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EC-US Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement

Road Map Document

July 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3 IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS STATE OF PLAY 4 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 6 MOBILITYEXCHANGE OF RESEARCHERS 8 ENERGY RESEARCH 10 ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 13 METROLOGY 16 SPACE and EARTH OBSERVATION 18 FOOD AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES 20 NANOSCIENCES NANOTECHNOLOGIES MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES (NMP) 22 HEALTH BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH 26 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 29 SECURITY RESEARCH 31 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 33 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY 34 TRANSPORT RESEARCH 35

INTRODUCTION

Science and technology contribute significantly to the economic growth and quality of life in the United States and Europe The strong economic performance of the US in recent years has demonstrated the value of a knowledge-based economy one in which research its commercial applications and other intellectual activities play an important role in driving economic growth and prosperity Similarly the European Union (EU) has launched the so-called Lisbon process and hopes to increase RampD spending from two to three percent of Gross Domestic Product as one component to achieving this goal The US and Europe have a strong tradition of cooperation in science and technology Indeed the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson (American) and Francis Crick (British) serves as a reminder of the benefits of such cooperative activities These interactions occur at many levels and involve government agencies commercial enterprises academic institutions and professional societies as well as individual scientists and students In July 2009 the Government of the United States and the European Community extended for another five-year period (2008-2013) their Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation which was originally signed in 1998 The SampT Cooperation Agreement brings a pan-European dimension to transatlantic SampT co-operation to complement the many bilateral arrangements with individual Member States individual research organizations and between individual scientists The Joint Consultative Group meets on a regular basis to review progress and provide new directions for the implementation of the SampT Cooperation Agreement The SampT Cooperation Agreement is itself multi-dimensional in scope and actions are undertaken notably through Implementing Arrangements on the following topics Environment Metrology Materials Science (including nanotechnology) Non-Nuclear and Renewable Energy (including Hydrogen) There is also a Task Force on Biotechnology Research A new Implementing Arrangement was signed on 14 January 2009 between the European Commission and the Department of Transportation of the United States in the field of research on Information and Communication Technologies applications to road transport An update on the Implementing Arrangements and similar Agreements is provided in section 2 The following sections provide a summary of main achievements and planned activities in the different research areas and will serve as a basis for monitoring progress under the EC-US SampT cooperation agreement

IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS STATE OF PLAY

Environment 1 Principals European Commission National Science Foundation Date Signed 18 October 2001 Expiration Duration of the SampT Agreement (including renewals) Last meeting 20-21 Jan 2005 Brussels (tbc) Environment 2 Principals European Commission Environmental Protection Agency Date Signed 9 February 2007 Expiration Duration of the SampT Agreement Last meeting XXX Metrology Principals European Commission National Institute of Standards and Technology Date Signed 5 October 1999 Expiration December 2004 Last meeting 3-5 September 2008 Materials Science (including nanotechnology) Principals European Commission National Science Foundation Date Signed 16 December 1999 Expiration Duration of the SampT Agreement Last meeting none after its extension in 2004 Non-Nuclear and Renewable Energy Principals European Commission US Department of Energy Date Signed 14 May 2001 (Fuel Cell Annex 16 June 2003) Expiration Duration of the SampT Agreement Last meeting Brussels 2005 Information and Communication Technologies applications to road transport Principals European Commission US Department of Transportation Date Signed 14 January 2009 Expiration Duration of the SampT Agreement Last meeting Detroit 17 April 2009 Other formal co-operation arrangements Information Technology Understanding on Co-operation Principals European Commission National Science Foundation Date Signed a series starting in 1992 Task Force on Biotechnology Research Principals European Commission White House Office of Science and Technology Date Signed 7 September 1990 renewed 1996 2001 2006 Expiration 8 June 2011 Last meeting Boston May 2007

Fusion Energy RampD Principals European Atomic Energy Community US Department of Energy Date Signed 14 May 2001 () Expiration 14 May 2006 with automatic extension by 5 years Last meeting XXX

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES

Context There are many on-going cooperation activities in the area of research infrastructures the most recent example of which is the international fusion energy reactor (ITER) Other more specific examples include for instance joint research activities on biomedical informatics and the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) a US-Europe-Japan collaboration where the European part is coordinated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the US part by NSF In 2007 the US Department of Energy updated the document published in 2004 entitled ldquoFacilities for the Future of Science A Twenty-Year Outlookrdquo In December 2008 the European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) updated the European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures which identifies now 44 research infrastructures of pan-European relevance During FP7 the EC supports both existing and new RIs of pan-Europeaninternational relevance Both types of action are fully open to participation of international partners

bull Supporting existing research infrastructures through - Integrating Activities that ensure researchers access to the best facilities to conduct

their research Emphasis is given to the efficient and coordinated implementation of trans-national access and service activities

- e-Infrastructures aiming at developing a new research environment building upon the ICT capabilities of existing infrastructures in which all scientists have an easy-to-use controlled access to unique or distributed scientific facilities regardless of their type and location in the world

bull Supporting new research infrastructures through

- Design Studies to contribute on a bottom-up basis to conceptual design studies for new research infrastructures which demonstrate a European dimension and interest

- Construction of new infrastructures to provide a catalytic and leveraging support for the construction of critical new facilities based on the ESFRI Roadmap for new research infrastructures of pan-European interest

(a) Recent achievements The US and the EU actively collaborate in a number of fields in particular High Power Lasers with ELI (Extreme Light Infrastructure) and HiPER (High Power Laser Energy Research Facility) Particle Physics with the ILC (International Linear Collider) and the SLHC (upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider) Astronomy with the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Nuclear Physics with SPIRAL2 A joint EC-ESFRI visit took place in Washington DC on 29-31 January 2007 in order to exchange information and explore potential cooperation initiatives

(b) Ongoing and planned collaborative activities Formal US participation in FP7 projects for existing research infrastructures

bull Three US legal entities participate in three projects the Preparatory Phase for the Square Kilometer Array (PREPSKA) Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (RADIONET-FP7) and Science and Technology for Archeology and Cultural Heritage in Eastern Mediterranean (STACHEM) In particular in RADIONET-FP7 the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) will provide Transnational Access to the VLBA as part of the Global VLBI (Very Large Baseline Interferometry) Network It is the first time that a US facility formally provides access to European researchers through an EU-funded research infrastructure project

bull Four US legal entities participate in four e-infrastructure projects on Common Metadata

for Climate Modelling Digital Repositories Enabling Grids for e-science Linking Scientific Computing in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean and Testing Integration and Configuration of Software

(c) Suggestions for new initiativesactivities

The strong potential for cooperation on issues related to Global Research Infrastructures was recognised at the last two meetings of the Carnegie Group in Bled (Slovenja 15-17 June 2007) and Bath (UK 14-16 December 2007) and confirmed during the first G8+O5 SampT Ministers Meeting held in Okinawa on 15 June 2008 At this meeting it was also agreed that a group of high-level officials should be set up to start the process and the US offered to host the first meeting originally scheduled in autumn 2008 Although this meeting was subsequently postponed (due to the US elections and change of administration) the new US Administration confirmed their strong interest and commitment to go ahead with the organisation of this meeting at the earliest opportunity with the EC support The following actions could be envisaged to maximise effectiveness of respective roadmaps for new research infrastructures

bull Swap methodologies and best practices to continuously improve the roadmap process bull Swap notes on problems related to the management and legal issues for the new RIs bull Map the different roadmaps (eg funding and timeline) in order to achieve a coherent

vision of what is planned and identify gaps that need an action to be filled bull Discuss the construction of new research infrastructures bull Explore US participation in EC-funded projects bull Exchange of information and cooperation activities for cyber-infrastructures in

the area of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH)

