European Research Council The European Research Council Prof. Alain Peyraube European Research Council Scientific Council ERC visit to Brazil May, 2010

European Research Council │ 2 FP7 (EC)  7 th Framework Programme (FP7) Billion Euros, 4 Specific Programs  “Family” of FP7 Specific Programmes  Co-operation 33 B Euros (8 priorities)  Ideas 7.5 B Euros = ERC  People 5 B Euros (Marie Curie fellowships)  Capacities 4 B Euros (Infrastructures, etc.)  Ideas: complementary to other FP7 support policy vs. science-driven, bottom-up vs. targeted research

European Research Council │ 3 The Agency  Executes annual work programme as established by the Scientific Council  Implements calls for proposals and provides information and support to applicants  Organises peer review evaluation  Establishes and manages grant agreements  Administers financial aspects and follow-up of grant agreements

European Research Council │ 4 The Scientific Council Members & Role 22 most respected researchers reflecting the full scope of European research and scholarship  proposed by an independent identification committee  appointed by the Commission (for 4 years, renewable once) Role:  Establishes overall scientific strategy establishes annual work programmes (incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); defines peer review methodology; ensures selection and accreditation of experts  Controls quality of operations and management  Ensures communication with the scientific community

European Research Council │ 5 Strategic Aims Overview ERC : first pan-European funding agency for frontier research Funding directed to individual teams and projects selected solely on the criteria of excellence Operates according to the principles of scientific excellence, autonomy, efficiency and transparency  Autonomous scientific governance  Simple, user-friendly delivery

European Research Council │ 6 ERC Grants: Open to individual teams anywhere in the world ERC is the only component of the FP7-family to widely open its programs and schemes to individual teams anywhere in the world, under only one condition, i.e. that funded projects will have to be located in EU or its associated countries Thus, PIs and team members can be of any nationality, working in almost any country

European Research Council │ 7 Two types of Grants ERC Starting Grants, supporting excellent early stage independent investigators (2-9 years since completion of PhD) – 2007 and 2009 ERC Advanced Grants, supporting investigators at all subsequent stages – 2008 and 2010 Hosting institution  Located in a EU Member State or Associated Country  Intra-European grant portability allowed

European Research Council │ 8  For operational reasons the ScC agreed on 3 main research domains: ─Domain 1: Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Information and Communication, Engineering Sciences, Universe and Earth Sciences (PE) ─Domain 2: Life Sciences (LS) ─Domain 3: Social Sciences and Humanities (SH)  Pre-allocation of call budget for ERC Grants per domain currently as follows: 45% PE - 40% LS - 15% SH  Now : 39% PE – 34% LS – 14% SH + 13% Interdisc. ERC Grant schemes Budget Allocation

European Research Council │ 9  Panels have one Panel Chair and Panel Members, all selected by the Scientific Council members  20 Panels for the 1st Call : 8 PE, 7 LS, 5 SH  25 Panels now: 10 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH  Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposals assigned to his/her Panel in collaboration with ERC staff  Panel Chair gives high level stamp of credibility and visibility to the whole evaluation process ERC Grant schemes Panel Structure

European Research Council │ 10 Panels composition Panel Members and Chairs  Make decisions and document the decisions Panel chairs  Ensure quality of the evaluation process  Chair panel meetings (steps 1 & 2)  Participate in panel chair meetings ERC Panel Teams (2 Scientific Officers)  Ensure that rules are respected  Ensure comparable process is followed in all panels  Transition: composed of ERC staff and RTD colleagues

European Research Council │ 11 Evaluation criteria 1.Principal Investigator 2.Research Project 3.Research Environment Step 1 of evaluation  criteria 1 and 2 Step 2 of evaluation  all criteria  Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria 1 and 2 numerically, which will result in the ranking of the proposals  Criteria 3 will be considered as "pass/fail" and commented upon but not scored

European Research Council │ 12 Co-investigators Exceptional For interdisciplinary proposals only PI can include 1 or more co-investigators (co-I) Co-I submitted to same resubmission rule as PI Higher budget (up to 3,5 M€) Scientific added value of including co-investigators to be assessed by panel

European Research Council New Panel structure and description PE (18 March 2008) PE1Mathematical foundations: all areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics PE2Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics PE3Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences PE4Physical and analytical chemical sciences: analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics PE5Materials and synthesis: materials synthesis, structure- properties relations, functional and advanced materials, molecular architecture, organic chemistry │ 13

European Research Council New Panel structure and description PE (18 March 2008) - 2 PE6Computer science and informatics: informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems PE7Systems and communication engineering: electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering PE8Products and processes engineering: product design, process design and control, construction methods, civil engineering, energy systems, material engineering PE9Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar system; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation PE10 Earth system science: physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management │ 14

European Research Council New Panel structure and description LS (18 March 2008) LS1Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry: molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, biochemistry of signal transduction LS2Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: genetics, population genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling and simulation, systems biology, genetic epidemiology LS3Cellular and Developmental Biology: cell biology, cell physiology, signal transduction, organogenesis, evolution and development, developmental genetics, pattern formation in plants and animals │ 15

European Research Council New Panel structure and description LS (18 March 2008) - 2 LS4Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology: organ physiology, pathophysiology, endocrinology, metabolism, ageing, regeneration, tumorigenesis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome LS5Neurosciences and neural disorders: neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, systems neuroscience, neurological disorders, psychiatry LS6Immunity and infection: immunobiology, aetiology of immune disorders, microbiology, virology, parasitology, global and other infectious diseases, population dynamics of infectious diseases, veterinary medicine │ 16

