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The European Research Council 4/11/2017 The European Research Council ERC opportunities and calls Luis Fariña Busto Research Programme Officer ERC Executive Agency Scientific Department Bratislava, 19 November 2014

European Research Council http://erc.europa.eu

European Research Council promotes the best research in Europe wants to bring the best international researches to Europe promotes innovative and across-fields research

Outline Background Evaluation Process Preparing an application Data ERC-NSF

What is the ERC? Autonomous funding body set up by the EU in 2007 and led by scientists 1 researcher : Any nationality, age or current place of work in the world No thematic priorities - All fields of science and humanities No consortia, 1 Host Institution in Europe Budget: € 13.1 billion (2014-2020) - 1.8 billion €/year 5

2013-2020 : H2020 budget € 77 billion ERC budget € 13.1 billion

ERC grants in a nutshell ERC awards are: Very competitive: ~10% success rates Significant: €1.5 Mio – €3.5 Mio Bottom-up: open to any topic Ambitious: achieve/boost independence; form a group Looking for High-risk/High-gain research Flexible: distribution of budget can be changed Portable: can be moved anywhere in Europe 7

ERC – Basic elements of the grant The Principal Investigator and the Research team The PI can choose national or trans-national team members if scientific added value proven The grant covers salaries (PI and team members) Research project High risk/high gain (Frontier research) Up to 5 years projects Host Institution The one where the researcher already works, or any other institution established in the EU or associated countries Universities, research centres; public or private Grants are portable (the PI can change Host Institution)

Attractive features for researchers from outside Europe 10/08/12 10/08/12 Attractive features for researchers from outside Europe Incentive: Additional “start-up” funding for scientists moving to Europe (EUR 500 000 for Starting , EUR 750 000 for Consolidator , and EUR 1 Million for Advanced grantees) Flexibility: Grantee can keep affiliation with home institute outside Europe (“significant part” of work time in Europe) Team members can be based outside Europe │ 9 9

Achievements of the ERC - so far

After 7 years of existence… more than 4000 proposals funded highly competitive: average success rate 12% EU value added: pan-European competition among researchers for the first time ever making Europe more attractive in the global competition for scientific talent

ERC Grant schemes Advanced Grants Starting Grants Consolidator Grants 10/08/12 ERC Grant schemes Starting Grants starters (2-7 years after PhD) up to € 2.0 Mio for 5 years Consolidator Grants consolidators (7-12 years after PhD) up to € 2.75 Mio for 5 years Advanced Grants track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years up to € 3.5 Mio for 5 years Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders

Creative freedom of the individual grantee ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability of grants) to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality label │ 13 13

ERC Panel Structure 25 Panels Each Panel : Panel Chair and 10-15 Panel Members Social Sciences and Humanities SH1 Individuals, institutions & markets SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour SH3 Environment ,space and population SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity SH5 Cultures & cultural production SH6 The study of the human past Physical Sciences & Engineering PE1 Mathematics PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter PE3 Condensed matter physics PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical sciences PE5 Materials & Synthesis PE6 Computer science & informatics PE7 Systems & communication engineering PE8 Products & process engineering PE9 Universe sciences PE10 Earth system science Life Sciences LS1 Molecular & Structural Biology & Biochemistry LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology & Endocrinology LS5 Neurosciences & neural disorders LS6 Immunity & infection LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies & public health LS8 Evolutionary, population & environmental biology LS9 Applied life sciences & biotechnology │ 14

Social Sciences and Humanities ERC Grants in Social Sciences and Humanities │ 15

Social Sciences and Humanities Some ERC Grants in Social Sciences and Humanities SH1 Jean Tirole COGNITION Cognition and Decision-Making: Laws, Norms and Contracts SH2 Éva Pócs INTELEG - Vernacular religion on the boundary of Eastern and Western Christianity: continuity, changes and interactions SH3 Wolfgang Lutz FutureSoc Forecasting Societies’ Adaptive Capacities to Climate Change SH4 Esperanza Alfonso INTELEG - The Intellectual and Material Legacies of Late Medieval Sephardic Judaism: An Interdisciplinary Approach SH5 Barbara Graziosi Living Poets Living Poets: A New Approach to Ancient Poetry SH6 Jean-Philippe Genet SAS Signs and States: Semiotics of the Modern State │ 16

