Research Infrastructures 2004 Call for: Integrating Activities Transnational Access Accompanying Measures

Introduction General information

Definition of Research Infrastructures “Facilities and resources that provide essential services to the research community in both academic and/or industrial domains” “single-sited” - single resource at a single location “distributed” - a network of distributed resources, including Research Infrastructures based on Grid- type architectures “virtual” - the service being provided electronically

Examples of Research Infrastructures Singular large-scale research installations Collections, bio-banks, special habitats Libraries, databases Integrated arrays of research installations Communications networks, computing facilities Infrastructural centres of competence

Research Infrastructures in FP6

Objectives of the Research Infrastructures programme Promote the development of a fabric of research infrastructures of the highest quality and performance in Europe Promote their optimum use on a European scale, based on the needs of the research community

Former actions Under FP2 and FP3: projects supporting Transnational Access to major Research Infrastructures Under FP4 and FP5: also networking and research projects

FP6 actions For existing infrastructures: - Transnational Access (TA) - Integrating Activities Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3) Co-ordination Actions (CA) - Communication Network Development For new or major upgrade of infrastructures: - Design Studies (DS) - Construction of New Infrastructures (CNI) Accompanying Measures (AM)

Conditions for a EC support Scientific and Technological excellence (in any field of Science and Technology) Major Research Infrastructures (world- class service) Need expressed by the scientific community European added value

Research Infrastructures Calls

The Research Infrastructures Calls 225 M€ Call 1: Transnational Access and Integrating Activities (17 Dec. 2002) Call 2: Grids (17 Dec. 2002) Call 3: Géant (6 June 2003) Call 4: Design Studies, Construction of New Infrastructures and AM (11 Nov. 2003) Call 5: Transnational Access, Integrating Activities and AM (4 Nov. 2004) Call 6: Consolidating Initiatives (15 Dec. 2004) Call 7: Grids (11 May 2005)

Proposals received / short-listed

Successful proposals by class of infrastructure

Participants by country

Participants by country vs researcher

Proposals in priority & reserve lists I3 - CA - TA 1 SYNTESYS 2 OASIS 3 IHES 4 WISSMC 5 ENGAS 6 HIGH FIELD RESEARCH 7 ULTI 8 ALOMAR EARI 9 LASERLAB-EUROPE 10 HadronPhysics 11 RADIONET 12 ENSCONET 13 COSTAR 14 CARE 15EUFAR 16OPTICON 17SOLFACE 18IA-SFS 19HPC – EUROPA 20ILIAS 21EMMAINF 22NMI3 23EU-ARTECH 24EUROCHAMP 25EURONS 26MNT EUROPE 27EUROMAGNET 28MAX- INF2 29EUROPLANET 30SALVADORE 31ATANS 32High Pressure 33NEURALCOMP 34SUSPOWERS

Proposals in priority & reserve lists DS - CNI - AM 1European FEL (FEL) 2Global TeV Linear Collider (Oth - Acc) 3Extremely Large Telescope (Astr) 4European Virtual Observatory (Astr) 5Airborne Global Observing System (Env) 6Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (Nuclear Ph) 7Multilingual resources infrastructure (ESH) 8Early gene expression facility (BioMed) 9Upgrade of the ISIS Neutron Spallation source (Neutrons, Muons) 10Integrated Structural Biology centre (Biology) 11European Census data - Dissemination (ESH) 12Underground facility on Safety and Security (Structural Engineering) 13Incoherent Scatter Radar (Oth - Radar) 14Honeypots (Computers) 15Tax benefit simulation model (ESH) 16Sustainable aquaculture centre (Env) 17European Census data - Integration (ESH) 18Carbohydrate database (BioMed) 19Marine chemical ecology centre (Env) 20Highly contagious diseases centre (BioMed) mm wafer R&D plant (Nanotech) 22NG pulsed magnets (H Magnetic F) 23Ion & antiproton beams (Nuclear Ph) 24Km 2 array (Radioastronomy) 25DNP for Structural Biology (Bio-NMR) 26NG of X-ray scattering (Synchrotrons) 27Bio-nanotech plant (Biology) 28Ion & antiproton beams phase1 (Nuclear Ph) 29ALMA (Radioastronomy) 30Km 2 neutrino detector (Astroparticles)

The next call FP Infrastructures-5

FP Infrastructures-5 Call outline (1) All fields of S&T are covered Publication date: 4 November 2004 Call deadline: 3 March 2005 (electronic submission only) Remote evaluation: March - April 2005 Panel meetings: Brussels, 9-13 May 2005 Results: available in July Negotiations: Sept – Dec First contracts: January 2006

Indicative budget: 145 million € –Integrating Activities (CA, I3): 126 million € –Transnational Access (SSA): 17 million € –Accompanying Measures (SSA): 2 million € Expected proposals: 150 –Integrating Activities (CA, I3): 50 –Transnational Access (SSA): 70 –Accompanying Measures (SSA): 30 3 ranking lists FP Infrastructures-5 Call outline (2)

Expert evaluators: 90 (+ Chairman + Independent Observer) 5 thematic sub-panels for Integrating Activities and Transnational Access One multidisciplinary subpanel for Accompanying Measures Evaluation procedure

Evaluation criteria General criteria: –Relevance to the objectives of the programme –Scientific and Technological excellence –Quality of the management –European added value Results from previous calls taken into account More details in the revised Work Programme

TA - Transnational Access To support opportunities of access to individual major infrastructures (rare in Europe), for transnational user groups Financing covers up to 100% of the Access, Travel & Subsistence, and other related costs Contracts Typically 36 to 48 months EC contribution 100 to 750 k€ per year, not exceeding 20% of the operating costs of the infrastructure

To integrate the European infrastructures of a specific scientific community, promoting their coherent use and development 3 mandatory groups of activities: –Networking activity to catalyse co-ordination and co- operation (common databases, virtual facilities, setting common protocols, training users…) –Transnational Access to one or more infrastructures –Joint Research activities to improve (in quality and quantity) the service provided I3 - Integrated Infrastructures Initiative (1)

Financing covers: –Up to 100% of the Networking activities –Up to 100% of the Access, T&S and related costs –Up to 50% of the Joint Research activities costs Contracts Typically 48 to 60 months EC contribution of several millions € I3 - Integrated Infrastructures Initiative (2)

To integrate the European infrastructures from a given class, by promoting their coherent use and development Networking activities only Financing up to 100% Contracts Typically 48 to 60 months CA – Co-ordination Action

To sustain existing or future mechanisms for a coordinated approach to Research Infrastructures in Europe Financing up to 100% Contracts Typically 12 to 36 months EC contribution k€, for each measure AM – Accompanying Measure

I3: –All three activities (Networking, Access, Joint Research) are mandatory AM: –Round-table workshops not supported General: –Final threshold increased –Some specific evaluation criteria modified (see revised Work Programme) –Results from previous calls taken into account Main differences between the new call 5 and previous calls

6: Consolidating initiatives (I3, CA, SSA) –Closing 17 March 2005; budget: 25 million € –for user communities and for supporting international issues & science-related eInfrastructure policies 7: Grid (I3, CA, SSA) initiatives –Closing 7 September 2005; budget: 55 million € –should link and build upon existing ones in the same area FP Infrastructures-6 and FP Infrastructures-7 Communication network development (managed by DG INFSO)

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