MOBILITYEXCHANGE OF RESEARCHERS

Context Until recently the mobility of researchers between Europe and the US has been rather one sided Many European researchers went for training to the US and often stayed as they received a good position US scientists more rarely came to take up training or a post doc position in Europe Marie Curie Actions from FP6 and FP7 therefore aimed at making this relation more balanced and at creating better collaboration structures between the European and the US scientific communities (a) Recent achievements

bull The NSF issued a Dear Colleague letter to NSF grantees in 2001 encouraging their applications for US participation in the ECs Research Training Networks (RTNs) a group of networks on specific interdisciplinary topics dedicated to the training of graduate students and postdocs in all disciplines The EC Programme received 26 proposals that included US researchers Of those 14 were funded jointly by NSF and EC

bull From the EC side two new international fellowships schemes were introduced as part of the

Marie Curie actions in FP6 (2002-2006)

- Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) scheme which gives experienced European researchers the possibility to do research in a non-EU (and non associated) country for a period of up to 2 years upon which they will return to a European research lab to transfer the knowledge acquired So far the US is the most attractive country within the OIF action Of a total of 1401 eligible applications over FP6 (2002-2006) 882 applied to go to a US research institution of which 226 were funded

- Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) the second international fellowship scheme

allowing researchers from outside Europe to work in Europe Over FP6 of a total of 2158 eligible applications 171 were from US citizens of which 40 were funded It should be underlined that the number of US applicants was increasing over time and that approximately one third of the applications were submitted in the last year of FP6 alone (2006)

bull European Researchers Abroad-Link (ERA-Link) Following the 2006 launching of the pilot

initiative in the US a network of thousands of European researchers scientists and scholars throughout North America has been created The ERA-link website and regular emails keep members informed about EU research policies career opportunities in Europe and opportunities for collaboration with Europe In mid 2007 the Commission up-scaled its operational support to ERA-link in order to consolidate the network in the USA This covered Content upgrading of the ERA-Link website mainly to enhance interaction between researchers (chat rooms bulletin board euraxess monthly newsletter hellip) increased support to the animation and promotion of ERA-Link website and network through the engagement of an FTE Periodic e-newsletters organisation of networking events and representation of ERA-link in Career Fairs and other events throughout the USA In 2008 ERA-Link was relabelled EURAXESS-Links and the website was revamped

(b) Ongoing and planned collaborative activities

bull From the EC side Outgoing and Incoming Fellowships in FP7 will be continued with increased budgets with a likely extension of US researchers coming to Europe NSF is advertising these opportunities to its research community In 2007 68 US researchers submitted an IIF proposal of which 29 were funded In 2008 63 applied of which 30 received funding As a result the US has become the most successful third county in the first 2 years of FP7 in IIF

bull A new Marie Curie action IRSES (International Research Staff Exchange Scheme)

supports the exchange of scientific staff between European and non-European research organisations from a partner country has been launched in November 2007 It is a funding instrument to enable and to organise structural relations for future cooperation via staff exchange With 17 US participants selected (out of 18 proposers) under the first call in 2007 the US was the most successful of all 29 partner countries

bull NSF has proposed its supplements mechanism as a means to support US participation in the FP7 People programme eg ITN staff exchange (IRSES)

ENERGY RESEARCH

Context The close relationship between the European Union and the United States includes extensive bilateral and multilateral cooperation on the research development and deployment of energy technologies This cooperation has received added impetus in recent years from growing concerns about energy security and the environment which clean energy technologies will be key to addressing A EC - US-DoE Implementing Arrangement on non-nuclear energy was signed under the umbrella of the EC-US SampT Cooperation Agreement in May 2001 with the aim to define the priority cooperation areas and to establish a framework for collaboration in specific fields where the programs of the European Commission and the US Department of Energy complement one another Fossil energy new and renewable energy and energy efficiency are noted as areas for potential cooperation An amendment for cooperation on fuel cells was signed pursuant to this implementing arrangement in June 2003 Bilateral SampT cooperation efforts are also embedded in the ongoing EU-US energy policy dialogue pursuant to the EU-US Strategic Energy Cooperation agreed at the EU-US Summit of 2006 Transatlantic cooperation in the field of non nuclear energy research has been strongly strengthened under the EC-US SampT Cooperation Agreement and EC ndash DoE Implementing Arrangement and is progressing very well according to the energyclimate change lines agreed upon in the last two EU-US Summits In particular the 2007 EU-US Summit Statement on Energy Security Efficiency Climate Change stressed the importance of the Transatlantic Research cooperation to ensure secure affordable supplies of energy and to tackle climate change facing the international community The Summit agreed that SampT Cooperation between the US and EU should focus on Second generation biofuels Hydrogenfuel cells CO2 Capture and Storage Energy Efficiency and Renewable energy technologies of mutual interest RampD transatlantic cooperation also takes place at multilateral level and is channelled through International Energy Agency (IEA) Implementing Agreements and technology-specific international partnerships the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) the Global CCS Institute the new IPEEC etc (a) Recent achievements

bull A joint energy research roadmap was developed and agreed in February 2008 under the EC-

US SampT Cooperation Agreement

bull In June 2008 a technical visit of EC officials to the US took place where the potential areas of cooperation were further identified Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Solar Energy

bull In October 2008 during the reciprocal technical visit of a US delegation to the EU

Cooperation topics were further refined within each area and a toolbox of cooperation mechanisms ranging from workshops to ambitious coordinated calls for tenders was established The matrices of topics and cooperation forms are the basis of an ambitious joint EC ndash DoE rolling action plan for energy research

bull Follow-up videoconferences have taken place on 12 February and 11 March This last Videoconference notably sought to develop coordinated approach between EC and US towards cooperation with targeted third countries such as with China on CCS

bull A follow-up EC-DoE meeting took place on 15 July 2009 in Washington to review progress

made so far and plan new activities An important new step forward is the agreement to start exploring a trilateral cooperation between ECUSJapan on technology development

bull As part of the joint action plan coordinated callssolicitations and twinning of projects from both sides are instruments of choice that are under exploration for cooperation in the areas of common interest

bull For the more immediate future extensive exchanges are foreseen but not limited to the

following actions o cross participation in reviews and evaluations o invitations to existing events and future organisation of joint workshops o exchange of researchers o cross participation in upcoming callssollicitations (targeted openings) o 30 September ndash 2 October 2009 EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) will

visit US Labs o 16 October 2009 Naples Workshop on cooperation with Japan o Early 2010 EERA post- Copenhagen Conference

bull Short progress report on the implementation of the action plan

bull CCS

o Targeted opening topic in FP7 (2010 WP)on CCS ndash Site abandonment o 28-30 October 2009 US invited to participate in the closing conference of NZEC ndash

the European Near Zero Emissions Coal project with China o 3-4 November 2009 Joint US EU conference on CCS o Explore the possibility of developing a Common Research Information Sharing

Protocol (CRISP)

bull Bioenergy o Participation of EC in US bioenergy peer review in March 2009 o Targeted opening topic in FP7 (2010 WP)on Liquid or gaseous fuel production using

direct biological conversion of solar radiation o Invitation to participate in the US DoE Biomass Program Peer Review Meeting July

14-15th (EC unable to attend) o Participation in future US DoE Peer review meetings o In projects under negotiation especially the algae coordination action and biorefinery

projects explore the possibility of dedicating resources to exchanges of information with similar US projects

bull Hydrogen and Fuel cells

o 24 March 2009 Participation of DoE in the NextGenCell project final workshop (Brussels)

o 18-28 May 2009 Participation of HFC JTI in US DoE H2 Programme Annual Review o Invitation of US Reviewers to the HFC JTI 2nd call for proposals o 16-18 September 2009 EC-US working meeting at the International Conference on

Hydrogen Safety (Ajaccio)

o 19-20 November US invited to participate in the HFC JTI General Assembly o 1-3 December EC invited to participate in the Joint IPHE SCILC meeting in

Washington

bull Solar o 9-10 March 2009 EC participation in US Peer Review Meeting (Colorado) o 8 June 2009 EC participation in Side meeting in the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists

Conference (Philadelphia) to discuss collaboration in Concentrated Photovoltaics (CPV)

o Develop collaboration first on CPV and expand it later to thin-films o 24 September 2009 US Participation in PVSEC conference in Hamburg o 5-7 October 2009 EC speakers proposed for International Solar Market