Outline Background Evaluation Process Preparing an application Data ERC-NSF

Submission, evaluation and selection Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants Submission of full proposal (strict deadline!) Individual assessment of full proposal by panel members & referees Eligibility check (PI, HI, submission restrictions) AdG: 2nd Panel meeting StG, CoG: 2nd Panel meeting incl. interviews of applicants Step 1 (remote) evaluation on the basis of section 1 of proposal* by panel members 1st Panel meeting Proposals selected for funding based on call budget Proposals passing to step 2 *) Profile of PI, project extended synopsis (Part B1)

Evaluation Criteria Excellence as sole criterion, to apply to: 4/11/2017 Evaluation Criteria Excellence as sole criterion, to apply to: Quality of the research project Ground-breaking nature of the research: Important challenge? Substantially beyond the current state of art? High-gain/high-risk balance Potential impact: Possibility of a major break-through? Scientific Approach: Feasibility, novel concepts/methodology Principal Investigator Intellectual capacity and creativity: Track-record, capacity to go significantly beyond the state of the art, evidence of creative independent thinking Commitment: Willing to devote a significant part of PI's working time (minimum of 50% for Starting, minimum of 40% for Consolidator Grant, minimum of 30% for Advanced Grant) commitment to the project

Who evaluates the proposals ? Other (7%) Panel members: typically 600 / call High-level scientists Recruited by ScC from all over the world About 12 members plus a chair person Referees: typically 2000 / call Evaluate only a small number of proposals Similar to normal practise in peer-reviewed journals USA (7%)

4/11/2017 Reviewer Exclusion Applicants can nominate up to three persons to be excluded from the evaluation of their proposal, specifying : Name Institution, City, Country Webpage The concerned persons will be excluded from the evaluation of the proposal assuming that the ERCEA is still in a position to evaluate the proposal properly. Exclusion may concern any independent expert, including the panel chair, panel members as well as remote referees 21

Outline Background Evaluation Process Preparing an application Data ERC-NSF

When to submit? Increasing number applications causes low success rates and high panel workload New Resubmission restrictions Since 2014 calls, tighter resubmission rules : If B (Step 1 or Step 2) : will have to wait out one year If C (Step1) : will have to wait out two years !

Which Call? StG/CoG : Possibility of eligibility extensions Eligibility window can be extended for following cases: Maternity leave: 1.5 years per child before or after deadline Paternity leave: for whatever documented paternity leave that has been taken before or after deadline National service, long-term illness: whatever documented time after deadline

Eligibility Most common ineligibility reasons 4/11/2017 Eligibility Most common ineligibility reasons Submission after the deadline. Incomplete proposals. No commitment letter from the HI. PhD award date outside the window. Multiple-submission (only one application per PI under the same WP). 25

Administrative forms (Part A) Online Submission Proposal structure Administrative forms (Part A) 1 – General information 2 – Administrative data of participating organisations 3 – Budget 4 – Ethics 5 – Call specific questions Part B1 (submitted as .pdf) a – Extended synopsis 5p b – Curriculum vitae 2p c – Funding ID d - Track-record 2p Administrative forms Part B2 (submitted as .pdf) not evaluated in Step 1 Scientific proposal 15p a – State-of-the-art and objectives b – Methodology c – Resources Annexes Commitment of the host institution, PhD certificates, etc 44, 39 y 17 Antes 40, 35, 15, 10 Guidelines and Recommendations in the 2014 Guide for Applicants │ 26

Submission of Proposals Differences in Part B1 and Part B2 In Step 1: Panel members (generalists and with multidisciplinary approaches) see only Part B1 of your proposal: Prepare it accordingly! In Step 2: Both Part B1 and B2 are also sent to specialists around the world (specialized external referees)

Preparing an application Hints and tips ( Generalities) 4/11/2017 Preparing an application Hints and tips ( Generalities) Register early, get familiar with the system and templates and start filling in the forms A submitted proposal can be revised until the call deadline by submitting a new version and overwriting the previous one Follow the formatting rules and page limits. Download and proof-read the proposal before submitting. 28

Preparing an application Hints and tips (Part B1) 10/08/12 Preparing an application Hints and tips (Part B1) At Step 1, only the extended synopsis (Part B1) is read: give a concise and clear presentation (evaluators are not necessarily all experts in the field). Pay particular attention to the ground-breaking nature of the research project – no incremental research! State-of-the-art is not enough. Find the balance between ambition and feasibility. Part B 1  needs to be carefully drafted as it will give first impression of proposed research (panel will only evaluate Part B1 at step 1)

