1. March 2015 Katie Lambert (STFC International, UK National Contact Point for Research Infrastructures Programme)

2. Introductions and summary of outcomes from last meeting (Katie and Stephen) Departmental procedure (Stephen) PPD success and submissions in 2014 (Katie) Identifying calls of interest (Katie) Bid support (Branwen) Financial considerations (Joanne/Caroline) AOB

3. Work Programme/call MSCA RISEMSCA ITNICT SC 5 - climate action FETERC COGTotal PPD11 2 MSCA RISE: JENNIFER - Dave Wark (successful) MSCA ITN: MATiN - Stefania Ricciardi (unsuccessful, resubmitted Jan 2015) April-June Work Programme/call MSCA IFWidespread RI E- infrastructu res RI Integrated activities RI Design study/ESFRI cluster RI Support Actions EURATO M Total PPD 2 2 RI IA: AIDA 2020 – Steve Worm (successful) RI IA: DULIA – Sean Paling (unsuccessful, likely to resubmit March 2016) RI E-INFRA: AARC – David Kelsey (successful) SCD lead department RI E-INFRA: AARC – Linda Cornwall (successful) SCD lead department July - September

5.  STFC: European Programme Support Officer Regular update meetings with departments Secretariat to the Horizon 2020 Process Group Legal Entity Appointed Representative Assistant to Gillian Carr (Legal and Commercial) One on one pre bid admin support, including EC participant portal (forms etc) Maintenance of Horizon 2020 Staff Sharepoint, including bids in preparation/submitted list Staff Horizon 2020 e-bulletins Building relationships with UK Research Office and EC Work Programme development via UK NCP Network

6.  UK National Contact Point for EC H2020 Research Infrastructures Programme  Support to Peter Fletcher as the UK lead on the Programme Committee and ERIC Committee  Answer queries from the UK research community across all RCUK remits  Hold national information sessions  Attend Programme Management Committee meetings and collect/collate feedback from UK community  Maintain RI Webpage on the Horizon 2020 UK Website  Maintain UK mailing list