Transformation Summit Washington DC (c) Suggestions for new initiativesactivities

bull Extending the joint EC-US cooperation efforts in energy research to other leading industrialised countries for instance Japan in order to streamline efforts both in areas of common benefit and in our approach to developing countries

bull Creating a US-EU Energy Council (UEEC) covering all aspects of Energy policy from energy

security and markets to energy (WGI) and technologies and research (WGII) The proposed WGII of the UEEC reflects very well the excellent existing cooperation between the EC and DoE it should allow to consolidate all EU cooperation activities and upgrade this cooperation at appropriate political level EC proposes to build this WGII on the basis of the existing cooperation in non-nuclear RDampD between the EC and DoE (rolling action plan) to be expanded to Energy Efficiency Grids and Nuclear technologies The WG will establish a mechanism of dialogue on energy technologies whose main objective is to generate specific and concrete jointcoordinated proposals at operational level for bilateral andor multilateral cooperation with identifiable synergies and mutual benefit All possible forms of cooperation and implementing rules will be used on both sides to facilitate the cooperation process

bull EC noted that the new European action called BILAT US could be used to support an EU-

Wide One Big Thing to promote RampD cooperation an initiative that could be announced in the frame of the UEEC

bull Reciprocal project opening and funding was discussed by Commissioner Potočnik and

Secretary Chu in April 2009 A limited number of research topics of common interest could be the focus in a pilot phase (A model already exists for such bilateral opening in health research) Such an action would be a major and ambitious step in transatlantic Energy Research cooperation requiring agreement by the UEEC co-chairs

ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Context The Environment SampT Dialogue between the US and the EC is well structured and at a very good level Besides collaboration taking place in the context of Implementing Arrangements signed between the EC and NSF and the EPA informal talks take place between the EC and almost all relevant US agencies includingthe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA and the Department of State This dialogue has led to the identification of collaboration priorities and concrete actions (eg Earth Observation ndash GEO aerosol-climate interactions natural hazards genomic approaches for studying the marine environment and resources coordinated call on the harmful algal blooms terrestrial ecosystems integrated modelling and uncertainty in water resources management) Further deepening of transatlantic SampT cooperation is expected in the years to come on issues related to climate change and sustainable development (a) Recent achievements

bull Close EC-US cooperation since many years through DG JRC in the domain concerning the

protection of the environment In particular three fields of activity have to be mentioned Emission Measurements and Control from Transport Sources Ecoinformatics and Spatial Data Infrastructures Remote Sensing Applications

bull From the EC side US participation in 15 FP6 projects covering inter alia areas of climate

change modelling multifunctional agriculture biodiversity and health social and economic impacts of extreme events

bull NSF has supported the participation of US researchers in the ECrsquos Networks of

Excellence comparable to its Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program permitting cooperation between LTER and the ECrsquos ALTER Planned activities and suggestions for new activities

bull Signature in 2007 of an Implementing Arrangement between the EC and EPA to Promote

Cooperation on Environmental Research and Ecoinformatics The areas covered by the Implementing Arrangement are Ecoinformatics and information systems Environmental and sustainability indicators Formal analysis of uncertainty in environmental models Decision support tools Environment and health Sustainable chemistry and materials Nanotechnology uses and impacts Environmental technologies and Emissions from transport and air quality management

bull Development of common research infrastructures (eg AURORA BOREALIS the polar

icebreaker with very advanced drilling facilities ICOS on Carbon Cycle measurement Euro-ARGO the observation of oceans LIFE-WATCH the observation of biodiversity hydrological observatories DAMOCLES for International Polar Year and beyond)

bull Joint research cooperation projects on areas of mutual interest and in all areas of the

environment programmes (eg climateearth system climate change impacts mitigation adaptation aspect and carbon cycle research seismic engineeringseismic early warning joint EU-North American research programme in the field of the North Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems

Southern Europeans Seas ndash Assessing and modelling ecosystems changes Cold Water Corals soil related research biodiversity research non-animal methods for testing of chemicals integrated modelling for environmental decision making)

bull In the context of the 2008 AAAS Meeting in Boston the European Commission co-organised

with the EPA a symposium entitled ldquoInterdisciplinary Research and Integrated Policy-making for Sustainable developmentrdquo with the participation of senior officials from the US side and EC-DG RTD Director Manuela Soares and senior scientists from Europe

bull The EC introduced in the FP7 2009 WP several topics of common interest as had been identified during the JCG meeting in February 2008 Soil process and modelling Forest ecosystem genomics Adaptation of water supply and sanitation systems to cope with climate change and Screening methods for assessing the toxicological and eco-toxicological properties of chemicals

bull This has resulted in particular into cooperative activities in the following areas

o Concrete progress on forests ecosystems genomics An EC 2009 call project includes

a US participant

o Impact of climate change to sewage systems One EC Project on Impact of climate change to sewage systems which has been selected for funding is of major interest to EPA It includes a test site in the US and a US participant A common workshopsconferences could be organised

o Ecotoxicology Parallel calls were launched last year by EC-DG RTD and US-EPA

with slightly different focus The EC call led to the selection of one project with strong complementarities with what is expected from the EPA call US expert were involved in the EC evaluation panels The projects selected on the two sides will be asked to set aside some budget for common meetings and collaboration A common workshop could be organised in the spring 2010 when both projects are operational

bull In the area of polar research preliminary discussions between the NSF (Arctic Sciences Division) and DG RTD (Environment Directorate) have taken place in Greenland (Sept 2008) regarding possible collaboration opportunities

bull In the area of ocean acidification FP7 project EPOCA is in contact with NSF program

managers in order to establish links with ongoing and planned US research bull In the area of climate change research project CLIMATE-COST includes US partners with

planned workshops which should further promote cooperation in this field of research

bull Some of the the EC-US research cooperative activities are part of multilateral cooperation as an example an on-going concrete step in EC-US-Canada cooperation is the inter-comparison of air quality models launched in 2009 by the EC Joint Research Center (project AQMEII httpaqmeiijrceceuropaeuaqmeii2htm) and linked to a number of DG RTD projects

bull The following joint research opportunities are planned

o Marine environmentocean management The EC was included in the FP7 2010 WP a research topic for a large scale integrating research project on North Atlantic Ocean and associated shelf-seas protection and management options In 2010 the NSF will launch parallel actions calling either for the support of similar research projects or for supporting the participation of US scientists in the EC initiative according to NSF rules Practical arrangements such as timing exchange of experts and programme officers in the project evaluation processes of both sides will be considered in order to ensure consistency Workshopsconferences will be organised following the funding of projects in order to take stock of project planning implementation and achievements and to identify further research priorities for a possible coordinated action in the future

bull New joint research could be developed in the context of the EC-EPA Implementing Arrangement in areas of mutual interest such as environmental technology verification (ETV) eco-informatics eco-toxicologycomputational chemistry and non-animal testing

bull At the last JCG meeting in March 2009 in Brussels the following areas of common interest

were identified where new cooperation opportunities will be explored either through linking existing projectsactivities on both sides or developing new initiatives

o Earth Observations and Remote Sensing There is an interest to collaborate at a

multilateral level in domains related to environmental and climate change issues including research issues and to contribute to the implementation of the GEO agenda Further dialogue is needed to identify synergies and research topics of mutual interest such as geology biology hydrologywater and geography

o Climate change modelling adaptation including ocean acidification Adaptation

to climate change Quantifying the costs of climate change mitigation Change of CO2 uptake under a changing climate Impact of air quality and climate changes on health Ocean acidification and Earth System Models development

o Floods and multi-hazards Flood risk assessment prevention and preparedness and

Multi-hazards Interest has also been expressed by the US Army Corps of Engineers on rehabilitation of degraded water bodies flood risk management and coastal defence technologies The EC will explore possibilities of collaboration A meeting should take place in 2010

o Environmental Technology Verification The joint activities foreseen under the EC-

