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European Research Council
Dr Antonella Di TrapaniResearch Programme Officer
Scientific Management Department
Starting Grant Unit
Venezia
23 June 2010
FP7 IDEAS Programme
ERC Funding Schemes & Review Process
European Research Council
•Part 1 - Intro and Background•Seventh Framework Programme (2006-2013)•European Research Council - overview
•Part 2 - Funding Schemes•Starting Independent Researcher Grant•Advanced Investigator Grant
•Part 3 – Submission and Evaluation•Panel Structure•Evaluation criteria•Previous Calls- data
Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline
European Research Council
Seventh Framework ProgrammeSeventh Framework Programme
Cooperation – Collaborative Research
Ideas – Frontier Research
People – Marie Curie Actions
Capacities – Research Capacity
•Main instrument of the EU for funding research
European Research Council
� The first European funding body set up to support
bottom-up, investigator-driven frontier research
� Supporting and encouraging the very best, truly creative scientists, scholars and engineers to be
adventurous and take risks in their research
�Targets both new and established researchers
� Encouraged to go beyond established frontiers of knowledge and the boundaries of disciplines
� Implemented through a new Agency => ERCEA
FP7FP7-- Ideas => ERC Ideas => ERC
European Research Council
• An “integrated structure” with a specific vocation
� Independent scientific governance
Scientific Council with 22 members
� Dedicated Implementation Structure
Executive Agency with 389 employees by 2013
How is the ERC organised?How is the ERC organised?
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22 scientists
reflecting the full scope of European
research and scholarshipPresident : Prof. H. Nowotny
Honorary President: Prof. F. Kafatos
Vice president : Dr. D. Estève
� Establishes overall scientific strategyestablishes annual work programmes (incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); defines peer review methodology; ensures selection and accreditation of experts
� Controls quality of operations and management
� Ensures communication with the scientific community
The Scientific CouncilThe Scientific CouncilEstablishing and controlling the funding strategy/methodologies
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•ERCEA – became autonomous on 16 July 2009
•Executive Agencies - Set up for a fixed time to manage EC programmes
•EAs are autonomous but accountable to the EC
•Other examples are REA (Research Executive Agency) and EACI
ERCERC-- Current State of PlayCurrent State of Play
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The Executive Agency : ERCEAThe Executive Agency : ERCEAImplementing and operating the funding strategy/methodologies
• Executes annual work programme as established by the Scientific Council
• Implements calls for proposalsand provides information and support to applicants
• Organises peer review evaluation
• Establishes and manages grant agreements
• Administers scientific and financial aspectsand follow-up of grant agreements
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•Secretary General – Prof. Andreu Mas Colell
�Ensures liaison between SC, ERCEA and EC
�Monitors the effective and sound implementation of the SC’s strategy and positions
•Director (ad-interim) – Dr. Jack Metthey
�Responsible for implementing the strategy as established by the Scientific Council
�Managing the agency and staff
The Executive Agency : ERCEAThe Executive Agency : ERCEAImplementing and operating the funding strategy/methodologies
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•Based in Covent Garden, Brussels
•Currently over 280 staff
•Scientific Department (B)
•Many staff have research experience
The Executive Agency : ERCEAThe Executive Agency : ERCEA
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� Principal Investigator
Nationality, age or current placeof work not relevant
� Host organisationTo be located in MS or AC
� Frontier Research ProjectAll fields of science, engineeringand scholarship are eligible(investigator-driven, bottom-up)
� Individual research team
PI has freedom to choose
team members
ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesWho can apply? General RequirementsWho can apply? General Requirements
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Host institutionHost institution
Applicant legal entity: institution that engages and hosts the PI
for the duration of the project
Any type of legal entity: universities, research centres, business
research units … as long as it is in MS or AC
Commitment of HI: to ensure that the PI may
- apply for funding independently
- manage research and funding for the project
- publish independently as senior author
- have access to reasonable space and facilities
=> Intra-EU portability of the grant
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•Frontier Research – pursuit of questions at or beyond the frontiers of knowledge
•Any field of research
•Pioneering proposals addressing new and emerging fields of research
•Unconventional, innovative approaches
•Impact on science, scholarhip or engineering
•High-gain/High-risk
ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesWhat kind of research is funded?What kind of research is funded?
