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Established by the European Commission
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The European Research Council
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La ricerca di eccellenza nella strategia europea
Il ruolo dell'ERC
Fabio Zwirner (Unipd & INFN) Componente del Consiglio
Scientifico dell'ERC
CNR, 23 Novembre 2016
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The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European competition
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What is the ERC?
! Support for individual scientists ! International peer-review ! No predetermined subjects (bottom-up) ! Support for frontier research in all fields of science and humanities ! Look for high gain/high risk ambitious projects
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! Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council (22 members), with full authority over funding and evaluation ! Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous) ! Only criterion: quality of research aiming for excellence
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ERC in the context of Horizon 2020
! The HORIZON 2020 three main pillars: " Excellent Science
# World class science is foundation of technologies, jobs, well-being # Europe needs to develop, attract, retain research talent # Researchers need access to the best infrastructures
" Industrial leadership " Societal challenges
! Excellent Science:
" European Research Council (H2020 budget: € 13 billion) " Future and Emerging Technologies " Marie Skłodoswka Curie Actions " Research Infrastructures
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ERC Budget
ERC 2014-2020 budget € 13 billion
(1.9 billion/year)
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ERC 2007-2013 budget € 7.5 billion
(1.1 billion/year)
H2020 2014-2020: budget € 77 billion
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Star%ng(Grants
starters (2-7 years after PhD)
up to € 1.5 Mio for 5 years
Advanced(Grants((track-record of
significant research achievements in the
last 10 years up to € 2.5 Mio
for 5 years
Synergy(Grants((2#exploratory#calls)(2 – 4 Principal Investigators up to € 15.0 Mio for 6 years
Proof4of4Concept((bridging gap between research - earliest
stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders(
ERC Grant Schemes
Consolidator(Grants
consolidators (7-12 years after PhD)
up to € 2 Mio for 5 years
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Post-docs
Senior Professor
Students
Post Graduates
Junior Professor/ Junior Researcher
Associate Professor
Full Professor
Erasmus
Marie Skłodowska Curie
ERC Advanced
ERC StG - Starters
ERC StG – Consolidators
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PoC
PoC
PoC
ERC funding schemes & seniority
SyG
SyG
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# Initiated to help ERC grant-holder to bridge the gap between
their research and the earliest stage of a marketable innovation
# Supporting grant-holders during pre-demonstration phase # Up to 150.000 Euro per grant # One step evaluation # Steady increase in number of applications each year # Already more than 400 projects and 180 concluded # More needs to be done to make the transfer to the market
sustainable
Proof of Concept Grants: ERC funds first steps to innovation
Proof of Concept is a small-scale example of how important it is to invest in curiosity-driven research to create innovation.
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Synergy Grants: ERC speeds up the discovery process
! 2012 and 2013 work programme on a pilot basis ! 2 – 4 Principal Investigators; complementary skills,
knowledge & resources; to jointly address frontier research problems
! Up to €15m for up to six years
! Based on ERC principles (no consortia, no networks): • bottom-up and risk-taking • driven by scientific demand • PIs expected to spend significant “core time” together • only one Host Institution, but groups not required to be
physically located in the same place
! 710 submissions to the first SyG Call; 1.6% success rate ! 449 submissions to the second SyG Call; 3% success rate
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Synergy Assessment Report Synergy grant scheme would be a valuable addition to the current ERC frontier schemes
– High international recognition - putting European research on the global map, often in leading position
– Highly ambitious research goals – that cannot be achieved by a single PI – Complementarity of PIs/teams essential – Cross-fertilization of disciplines and signs of new fields emerging – Close collaboration goes much beyond any regular EU framework
collaborative project
H2020 ERC Synergy Grants
The success rate of SyG in 2013 with €150m budget was 3%. To achieve a 15% success rate the budget would therefore need to be multiplied by five. Collaborative proposals could also be supported by the main grant schemes. €450 – 750m per year
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Physical Sciences & Engineering " PE1 Mathematics " PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter " PE3 Condensed Matter Physics " PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences " PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials " PE6 Computer Science and Informatics " PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering " PE8 Products and Process Engineering " PE9 Universe Sciences " PE10 Earth System Science
Life Sciences " LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and
Biochemistry " LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and
