1. Application processes Fall 2010 and beyond Application toProject typeResponsibleCallDeadline NFRNorw. const 20141 September15 October FP 7Starting GrantCathrine Holst20 July25 November FP 7Starting GrantJarle Trondal20 July25 November FP 7SSH20 July2 February -11 NFRCentre of Exc.Spring 2011Late 2011? Other possible sources: 1.FORFI (On Research and innovationin society, NFR) 2.VAM (Welfare research, NFR) 3.etc … The ARENA-way: Pooling of resources

2. SSH Call 2011 – Deadline 2 February 2011 New call every year –Same Activities and Areas throughout the period –Changing/evolving Challenges and themes → Towards fewer and larger projects → Roadmap 2011-2013 → What about the call 2012? 1.Ideas 2.Cooperatio n 3.People 4.Capacities THEMES: 1) Health 2) Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 3) Information and Communication Technologies 4) Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies 5) Energy 6) Environment (including Climate Change) 7) Transport (including Aeronautics) 8) Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) 9) Security 10) Space

3. SSH-Call 2011 What are the possibilities for ARENA? Three main types of projects: Collaborative projects/Large scale Integrating Projects, at least 7 partners and countries, 8 mill € Collaborative projects/Medium scale Integrating Projects, at least 3 partners and countries, 2,7 – 8,1 mill € Coordination and support actions (CSA): 0,3 - 1,5 mill €

4. Eight Activities: 1.Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society – the European case 2.Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European Perspective – Paths towards sustainable development 3.Major trends in society and their implications 4.Europe in the world 5.The Citizen in the EU 6.Socioeconomic and scientific indicators 7.Foresight activities 8.Horizontal actions

5. Some relevant Themes: (8.1. Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society – the European case) –Europe moving towards a new path of economic and social development (L). pp. 12-13 8.4. Europe in the World –The evolving concept of borders, (L), p. 30 –Europe’s changing role in the world, (S-M), p. 31 8.5. The Citizen in the European Union –Rule of Law and Justice in a Multilevel Governance System, (S-M), p. 37 (7: Foresight activities) –Forward visions of the European Research Area, (SuppAction), p. 42

6. But what about the 2012 call? Activity 8.4. Europe in the World Topic envisaged beyond 2011: –The European Union as a model of regional integration Activity 8.5 The Citizen in the European Union: Topic envisaged beyond 2011: –Active citizenship, representative institutions and intermediary organisations: a European social contract? Development of the work programme for the 2012-call will start soon