Research Infrastructures in Horizon 2020

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Research Infrastructuresin Horizon 2020
INDRIDI BENEDIKTSSON European Commission DG
Research Innovation
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Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research
and Innovation (2014-2020)
Excellent science

• European Research Council
• Future and Emerging Technologies
• Marie Curie actions
• European Research infrastructures (including
  e-infrastructures) 2.488 M

Industrial leadership
Societal challenges

• Health, demographic change, wellbeing
• Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine
  -maritime research, bio-economy
• Secure, clean and efficient energy
• Smart, green, integrated transport
• Climate action, resource efficiency, raw
  materials
• Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
• Secure societies
• Spreading excellence Widening Participation
• Science with and For Society

• Leadership in enabling and industrial
  technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies,
  advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and
  processing, biotechnology)
• Access to risk finance
• Innovation in SMEs

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Research Infrastructures

• Research infrastructures are facilities,
  resources and services that are used by the
  research communities to conduct research and
  foster innovation.

Major scientific equipments
Knowledge-based resources
e-infrastructures
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Why an EU approach forResearch Infrastructures?

• To address collectively the complexity and cost
  of the design and development of new world class
  research infrastructures
• To open access to the research infrastructures
  existing in the individual Member State to all
  European researchers
• To avoid duplication of efforts and to coordinate
  and rationalise the use of these research
  infrastructures
• To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop
  interoperability of facilities and resources,
  develop the training of the next generation of
  researchers
• To connect national research communities and
  increase the overall quality of the research and
  innovation
• To help pooling resources so that the Union can
  also develop and operate research infrastructures
  globally

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Research Infrastructures in Horizon 2020

• 1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and
  beyond
• Developing new world-class RIs
• Integrating and opening national and regional RIs
  of European interest
• Development, deployment and operation of ICT
  based e-Infrastructures
• 2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs and
  their human resources
• 3. Reinforcing European RI policy and
  international cooperation

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Examples of projects supported by FP7 H2020
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• PAERIP - 'Promoting African European Research
  Infrastructure Partnerships'
• Dedicated initiative to promote research
  infrastructure partnerships between Europe and
  Africa
• Following a political drive on promoting science
  and technology partnerships between the European
  Union and Africa - The Joint Africa-European
  Union (EU) Strategy,
• adopted at Dec.2007 Lisbon Summit,
• including a dedicated Science,
• Information Society and Space initiative
• PAERIP focused on RI and contributing
• to policy dialogue and cooperation
• promotion events.

7th Framework Programme
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COOPEUS

• Building a Framework for a Sustainable,
  Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of
  Environmental Research Infrastructures
• Pivotal element for data harmonisation, curation,
  interoperability tasks
• Design of a new generation of interconnected
  infrastructures
• to provide a sustainable platform
• for data, information and
• knowledge sharing

7th Framework Programme
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SESAME - Synchrotron-light for Experimental
Science and Applications in the Middle East

• SESAME is a cooperative venture by scientists
  governments of the Middle-East set-up and Europe,
  on the model of CERN
• A science for peace initiative, science diplomacy
  - 3rd generation synchrotron particle accelerator
• EC has contributed more than 10 M has an
  observer status in SESAME Council
• Used for a wide scope of applicationsassessing
  archaeological artefacts,infrared imaging of
  diseases, designing pharmaceuticals, solar
  cells enhancement, soil pollution
  measurements,CO2 capture, etc.

7th Framework Programme (RTD C and B4)
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SKA - Square Kilometre Array

• EC strategically follows SKA and the European
  endeavours towards this next generation
  multi-purpose radio telescope
• PrepSKA coordinated and integrated RD work in
  order to develop the fully-costed design for
  Phase 1 of the SKA - a deployment plan for the
  full instrument
• GoSKA and NextSKA supported policy actions to
  further engage the global radio astronomy
  community
• and policy stakeholders in the
• development of the system
• design for SKA.

7th Framework Programme
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ODIP 2 - Extending the Ocean Data
Interoperability Platform

• Development of a common global framework for
  marine data management to address grand
  challenges as climate change and conservation of
  marine resources
• Support prototype interoperability solutions to
  be implemented by the regional data
  infrastructures,
• in order to provide users
• open access
• to quality multidisciplinary
• data and services

Horizon 2020 Grant under preparation
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GLOBIS-B - GLOBal Infrastructures for Supporting
Biodiversity research

• Aims
• Support global cooperation between research
  infrastructures focused on predicting the
  biosphere and measuring the indicators of
  biodiversity change
• Process big and massive datasets
• Develop interoperability and infrastructure
  services underpinning the concept of Essential
  Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) - a prerequisite
  for understanding biodiversity and ecosystem
  change.
• This interaction with national, supranational and
  global policy bodies contributes to potential
  refinements of general policies and supports
  legal interoperability.

Horizon 2020 Grant under preparation
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• IPAD-MD
• Cooperation coordination between the
  pan-European INFRAFRONTIER Research
  Infrastructure and complementary research
  infrastructures in America, Asia and Australia,
  contributing to the global effort of the
  International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium
  (IMPC).
• Aims
• development of innovative technology solutions
• development of high quality standards established
  in INFRAFRONTIER and in the IMPC, to ensure the
  reproducibility of results
• improve the global accessibility of high-quality
  resources and services enabling the biomedical
  research community to tackle health challenges.

Horizon 2020 Grant under preparation
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CREMLIN - Connecting Russian and European
Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures
CREMLIN is a first and path finding step to
identify, build and enhance scientific cooperation
and strong enduring networks between European
research infrastructures and the mega-science
facilities to maximize scientific returns.

