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1 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BFC (Belgian French Community) 1.Basic research in the French Community of Belgium 2.F.R.S-FNRS: historical background 3.F.R.S.-FNRS : some key points 4.F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS 5.Some challenges for a funding agency Véronique Halloin - SG of the F.R.S.-FNRS Brussels, April

French Community of Belgium (BFC) (2006) 4,5 Mi0 inhabitants 7 universities (3 comprehensive ones) grouped into 3 Academia university students ; masters; 648 PhD 8200 researchers AUWB (ULB, UMons) AULouvain (UCL, FUNDP, FUSL, FUCAM) AUWE (ULg, GxABT) 1. BASIC RESEARCH IN THE FRENCH COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM (1)

1.BASIC RESEARCH IN THE FRENCH COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM (2) the landscape… “The death valley” ? “Science” Basic research (Universities) Public funding: CFB ( F.R.S.-FNRS ) Federal, Europe Products & processes Applied research (Industries, Centres, Univ) Public funding : Régions (Wallonia, Bxls) Federal, Europe

for basic research (BFC): 267 M€ for applied research (RW): 231 M€  0,61% GDP vs 1% targeted by Lisbon strategy 4 1.BASIC RESEARCH IN THE FRENCH COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM (3) the Belgian public funding of research (2008) 25%

5 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BFC (Belgian French Community) 1.Basic research in the French Community of Belgium 2.F.R.S-FNRS: historical background 3.F.R.S.-FNRS : some key points 4.F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS 5.Some challenges for a funding agency Véronique Halloin - SG of the F.R.S.-FNRS Brussels, April

2. F.R.S.-FNRS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1) A royal call for sponsorship, 80 years ago

7 FNRS 1928 IISN 1951 (nuclear) FRIA 1994 (agro- industry) FRFC 1965 (collective) FRSM 1957 (medical) Mostly individual mandates 2. F.R.S.-FNRS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (2) recurrent subsidies as of 1948 division in two separate entities in the nineties support to basic research in all fields of sciences range of funding programmes (bottom-up approach) scientific excellence

8 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BFC (Belgian French Community) 1.Basic research in the French Community of Belgium 2.F.R.S-FNRS: historical background 3.F.R.S.-FNRS : some key points 4.F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS 5.Some challenges for a funding agency Véronique Halloin - SG of the F.R.S.-FNRS Brussels, April

9 3. F.R.S.-FNRS : SOME KEY POINTS (1) a budget of 143 M€ in 2008

10 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BFC (Belgian French Community) 1.Basic research in the French Community of Belgium 2.F.R.S-FNRS: historical background 3.F.R.S.-FNRS : some key points 4.F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS 5. Some challenges for a funding agency Véronique Halloin - SG of the F.R.S.-FNRS Brussels, April

4. F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS (1) we fund all scientific fields SHS in grants + 36 projects (~1,83 M€) succes rate: ~60% for PhD ~30% for post-docs

SHS-1 a) Sociology, social anthropology, political science, communication (based on ERC- SH2: Institutions, values, beliefs and behavior) b) Environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies (based on ERC-SH3: Environment and society) SHS-2 Cognition, psychology, education (based on ERC-SH4: The human mind and its complexity) SHS-3 Literature, linguistics, philosophy, visual and performing arts (based on ERC-SH5: Cultures and cultural production and ERC-SH4) SHS-4 Archaeology, history (based on ERC-SH6: The study of the human past) SHS-5 Economics, finance and management; law; environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies (based on ERC-SH1: Individuals, institutions and markets, ERC-SH2 and ERC-SH3) 4. F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS (2) 5 scientific commissions (among 13) in SHS

4. F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS (3) distribution of applications among the 13 scientific commissions (call for mandates, March 2010) SHS1SHS2SHS3SHS4SHS5SEN1SEN2SEN3SEN4SVS1SVS2SVS3Fore sight ASP CCD CR CR CQ MR DR ~40%

14 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BFC (Belgian French Community) 1.Basic research in the French Community of Belgium 2.F.R.S-FNRS: historical background 3.F.R.S.-FNRS : some key points 4.F.R.S.-FNRS: SHS 5.Some Challenges for a funding agency Véronique Halloin - SG of the F.R.S.-FNRS Brussels, April

5. SOME CHALLENGES FOR A FUNDING AGENCY(1) current workings… HOW THE EVALUATIONS ARE SET UP? Ex-ante, ex-post, funding programs, researchers,... Bibliometry? Which indicators? Databases? INSTRUMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY & JOINT EFFORT ? (cooperation agreement) SCIENTIFIC STRATEGY Distribution of budget between instruments? Distribution of budget between thematic areas?