Research Infrastructures European Added Value, Strategy & policy Christian Kurrer, European Commission Bonn,

The context…

Definition of Research Infrastructures lFacilities, resources, and related services used by the scientific community for èConducting leading-edge research èKnowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges and knowledge preservation lIncludes èMajor scientific equipment èScientific collections, archives and structured information èICT-based infrastructures èEntities of a unique nature, used for research

Research Infrastructures of pan-European relevance provide unique opportunities for: world-level research world-level training Technology & knowledge transfer ensuring knowledge preservation … in brief for European Capacity Building Research Infrastructures and capacity building

Excellence and Research Infrastructures Europe has a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and its teams continue to lead progress in many fields However our centres of excellence often fail to reach critical mass There is a need to bring resources together and to build a European Research Area equivalent to the "common market"

For existing research infrastructures Integrating Activities: to structure better, on a European scale, the way such facilities operate and promote their coherent use and development e-infrastructures: to foster development of high-capacity + performance communication networks and grid infrastructures Community activities under FP6 ( ) For new research infrastructures Design studies Construction (incl. major upgrades)

Facts and Figures: Total budget: M€ »of which 222 for GRID + GEANT Number of projects142 Number of RIs supported248 Potential number of users >20000 Community activities under FP6 ( )

TA (~19 M€): 15 installations, with 4000 users from a very broad spectrum of disciplines NA (~2 M€): Specialized workshops, conferences and schools (support areas of transnational cooperation) Exchange of scientists JRA (~6 M€): European platform for Protein Crystallography Development of: Instrumentation for Femtosecond Pulses Diffractive x-ray optics Superconducting Undulator Photoinjector for X-ray Free Electron Lasers EC contribution: 27 M€ Developing a pan-European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser infrastructure  Offering a common access platform IA-SFS (Analytical Facilities) Example… Importance of I3s: to reduce European fragmentation and dispersion of existing facilities To help developing an internal research market for access to installations and for research services

 Refinement, Replacement EC contribution: ~4.7 M€ TA (~1.3 M€): Gene, tissue, cell, gamete and serum banks Experimental animals NA (~1.7 M€): Standards (SOPs for quarantine and experiments) Training on handling (blood sampling, injections…) Courses and textbook (primate behaviour, husbandry, nutrition…) JRA (~1.7 M€): Molecular typing methods Pathogen detection assays Telemetry prototyping Developing a pan-European research infrastructure of primate centres EUPRIM-Net (Biomedical Sciences) Example…

Main characteristics of an average Integrating Activity under FP6 lAverage number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access lTypical duration of 4 years lAverage EC contribution: ~10 M€ èManagement: ~ 6% èNetworking Activities: ~ 15% èTrans-national Access: ~ 36% èJoint Research Activities: ~ 43% lList of funded projects (FP6) Within «one» single contract

Towards a coherent policy for Research Infrastructures A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures Launched in April 02 Brings together representatives of the 25 Member States, 7 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC) ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Role of ESFRI To foster an “open method of coordination” between different countries To discuss the long term vision at European level and to support the development of a European RI policy To bring initiatives and projects to a point where decisions by ministers are possible A stimulation and incubator role ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

The Roadmap Mandate from the Council of Ministers, November 2004 The Roadmap is the result of two years of intensive work (published October 2006) About 1000 high-level experts were involved, from every MS and AS, from most fields and user communities, giving the end product credibility and quality. It is the beginning of an ongoing process ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Proposed new facilities for Biomedical and Life Sciences STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY BIOBANKS CLINICAL TRIALS EATRIS INFRAFRONTIER EBI upgrade 6 Projects Roadmap 2006 ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Towards FP7…

FP Budget (M€) - Source: Council decision in December 2006

“Capacities”

Objectives of the Community Research Infrastructures action lOptimising the use and development of the best existing research infrastructures in Europe lHelping to create in all fields of S & T new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the scientific community lSupporting programme implementation and policy development (e.g. international cooperation) 30% increase according to FP6

Support to existing Research Infrastructures lIntegrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field, implemented through: èA bottom-up approach for proposals open to all fields of science èTargeted approach with topics defined in cooperation with the FP7 thematic areas lICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research 580 M€ M€

 ~ 500 sites in 40 countries  > 60 Virtual Organisations  ~ CPUs  > 5 PB storage  > concurrent jobs/day  Scientific communitiesLife Sciences High Energy Physics Biomedics Astrophysics Earth Sciences Computational Chemistry Finance Fusion Geophysics Multimedia… EGEE (grids) Example…