• Aims
• contribute to better connect Russian RIs to the
  European Research Area
• foster scientific cooperation between the Russian
  Federation and the European Union in the
  development and scientific exploitation of
  large-scale research infrastructures
• develop a common best practice and policies on
  internationalisation and Opening

Horizon 2020 Grant under preparation
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• EVAg
• Mobilisation of an International network around
• EVA to collect, amplify, characterise,
  standardise, authenticate, distribute and track,
  mammalian and other exotic viruses.
• The network of EVAg laboratories includes 25
  institutions, representing an extensive range of
  virological disciplines.
• 16 partners from Europe
• Non-European Partners from USA, South Africa,
  Russia, Australia
• Associated institutions Japan, Turkey, Jordan,
  India(prep.)

Horizon 2020 Grant under preparation
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Work Programme 2014-2015
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Research Infrastructures WP 2014-15

• 4 Calls - 22 topics in total
• Developing new world-class Research
  Infrastructures
• Integrating and Opening RI of European Interest
• e-Infrastructures
• Support to Innovation, Human resources, Policy
  and International cooperation

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Research Infrastructure Work Programme 2014-2015
Integrating and opening existing national and
regional research infrastructures of European
interest
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WP 2014-15 Evaluation outcome

• 5 Design Studies
• 6 Clusters
• 10 Integrating Activities
• 1 policy support action (ESFRI)
• 1 support action for training of RI managers
• 4 INCO support actions for the internationalisatio
  n of ESFRI projects and cooperation with
  strategic partners

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Work Programme 2016-2017
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The European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures

• Process led by the European Strategy Forum on RI
  (ESFRI)
• Currently elaborating Roadmap Update (2016)
• Needs to take stock of international landscape
• Will offer new possibilities for international
  cooperation

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Strategic orientations for the RI WP 2016-2017

• Fostering long term sustainability of Research
  Infrastructures
• Expanding the role of research infrastructures in
  the innovation chain
• Optimising the management and the exploitation of
  research data produced or collected by research
  infrastructures, included e-infrastructures
• Harmonising evaluation procedures of Research
  Infrastructures

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Fostering long term sustainability of Research
Infrastructures II

• H2020 WP 2016-2017 will support actions
• to facilitate and support the preparation,
  implementation, long-term sustainability and
  efficient operation of the research
  infrastructures identified by ESFRI and of other
  world-class research infrastructures such as
  ERICs.
• to support to the coordination, integration of
  and trans-national access to the existing
  national RIs with a long lasting effect in term
  of harmonisation, structuring and optimisation of
  the services to users, essential to foster users'
  and stakeholders' trust in the services and to
  ensure a long term sustainability.

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Expanding the role of research infrastructures in
the innovation chain

• H2020 WP 2016-2017 will support
• Customised services to increase participation of
  industry and, in particular of SMEs as users of
  RI.
• Support PCP/PPI or, as appropriate, to any other
  financial co-funding scheme that would
  effectively enable synergies amongst the RI,
  academia and industry.
• Support technology transfer and joint development
  of high-tech components and solutions in the
  integrating activities and in the activities
  supporting the implementation and operation of
  ESFRI projects and e-infrastructures.
• Coordination and networking of technological
  infrastructures, which provide RD platforms on
  key technology for Research Infrastructures so as
  to develop a partnership with industry and SMEs
  and set strategic priorities for each key
  technology.

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Evaluation procedures

• Challenge building an effective RI landscape in
  Europe requires long-term commitments by funders,
  efficient decision making processes and
  well-conceived governance and management
  practises for research infrastructures
• H2020 WP 2016-2017 will support
• coordination of national bodies/agencies involved
  in the evaluation of RIs, promotion of joint work
  to harmonise their ex-post evaluation and
  monitoring mechanisms as well as joint evaluation
  exercises.

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Update of the ESFRI roadmap
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ESFRI Roadmap

• Roadmap identifies new pan-European Research
  Infrastructures or major upgrades to existing
  ones, to meet the needs of European research
  communities in the next 10 to 20 years, in all
  fields of research
• First Roadmap published in 2006
• Followed by two updates in 2008 and 2010
• Now contains 48 projects
• Requires major financial investment (20 B) and
  long term commitment for operation (2 b/year)

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Moving forward

• Build on success
• Go further in setting priorities
• A much more focused, shorter roadmap for 2016
• Look much more broadly at the research
  infrastructure landscape across Europe
• Landscape Analysis in 2016 roadmap
• Neutron scattering working group
• Activities to promote coordination in specific
  areas e.g. PRACE, working with e-IRG

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Rules for new Roadmap

• Much shorter only 25 Projects on the new
  Roadmap
• Projects that have been on the roadmap and not
  implemented will automatically roll off after 10
  years
• Any project that wants to be considered again
  after 10 years must reapply, either in a
  different form or with bottlenecks resolved
• Room for 8-10 new projects on the 2016 roadmap
• Entry level projects will be at a more mature
  level
• conceptual design and feasibility done
• supported by at least three MS (1 2)
• Every 2-3 years audit of the project by ESFRI
  Implementation WG
• Opportunities to add more projects in 2018, 2020
  as others roll off

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Evaluation of Projects

• Proposals will be screened for eligibility and
  assigned to one of ESFRIs strategic working
  groups
• Scientific merit and pan European relevance
  (based on ESFRI criteria) will be assessed by the
  SWG, using the advice of independent peer
  reviewers
• e-science aspects will be coordinated with e-IRG
• Project and governance maturity will be assessed
  by the Implementation working group, again using
  advice from external experts, based on the
  approach used by the Assessment Expert group in
  2012

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Key dates

• 25 September 2014 Roadmap update launch
  (Trieste)
• Open for applications from national delegations
  and EIROforum(Most countries will have their own
  internal selection process)
• 31 March 2015 Deadline for new project
  proposals
• January 2016 New roadmap presented

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