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ERC Grant schemesERC Grant schemesBoost European excellence in frontier research Funding Strategy: 3R and 2 schemes
Aim: Retain – Repatriate – Recruit
� Favour “brain gain” and “reverse brain drain”
� improve career opportunities and independence - especially for
young researchers
� increase competition, recognition and international visibility -
for excellent individual scientists and scholars in Europe
� raise aspiration and achievement of basic research in Europe
Activities: Two complementary funding schemes
� ERC Starting Grant (StG): attract & retain the next generation of
independent research leaders
� ERC Advanced Grant (AdG): attract & reward established
independent research leaders
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•Application in response to calls for proposals-Principal Investigators applies in conjunction and on behalf of a research-
performing host institution
-Electronic submission only -via EPSS https://www.epss-fp7.org/epss/
•Staged Evaluation Procedure-to manage large number of expected applications
•Panel-based international peer review processScientific Council defines panels, selects panel chairs/members and peer
reviewers
-Panels assess and rank proposals (based on individual assessments by
additional peer reviewers, panel meetings, interviews with StG applicants)
ERC Grant Schemes
Operational Principles
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Starting Grant
Advanced Grant
Call Deadline
2nd Call 3rd Call 4th Call
Spring Spring
20112009 2010 2010
AutumnSpring Spring
2007 2008 2008 2009
Autumn Spring Autumn
1st Call 2nd Call 3rd Call 4th Call1st Call
480
Mio €
741
Mio €
517
Mio €
290
Mio €
340
869
Mio €
400
290
ERC Calls and Budget 2006 – 2011Prospective Schedule
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Submission deadlines for 2011 callsSubmission deadlines for 2011 calls(currently planned)(currently planned)
Date of publication StG 2011: mid July, 2010
Call closure deadline for submission :
Physical sciences & engineering -October 14, 2010 (New dates!)
Life Sciences -November 09, 2010 (new dates)
Social sciences & humanities - November 24, 2010 (new dates)
Call budget : 662 M €
Date of publication AdG 2010: October 2011
Call closure deadline for submission (according to last year) :
Physical Sciences and Engineering – 24 February 2011Life Sciences – 17 March 2011Social Sciences and Humanities – 7 April 2011
Call budget : 662 M €
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•Part 1 - Intro and Background•Seventh Framework Programme (2006-2013)•European Research Council -overview
•Part 2 - Funding Schemes•Starting Independent Researcher Grant•Advanced Researcher Grant
•Part 3 – Submission and Evaluation•Panel Structure•Evaluation criteria•Previous Calls- data
Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline
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•Objective is to provide critical and adequate support to the independent careers of excellent researchers, whatever their nationality, located in or moving to the
Member States or Associated countries, who are at the stage of starting or consolidating their own independent research team or, depending on the field, their independent research programme
Objective of the Starting GrantObjective of the Starting Grant
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Profile of StG applicantProfile of StG applicantAm I a competitive candidate?Am I a competitive candidate?
•Potential for research independence and leadership -evidence of scientific maturity to lead a team/programme-track-record of early research achievements appropriateto the research field and career stage -At least one publication without participation of PhD supervisor
• Promising track-record of early achievements
- significant publications
- invited presentations in conferences
- funding, patents, awards, prizes
• Specific stage of research career at time of application
- starters
- consolidatorsStreaming
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• First PhD awarded 2-10 (2-12!?) years before call publication date
- starters (PhD award: 2-6 (2-7) years)
- consolidators (PhD award: 6-10 (7-12) years)
- responsability of applicant to justify change the stage (exceptionally)
- final decision by the panel
• Extension may be requested:
- up to 14.5 (16.5 ) years
- maternity (up 18 months/child) / paternity leave (up 12 months/child),
- long-term illness, military service, statutory reasons (clinical
qualification)
- applies to starter / consolidator stage
- must be supported by official documents
StG Applicant: PhD RequirementStG Applicant: PhD RequirementNew timeframe window is currently plannedNew timeframe window is currently planned
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Size of a StG GrantSize of a StG Grant
Eligible costs:
�Support the project (personnel, equipment, consumables, travel, admin.)
�Non-eligible (taxes, provisions, debts, related to another project)
�No double-funding
Possible requested amount :
� max € 1,500,000 for 5 years
+ € 500,000 if new research activity in EU by moving from third
country
Assessment:
�Requested budget reviewed by panel- > total amount granted
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Eligibility & ReEligibility & Re--SubmissionsSubmissions
• Ineligibility
- submission after the deadline
- incomplete proposals including annexes
- no commitment letter from HI
- HI outside EU or AC
- PhD award date (>10 or <2)
- missing supporting official documents
• Re-application
- only one active ERC grant at any time
- only one application per PI within a calendar year
- if 2009 ► 2010: only if > threshold step 2
- if 2010 ► 2011: only if > threshold step 1
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• First time implemented in 2010 Call
• Success rate will be kept comparable between the two streams
• Ultimate decision on streaming is with the panels
New Feature: StreamingNew Feature: Streaming
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‘Streaming’- Starters vs Consolidators
• Work programme states: PIs will be assessed by the evaluation panels as
"starters" or "consolidators“ taking into account the specific stage of their
research career at the time of the application.