EPA Implementing Arrangement and by an EC coordination project where US-EPA is a partner are well on track In the US there is new strong support towards the ETV as an instrument that may help the success of economic recovery

o Sustainability indicators for bio-energy and biorefineries

o Digital soil mapping technologies Interest has been expressed by the USGS on this

subject where the EC has two ongoing projects

o Biodiversity including Alpine ecosystems soil critical zone observatories LTER

METROLOGY

Context The co-operation between metrology institutes in the EU and the US has already a long tradition and is performed at different levels both on a bilateral project-oriented basis as well as in the frame of various international organisations in particular the International Committee on Weights and Measures (CIPM) Since the beginning of the 6th Framework Programme on Science and Technology of the EU the Commissions Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has significantly extended its metrology and reference material oriented activities as well as the networking with corresponding US institutions A Collaboration Agreement was signed on 17 December 2007 between the JRC-IRMM and the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST USA) The agreement will advance the development and availability of international measurement standards in the fields of chemistry life sciences and emerging technologies and allow better coordination of EC and US research and development programmes in metrology This will include co-operative research on modern measurements and their quality assurance and technical co-operation in the preparation and characterisation of reference materials They will also be able to share resources and to harmonise views within international metrology bodies where both organisations carry responsibilities in relation to chemical metrology bio-metrology and international measurement standards (a) Recent achievements

bull In the context of the JRC-NIST Collaboration Agreement work focused on Reference Material activities including related measurements and metrology activities Recent joint activities included measurements in each others materials exchange of measurement data about stability of certain Reference Materials and joint participation in measurement comparisons between Metrology Institutes in the frame of the International Metre Convention (CIPM)

bull Joint preparation of a validation protocol for food allergen detection (Food Allergy

Research and Resource Program University of Nebraska-Lincoln httpwwwfarrporg)

bull Joint participation in FP7 project BIOREMA on reference materials for biofuel

measurements

bull Joint activities of JRC-IRMM and NIST (Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory) in the frame of a strategy development for VAMAS (Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards)

bull Senior JRC-IRMM scientists acting in AOAC boardscommittees

bull Co-operation of JRC and NIST in workshop ldquoRadionuclides in Foodrdquo (August 2008)

bull ldquoFood Allergy Research amp Resource Programmerdquo (coordinated by University of

Nebraska) validation of protocols for food allergen detection

bull Co-operation of JRC with NIST and IAEA ldquoITRAP+10rdquo on security issues illicit trafficking and border controls of nuclear material

bull Supporting each others development and characterisation of reference materials by providing specialised competences in the measurement of selected environmental contaminants and contaminants and nutritional components in food

bull Metrology and measurement collaborations in the frame of the Consultative Committee

on the Amount of Substance (CCQM) of the International Committee on Weights and Measures (CIPM) VAMAS and various ISO committees (on nanotechnology reference materials etc)

bull Co-operate in the harmonisation of measurement standards for biofuels in particular

biodiesel

bull Co-organize international networking among major publicly funded producers of certified reference materials

bull Co-ordinate efforts in the development of certified reference materials for the chemical

characterization of nanomaterials

bull Preparation of a Collaboration Agreement between the JRC-IRMM and the US FDA-CIFSAN

SPACE and EARTH OBSERVATION

The US and the EU have initiated a ldquoDialogue on Civil Space Cooperationrdquo following the 2005 US-EU Summit Both parties agreed to promote cooperation in space applications in key areas such as earth observation (GMES) satellite navigation (Galileo GPS) electronic communication and in space science and exploration and provide support to developing countries for space-related activities Space research and Earth observation are clear priorities both in the US and the EU and research fundings are increased However whereas US space agencies in particular NASA NOAA and USGS are involved in major space programmes with the European Space Agency and with EU Member States US participation in FP7 space work programme is still weak and international coperation on ldquoenabling space technologiesrdquo is currently problematic for the US At the JCG meeting on 26-27 March 2009 in Brussels both sides decided to improve the situation and agreed to conclude an Implementation Agreement for cooperative activities in space research open transatlantic space research cooperation to sensitive technological fields increase awareness regarding cooperation opportunities within European space research programmes for interested US companies and research institutes and start cooperating on individual projects (a) Recent achievements

bull Agreement between JRC and the US Geological Survey programme for joint work in the field of spatial data infrastructures (in particular on the topic of interoperability of catalogues and registries) In 2006 a JRC-IES Memorandum of Understanding was signed

bull JRC collaboration with US agencies on natural resource monitoring (eg the US

Geological Survey Centre for Earth Resources Observation and Science in Sioux Falls NOAA (Us National Weather Service) which sponsored International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University

bull GEONETcast initiative (within the Group on Earth Observation GEO) based on

EUMETCast EUMETSATrsquos Broadcast System for Environmental Data (a multi-service dissemination system using standard Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) technology and commercial telecommunication satellites uplink services to multicast data and products to a wide user community)

bull A longstanding collaboration between JRC and NASA in the field of remote sensing

eg through the satellite calibration work carried out in the International Ocean Color Coordinating Group (IOCCG)

bull At the last JCG meeting in March 2009 in Brussels the following areas of common interest were discussed in view of identifying new cooperation opportunities

o Space Weather Both sides expressed interest in potential cooperation in

research on Space weather especially in data sharing The EU invited the US to participate in space weather activities in the next Call of the FP7 WP

o Space Situational Awareness (SSA) EU-US cooperation in SSA already started on technical level Both sides expressed interest in expanding it into a political cooperation The issue will be further discussed at the next EU-US Space Dialogue in October 2009

o Space Exploration the EU and the US are entering into a review process of

their respective space exploration policies This situation offers the prospect of increasing transatlantic cooperation in the future In the mean time small projects on space robotics were identified as a good start and ldquosymbolrdquo for increased EU-US cooperation in this field The EU invited the US to participate in space robotics activities in the next Call of the FP7 WP

o Space and Climate Change With growing concerns over climate change other

natural disasters and sustainable development issues Earth observation is more important than ever In view of maximising the use of Earth observation satellites the EU and the US just concluded an agreement to cooperate on land imaging activities relating to the US Landsat satellites and the European GMES-activities on Sentinel 2 Both sides expressed interest to expand this cooperation to issues of climate change It was agreed that the EC and the USGS would organise an international conference on land imaging with a workshop on ldquoCarbon and deforestationrdquo

bull Further activities to deepen Space research cooperation

o Discussions between the EC and NASA NSF the Space Studies Board of the

National Academy of Sciences and NOAA took place on 27-28 July 2009 in Washington The objective was to exchange further information on areas of mutual interest in space research and to discuss opportunities and possible instruments for enhancing cooperation within the Space priority of FP7

o The next meeting of the EU-US Dialogue on Civil Space Cooperation will take

place in Washington in October 2009 o Organisation of a workshop in 2010 is currently envisaged inviting interested US

research organisations to discuss and identify concrete topics for collaboration under future calls in the FP-7 space priority

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND

BIOTECHNOLOGIES Context The EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research was established in 1990 and it is currently co-chaired by Kathie Olsen (Deputy Director NSF) and Timothy Hall (Acting Director for Food Agriculture and Biotechnologies) Main activities include

bull Annual meetings attended by the heads of the US Federal biotechnology funding agencies (eg NSF DOE NIH USDA) and representatives from DG RTD (in particular Dir E and F) and relevant Commission services (DG RELEX DG ENTR DG AGRI DG SANCO DG TRADE DG JRC)

bull Numerous workshops (eg on plant biotechnology marine biotechnology synthetic

genomics animal biotechnology immunology and vaccine discovery) and other activities through which scientific leaders and early career researchers are brought together to forecast research challenges and to promote better links between scientific communities Reports from workshops have been published on the Task Force web-site httpeceuropaeuresearchbiotechnologyec-usindex_enhtml

bull Following the workshops a number of working groups have been established (eg bio-

based products environmental biotechnology plant biotechnology marine genomics)

o With regard to biobased products three flagship projects were identified through a FP6 action ldquoRealising the Economic Potential of Sustainable Resources - Bioproducts from Non-food Cropsrdquo (EPOBIO)

o With regard to environmental biotechnology a programme for training and

researchers exchanges has been developed

(a) Recent achievements

bull Through the prioritisation of the scientific areas relevant to the design of future areas of collaboration the ECUS Task Force endorsed the relevance and development of the first three Flagship themes plant cell walls in relation to biorefining plant oils as industrial feedstocks and biopolymers

bull As a result there was a strong participation of US partners in projects selected under the

first calls for proposals of the Biotechnology part of the Theme Food Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology 23 US participants were selected in the proposals submitted in the first three Food Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology calls of FP7 in 2007 and 2008

bull European and American expertise is also being combined in a new joint network (EU-

