1. 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 1 JANET Reach Programme Mark Tysom, Jisc

2. Janet Reach » What is it ? › A scheme to support & subsidise Janet connections for Industrial / Commercial entities » Why are we doing this ? › BIS funding from the e-Infrastructure programme » Why are BIS funding e-Infrastructure? › Perceived economic benefit for the UK » What is e-Infrastructure ? – Major Facilities: › Science – Diamond Light Source, Genomics.... › Data repositories › Computation centres › Networks - of course :-) 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 2

3. Janet and e-Infrastructure » e-Infrastructure programme funding announced late 2011 » £150-£160M total » £26M for Janet via HEFCE » Broken down as: › £10M contribution to Janet6 backbone › £12M network provision within “classic” Janet community, including key locations which may need additional fibre access › £4M “industry connections” 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 3

4. Industry access to e-Infrastructure » Dowling Review: “Open and accessible Janet” » Industry access to academic community knowledge & expertise » Industry access to academic community systems & resources already connected to Janet » The £4M › £1.5M facilitate Industry participation in academic AAI (Moonshot) › £2.5M – Connections to Janet (Reach) 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 4

5. Janet Reach » Set up to comply with EU Research, Development & Innovation Exemption to State Aid http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-586_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-586_en.htm » Permits Member States to grant state aid to companies to carry out R&D&I activities to support “highly innovative projects” » Industry must also contribute “value” › There are rules about the proportions of public and private funding allowed within a project » We must be fair in providing access to the funds › Equitable application process and monitoring of State Aid compliance 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 5

6. State Aid » Projects must be collaborations between industry and academic partners » Industry partner submits application form and finance spreadsheets » General R&D – up to 75% public funding allowed » “Close to market” development – maybe only 30% allowed › Someone has to evaluate this.... » External assessors judge state aid issues › Finance proportions OK, sufficient innovation... » Janet panel meets › If budget exists, proceed to connection 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 6

7. State Aid example » Janet connection values › Market rate – no distortion › 1Gb/s - £50-70k › 10Gb/s - £250-300k » Example at 10Gbit/s – very R&D oriented proposal › Janet connection @ £300k › Industry contributes £150k › Total value = £450k › Level of assistance = 300/450 or 67% - OK ! 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 7

8. Janet Eligibility Policy » [8.2] Organisations (including commercial) conducting R&D which require access to Janet for their collaborations with education/research › Rolls-Royce collaboration with Loughborough University › Cost of connection met by Reach programme budget » [11] Partner Organisations: “Business and Community Engagement” › "Any Eligible Organisation may grant access to the Janet IP Service to another organisation (a “Partner Organisation”) appropriate to its missions.” › The Partner Organisation *only* gets Janet IP, not any other Jisc services, and the Eligible Organisation is wholly responsible for supporting them and ensuring compliance with the other Janet policies and the law › Cost of connection met by Partner and/or Eligible Organisation 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 8

9. The story so far… » Reach programme launched early 2014 as a competition » Six applications received to date » Rolls-Royce the first to be granted approval for a connection › Access to HPC Midlands supercomputing facility › https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/rolls-royce-first-company-to-join-supercomputing-initiative-07-jul-2015 https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/rolls-royce-first-company-to-join-supercomputing-initiative-07-jul-2015 » Scheme scheduled to close 2016 › Or sooner if funds run out » Resource intensive › Administration › State Aid compliance 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 9

10. Janet - who’s involved? » Strategic Technologies: e-Infrastructure – scheme support & management and admin › consultancy contracts, project advice..., ongoing monitoring » Customer Engagement › discussions with potential customers » Service Desk › handling and ticketing enquiries » Connections Team » Finance – e-Infrastructure budget » Marketing % comms – scheme promotion 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 10

11. Further info and questions 09/09/15 TF-MSP Meeting: 09/09/15. CSC/FUNET. Espoo, Finland 11 Janet eligibility policy https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-policies/eligibility- policy https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-policies/eligibility- policy Janet AUP https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/acceptable-use-policy https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/acceptable-use-policy Janet Reach application process https://community.jisc.ac.uk/system/files/public_images/Reach%20- %20Guidance%20for%20Applicants.pdf https://community.jisc.ac.uk/system/files/public_images/Reach%20- %20Guidance%20for%20Applicants.pdf EU Research, Development & Innovation Exemption to State Aid http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-586_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-586_en.htm Reach on Jisc website https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/collaboration-through-e- infrastructure-janet-reach https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/collaboration-through-e- infrastructure-janet-reach Me: Mark.Tysom@jisc.ac.uk Mark.Tysom@jisc.ac.uk