- PhD award date counting from the date of the Call publication 30.7.2009
�Starters: 2<PhD <6
�Consolidators: 6<PhD<10
• All “objective” reasons that apply for extending the eligibility window apply by
analogy to extending the “starter” window
• Valid reasons (only if the event happened in the first 6 years): 1 child=18
months; military service; illness. “Career break” outside science/research
(e.g. volunteer work, professional activity completely unrelated to research
career, unemployment, etc.)
• Non-valid reasons: difficulties with experiments ; personal difficulties with post-doc supervisor; two PhDs ; working as a professional in a company in same or close field
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‘Streaming’: Starters vs. Consolidators
• PI has to request the change from ‘Consolidator’ to ‘Starter’ (the opposite is not possible)
• Must be supported by documents• Final responsibility/decision rests with the Panel Chair
Example: case of PhD > 6 ‘Consolidator’:
- if birth of child (or military service or unemployment) occurred in the first 6 (7) years then the change to ‘Starter’ is allowed
- if the event occurred in years 6-10 (7-12) then change is not allowed as the PI had 6 (7) years to develop his/her career
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• Are going to take place at Step 2 meetings
• Interviews will last between 20-30 minutes in total� 5-15 minutes presentation by the PI
� 10-20 minutes: questions and answers
• Panels take into account the results of the interview alongside the other elements
• Invited applicants are reimbursed
Starting Grant 2010Starting Grant 2010InterviewsInterviews
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•Objective is to encourage and support excellent, innovative investigator-initiated research projects by leading advanced investigators across the Member States and Associated countries. This funding stream complements the Starting Grant scheme by targeting the population of researchers who have already established themselves as being independent research leaders in their own right.
Objective of the Advanced GrantObjective of the Advanced Grant
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•Normally, the level of the grant is expected to be limited to a maximum of around 2.5 M Euro
•An additional 1 M Euro may be applied for if the application involves a move of the PI to the EU or Associated Countries from a third country (for example, USA to France), purchase of major research equipment or a co-PI
•Max grant may be up to around 3.5 M Euro for a period of 5 years
Size of an AdG Grant Size of an AdG Grant
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•Active researchers having a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years
•Benchmarks (one or more below) including
�10 publications as senior author
�3 major research monographs
�5 granted patents
�10 invited presentations
�International recognition through scientific prizes/awards or membership in well-regarded academies
Advanced Grant Advanced Grant Am I a competitive candidate?Am I a competitive candidate?
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•Part 1 - Intro and Background•Seventh Framework Programme (2006-2013)•European Research Council - overview
•Part 2 - Funding Schemes•Starting Independent Researcher Grant•Advanced Researcher Grant
•Part 3 – Submission and Evaluation•Panel Structure•Evaluation criteria•Previous Calls- data
Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline
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ERC Review PanelsERC Review Panels
• Peer review is carried out through 25 panels (for each
StG and AdG- Shadow Panels for AdG)
• Panels have about 12-15 members plus a chair and are
coordinated by an ERC Research Officer
• Panels may be assisted by external reviewers
• Panels are grouped along the main scientific domains
covering all fields of science, engineering and
knowledge
International Peer-Reviewing
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For operational reasons : 25 panels in 3 main domains
PE: Physical Sciences, Engineering (10 panels)
LS: Life Sciences (9 panels)
SH: Social Sciences and Humanities (6 panels)
Plus one horizontal domain: Interdisciplinary
Allocation of Call budget per domain as follows:
PE domain: 39% (40%)
LS domain: 34% (35%)
SH domain : 14% (15%)
Interdisciplinary domain: 13% (10%)
Within domains, indicative budget is allocated to panels on a demand basis► probability of success independent of panel
Scientific DomainsScientific Domains
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Social Sciences and Humanities
� SH1 Individuals, institutions & markets
� SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour
� SH3 Environment & society
� SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity
� SH5 Cultures & cultural production
� SH6 The study of the human past
Physical Sciences & Engineering
� PE1 Mathematical foundations
� PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter
� PE3 Condensed matter physics
� PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical sciences
� PE5 Materials & Synthesis
� PE6 Computer science & informatics
� PE7 Systems & communication engineering
� PE8 Products & process engineering
� PE9 Universe sciences
� PE10 Earth system science
Life Sciences
� LS1 Molecular & Structural Biology & Biochemistry
� LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
� LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology
� LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology & Endocrinology
� LS5 Neurosciences & neural disorders
� LS6 Immunity & infection
� LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies & public health
� LS8 Evolutionary, population & environmental biology
� LS9 Applied life sciences & biotechnology
ERC Panel Structure: 25 PanelsERC Panel Structure: 25 Panels
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal Content and SubmissionProposal Content and Submission
PART A – online forms
A1 Proposal and PI info
A2 Host institution info
A3 Budget
PART B1 – submitted as .pdf
Section 1 Track Record of PIScientific Leadership Potential 2 p.