US-SAFE-FOOD) to contribute and communicate state of the art knowledge about food-borne zoonoses with a focus on live animals raised for food

bull Workshops under the auspice of the EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research in

2007-2008 ldquoLooking to the Future of Biotechnology for Sustainable Developmentrdquo Bio2007 Boston 6 May 2007 Products from Plants-From Crops and forests to zero waste biorefineries Athens May 2007 Cyberinfrastructure Resources for Genome-

Enabled Research on Microbial Life and the Marine Environment Washington DC 9-11 September 2007 Joint EC-US symposium on Neuroimaging and its potential application to the study of food intake at International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (20-23 June 2007 Oslo Norway) Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioenergy Production in San Francisco (February 2008) Nanobiotechnology at ISPRA Italy (June 2008) Metabolomics and environmental biotechnology in Mallorca Spain (July 2008)

bull BIO International Convention Boston 6-9 May 2007 with a major participation of the

EC DG RTD is organising or participating in a number of sessions including sessions on FP7 EC-US Task Force on Biotech Research Nutrigenomics and BIO4Europe study

bull 18th meeting of the EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research 5-6 June 2008

ISPRA Italy

bull BIO International Convention San Diego 17-20 June 2008 with a major participation of the EC DG RTD is organising or participating in a number of sessions including sessions on FP7 and international cooperation and the EC- US Task Force on Biotechnology Research is jointly organising a session on Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioenergy Production

bull Workshops under the auspice of the EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research in 2009 Virtual tissue From Gene Regulation to Toxicity North Caroline (April 2009) a EC-US session on Early programming of obesity as a satellite workshop of the European Conference on Obesity Amsterdam (May 2009) A global look at Womens Leadership in Biotechnology Research San Franciso (23-24 June 2009)

bull The following additional worshopsevents are planed later in 2009 and in 2010

o Bioinformatics for Livestock Genomics Europe or US later 2009 o Regenerative medicine Europe 2009 to be confirmed by US o Animal Health EU Spring 2010

bull The 19th meeting of the EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research took placein

San Francisco on 23-26 June 2009

bull Joint research cooperation will continued to develop through many research topics open for competition in FP7 (eg flagship projects related to biobased products environmental biotechnology animal genomics)

NANOSCIENCES NANOTECHNOLOGIES MATERIALS AND

NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES (NMP) Context An Implementing Arrangement was signed between the EC and the NSF in 19999 on cooperation in Materials Sciences including Nanotechnology Several calls for proposals have been coordinated between the EC and NSF since 1999 In particular a coordinated call in the field of computational materials science was launched in June 2004 allocation of EC funds was around 5 Meuro and a similar level of funding was given by NSF to support US research teams

(a) Recent achievements bull A series of joint technical workshops and conferences were organised in the fields of

materials and nanotechnology (eg Nanotechnology and Life Cycle Assessment Workshop November 2006 Health and Nanotechnology Economic Societal and Institutional Impact May 2006) and in April 2007 the INC3 conference as well as the workshop on IPR (with USA participation including from USTPO)

bull Stakeholders Cooperation normal and operational contacts are solid between the EC

Interservice Group in Nanotechnology and the USA National Nanotechnology Initiative and other related institutional stakeholders

bull IMS - ldquoIntelligent Manufacturing Systemsrdquo Initiative is an industry-led international

research and development initiative of industrialised countries aiming at investigating next generation manufacturing technologies The overall effort is estimated at more than 500M euro

bull The Third International Dialogue on Responsible Research and Development in

Nanotechnology meeting took place in Brussels on 11-12 March 2008 The next one is due to take place in Russia in 2010

(b) Ongoing and planned collaborative activities Production Technologies and IMS Recent achievements of cooperation with the US (over the last two years) in the IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) scheme include

bull The elaboration of new projects ideas at International level from running NMP FP6 projects with the participation of US (research andor industrial) organisations As a result of this activity four MTP (see Annex II) actions have been set-up from running

projects NADIA (IP-SME 026563) POLYTECT (IP-SME 026789) MY-CAR (IP 026631) and FUTURA (IP 026621) 1 all of them including US partners

bull Extension of some NMP FP7 projects to include a specific RTD module on IMS

cooperation with International organisations from the IMS regions and particularly US As a result of this activity three MTP actions from projects IRIS (CP-IP 213968) TIPSS (CP-FP 214794) and VFF (CP-IP 228595) 1 being set-up all of them including US partners

bull On 1st January 2009 start-up of IMS2020 (CSA-CA 233469) 2 a Coordination Action

aimed at strengthening international co-operation under the IMS initiative providing an effective interface to ongoing European road-mapping activities and creating research synergies at international level through establishment of inter-regional manufacturing communities with the participation of US organisations

bull Elaboration of new projects ideas at International level from running NMP FP7 projects

where the participation of US (research andor industrial) organisations is foreseen

Materials

bull Cooperation within INC4 and INC5 conference which include also RampD and progress in nanostructured materials and computational materials sciences

bull Participation of US research teams in current research networking activities In particular

3 contracts launched to coordinate EC research with major world regions include US teams which also receive FP7 funding The areas are nanomaterials for formulations surface interface characterization and medical technologies

bull Dedicated meetings in Washington in June 2009 to reinforce contacts between the EC

and the NSF and DoE respectively in the field of materials and materials for energy

bull Participation of the EC as speaker in the Third World Materials Research Institute Forum and Energy Workshop and the linked symposium on energy materials held on 21-25 June 2009 in Washington

bull Organization of a workshop on 4 December 2009 in Boston to assess the impact of the

seven most important research projects jointly funded by the EC and the NSF on modeling of multifunctional materials This assessment should help compare the outcome of such joint projects with similar US or EU projects in terms eg of the quality of the research lasting ties between research groups experienced gained by mobile young researchers and provide suggestions for improvements to be incorporated in future EC-NSF joint projects

Nanosciences and nanotechnologies

1 A short presentation of each of these MTP actions is available on request 2 A short presentation of this coordination action is available on request

bull First NMP Call in FP7 Topic Risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles on health and the environment ndash call text strongly recommended cooperation with US partners Three projects launched with a total of 8 US partners (5 universities EPA NIOSH US Geological Survey)

bull Second NMP Call in FP7 Topic Impact of engineered nanoparticles on health and the

environment ndash call text again recommending cooperation with US (and other international) teams Two projects under negotiation with a total of 7 US partners (3 universities EPA NIOSH NIEHS Woodrow Wilson centre)

bull Total number of US partners in the first two NMP calls is 34 across 20 projects Most of

these projects include some nano content

bull Continued collaboration and interaction within the frame of OECD ISO and international conferences such as the International Dialogue on Responsible Research and Development of Nanotechnology

bull Dedicated meeting in Washington DC was held on 7 January 2009 with the US

Department of State EPA NSF amp NIH discussing the possibility of a coordinated EC-US call on HSE impacts of nanotechnology

bull A Coordinated Call Option 2 (FP7 definition) is being finalised for the NMP 2010 work

programme (planned publication date 30 July 2009) on Modelling toxicity behaviour of engineered nanoparticles On the US side a multi-agency solicitation (EPA NSF NIESH USDA NIOSH) on Environmental and biological fate transport and transformation of engineered nanomaterials is being prepared The resulting projects would be legally separate but coordinated as tightly as possible

bull Efforts to widen the EC-US collaboration in the field of Health Safety Environment

