FP7 Specific Programme Ideas (March 2007)

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Bringing Great Ideas to Life

FP7 Ideas programme

Meelis KadajaArchimedes Foundation



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First Specific Programmes

FP1

FP6FP5

FP4

EuropeanEuropeanResearchResearchArea (ERA)Area (ERA)

FP2FP3

FP7

IdeasIdeas

Research in European Union

1984 2000 2006 2013



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Solution: The FP7 Ideas Specific Programme

to support the truly creative scientists

to make the unpredictable and spectacular discoveries

that can change the course of human understandings.

A problem: Europe does not perform well in terms of truly outstanding research



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Boost European excellence in frontier research

basic research in science and technology is important to economic and social welfare;

research at and beyond the frontiers of current understanding is the most challenging research area;

research at frontiers of current understanding is characterized by an absence of disciplinary boundaries.

Strategic Aim



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The European UnionThe European Union

Implementation of the FP7 Ideas Specific Programme

Ideas

The Scientific The Scientific CouncilCouncil

The AgencyThe AgencyERC



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22 Europe’s most respected researchers

appointed by the Commission

The Scientific The Scientific CouncilCouncil

Ensures communication with the scientific community

Establishes overall strategy

Establishes work programme(incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria)

Defines peer review methodology, control quality of scientific operations



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The ERC Board

Prof. Fotis KafatosERC President and Chair of the ScC

Prof. Helga Nowotny and Dr Daniel Esteve

ERC Vice-Presidents and Vice-Chairs of ERC ScC

Prof. Ernst-Ludwig WinnackerERC Secretary-General

Jack MettheyDirector of ERC DIS(Directorate S)



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The The AAgencygency

The dedicated implementation structure set up by European Commission

Pending the establishment executive agency, its tasks will be executed by European Commission

Execute annual work programme

Implement calls for proposals and provide support to applicants

Organise peer review evaluation

Establish and manage grant agreements

Administer scientific and financial aspects and follow-up of grant agreements



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The European UnionThe European Union(represented by the Commission)(represented by the Commission)

Provides financing through the EU framework programmes

Guarantor of the autonomy of ERC

Assures the integrity and accountability of the ERC

Adopts annual work programmes as established by the Scientific Council



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Support for individual teams

All fields of science are eligibleinvestigator-driven, bottom-up

Excellence is the only criterionPrincipal investigator/team + research project

Investment in research talentFlexible grants, under the control of the Principal Investigator

Activities and Principles



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ERC funding schemes

Objectives:

To keep (young) researchers in Europe

To favour “brain gain” and “reverse brain drain”

ERC Starting Grant1st ERC call: 22nd Dec 2006

ERC Advanced Grant2nd ERC call: Autumn 2007



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Support researchers at the start of their independent research career and establishment of their first research team

Provide a support for transition from working under a supervisor to independent research

Supply grants to support the creation of excellent new teams which bring energy and new ideas to their disciplines

ERC Starting Grant(ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant)



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~ €300M per year (approximately ⅓ of ERC annual budget)

€100k – 400k per grant per year

€0.5-2.0M per grant

~ 250 Starting Grants per year, each for up to 5 years

1400+ Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7

ERC Starting Grant(ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant)



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Designed to support excellent investigator-initiated research projects by established investigators

Should complement the ERC Starting Grant scheme by targeting researchers who have already established their independence as team leaders

€100k-500k per grant per year

max € 2,5 million per grant

ca. 200 grants per year

ERC Advanced Grant (ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)



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ERC Budget

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Total: € ≈7.5 bn: ≈1/3 Starting Grants, ≈ 2/3 Advanced GrantsLess than 5% for operational ERC management



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ERC covers all fields of science

For operational reasons the ScC agreed on 3 main scientific domains:

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Biological & Life Sciences

Panel LS3 - …infection and immunity, microbiology, virology, parasitology….

Social Sciences and Humanities

The first Call budget for ERC Starting Grants has been pre-allocated to these areas as follows:

45% - 40% - 15%

Budget AllocationERC Starting Grant



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Team leader + team members (if needed)

The Team Leader (“Principal Investigator”) has the

- power to assemble his/her research group (team);

- freedom to choose the research topic.

Who can apply ? Individual Teams



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Ideas (ERC specific programme) encourages participation of researchers from European and non-European countries Level of participation varies with regard to roles and funding Roles:

Principal InvestigatorCan be of any nationalityBut: PI’s host organisation needs to be established in EU Member States or Associated Countries, or be a international European Interest Organisations (such as CERN, EMBL, etc.) or the JRC

Team MembersCan be of any age, nationality in almost any country.