Call for proposals N°1 – launched early 2007 lExisting e-infrastructures (42 M€) Scientific Digital Repositories, deployment of e-Infrastructures for new Scientific Communities, lSupport measure for some FP6 I3 (finishing before March 2008) lClosure: 2 May 2007 lSingle stage procedure for evaluation remote + panel evaluation lFirst contracts will come into force before the end of 2007

Next calls for proposals N°2 (e-infrastructures) + N° 3 lIndicative budget of M€  25 to 30 RTD projects to be selected  Call 2: e-science GRID, GÉANT and Scientific Data Infrastructures  Call 3: for RTD; both bottom up and targeted approach lClosure: Autumn 2007 (call 2) + March 2008 (call 3) lMore information to be provided mid-2007

Support to new Research Infrastructures lDesign studies: to support the conceptual design for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear European dimension and interest èthrough bottom-up calls lSupport to the Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing ones èPreparatory phase èConstruction phase 70 M€ M€

Support Actions … through a mixed bottom-up / top down approach, for: –the development of an RI European policy and the development of international cooperation –Supporting programme implementation (NCPs) and the coordination of research infrastructures in emerging areas ERANETS 65 M€

FP7 will support the design of new research infrastructures (or major upgrades) lDesign studies aiming at the conceptual design, not at a detailed design lCase of e-Infrastructures: to foster new organisational models in domains of grids & data lEC support likely to be smaller than under FP6, i.e. less than 5 M€ lbottom-up call… lUseful to feed the ESFRI roadmap process

… and major upgrades to existing ones èSupport to the preparatory phase mainly based on the ESFRI work two calls foreseen (2007 and 2009) è(in addition) support to RSFF è(limited) available resources to support the construction M€ M€ M€ For the construction of new research infrastructures (or major upgrades)

First call for proposals closing in spring 2007 lFor design studies, preparatory phase, and support actions  design studies: 35 M€  Support actions: 28 M€ (budget ) lIndicative budget for preparatory phase:  34 projects (budget ) lClosure: 2 nd May 2007 lFirst contracts to come into force before end M€

Support measures under the 1st call… lFor:  ERA-NETs  Studies, conferences, coordination actions for policy development (e-infrastructures)  NCPs and other support actions, as appropriate lIndicative budget of 28 M€  15 to 20 projects to be selected lClosure: 2 May 2007 Call N°3 closing early only 5 M€

lMember States not necessarily need the EC support… l… nevertheless, FP7 could help, in facilitating decision-making (no automatic funding) lA first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap lOne proposal per topic is expected lTargeted at resolving bottlenecks in decision- making and supporting long-term consistency of research-oriented public actions The Preparatory Phase under the 1st call …

lTasks focusing on: èStrategy development èPlanning of Technical work (e.g. final prototypes) èGovernance and logistical work èFinancial arrangements èLegal issues lThe first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap lDirect EC (average) contribution around 5 M€

The preparatory Phase… Who are the participants ? Consortia should involve all stakeholders necessary to make the project a reality  e.g. ministries, governments, research councils, funding agencies from interested countries + as appropriate, research centres, universities, industries, international organisations… Minimum 3 participants from 3 Member States or Associated States (recommendation: at least 3 agencies…)

Who are the participants ? How to manage ? Open to participants from third countries Possibility for new participants to join at later stage … but be careful with too large consortia… Coordinator to act as a « team builder » The EC will act as a “facilitator”

What can be done ? Legal work, e.g. To establish the legal basis for the new pan- European Research Infrastructures Governance and logistic work, e.g. Plans in terms of decision making, management structure, advisory bodies, IPR, access rule, Staff recruitment, researchers support….

Strategic work, e.g. Plans to integrate the new RI in the EU fabric of related facilities, identification of best possible site(s), systems, etc. Planning of research services to be provided at international level, etc. Technical work, e.g. Draft engineering plans for construction, Final prototypes, new processing protocols, software, etc. What can also be done ?

Preparatory Phase facilitating financial engineering for new research infrastructures Inclusion in Specific RTD Programme(s) Inclusion in DG REGIO / DG DEV strategic plans Stakeholders incl. EIROs Member States European Commission Inclusion in national Programmes Projects EIB RSFF

Existing Infrastructures Design studies New Infrastructures Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase) FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief Integrating activities e-infrastructures ESFRI Roadmap Policy Development and Programme Implementation

Useful links lFP7 Proposal and Capacities Specific Programme lResearch Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) lESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research Infrastr.) le-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG) lInternational Scientific cooperation policy:

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