(HSE) impacts of nanotechnology ie moving from toxicity research towards a more holistic approach towards safe nanotechnology First steps have been taken to establish an international Nano Safety hub initially focussing on exchanging and comparing results of ongoing research in the field of nano HSE The EC is preparing a session for the AAAs 2010 in San Diego addressing toxicology of engineered nanoparticles risk monitoring risk assessment and life cycle analysis which could become a joint session for EU and US speakers

bull To explore (in particular with the NSF) the possibility of coordinated initiatives eg on (i) research on materials science (ii) linking the US and EU networks of materials researchers when this can present a valuable global dimension in order to achieve new synergies and boost creative ideas (iii) coordinated or joint initiatives in the field of outreach and communication on materials sciences in order to attract youth into this career field

bull To explore the possibility of a coordinated initiative between the EC and the US-DoE on

long-term research andor characterization and standardization activities in the field of materials and materials-based systems for energy production storage utilization and

distribution In collaboration with DIR K who is responsible for the joint EU ndash US rolling action plan for energy research the Materials Unit is involved in developing appropriate topics for potential coordinated callssolicitations and twinning of projects

bull To explore new areas for collaboration eg in the area(s) of

o modelling amp simulation The first topic suggested to be explored is development of quantitative models for directing the design and synthesis of materials with atomic precision

o nanotechnology for energy applications The first topic suggested to be explored is nanotechnology for photovoltaics

o identifying and plugging knowledge gaps in areas where pre-normative research is still necessary before standardisation (and possibly regulation) The first topic suggested to be explored relates to utilisation and access to infrastructure for example coordinated round-robin studies on characterisation of nanomaterials utilising large-scale synchrotron radiation and neutron facilities in the EU and in the US

o Nano-bio and nanomedicine is a further area where there is interest on the EU side to explore cooperation possiblities

bull A small working group should be established interfacing the NMP Nanosciences amp

Nanotechnologies unit with US NNI Coordination and relevant US funding agencies for developing an outline of a multi-annual plan for EC-US cooperation in nanotechnology

bull During a high-level meeting with DoE in July 2009 the interest of the potential

cooperation in the area of Energy-efficient Buildings was discussed The first proposals regarding the content of that cooperation are going to be exchanged in September

HEALTH BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH

Context Regular contacts between the EC and the National Institute of Health (NIH) include regular meetings at directors level in the context of the HIRO forum - Heads of International biomedical Research Organisations - set up in 2003 and through the EC-US Task-Force for Biotechnology Research In 2008 NIH Director E Zerhouni and EC Commissioner JPotočnik agreed to mutually open up EC and NIH health research funding opportunities across the Atlantic (a) Recent achievements

bull A global collaborative research programme aiming at creating mutant mouse lines in every gene present in the mouse genome co-funded by the EC NIH and Genome Canada One of the largest research endeavours undertaken in life sciences (second to the Human Genome Project) to produce mutations in all 20 000 mouse genes

bull Collaborations in the area of genomics and proteomics including co-funding of projects

such as the Human Variome Project aimed at gathering information on the genetic differences between individuals and linking this to disease phenotypes and projects on Metagenomics Furthermore joint participation in meetings of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO)

bull Collaborations in the field of infectious diseases on Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria

involving among other the Global HIVAids Vaccine Enterprise (GVE) and the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Contacts in the area of pandemic influenza and bird flu established among other with USDA

bull Future Research on Mouse Functional Genomics an international meeting co-

sponsored by the EC NIH and Genome Canada Brussels 15-16 March 2007

bull BIO conferences Boston 6-9 May 2007 organised by the US biotech industry association with a significant participation of the Directorate Health Among other there was a session on EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology research Looking for sustainable development and a session on the EC-USA initiatives aiming at improving prediction of safety and efficacy of new medicines (from the EC side Innovative Medicine Initiative from the US side Critical Path Initiative)

bull The US is the most successful Third Country in terms of number participants in the

FP7 Health Theme

o 1st call 37 US participants in proposals 7 successful 4 signed contracts for a committed amount of 03 Meuro

o 2nd call 70 US participants in proposals 19 successful 12 signed contracts for a committed amount of 09 Meuro

o 3rd call (partial results single stage part only) 50 US participants in proposals 12 successful 9 asked for funding (potential commitment of 47 Meuro)

bull Initial results of the Potočnik-Zerhouni agreement on funding reciprocity NIH has modified the guidelines for evaluation of grants which involve a foreign component and the EC has included a sentence in the Health calls to include funding for US based participants

bull Successful cooperations in the Genomics field The cooperation projects in the

International Mouse Knock-out Consortium IMKC and the International Human Microbiome Consortium IHMC are widely seen as success stories and models for further cooperation in other fields

The EC will also join the International Cancer Genome Consortium soon For the IMKC the EC is funding a Coordination Action which kicked-off on 25 March 2009 and will issue a similar call for a Coordination Action for IHMC in the next call

bull Paediatric Medicines Another area of excellent cooperation between the NIH and EC

with involvement of FDA and EMEA EC is the driver of this activity and we hope that NIH will follow with dedicated complementary calls

The next EC call (July 2009) will include a topic on a Network of Excellence for transatlantic network on paediatric medicine in addition to the normal topics for research projects

o Infectious diseases to start a close cooperation in the area of research on

tuberculosis strains resistant to antimicrobials and their treatment Possibly to be later expanded to include other antimicrobial resistance issues As a first action it was suggested to link the colleagues responsible for this activity in the respective institutions

o Public health to explore possibilities for cooperation in the areas of

Health Services Research and Translation to Clinical Practice A starting point could be the EC attendance to the upcoming Academy Health conference in Chicago

o Stem cells and tissue therapies to keep the cooperation at the level of

exchange of information on the respective regulations and not enter into close research cooperation yet due to the uncertainty in the regulatory environment and the political significance of this research

o Drug safety assessment to explore the possibilities for cooperation in the

area of Strategies for Drug Safety Assesment in relation to the three-Rs principle with the aim of limiting use of laboratory animals but also to design better safety assessment protocols

o Biobanks and Advanced Technology development to explore the

possibility of a closer cooperation on these issues

o National Contact Points there was shared support to the idea of nominating in the US a dedicated National Contact Point for the FP7 Health Theme to facilitate information exchange and link into the Health-NCP network

bull In addition the following interests were expreseed by one of the sides for further

consideration

o Genomics The EC expressed an interest in exploring the possibility of starting an international research effort in the area of DNA repair which would involve exchanges of researchers

o Clinical trials The NIH expressed its interest in closer cooperation on

clinical trials results and the creation of a single (or mirrored) registry for clinical trials

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (a) Recent achievements

bull Cooperation between the US and the EC within the framework of ICT is very open and constructive Good synergy is being attained between DG INFSO and the NSF resulting in initiatives providing mutual benefits Cooperation has particularly developed in fields such as trust and security ICT applications to road transport photonics ehealth nanoelectronics e-Infrastructures future and emerging technologies embedded systems and controlGood contacts have been established between RampD policy makers

bull The FP7 ICT Programme has had so far a high level of participation of US organizations

resulting in 20 US organizations participating in andor acting as coordinators for 18 distinct projects for a total EC contribution of about euro 15 million Projects cover a number of ICT areas however focus was placed on The network of the future and eInfrastructures Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning ICT and Ageing

bull Cross-border collaboration is effective US experts were involved in evaluations organised by

the Commission in Brussels and EU experts were invited to participate in major new US RampD initiatives and Research Centres Numerous joint high-quality workshops and conferences addressing the ICT strategic objectives also took place

bull The signature of the Implementing Arrangement between the European Commission and the

US Department of Transportation in the field of research on ICT applications to road transport took place in Washington on 14 January 2009

bull In the field of cyber-threats the FP7 coordination action FORWARD (httpwwwict-

forwardeu) has organised a research workshop in Gothenburg Sweden with participation of several researcher from US organisations The action has launched three working groups including also US researchers aiming to jointly define and analyse the cyber-threats of the future

(b) Planned activities and suggestions for new activities bull In FP7 international co-operation is strengthened more than ever before and offers greater

opportunities for collaboration in ICT Areas of common interest for collaboration between the US and the EC include

- Security and Trust a series of EU-US research summits are being planned for 2009-2010