Preparing an application Hints and tips (Part B1) 10/08/12 Preparing an application Hints and tips (Part B1) Know your competitors – what is the state of play and why are your idea and scientific approach outstanding? Outline of the methodological approach (feasibility) Show your scientific independence in your CV. Explain your contribution to the selected publications. Avoid any suspicion of plagiarism Part B 1  needs to be carefully drafted as it will give first impression of proposed research (panel will only evaluate Part B1 at step 1)

Preparing an application Hints and tips (Part B 2) 10/08/12 Preparing an application Hints and tips (Part B 2) Make clear what you want to do Put your project in the context of competitors Provide sufficient detail on methodology, work plan, selection of case studies etc. (15 pages) Provide alternative strategies to mitigate risk. Explain involvement of team members. Check coherency of figures, justify requested resources Part B 1  needs to be carefully drafted as it will give first impression of proposed research (panel will only evaluate Part B1 at step 1)

Preparing an application Guidelines and other Resources Read the Guide for Applicants and the Ideas Work Programme. Any doubts about your eligibility or any other questions, contact one of the NCPs or the ERCEA. http://cordis.europa.eu/national_service/home_en.html subscribe to the ERC newsletter http://erc.europa.eu/keep-updated-erc

Preparing an application Check the already Funded Projects http://erc.europa.eu/erc-funded-projects Menu allows to search ERC projects by Funding Scheme, Call year, Country of Host Institution and panel

2015 Planning ERC calls Budget Call Opening Submission Deadlines Starting Grants ERC-2015-StG 430 M€ 7 October 2014 3 February 2015 Consolidator Grants ERC-2015-CoG 585 M€ 13 November 2014 12 March 2015 Advanced Grants ERC-2015-AdG 630 M€ 10 February 2015 2 June 2015 Proof of Concept ERC-2015-PoC 20 M€ 7 November 2014 DL1: 5 February 2015 DL2: 28 May 2015 DL3 : 1 Oct. 2015 │ 34 34 34

Outline Background Evaluation Process Preparing an application Data ERC-NSF

Age of StG and AdG grantees 10/08/12 Age of StG and AdG grantees Distribution d'âge des lauréats 2007-2012 : Continue Age myen : StG=34-36, AdG = 50-55 36

ERC STG, COG, ADG 2013 Age of applicants at call publication date 10/08/12 ERC STG, COG, ADG 2013 Age of applicants at call publication date Distribution des candidatures 2013 par âge Distribution continue Age moyen : StG=34, CoG=38, AdG=50

Success rates per country of Host Institution ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013 ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013 *) First legal signatories of the first grant agreement taken into account

ERC achievements Publication from ERC funded projects Already over 20,000 papers acknowledging ERC support published in international, peer reviewed journals (Oct 2013) * Thomson Reuters, WoS, End of 2012 39

Mobility of researchers ERC StG, CoG and AdG calls 2007-2013 10/08/12 Mobility of researchers ERC StG, CoG and AdG calls 2007-2013 Part B 1  needs to be carefully drafted as it will give first impression of proposed research (panel will only evaluate Part B1 at step 1)

Mobility of researchers ERC StG, CoG and AdG calls 2007-2013 10/08/12 Mobility of researchers ERC StG, CoG and AdG calls 2007-2013 45 % non-nationals Part B 1  needs to be carefully drafted as it will give first impression of proposed research (panel will only evaluate Part B1 at step 1)

Mobility of researchers ERC StG, CoG and AdG calls 2007-2013 10/08/12 Mobility of researchers ERC StG, CoG and AdG calls 2007-2013 Spain 229 grants in 71 HI - 26% of non-nationals 7 HI collect 105 grants (46%) - 33% of non-nationals 6 HI collect 66 grants (29%) - 47% of non-nationals Part B 1  needs to be carefully drafted as it will give first impression of proposed research (panel will only evaluate Part B1 at step 1)

