1. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding Michel Poireau Industrial Technologies Directorate DG Research European Commission Michel.poireau@ec.europa.eu Strategic Objectives of NMP Calls

2. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding  Strategic objectives of NMP calls  Main lessons from 2007 calls  Key features of 2008 calls  Some advice to conclude

3. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding A.Strategic objective of NMP calls Contribute to ensure transitionFROM Resource basedTO Knowledge based industry

4. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding A1. AS EU faced with and practical societal constraints… By using more natural resources By polluting the environment No margins of competitiveness: By lowering social standards

5. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding A2. And nano and materials: potentially ubiquitous… Medicine and Health Information Technology Materials Science Food, Water and the Environment InstrumentsEnergy Production / Storage GMR Hard Disk Hydrogen Fuel Cells Lightweight and strong Drug delivery Tunneling microscopy Remediation methods to serve citizens and satisfy their needs to support industrial competitiveness to exploit science and technology advances

6. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding A3. …NMP can help Overcome these constraints and preserve/enhance EU long term competitiveness

7. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding B. Lessons from 2007 calls Call management system worked fairly well from submission to evaluation Overall success rate justifies 2 stage approach Competition remains high after stage 1 Diversity of success rates among topics reflects diversity of topics and confirms impartiality of evaluators

8. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding B1. Call system worked well FROM FROM submission (ESS) TO TO evaluation  Altogether 550 experts from various origins  working remotly (stage1) locally(stage2)  using Rivet and facility in Bruxelles WITH WITH quick feed back to proposers and information days for GO proposers

9. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding B2.Call success rate… LA2658039 SME1815722 SMALL77017348 Received Selected …justifies 2 steps approach ! HIGH COMPETITION STILL AFTER STAGE1 GO

10. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding B3.Diversity of sucess rates among topics SMALL 6.2%2.8%13% LARGE 14.9%7%20% SME 12%8%14%  Reflects diversity of topics  Confirms independance of evaluators  May call for better focussing Average Min Max

11. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C. Key features of 2008 calls Big budget but less then in 2007 Effort to prioritize = 45 topics Cross cutting and international dimensions Same operational principles as in 2007

12. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C1. Budget available Over 2 years = 500 ME need for prioritisation Against = 535 ME and 44 topics for the 2007 calls

13. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C2. Prioritisation through dialogue and involvement of all partners: Policy, Industry, Research Policy input Commission DG’s and Member States Strategic Research Agendas fromTechnology Platforms – Priority for multi-sectoral benefits / applications Foresight studies EAG / Stakeholders / Public Consultations Portfolio of on-going projects Feedback and dialogue with PC

14. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C3.Ensuring effectiveness Focusing on where the highest European value added is:  Industrial partner participation is key for all research activities;  SMEs importance in generating value added in the networks;  Oriented to multi-sectoral benefits or clusters of industries along the value chain with potential commonalities Modernised traditional industries (such as textiles, …) Scale intensive industries (such as automotive,…) New science-based industries (such as biotechnology,medical,. New supply industries (such as renewable (paper,...))  Cooperation along the value chain (producers, suppliers, users,..)  Interdisciplinary approach and involvement of academia, research organisations, industries, SME’s, other organisations as required

15. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C4. OVERVIEW OF NMP 2 ND CALLS - 2008 C4. OVERVIEW OF NMP 2 ND CALLS - 2008 NANO (9) MATERIALS (13) PRODUCTION (8) INTEGRATION (15) Large scale cooperative projects Small or medium scale cooperative projects Coordination & Support Actions (CSA) ERA Net ERA Net Plus SME-focused cooperative projects 243 291 322 63 1 Totals (45) 135 15 7 3 LArg e SMal l Othe r 1 33 SME 45 topics 1

16. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C5. OVERVIEW OF NMP 2 ND CALLS - 2008 Indicative EC funding Large scale cooperative projects Small or medium scale cooperative projects Coordination & Support Actions (CSA) ERA Net ERA Net Plus SME-focused cooperative projects TOTAL of topics (45) 135 15 7 3 LArge SMall Other SME 45 topics 500 M€ 1 TOTAL EC budget 500 M€ (indicative) 240 65 170* 15 4 6 *including 1 Joint and 2 Coordinated Calls (20 M€)

17. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding C6. Same operating principles Call Main Features One funding scheme per topic Calls by funding scheme (Large, Small, SME, CSA, Eranet, Joint, Coordinated = 8 altogether in 2008 Budget allocation by call (NOT by Activity / Area) Two stage submission for all projects except CSA, Eranet, Joint call energy One evaluation panel per topic, overall …list by Final Panel in each funding scheme.

18. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding Usual NMP evaluation thresholds unless differently specified  0 – 5 points per criterion  Half points may be used by evaluators  Totals will have a resolution of 0.1 CPsCSAs Stage 1 Thresholds:Criteria 1 (S&T Quality)4/5 3/5 Criteria 2 (Implementation) - 3/5 Criteria 3 (Impact)3/5 3/5 Overall 8/10 10/15 Stage 2 Thresholds:Criteria 1 (S&T Quality)4/5 - Criteria 2 (Implementation)3/5 - Criteria 3 (Impact) 3/5* - Overall 12/15 - * Criteria impact 4/5 for large

19. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding Collaborative projects Small or medium scale focussed projects (SSRFP) < € 4 million EC funding requested Large scale integrating projects (LSIP) > € 4 million EC funding requested SME-targeted projects: at least 35% to SMEs Networks of Excellence (not in these calls) Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) Funding Schemes - NMP

20. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding 4 million EURO is a maximum, not a target !

21. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding D. Schedule Publication date: 30 Nov 2007 Closing dates NMP Collaborative Projects in 2008: Large, SME, Small - 1st Stage: 6 March Small – 2nd Stage: 2 Sept. Large, SME - 2nd stage: 23 Sept. Joint Call NMP with ENV (1 stage)25 Febr. Joint Call NMP with Energy:1st stage : 26 Febr. 2 nd stage: 6 May Coord. Call NMP with India (1 stage) 24 April Coordination and Supporting Actions 24 April Joint Call ERANET and ERANET-Plus12 Aug.

22. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding E. Some advice Beyond… pure software development, pure methodology on technology and/or pilot cases, consultancy activities, without any real/proven industrial participation (both solution providers and end users) « Local » applications with no added value at European level

23. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding Some advice Begin early (but there will be further calls) Read carefully the contents of the Work Programme! Take into account the evaluation criteria (from the 1st stage…) Submit a draft version on EPSS one week before the deadline! Do not leave it until the last minute to present the « Submit » button! Consider also other possibilities in ERC, SME actions, Marie Curie fellowships, ICT, Health,…

24. NMP Infoday, Linz – 05 December 2007 Not legally binding Theme 4 information Cordis NMP activity service - Calls info! http://cordis.europa.eu/nmp/home.html http://cordis.europa.eu/nmp/home.html Industrial Technologies website http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_ technologies/index_en.html Commission Nanotechnologies homepage http://cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology Theme 4 enquiry service (helpdesk) http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries/