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Research Infrastructures European Added Value, Strategy & policy. Christian Kurrer, European Commission Bonn, 15.1.2007. The context…. Definition of Research Infrastructures. Facilities, resources, and related services used by the scientific community for Conducting leading-edge research - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Research InfrastructuresEuropean Added Value, Strategy & policy
Christian Kurrer, European CommissionBonn, 15.1.2007
The context…
Definition of Research
Infrastructures
Facilities, resources, and related services usedby the scientific community for Conducting leading-edge research Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges
and knowledge preservation
Includes Major scientific equipment Scientific collections, archives and structured information ICT-based infrastructures Entities of a unique nature, used for research
Research Infrastructures of pan-European relevance provide unique opportunities for:
• world-level research
• world-level training
• Technology & knowledge transfer
• ensuring knowledge preservation
… in brief for European Capacity Building
Research Infrastructures and capacity building
Excellence and Research Infrastructures
Europe has a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and its teams continue to lead progress in many fields• However our centres of excellence often fail to reach critical mass• There is a need to bring resources together and to build a European Research Area equivalent to the "common market"
For existing research infrastructures
• Integrating Activities: to structure better, on a European scale, the way such facilities operate and promote their coherent use and development
• e-infrastructures: to foster development of high-capacity + performance communication networks and grid infrastructures
Community activities under FP6 (2002-2006)
For new research infrastructures
• Design studies
• Construction (incl. major upgrades)
Facts and Figures:
• Total budget: 732 .2 M€
»of which 222 for GRID + GEANT
• Number of projects 142
• Number of RIs supported 248
• Potential number of users >20000
Community activities under FP6 (2002-2006)
TA (~19 M€):• 15 installations, with 4000 users from a very
broad spectrum of disciplines
NA (~2 M€):• Specialized workshops, conferences and
schools (support areas of transnational cooperation)• Exchange of scientists
JRA (~6 M€):• European platform for Protein Crystallography• Development of:
• Instrumentation for Femtosecond Pulses• Diffractive x-ray optics• Superconducting Undulator• Photoinjector for X-ray Free Electron Lasers
EC contribution: 27 M€
Developing a pan-European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser infrastructure
Offering a common access platform
IA-SFS (Analytical Facilities)Example…
Importance of I3s:
• to reduce European fragmentation and dispersion of existing facilities
• To help developing an internal research market for access to installations and for research services
Refinement,
Replacement
EC contribution: ~4.7 M€
TA (~1.3 M€):• Gene, tissue, cell, gamete and serum banks• Experimental animals
NA (~1.7 M€):• Standards (SOPs for quarantine and
experiments)• Training on handling (blood sampling,
injections…)• Courses and textbook (primate behaviour,
husbandry, nutrition…)
JRA (~1.7 M€):• Molecular typing methods• Pathogen detection assays • Telemetry prototyping
Developing a pan-European research infrastructure of primate centres
EUPRIM-Net (Biomedical Sciences)Example…
Main characteristics of an average Integrating
Activity under FP6
Average number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access
Typical duration of 4 years Average EC contribution: ~10 M€
Management: ~ 6% Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 36% Joint Research Activities: ~ 43%
List of funded projects (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects
Within
«one»
single
contra
ct
Towards a coherent policy for Research Infrastructures
• A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
• Launched in April 02• Brings together
representatives of the 25 Member States,7 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
Role of ESFRI
• To foster an “open method of coordination” between different countries
• To discuss the long term vision at European level and to support the development of a European RI policy
• To bring initiatives and projects to a point where decisions by ministers are possible
A stimulation and incubator role
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
The Roadmap
• Mandate from the Council of Ministers,November 2004
• The Roadmap is the result of two years of intensive work (published October 2006)
• About 1000 high-level experts were involved, from every MS and AS, from most fields and user communities, giving the end product credibility and quality.
It is the beginning of an ongoing process
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
Proposed new facilities for Biomedical and Life
Sciences
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY BIOBANKSCLINICAL TRIALS
EATRIS INFRAFRONTIER
EB
I up
grad
e6 Projects
Roadmap 2006
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
Towards FP7…
FP7 2007 - 2013
Capacities4097
JRC1751
Ideas7510
Euratom4062
People4750
Cooperation32413
Budget (M€) - Source: Council decision in December 2006
Dev. of policies1,5% - 70 M€
INCO4,5% - 180 M€
Science in Society8% - 330 M€
Research I nfrastructures42% - 1715 M€
SMEs33% - 1336 M€ Research Potential
8% - 340 M€
Regions of Knowledge
3% - 126 M€
“Capacities”
Objectives of the CommunityResearch Infrastructures
action Optimising the use and development of the
best existing research infrastructures in Europe
Helping to create in all fields of S & T new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the scientific community
Supporting programme implementation and policy development (e.g. international cooperation)
30% increase
according to FP6
Support to existing Research
Infrastructures
Integrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field, implemented through: A bottom-up approach for proposals open to
all fields of science Targeted approach with topics defined in cooperation
with the FP7 thematic areas
ICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research
580 M€
2007-2013
420 M€
2007-2013
~ 500 sites in 40 countries > 60 Virtual Organisations ~ 24 000 CPUs > 5 PB storage > 10 000 concurrent jobs/day
Scientific communities Life Sciences High Energy Physics BiomedicsAstrophysics Earth Sciences Computational Chemistry Finance Fusion Geophysics Multimedia…
EGEE (grids)Example…
Call for proposalsN°1 – launched early 2007
Existing e-infrastructures (42 M€)Scientific Digital Repositories, deployment of e-Infrastructures for new Scientific Communities,
Support measure for some FP6 I3 (finishing before March 2008)
Closure: 2 May 2007 Single stage procedure for evaluation
remote + panel evaluation First contracts will come into force
before the end of 2007
Next calls for proposals N°2 (e-infrastructures) + N°
3
Indicative budget of 84 + 275 M€ 25 to 30 RTD projects to be selected Call 2: e-science GRID, GÉANT and Scientific
Data Infrastructures Call 3: for RTD; both bottom up and
targeted approach Closure:
Autumn 2007 (call 2) + March 2008 (call 3) More information to be provided mid-2007
Support to new Research
Infrastructures
Design studies: to support the conceptual design for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear European dimension and interestthrough bottom-up calls
Support to the Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing onesPreparatory phaseConstruction phase
70 M€ 2007-
2013
530 M€
2007-2013
Support Actions
… through a mixed bottom-up / top down approach, for:
– the development of an RI European policy and the development of international cooperation
– Supporting programme implementation (NCPs) and the coordination of research infrastructures in emerging areas
ERANETS
65 M€
2007-2013
FP7 will support the design of new research infrastructures
(or major upgrades) Design studies aiming at the
conceptual design, not at a detailed design
Case of e-Infrastructures: to foster new organisational models in domains of grids & data
EC support likely to be smaller than under FP6, i.e. less than 5 M€
bottom-up call… Useful to feed the ESFRI roadmap process
… and major upgrades to existing ones
Support to the preparatory phasemainly based on the ESFRI worktwo calls foreseen (2007 and 2009)
(in addition) support to RSFF
(limited) available resources tosupport the construction
200-230 M€
2007-2013
200 M€
2007-2013
100-130 M€
2007-2013
For the construction of new research infrastructures
(or major upgrades)
First call for proposals closing in spring 2007
For design studies, preparatory phase, and support actionsdesign studies: 35 M€ Support actions: 28 M€
(budget 2007-2008) Indicative budget for preparatory phase:
34 projects (budget 2007-2008) Closure: 2nd May 2007 First contracts to come into force
before end 2007
130 M€
Support measures under the 1st call…
For:ERA-NETsStudies, conferences, coordination actions
for policy development (e-infrastructures)NCPs and other support actions, as appropriate
Indicative budget of 28 M€15 to 20 projects to be selected
Closure: 2 May 2007
Call N°3
closing early 2008 - only 5 M€
Member States not necessarily need the EC support…
… nevertheless, FP7 could help, in facilitating decision-making (no automatic funding)
A first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap
One proposal per topic is expected Targeted at resolving bottlenecks in decision-
making and supporting long-term consistency of research-oriented public actions
The Preparatory Phaseunder the 1st call …
The Preparatory Phaseunder the 1st call …
Tasks focusing on:Strategy developmentPlanning of Technical work (e.g. final prototypes)Governance and logistical work Financial arrangementsLegal issues
The first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap
Direct EC (average) contribution around 5 M€
The preparatory Phase…Who are the participants ?
• Consortia should involve all stakeholders necessary to make the project a reality
e.g. ministries, governments, research councils, funding agencies from
interested countries + as appropriate, research centres, universities, industries,
international organisations…
• Minimum 3 participants from 3 Member States or Associated States(recommendation: at least 3 agencies…)
Who are the participants ?
How to manage ?
• Open to participants from third countries
• Possibility for new participants to join at later stage
• … but be careful with too large consortia…
• Coordinator to act as a « team builder »
• The EC will act as a “facilitator”
What can be done ?
Legal work, e.g.
• To establish the legal basis for the new pan- European Research Infrastructures
Governance and logistic work, e.g.
• Plans in terms of decision making, management structure, advisory bodies, IPR, access rule,
• Staff recruitment, researchers support….
Strategic work, e.g.
• Plans to integrate the new RI in the EU fabric of related facilities, identification of best possible site(s), systems, etc.
• Planning of research services to be provided at international level, etc.
Technical work, e.g.
• Draft engineering plans for construction,• Final prototypes, new processing protocols,
software, etc.
What can also be done ?
Preparatory Phase facilitating financial engineering
for new research infrastructures
Inclusion in Specific RTD
Programme(s)
Inclusion in DG REGIO / DG DEV
strategic plans
Stakeholdersincl. EIROs
Member States
European Commission
Inclusion in national
Programmes
Projects
EIB
RSFF
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures ESFRI
Roadmap
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Useful links
FP7 Proposal and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm
Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/
http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/rn/
ESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research Infrastr.) http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html
e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG) http://www.e-irg.org
International Scientific cooperation policy:http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/iscp/
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