Research Infrastructures in FP7 Christian Kurrer European Commission, DG RTD EURONS/EURISOL Town Meeting

Content of presentation lOverview of FP6 I3 funded projects lResearch infrastructures in FP7 lIntegrating Activities in FP7 lFP7 call 3 outline

EC funding for I3s by area (total budget within FP6: 517 M€) M€ funded projects

Global figures for I3s (DG RTD) Number of expected users: In person (« hands on »): Electronic, freely accessible: Several tens of thousands Remote scientific services: 300 Electronic, with login: research infrastructures, with 346 facilities offering access 623 contractors (~400 independent contractors) Research centres: 50 % Higher education organisations: 43 % Industries: 3 % Others: 4 % 318 M€ for 32 contracts

Main characteristics of an average I3 lAverage number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access lAverage EC contribution: 10 M€  Management: 6%  Networking activities: 20%  Transnational access: 29%  Joint research activities: 45%

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

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 l[ICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research] 580 M€ Calls 3, 6, M€ Calls 1, 2, 4, 5, 6,7

Policy development and Programme implementation lERA-NETs for research infrastructures lStudies, conferences and coordination actions for policy development, including international cooperation lCoordination actions to support emerging needs lNetwork of National Contact Points (NCP) lOther Support actions, as appropriate 65 M€ Calls 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,7

Integrating Activity in FP7 lCollaboration of existing research infrastructures in a given field of science èNormally all major RI’s in Europe in one field èAt least 3 MS or AS lBased on the continuation of the successful FP6 instrument “I3” l3 types of activities obligatory in one project èNetworking Activities èTrans-national Access èJoint Research Activities lProject type: combination of collaborative project + coordination and support actions

Networking Activities lTo foster a culture of co-operation between the research infrastructures and the related scientific communities lForms of activities: èTowards a common long-term strategy : foresight… èTowards good practice: exchange of personnel and visits, standards and quality… èTowards the users: training, feedback, coordination… èTowards virtual research communities: Web-sites, common softwares, databases, data management… èTechnical workshops, forums, working groups and studies…

Trans-national Access and/or Service activities (1) lProvide trans-national access to researchers or research teams to one or more infrastructures among those operated by the participants è"Hands on" access èRemote access: provision of reference material, sample analysis… Remote access to distributed infrastructures: “trans- nationality” will not apply lProvide research infrastructures related services to the scientific community èAccess to scientific services freely available through communication networks, e.g. databases available on the web

Trans-national Access and/or Service activities (2) lSpecific provisions for trans-national access activities are defined in Annex III to the Grant Agreement èAccess costs = unit cost x quantity of access provided èAn estimated unit cost will be specified in Annex I èEC financial contribution will be adjusted in the final financial statement (Form C) based on real UC (will not exceed 20% of costs of providing total access to the installation over the duration of the project) lSpecific provisions for access to services freely available through communication networks are defined in Special Clause 17 èEC financial contribution for access costs will not exceed 20% of operating costs incurred

Joint Research Activities lExplore new fundamental technologies or techniques underpinning the efficient and joint use of the participating research infrastructures To improve the services provided by the infrastructures (in quality and/or quantity) lForms of activities: èInstrumentation / prototype development èDevelopment of methods, protocols, standards… èDevelopment of software, middleware, algorithm; Database creation, upgrade, curation… èDevelopment and curation of samples

New approach for Integrating Activities in FP7 lBottom up approach for all fields of science (as in FP6) lNew: targeted approach to respond to identified strategic needs: ècreating synergies and ensuring consistency with other parts of the Framework Programme, èin important fields currently not well covered, è…

Priority topics for RI’s under the targeted approach lHealth (6) lFood, Agriculture and Biotechnology (4) lInformation and Communication Technologies (3) lNanosciences, Nanotechnologies and Materials (2) lEnergy (5) lEnvironment (4) lTransport (2) lSocio-economic Sciences and Humanities (3)  29 priority topics for RI’s in 8 fields of R&D

FP7 Call 3 outline (1) lFor Integrating Activities and Support to policy development and programme implementation lPublication: 15 November 2007 lClosure: 15 February 2008 lIndicative budget for Integrating Activities: 84.5 M€ (+ 192 M€ from the 2009 budget)  For both bottom up and targeted approach lIndicative budget for Policy dev t : 5 M€ lResults within 4 months after closure date lFirst contracts will come into force before the end of 2008

FP7 Call 3 outline (2) lProcedure for evaluation  remote + panel evaluation l1 Panel organised in 5 thematic sub-panels*  Material sciences and energy  Physics, astronomy  Biomedical and life sciences  Environmental sciences  Social sciences and humanities * Computer and data treatment experts in each sub-panel l2 priority lists

Evaluation Criteria lAll FP7 proposals will be assessed according to 3 criteria:  S/T quality (threshold 3/5)  Implementation (threshold 3/5)  Impact (threshold 3/5) lOverall threshold 10/15 lThose criteria will be further specified in the revised workprogramme and in the respective guides for applicants

Expected size of an Integrating Activity under FP7 lDuration: 4 years max lNumber of contractors: 20 (FP6 average)  Experience shows that a project with more than 20 contractors is difficult to manage  Not all partners need to be contractors lEC contribution:  We expect most of the projects to be in the range of 4 to 6 M€ with a limited number of projects reaching 10 to 15 M€ in justified cases (e.g. facilities serving exceptionally wide and diverse community of users)

60% of I3s are between 3 and 9 M€ with an average of 5,8 M€ 40 % are between 11 and 27 M€ with an average of 15,9 M€ I3 analysis FP6

Useful links FP7 and Capacities Specific Programme Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) lResearch Infrastructures in Europa lGrant Model Agreement agreement_en.html#standard_ga