The objective of these events is to promote collaboration and partnerships between EU and US researchers (as well as from other developed countries) with the goal of coordinating the multiple research efforts that are underway in the areas of cyber trust security dependability and of leveraging efforts on the respective sides to generate a larger positive impact on the creation of large-scale trustworthy systems and infrastructures NSF and EC officials have met in joint workshops on these issues and have held discussions on how their programs could encourage collaboration in projects both sides have funded

- ICT for Health (eHealth) During the last 10 years there have been many exchanges joint

events projects and visits with research organisations (NIH Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) the Centre for Certification of Health Information Technology

(CCHIT) NSF Telemedicine and Advance Technology Research Center (TATRC) DARPA) In this field the EC and the US are committed to working together on common policy approaches to develop interoperable systems through standardisation and certification They are also sharing ideas on software systems for modelling biological processes and are developing a community of practice and roadmap for cooperation on virtual tissues In particular the EC is encouraging US participation in FP7 projects on the Virtual Physiological Human concept

- Aging ndash The FP7 ICT Programme has provided funding for a coordination support action

known as the CAPSIL project which is composed of strategic international University and Industrial partners that already have extensive teams developing solution for independent living based on user requirements All partners of CAPSIL are already members of regional and national centres on aging engaged in the process of helping to establish policy and international standards This support action aims to launch initiatives coordinated and disseminated by a series of workshops in the US EU (and Japan) in order to develop a detailed Roadmap for EU research to achieve effective and sustainable solutions based on an in-depth analysis of independent living requirements and ICT scenarios developed or under development in the EU as well as the US (and Japan)

- Language Technologies ndash US partners have played an important role in language

technologies throughout FP6 especially in large integrated projects such as AMI AMIDA and CHIL This successful EC-US collaboration continues and is further expanded in FP7 especially in the EuroMatrixPlus machine translation project which actively participates in join evaluation actions with the National Institute for Standards in Technology (NIST) and DARPA

- ICT Applications to Road Transport ndash Following signature of the EC-USDoT

Implementing Arrangement both parties have established a joint Task Force which is developing a Technology Road Map for Cooperative Systems which have huge potential to reduce road fatalities and improve energy efficiency Under this cooperation we expect to announce further harmonisation of research agendas early in the new year

- Future Internet ndash The European interest in cooperating with the US on this subject is in

the design management and governance of the Future Internet and to develop the necessary SampT results and portfolio of IPRs The NSF is the main US interlocutor

- RFID - There are regular contacts between the ECs Interservice Working Group on RFID

(led by DG INFSO) and the US RFID Intra-Government Working Group led by DoC and DoD

- Components and systems ndash collaboration has developed over the past 5 years between the

European Commission IST priority and the NSF (Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering) Pilot activities generally encompass NSF project extensions funded through NSF supplemental grants aiming to facilitate US researchers to travel to Europe and to liaise with IST projects working in similar domains

bull In addition the US and the EU ICT RampD Programmes could also work together whenever

possible to promote international cooperation stimulate consensus on worldwide standardisation and promote cooperation on regulatory issues

SECURITY RESEARCH

Context The EU and the US are facing similar security threats and share common security values and objectives including to provide high standards for their citizens In terms of instruments there is a very close alignment between the Centres of Excellence (CoE) programme of the DHS and FP7 funded actions in terms of priority areas forms of funding and user driven approach Based on the conclusions of the EU-US Vienna Summit in 2006 for an intensified cooperation on Security research transatlantic cooperation in this field is therefore expected to help optimal development and deployment of key technologies of common benefit to the EU and the US (a) Recent achievements

bull First contacts between the EC (DG ENTRINFSO) and the US (DHS) were established in view of a possible future cooperation in the area of security research The first ECDHS meetings led to more transparency into each others activities and to an indicative common planning towards cooperation in security research

bull The 2007 1st FP7 call for proposals ndash security research resulted in one proposal (ESCORTS) with

a US participant joining a European consortium in the area of control and communication equipment

bull An EU-DHS Workshop on Maritime Security related research was organised in Ispra

(Italy) by the JRC on 26-27 April 2009 The workshop was intended to facilitate an exchange of views on policy drivers and technical requirements related to RampD in Maritime Security as well as provide a concrete opportunity for performers of ongoing projects to exchange views and ideas on current RampD and explore possible ideas for collaborations

bull Workshop on Maritime Containers Security in Bremen 9-10 September 2009 Maritime containers represent a significant part of the international trade and supply chains Improving their security requires an integrated research and development approach including risk assessment traceability secure exchange between nations and across operators and fast but effective screening This event will focus on the various technical solutions under preparation or in need of further RampD

bull Euro-Atlantic Stakeholders Conference in Stockholm 1-2 October 2009 Following a Swedish ndash US (DHS) cooperation a Stakeholders Conference is to be held during the Swedish Presidency in Stockholm on 1-2 October back to back with the yearly European Security Research Conference SRCrsquo09 that takes place on 29-30 September in the same premises in Stockholm

bull The general objectives of these joint events are to initiate collaborative EU-US

actionsprogrammes on security research by bringing together relevant stakeholders ndash both end-users and organizations engaged in ongoing RampD actions - and trying to identify concrete areas for collaboration areas of common interest and complementarities and creating a possible roadmap for joint projects

(c) Suggestions for new initiativesactivities At the last JCG meeting in March 2009 in Brussels the following orientations were discussed for developing cooperation in security research

bull Define topics for future Workshops A number of topics of mutual interest were discussed which could be subject for future workshops along similar lines than for Maritime Security

o Critical Infrastructure Protection DHS is currently proposing an agenda for a

workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection modelling and simulation to be held in Ispra at the beginning of May (Participants from Australia and Canada would also join)

o Crisis Management (which would allow also introducing space technology issues)

cost-benefit analysis for security investments analysis of violent radicalization o Violent radicalization both DHS and the Commission are currently promoting

research on the radicalization of social conflicts in particular in those cases which are likely to give rise to violent social unrest and further forms of violent behavious

bull Expand modalities for cooperation Explore the possibility to exchange experts-peer review

(evaluatorsreviewers) as an effective way to foster better mutual understanding of RampD priorities and user requirements alongside joint workshopsseminars

bull Finalise draft Implementing Arrangement between the EC and the DHS The draft Implementing Arrangement is based on the overall SampT Cooperation Agreement between the EC and the US which is expected to be extended soon for another five year period (2008-2013) and to include security research

bull Organise a meeting between the EC DG ENTR and the US DHS in October 2009

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

Context Cooperation on research in Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities aims at generating an in-depth shared understanding of the complex interrelated and often common socio-economic challenges that Europe and the US are confronted with (a) Recent achievements

bull NSF has supported the participation of US researchers in the ECrsquos Network of Excellence PRIME through a grant to the Georgia Institute of Technology The NSF grant helps to link the US and European science policy communities

bull Joint initiatives within social sciences and humanities which aim to strengthen the relations

between EU and US researchers Jointly organized events included o Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy a Conference held in

Washington on 10-11 January 2005 with the support of the NSF o Big social science a transatlantic perspective a seminar held in Munich on 19 July

2006 This seminar was organized by Dr Wanda Ward Deputy Assistant Director for the Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences at NSF Her counterpart on the EC side was Nikos Kastrinos from the Social Sciences Humanities and Foresight organization of the EC

bull The AAAS Conference (San Francisco 18 February 2007) hosted a Symposium on Cyber-

enabled Social Science Research New Cross-National Opportunities Promoting Sustainable Well-Being with the aim to develop suggestions for development of joint activities The symposium focused on prospects for comparative empirical research at a global scale and technologies creating such possibilities (the internet as a research tool capable of addressing questions of sustainable well ndash being)

bull A seminar took place on 27 April 2009 on the EU and the US in a changing multipolar system Transatlantic convergences and divergences jointly convened by the EC DG Research and DG External Relations This will be followed up by a larger conference in December 2009 also co-organised by DG RTD and DG RELEX with the support of the EU Institute for Security Studies

bull The Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School participates in the FP7 project

