  partner countries through transnational projects
  carried out in ten key thematic areas
• Health
• Food, agriculture and fisheries, and
  biotechnology
• Information and communication technologies
• Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
  production techn.
• Energy
• Environment (including climate change)
• Transport (including aeronautics)
• Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
• Space
• Security

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EU Research Programmes FP7 in brief - IDEAS

• Ideas programme supports frontier research on
  the basis of scientific excellence. Research may
  be carried out in any area of science or
  technology and there is no obligation for
  cross-border partnerships, including engineering,
  socio-economic sciences and the humanities.
• In contrast with the Cooperation programme, there
  is no obligation for cross-border partnerships.
  Projects are implemented by individual teams
  around a principal investigator.
• The programme is implemented via the new European
  Research Council (ERC)

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EU Research Programmes FP7 in brief - PEOPLE

• The People programme provides support for
  researcher mobility and career development for
  researchers inside the European Union and
  internationally.
• It is implemented via a set of Marie Curie
  actions, providing fellowships and other measures
  to help researchers build their skills and
  competences throughout their careers
• Initial training of researchers - Marie Curie
  Networks
• Industry-academia partnerships
• Co-funding of regional, national and
  international mobility programmes
• Intra-European fellowships
• International dimension - outgoing and incoming
  fellowships,
• International cooperation scheme, reintegration
  grants

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EU Research Programmes FP7 in brief - CAPACITIES

• Capacities programme strengthens the research
  capacities that Europe needs to become the most
  dynamic competitive knowledge-based economy in
  the world.
• It covers the following activities
• Research infrastructures
• Research for the benefit of SMEs
• Regions of Knowledge
• Research Potential
• Science in Society
• Specific activities of international cooperation

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EU Research Programmes Sapienzas participation
in FP7

• Sapienzas participation in figures
• 118 projects (137 including projects in
  negotiation)
• 10 under IDEAS,
• 21 under PEOPLE
• 23 projects as Coordinator (28 including projects
  in negotiation)
• 33 Departments involved (49,2 )
• Computer Science and Systemics,
• Physics, Civil,
• Building and Environmental Engineering,etc
• 6 Research Centres involved
• Several thematic areas (ICT, Health, Transport)
• 92 Scientific Representatives
• More than 1.000 partners

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EU Research Programmes Sapienzas participation
in FP7

• The Regulation of the activities carried out
  under European and International Programmes
  (2009) provides how Faculties, Departments or
  Research Centres can participate in 7FP or in
  other programmes projects.
• Faculties, Departments and Research Centres are
  financially autonomous. They are in charge with
  the administrative, financial and scientific
  management of projects
• Heads of Departments are allowed to sign Grant
  Agreements and all other documents required (such
  us Consortium Agreement or Cost Statement). They
  manage projects and they are responsible for
  their correct execution.

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EU Research Programmes Sapienzas participation
in FP7

• The Central Administration (and the International
  Relations Office in particular) has the following
  taskes
• Supporting Faculties, Departments and Research
  Centres
• Disseminating informations about programmes or
  new calls for proposals (F1RST, mailing list)
• Being the correspondent towards the EU
  institutions on all issues related to the legal
  status of the entity (i.e LEAR, PIC, etc..)
• Adopting the administrative and accounting
  instructions for participation in EU programmes
  (i.e. reporting and accounting rules)
• Organizing meeting or training course for
  Sapienzas staff about EU or International
  programmes issues
• Setting up of the 7FP projects data base
• Participating in national and international
  networks and working groups (Unica, Apre, )

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EU Research Programmes FP7 in brief - CAPACITIES
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Visiting Professors a short presentation

• Sapienza University of Rome promotes incoming
  mobility of foreign scholars as "visiting
  professors
• 2 Calls for proposals (teaching or researching
  activities) per year
• The applicants are Sapienzas teachers and
  researchers interested in hosting a foreign
  scholar
• The monthly contribution, before taxes, amounts
  to 3.000,00 , 4.000,00 or 5.000,00 and it
  depends on the scientific quality of the
  visiting professor and the type of his activity
  (teaching or researching). 10 of the amount is
  cofinanced by the Department of the applicant.
• The applications are evaluated by a Committee
  designed by the Rector on the basis of the
  following criteria the CV of the visiting
  professor, the rank of the institution, the
  quality of activities and objectives foreseen,
  the financing of previous applications

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Visiting Professors

• Calls for proposals 2010 in figures
• Date of pubblication 10 June 2010 (Teaching
  Activities) and 19 July 2010 (Researching
  Activities)
• Deadline 16 September 2010 (T.A.) and 23
  September 2010 (R.A.)
• Budget EUR 95.000,00 (T.A.) and EUR 450.00,00
  (R.A.)
• Applicants 16 (T.A.) and 63 (R.A.)
• Proposals financed 8 (T.A.) and 42 (R.A.)
• For further information about visiting
  professors, please visit http//www.uniroma1.it/i
  nternazionale/docenti/visite_e.php

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Emanuele Gennuso
• emanuele.gennuso_at_uniroma1.it
• http//www.uniroma1.it/internazionale/docenti/rice
  rca/default.php
• Sapienza Università di Roma
• Rip. IX - Relazioni Internazionali
• Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, nr. 244
• tel. [phone] int. 20359