European Research Council New Panel structure and description LS (18 March 2008) - 3 LS7Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease, public health, epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical medicine, regenerative medicine, medical ethics LS8Evolutionary, population and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, animal behaviour, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography, marine biology, ecotoxicology, prokaryotic biology LS9Applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology and remediation │ 17

European Research Council │ 18 New Panel structure and description SH(18 March 2008) SH1Individuals, institutions and markets: economics, finance and management SH2Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour: sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology SH3Environment and society: environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies SH4The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education SH5Cultures and cultural production: literature, visual and performing arts, music, cultural and comparative studies SH6The study of the human past: archaeology, history and memory

European Research Council │ 19 Domain Number of proposals % of proposals % of budget pre-allocated* Life Sciences3,39637,040 Physical Sciences & Engineering4,40848,145 Social Sciences & Humanities1,36314,915 Total9,167 ERC-2007-StG 1 Submission (stage 1): Massive response! *Indicative budget established by ScC (Work programme 2007)

European Research Council │ 20 Country of host institution for the 9000 proposals Number of proposals by domain and country of host institution (head quarters) 34 countries

European Research Council │ 21 Domain Number of proposals % of proposals % of budget pre-allocated* Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering13745 Social Sciences & Humanities Total303 ERC-2007-StG 1 Granted projects *Indicative budget (Scientific Council, ERC work programme 2007)

European Research Council │ 22 Distribution of the 303 granted 303 proposals granted (3.30%): 137 PE (45%), 108 LS (36%), 58 SH (18%) Distribution of the 303 by host institution: 19% UK, 13% FR, 11% DE, 8.5% NL, 8.2% IT, 8% SP, 8% IL

European Research Council │ 23 ERC Advanced Grant (ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)  Targeting researchers who have already established their independence as team leaders and are exceptional leaders in terms of significance of their research achievements (in the last 10 years) up to 5 years, up to € 3,5 million per grant ~2000 Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7 ( )

European Research Council │ 24 ERC Advanced Grant 1 Evaluation Criteria: Excellence is the sole award criterion 1.Principal Investigator -Quality of research output/track-record (  10-year track-record) -Intellectual capacity and creativity (  CV + leadership profile) 2.Research Project -Ground-breaking nature of the research -Potential impact -Methodology 3.Research Environment (assessed in Step 2 only) -Contribution of the research environment to the project -Contribution of the project to research environment -Participation of other legal entities (if clear/ substantial added value)

European Research Council │ 25 Domain Number of proposals % of proposals % of budget pre-allocated* Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Total2167 Distribution / Domain - Applications

European Research Council │ 26 Domain Number of Proposals % of proposals % of budget pre-allocated* Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Total250 Distribution / Domain - Granted + 29 INTERDISC. (11 PE, 11 LS, 7 SH) = 13% of the budget = 279 (12.9%)

European Research Council │ 27 Advanced Grant Distribution / Host Institution of the granted projects 63 UK, 37 FR, 28 CH, 28 DE, 20 IT, 1 NL, 15 IL, 13 SE, 13 ES, … PE Domain, out of the 117: 20 UK, 15 FR, 12 CH, 12 IT, 11 DE, 10 NL, 9 IL, 9 SE … LS Domain, out of the 84: 18 UK, 11 DE, 11 FR, 9 CH, 5 ES, 5 NL, 4 IT, 4 IL … SH Domain, out of the 49: 12 UK, 9 FR, 5 DE, 5 NL, 5 ES, 4 IT, 3 CH …

European Research Council │ 28 ERC Starting Grant Submitted and mainlist proposals by domain Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities 927 (37%) 1112 (44.4%) 464 (18.6%) 69 (31.5%) 93 (42.5%) 41 (18.7%) Submitted proposalsMainlist ∑ = 2503 ∑ = (7.3%) Interdisciplinary Domain

European Research Council │ 29 ERC Starting Grant 2009 ERC Starting Grant 2009 The 238 granted proposals (9.50%) Reserve List : 19 proposals (9 PE, 5 LS, 5 SH) all granted  238 proposals granted : 107 PE, 81 LS, 51 SH Distribution by host institution: 43 UK, 31 FR, 28 DE, 18 ES, 17 CH, 17 NL, 15 BE, 15 IT, 15 NL, 14 BE, 14 IL, …

European Research Council │ 30 Advanced Grant Number of submitted and short-listed proposals Life Sciences Social Sciences & Humanities Submitted proposalsShort List ? Interdisciplinary research Physical Sciences & Engineering ∑ = 1583 ∑ = 554

European Research Council │ 31 Main Lists : 236 (14.9%) PE : 99 proposals SH : 42 proposals LS : 81 proposals ID : 14 proposals (6  PE, 8  LS, 0  SH) Host Institution : 58 UK, 34 FR, 31 DE, 29 CH, 16 NL, 15 IT, 15 NL, 12 SE, 11 IL, 10 ES

European Research Council │ 32 Distribution by domain The 105 PE : 23 UK, 15 CH, 15 DE, 14 FR, 8 SE, 6 IL, 6 IT, 5 ES, 4 NL, … The 89 LS : 21 UK, 15 FR, 13 CH, 12 DE, 6 NL, 5 IT, 4 ES, 3 IL, 3 SE, … The 42 SH : 14 UK, 5 FR, 5 NL, 4 DE, 4 IT, 2 IL, 2 NO, 1 AT, 1 CH, 1 ES, 1 IE, 1 HU, 1 SE

European Research Council │ 33 Merci Thank you 谢谢