Systems Biology " LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology " LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and
Endocrinology " LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders " LS6 Immunity and Infection " LS7 Diagnostics, Therapies, Applied Medical
Technology and Public Health " LS8 Evolutionary, Population and
Environmental Biology " LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Non-Medical
Biotechnology
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Social Sciences and Humanities " SH1 Individuals, Markets and Organisations " SH2 Institutions, Values, Environment and Space " SH3 The Social World, Diversity, Population " SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity " SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production " SH6 The Study of the Human Past
3 domains and 25 panels
support for & emphasis on interdisciplinary proposals
Evaluation Panel Structure (WP2017)
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ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility
• to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice • to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years • to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work
• to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators • to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability
of grants) • to attract additional funding and gain recognition: ERC is a quality
label
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What ERC offers: Creative Freedom to Individual Grantee
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Fields Medals
Wolf Prizes
Nobel Prizes
Prestigious prizes including
EU countries set up ERC-like structures/funding
schemes
ERC as a model in Member States
of grants for early-career researchers
Supporting young talent
projects funded
Key figures
researchers and experts employed in ERC teams articles among
1% most cited scientific journals
Scientific impact
of completed projects led to
Scientific breakthroughs
Funding top talentfrom anywhere
in the world
Major advances
Scientificbreakthroughs6,500
40,000
21% 71%
> 3,900
64% 15
6 5 2
After 9 years a success story
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Priority to Young Scientists
Two-thirds of ERC grants to early-stage Principal Investigators.
+ 30 000 PhD and post-doc researchers working in ERC teams.
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre SAUVAGE, Sir J. Fraser STODDART and Bernard L. FERINGA "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines".
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Nobel Prizes to ERC grantees
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was awarded to May-Britt MOSER and Edvard MOSER, together with John O'KEEFE, "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".
Edvard Moser
Nobel 2014
2 ERC grantees received the Nobel prize in 2010 and 2012. Other 6 ERC grantees were already Nobel laureates at the moment they received the ERC grant.
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2014 was awarded to Jean TIROLE "for his analysis of market power and regulation". Jean TIROLE
Nobel 2014
Konstantin NOVOSELOV Nobel 2010
Serge HAROCHE
Nobel 2012
May-Britt MOSER
Nobel 2014
Bernard FERINGA
Nobel 2016
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7341 evaluated proposals With Host Institution in Italy
Italy in the ERC Calls 2007 - 2016 Evaluated Proposals by Country of HI
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ERC Funded Projects by Country of HI
363 ERC grants in Italy
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FP7 – H2020 ERC Calls Top Host Institutions in Italy
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Success Rate by Country of HI
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ERC Grants versus Top Publications
Host countries as of 19/09/2016
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ERC Grants versus GERD
Host countries as of 19/09/2016
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Grantees at Home and Abroad
271 Italian grantees abroad
28 foreign grantees in Italy
335 Italian grantees in Italy
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Towards FP9 in Italy and in the EU
! Simplified procedures for PI employment and hiring of fixed-term team members ! Support PI beyond duration of the grant
! National/local support for unfunded A’s
! Former grant holders in local support teams
! Concentrate excellence & infrastructures ! Explain the need for bottom-up frontier
research, as a powerful driver of innovation
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ERC Funds Research in Nanotechnology
Projects funded by ERC under FP7 2007 – 2013 from Science Behind the Projects
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ERC Funds Health Research
Projects funded by ERC under FP7 2007 – 2013 from Science Behind the Projects
22 out of the 25 ERC panels fund projects related to major health challenges. Projects cover a wide range of tools and methodologies with genomics and systems biology approaches prominent as well as novel treatment and prevention strategies, including for example, gene therapy, cell-based therapies, vaccines and stem cell-oriented studies.
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ERC Funds Research on Migration
Projects funded by ERC under FP7 2007 – 2013 from Science Behind the Projects
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ERC Funds Energy Research
Projects funded by ERC under FP7 2007 – 2013 from Science Behind the Projects
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