1. ERA-NET for materials research and innovation
M-ERA.NET (2):
ERA-NET for materials research and innovation
Baku 13 Oct 2016
Roland Brandenburg
M-ERA.NET coordinator
FFG, Austria

2. (Pre-)History: FP6-FP7 MNT-ERA.NET
MNT-ERA.NET ( ): micro & nano technologies
MATERA ( ): materials
MNT-ERA.NET II ( ): micro & nano technologies
MATERA+ ( ): materials
together: ~150 funded projects, >100 MEUR public funding
MATERA(+)
M-ERA.NET
M-ERA.NET: 2/2012-1/2016
materials science and engineering
large network: 37 funding organisations: 29 national + 8 regional 25 European countries
many “observers”, incl. non-European 2

3. The M-ERA.NET main activities 2012-2015
joint strategic programming of joint activities
annual joint calls for transnational RTD proposals
additional activities: programme surveys, database of research infrastructures, clusters & competence centres
consolidation of the network, including international cooperation with appropriate partners from outside Europe
dialogue with RTD community and stakeholders: workshops, events, dissemination
support the exploitation of knowledge along the whole innovation chain, from basic research to applied research and innovation;
joint strategic programming of joint activities addressing societal and technological needs in an interdisciplinary approach;
create umbrella structure to allow flexible coverage of topics in materials science and engineering, including future topics;
establish international cooperation with the most appropriate partners for specific global challenges (e.g. Taiwan, Japan, Korea, USA, Canada);
implement joint calls and other joint activities based on good practices
mobilise a critical mass of national and regional funding for Materials Science & Engineering
coherent and transparent communication of opportunities to the researchers

4. Consolidation of the network 2012-2015:
expanded European partnerships: FR, BE, ES, IE, IT, NL, PL
enlarged international cooperation: contacts established to
Taiwan: NSC/MOST (Call 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Russia: FASIE (Call 2013, 2014, 2015)
South Korea: KIAT (Call 2015), NRF
Brazil: CNPq, CAPES, FAPESP (Call 2015)
Japan: JST, MEXT, NEDO, METI
Singapore: A*STAR
South Africa: DST
USA: NSF 4

5. Summary of M-ERA.NET Joint calls 2012-2015 full documentation: https://www.m-era.net/joint-calls
30 funding orgs.
23 European countries + Taiwan
Call 2013:
32 funding orgs.
22 European countries + Russia + Taiwan
Call 2014:
36 funding orgs.
22 European countries + Russia + Taiwan
Call 2015:
35 funding orgs.
22 European countries + Brazil (Sao Paulo) + Korea + Russia + Taiwan
124 pre-proposals
72 full proposals
23 funded projects
166 pre-proposals
90 full proposals
26 funded projects
172 pre-proposals
105 full proposals
22 funded projects
156 pre-proposals
94 full proposals
22 funded projects
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6. Results M-ERA.NET Calls 2012 - 2015
funded applicants (average)
Average project:
3-5 partners from 2-3 countries
project costs 1 Mio EUR; duration 2-3 years

7. A new partnership: M-ERA
A new partnership: M-ERA.NET 2 ( ): Enlarged consortium with international participation

8. M-ERA.NET 2 ( )
The M-ERA.NET 2 consortium (H2020 grant agreement):
41 public funding organisations
from 28 different countries
… + additional „observer“ participants joining selected activities
21 (52%) >5 years experience

9. M-ERA.NET 2016-2021: Vision & Objectives
support the European economy towards societal and technological challenges of the 21st century;
multi-annual policy for strategic programming of joint activities, allowing a flexible coverage of topics;
annual joint calls including 1 cofunded call with EU top-up;
mobilise substantial national and regional public funding;
emphasize low carbon energy technologies
cooperation with appropriate partners world-wide to facilitate access for the European RTD community to leading knowledge worldwide;
strengthen a long term cooperation between funding organisations. 9

10. Joint strategic programming: work programmes for joint calls
programme owners (e.g. ministries): suggest thematic priorities
external expertise from Strategic Expert Group (representing stakeholders, industry, academia, e.g. ETPs, research orgs.)
call implementation (programme managers, e.g. funding agencies)
programme owners: - endorse work programme
- individual nat/reg commitments: topics, budget, type of research, target group

11. Role of Strategic Experts Group (SEG)
 to represent industry and academic research, providing comprehensive overview on needs and possibilities at European, national and regional levels in order to identify gaps and opportunities;
 to analyse national/regional priorities provided by the M-ERA.NET consortium;
 to analyse up-to-date status and foreseen development of European strategies;
 to analyse results from M-ERA.NET calls
Experts suggested by all M-ERA.NET partners and selected according to defined criteria (expertise, academic/industrial background, country, gender, ..);
The composition of this group is flexible in order to react to changing environments and emerging challenges.

12. M-ERA.NET Calls 2012-2016: topics
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Integrated computational materials engineering
including materials for low carbon energy technologies
Design of new interfaces, surfaces and coatings
Interfaces, Surfaces and Coatings
New Surfaces and Coatings
Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces
Hybrid composites
Composite Technology
Composite Technology / biobased materials
High performance synthetic and biobased composites
Materials for energy systems
Materials for Sustainable and Affordable Low Carbon Energy Technologies
Materials for Health
Interfaces between materials and biological hosts for health applications
Functional Materials Focusing on Sensors
Functional materials
Materials science for additive manufacturing
Materials for additive manufacturing
Secondary raw materials

13. Addressing the innovation chain
M-ERA.NET 2 parties support (multiple answers):

14. Participations per topic and organisation type

15. Challenge: balance available budgets and requested funding
Calls : success rates

16. M-ERA.NET Call 2016: launched 15 March 2016
committed nat/reg budget ~30 mio. €
EU top up ~ 10 mio €
deadline for pre-proposals: June 2016 (233 pre-proposals)
deadline for full-proposals: November 2016
funding decision: Feb 2017

17. Other activities: Clusters and competence centres

18. Assessment of funded projects
Do we reach our goals ?
Assessment of work programmes
Methodology
The annual work programmes will be assessed by analysing defined indicators in 3 main categories:
a) Budgetary commitments
b) Benefit for networking of programmes and agencies at national level
c) Added value for the target group compared to alternative funding instruments
Assessment of funded projects
Methodology
The funded projects are assessed via questionnaires to all parties in funded projects 1) directly after the completion of the projects 2) 3 years after the end of the projects.
Success is measured by:
a) Technical results c) Economic effects
b) Scientific results d) Transnational benefit

19. More information: www.m-era.net Partner details Funding programmes
Funded projects
Events

20. Results: funded projects
central evaluation: evaluators needed!

21. Thank you ! www.m-era.net contact: office@m-era.net