SELUSI (Social Entrepreneurs as Lead Users for Service Innovation) Under the last 2009 FP7 call (under evaluation) 19 US entities are partners in 17 proposals

bull The possibility of developing the cooperation between the EC and the US in the field of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities was discussed at the last JCG meeting in March 2009 One of the objectives would be to take stock and compare the current US discipline-based approach with the EC objectives-targeted approach

bull A joint workshop should be organised in the US in the Autumn to further exchange

information and explore modalities for such a comparative assessment

SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Context lsquoScience in societyrsquo initiative aim to support and stimulate armonious relations between society at large and the scientific and technological endeavour (and associated research policies) in particular by encouraging reflection and debate on the role and responsibility of science and technology in the advancement of society and culture (a) Ongoing and planned collaborative activities

bull So far under FP7 seven US entities are participating in five selected projects

o PRAGES (Practising Gender Equality in Science) ndash US partners New York University and Simmons College School of Management Center For Gender In Organization This project aims to compare the various strategies implemented for promoting the presence of women in decision-making bodies relating to scientific research in public institutions

o HIDE (Homeland Security Biometric Identification and Personal Detection Ethics) ndash

US partner The Hastings Center

o RISE (Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics) ndash US partners Global Security Intelligence Llc and Center for Policy on Emerging Techologies

o PATS (Privacy Awareness Through Security Branding) ndash US partner Arizona State

University

o EUZooS-XXI (EU Zoos and Science in the 21st Century engaging the public in nature conservation) ndash US partner Niabi Zoological Society Coal Valley (Illinois)

bull Ethics There are regular contacts between the EC and the US ndash in particular the NIH - on

bioethics issues and joint participation in international events (eg Workshop on ethical issues in the biomedical research and the international collaborative research in Beijing June 2007)

bull The US are regular partners of the on-going EC dialogue on nanotechnologies (Nano Code)

National Ethics Committees (Global summit) biosecurity etc (b) Suggestions for new initiativesactivities

bull EC interest to explore the possibility of developing transatlantic cooperation on the ethical aspects of Nanotechnologies (eg with the NIH) the policy aspects of open access to peer reviewed research articles and on the social dimension of Biotechnologies

TRANSPORT RESEARCH Overall Context

bull Political and technical cooperation on some global issues such as Air Traffic Management (SESAR and NGATS Eurocontrol-FAA collaboration) Galileo-GPS inter-operability and ITS

bull Limited EC-US cooperation in industrial research (aeronautics automotive) due to industrial competition

bull US participation in FP6 FP7 through US partners direct involvement in EC projects or through their European RampD centres

bull Strengthening of cooperation foreseen in surface transport research (a) Recent achievements (over the last two years)

Sub-theme Aeronautics

bull Air Traffic Management (ATM) o A MoU was signed in 2006 by Mrs Blakey FAA administrator M Barrot

EC Transport Commissioner to ensure coordination in the development of the future air traffic control systems (SESAR in the EU NGATS in the US) It includes a reciprocity clause that allows EU and US industries to participate in their counterparts programmes to ensure compatible technologies standards and interoperability

o The 7th FAA-Eurocontrol ATM seminar on ATM research was held in Barcelona in July 2007

o The 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT) supported by Eurocontrol the EC the FAA NASA and others was held in Fairfax Virginia in June 2008

bull FP6 Four proposals involving four US participants requesting a total EC funding of 700 keuro were received One was ineligible two were rejected and one (CREDOS) was retained for funding with the US participant (NASA) later dropping out due to lack of resource In place the FAA is currently and actively collaborating to the project without being an official project partner and with no EC funding CREDOS (Crosswind-Reduced Separations for Departure Operations) analyses wake vortex behaviour during take off in cross-wind conditions with the objective to reduce aircraft separation and revise related ICAO standards The FAA will benefit from the project results while providing the EU partners with their own tools and data on wake vortex analysis

bull FP6 Boeing Research and Technology Europe the European Boeing RampD centre located in Madrid gets a total of 2 Meuro of EC funding (total cost of 36 Meuro) in the domain of ATM research for its participation in four projects

Sub-theme Surface Transport

bull Participations in FP6 projects o the University of Maryland got 830 keuro (total cost of 980 keuro)for its

participation in the FP6 Coordination Action REORIENT - Implementing Change in the European Railway System The 29 month project ended in May 2007 and had participants from the EU and Russia with an EC funding of 61Meuro

o the US company Woodward International Inc participated (with no EC contribution and a total cost of 100 keuro) in the project HERCULES (High Efficiency Engine RampD on Combustion with Ultra Low Emissions for Ships) which aimed at developing new technologies to reduce marine engine gaseous and particulate emissions and increase its efficiency and reliability The project lasted 43 months and ended in May 2007

bull FP7 so far six projects with eight participations from seven different US partners were selected for funding for a total EC contribution of 750 keuro and a total cost of 15 Meuro Research themes range from maritime safety bio-ethanol fuel use to sustainable freight transport and infrastructure maintenance and safety

bull EAGAR a FP7 Coordination and Support Action to benchmark current public automotive research activities in EU countries with North America Japan Korea India China and emerging economies and to identify potential international cooperation areas has been launched on Sept 1st 2008

Sub-theme Galileo

bull A EU-US Joint Statement on GalileoGPS continuing cooperation to ensure interoperability of both systems was signed in October 2008

(b) Ongoing and planned activities (for 20092010)

bull The FAA collaborates with Eurocontrol on safety air traffic management and ICAO standards research projects The 8th FAA-Eurocontrol ATM seminar on ATM research took place in Napa California in June 2009

bull Contacts between the EC (Transport Director of DG RTD) and the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) the US Department of Transportation and similar actors on the federal and state level have been built and a mission of the EC to the US is foreseen for January 2010 in the wake of the TRB conference to foster cooperation in surface transport research

bull Following discussions during the ITS world congress in New-York in November 2008 a workshop with CALTRANS (California Department of Transportation) is foreseen in Brussels in autumn 2009 to address in particular cooperation in the field of electric vehicles and intelligent transport systems

bull Participation of US transport research officials at the next TRA Conference in Brussels in June 2010 is considered

bull To promote the trans-national cooperation of FP7 Transport National Contact Points the ETNA project (ETNA- European Transport NCP Alliance) was launched ETNA offers training opportunities for non-European participants that could be beneficial to US partners to gain insights into transport research of FP7

(c) Suggestions for new initiatives (for 2011 )

Sub-theme Aeronautics In addition to Safety and Air Traffic Management topics of global concern areas of mutual interest and benefit in EU-US RampD cooperation could be

bull Environmental standards eg alternative fuels emissions impact on climate

bull Pioneering the Air Transport of the Future eg new sources of propulsive power

Sub-theme Surface Transport Areas of mutual interest in EU-US RampD cooperation could be

bull Intermodal freight transport

bull Rail and Freight transport

bull Maritime transport

bull Road Transport o CO2 emission mitigation and environmental impact of transport green (especially

electric) and intelligent vehicles o Intelligent Transport Systems (DG INFSO and the US DOT signed in 2008 an

Implementing Arrangement to cover cooperative activities in the field of ICT research applied to road transport)

o Integrated Safety and Security o Road Infrastructure Construction and maintenance (with particular attention to

bridges structural assessment and rehabilitation retrofitting) Programme level cooperation ie coordinated programming with US funding agencies will be explored as ex ante twinning could be envisaged to overcome the administrative and legal difficulties of European and US organizations in participating respectively in US and EC funded projects

ANNEX 5 CASE STUDY ON EC-US COOPERATION ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

INTRODUCTION

ENERGY RESEARCH

METROLOGY

FOOD AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES

NANOSCIENCES NANOTECHNOLOGIES MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES (NMP)

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

SECURITY RESEARCH

SCIENCE IN SOCIETY

TRANSPORT RESEARCH

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3 IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS STATE OF PLAY 4 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 6 MOBILITYEXCHANGE OF RESEARCHERS 8 ENERGY RESEARCH 10 ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 13 METROLOGY 16 SPACE and EARTH OBSERVATION 18 FOOD AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES 20 NANOSCIENCES NANOTECHNOLOGIES MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES (NMP) 22 HEALTH BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH 26 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 29 SECURITY RESEARCH 31 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 33 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY 34 TRANSPORT RESEARCH 35

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