Who can apply? European and International Teams



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PI

young researcher is the applicant between 2-9 from the first PhD degree. However up to 12 years extensions of this period may be allowed in case of eligible career breaks

PI and contributing investigators (team members)

Any nationality

One ERC Grant per investigator only may be active at any time

Hosting institution

Located in a European Union or associated country

Intra-European grant portability allowed

EligibilityERC Starting Grant



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ERC StG grant applications can be submitted only in response to an open “call for proposals”. Calls are published on:

the ERC website (http://erc.europa.eu),

the CORDIS website (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html)

the Official Journal of the EU (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj)

When can I apply?

Call for proposals for ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant

Proposals are receivable from 1 April 2007Call deadline: 25 April 2007 at 17.00 (Brussels local time)



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Two-step application procedure (risk of oversubscription) 1st stage - Outline Proposal: max 8 Pages (3+4+1) 2nd stage – Full Proposal: max 16 Pages (4+10+2)

Proposal Components CV + self-evaluation of the PI’s research achievements +

funding ID Brief Description of scientific and technical aspects of the

project Description of the scientific environment and resources

Pre-registration – indication of number /area of proposals

Electronic Submission only (via EPSS)

Page Format Font Type Font Size Line Spacing Margins

A4 Times Roman 12 1.0 At least 2.0 cm

How do submit an ERC StG application?



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Reception of proposals 1

Allocation of proposals to panels

Panel meetings

Evaluation Reports

Not recommended

Recommended

Eligibility check 1

Invitation for Stage 2

ScC Coherency

Due process

Assessment by panel members assigned

Reading by all panel members

Evaluation Stage 1



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Reception of proposals 2 Eligibility check 2

Remote review by referees

Interviews of applicants

Panel meetings preparation

Panel meetings

Assignment of referees to proposals

Evaluation Reports

Reserve

Not recommended

Recommended

ScC Coherency

Due process

Evaluation Stage 2



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Evaluation criteria (I)Scientific Excellence is the sole Criterion

1. Potential of applicant

2. Quality of project

3. Research Environment

Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria under Heading 1 and Heading 2 numerically which will result in the ranking of the projects

Criteria under Heading 3 will be considered as "pass/fail" and commented but not scored



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Principal Investigator: Potential to become a world class research leader

a. Quality of research outputHas the Principal Investigator published in high quality peer reviewed

journals or the equivalent?

To what extent are these publications ground-breaking and demonstrative of independent creative thinking and capacity to go significantly beyond

the state of the art?

b. Intellectual capacity and creativityTo what extent does the Principal Investigator's record of research,

collaborations, project conception, supervision of students and publications demonstrate that he/she is able to confront major research challenges in the field, and to initiate new productive lines of thinking?

Evaluation criteria (II)ERC Starting Grant



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Quality of the research proposal a. Ground-breaking nature of the researchDoes the proposed research address important challenges in the field(s) addressed?Does it have suitably ambitious objectives, which go substantially beyond the current

state of the art (e.g. including trans-disciplinary developments and novel or unconventional approaches)?

b. Potential impactDoes the research open new and important, scientific, technological or scholarly

horizons?

c. MethodologyStage 1: Is the outlined scientific approach (including the activities to be undertaken

by the individual team members) feasible?Stage 2: Is the proposed research methodology (including when pertinent the use of

instrumentation, other type of infrastructures etc.) comprehensive and appropriate for to the project? Will it enable the goals of the project convincingly to be achieved within the timescales and resources proposed and the level of risk associated with a challenging research project?

Evaluation criteria (III)ERC Starting Grant



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Research Environment a. Transition to independenceWill the proposed project enable the Principal Investigator to make or consolidate

the transition to independence?

b. Host institution [normally applicant legal entity]Does the institution hosting the project have most of the infrastructure necessary

for the research to be carried out?Is it in a position to provide an appropriate intellectual environment and

infrastructural support and to assist in achieving the ambitions for the project and the Principal Investigator?

c. Participation of other legal entitiesIf it is proposed that other legal entities participate in the project, in addition to the

applicant legal entity, is their participation fully justified by the scientific added value they bring to the project?

Evaluation criteria (IV)ERC Starting Grant



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http://erc.europa.eu

Further Information

FP7 Specific Programme Ideas (March 2007)

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