ERC achievements ERC-acknowledging publications in top most cited 12% of the articles, notes and reviews published between 2008-2010 and acknowledging ERC support were in the top 1% most cited in 2012 (i.e. 240 publications out of 1996 publications ; NSF-selected journals and citations thresholds provided in the NSF Science Indicators 2014 were considered) 43% of the articles, notes and reviews published between 2008-2010 and acknowledging ERC support were in the top 10% most cited in 2012 (i.e. 855 publications out of 1996 publications ;

Christoforos Pissarides ERC Highly distinguished grantees Serge Haroche Nobel 2012 ERC Grantee AdG 2009 Konstantin Novoselov Nobel 2010 ERC Grantee StG 2007 Ada Yonath ERC Grantee AdG 2012 Andre Geim ERC Grantee AdG 2012 Christoforos Pissarides ERC Grantee AdG 2012 Theodor Hansch ERC Grantee AdG 2010 James Heckman ERC Grantee AdG 2010 Jean-Marie Lehn ERC Grantee AdG 2011 ERC Grantee SyG 2012 ERC Grantee AdG 2008 Edvard Moser Nobel 2014 May-Britt Moser Jean Tirole ERC Grantee AdG 2009 AdG 2010 AdG 2013 Stanislav Smirnov AdG 2008 Elon Lindenstrauss AdG 2010 Simon Donaldson AdG 2009 - Breakthrough Prize in Math 2014 - Similarly several of the ERC ”main list” Principal Investigators have received recently very prestigious awards. │ 44

ERC Highly distinguished grantees 2014 Brain Prize G. Rizzolatti and S. Dehaene - AdG 2009 2014 Kavli Prize Thomas Ebbesen - AdG 2008 2014 Wolf Prize Leif Andersson - AdG 2011 2014 EMBO Gold Medal Sophie Martin - StG 2010 Other Prizes awarded to ERC grantees HOLBERG PRIZE 2013 - Bruno LATOUR - AdG 2010 BALZAN PRIZE 2013 - Pascale COSSART - AdG 2008, Alain ASPECT - AdG 2010 WOLF PRIZE 2013 - Peter ZOLLER - SyG 2012 EUROPEAN LATSIS PRIZE 2012 - Uffe HAAGERUP - AdG 2009 CRAFOORD PRIZE 2013 – L. KLARESKOG - AdG 2009 LEIBNIZ PRIZE 2012 Michael BRECHT - AdG 2008, Joerg WRACHTRUP - AdG 2010 BALZAN PRIZE 2012 - David BAULCOMBE - AdG 2008 FEBS|EMBO WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2014 - Pascale COSSART - AdG 2008 KELVIN PRIZE 2012 - Colin McINNES - AdG 2008 FEBS|EMBO WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2011 - Carol ROBINSON - AdG 2010 EMBO GOLD MEDAL 2012 - Jiri FRIML - StG 2011 CRAFOORD PRIZE 2011 and EUROPEAN LATSIS PRIZE 2010 – Ilkka Hanski - AdG 2008 EMBO GOLD MEDAL 2011 – S. BOULTON - AdG 2010 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO AWARD FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE 2011 - Anne L'Huillier - AdG 2008 EMBO GOLD MEDAL 2010 – Jason W CHIN - StG 2007 WOLF PRIZE 2010 – Anton ZEILINGER, David BAULCOMBE - AdG 2008, Alain ASPECT - AdG 2010 Similarly several of the ERC ”main list” Principal Investigators have received recently very prestigious awards. │ 45

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ERC: Proof of concept What for Establish the innovation potential of an ERC-funded idea: technical validation, market research, clarifying IPR strategy, investigating business opportunities Eligibility Holders of an ERC grant with an idea substantially drawn from an ERC-funded project Size up to €150,000 over 12 months Outcome A "package" to be presented to venture capitalists

PoC grants by country of host institution ERC PoC calls 2011, 2012 and 2013: 178 grants ERC Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2013: 4351 grants

ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants 10/08/12 10/08/12 ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants The applicant’s profile “Am I competitive enough?” Potential for research independence Evidence of scientific maturity At least one (StG) /several (CoG) publications without participation of PhD supervisor Promising track-record of early achievements Significant publications Invited presentations in conferences Funding, patents, awards, prizes │ 49 49

10/08/12 10/08/12 ERC Advanced Grants The applicant’s profile Track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years Exceptional leaders and mentors 10 publications as senior author in major scientific journals 5 granted patents 10 invited presentations at international conferences 3 international conferences where Principal Investigator was an organiser International prizes/awards │ 50 50