CV (including “funding ID”) 2 p.
Early achievements track record 2 p.
Extended synopsis 5 p.
PART B2 – submitted as .pdf
Section 2 Scientific proposal 15 p.
Section 3 Research Environment 2 p.
Annexes – submitted as .pdf- Statement of support by host
- If applicable: explanatory
information on ethical issues
- StG only: PhD certificate (incl.
documents proving eligibility career breaks)
ERC Grant proposal
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal Upload and SubmissionProposal Upload and Submission
EPSS: https://www.epss-fp7.org
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal UploadProposal UploadEPSS websiteEPSS website
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal Upload Proposal Upload EPSS websiteEPSS website
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal Upload Proposal Upload HI LetterHI Letter
•Correct Template•On Letterhead•Dated, signed and stamped•Contains -name of PI and-Acronym as reported in Proposal•Signature by Legal representative•HI must be in EU 27 or AC!
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal Upload Proposal Upload PhD Certificate/diploma (only for StG)PhD Certificate/diploma (only for StG)
•Original documents only
-certificato di diploma di dottorato ok
•Must report the date of the examinationor award
•Document are accepted in all EU languages
•Certified translations must be provided for non-EU languages
(Hebrew, Chinese, Russian etc)
•Latin is accepted!
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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal Upload Proposal Upload Other AnnexesOther Annexes
•Birth certificates for extension•Military certificates•Paternal Leave certificates•Medical certificates (>6 months)•Ethical Annexes
•………
Pay attention not to overwrite the documents!! Upload Part B1, B2, HI letter in the right place!
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•Make sure all documents are completed (A, B and annexes):
-happy with them?
•« Overwriting » of Part B1 and B2 is possible by uploading a new modifiedversion of the proposal until before the deadline!
•The last version submitted before the deadline will be evaluated
•Proposal submission: Click « Submit proposal »
•DO NOT LEAVE THE SUBMISSION AT THE LAST MINUTE!•computer crashing?….not EPSS fault!•Contac the EPSS only in case of technical problem! •https://www.epss-fp7.org/epss/helpdesk.JSP•Tel: 0032 2 233 3760; Email: support@epss-fp7.org
ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesProposal SubmissionProposal Submission
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Single submission
• deadline according to domain
• to a targeted panel
Eligibility check
• deadline strictly enforced
• all parts and annexes present and readable
Relevant documents sent to reviewers
SubmissionSubmission
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Eligibility checks
To be considered eligible the proposal should fulfill ALL these requirements:
� No multiple applications
� Re-submission in two consecutive calls: is possible only if passed the threshold
� 2<PhD date <10 (12) (i.e. between 30 July 1999 and 30 July 2007)
� Full proposal contains:• HI binding letter (located in EU or AC)
• PhD record and further documents for eligibility extensions (military, parental leave, sickness)
• Parts B1 and B2
• B1: Scientific Leadership potential, CV, Early achievements record, Proposal synopsis
• B2: Scientific proposal, Research Environment
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Ineligible cases
• No HI letter or incomplete (less than 2/3 are present)
• PhD not within the timeframe / no PhD certificate / PhD
not valid
• MD only, without further clinical qualification (by research)
• No documents to support PhD extension provided
• Re-application (below threshold) and Multiple applications
• HI outside of the EU or Associated Countries
• Outside the Scope of the Call (in rare cases)
• Part B1/B2 missing or corrupted documents
Docs missing: cannot be submitted/accepted after the deadline
(clarifications/resubmission might be asked only for eligibility)
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Submission and Evaluation
•Applicant submit to a Targeted Panel
•Can choose alternative/secondary Panel
•Final decision is with Panel Chair (can change Panel!
Cfr: Rules of Submission)
•In case of cross-panel/cros-domain proposal evaluation
by members of other Panels
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Two step Evaluation
Step 1:
•Only Part B1 is evaluated (PI and Project)•Evaluated by Panel Members and members of other panels (if interdisciplinary)•Proposals need to pass threshold to be retained to next Step •Only highly ranked proposals (and within 2-3 times the available budget for each Panel) are retained for step 2
Step 2
•Both Part B1 and B2 are evaluated against all three evaluation criteria•Proposals are evaluated by Panel Members andRemote Referees nominated by Panel Members
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Scientific Excellence is the sole criterion
• Only the criteria published in the Call are applied
• Evaluation of excellence at 3 levels:• Quality of principal investigator
• Quality of the research project
• Quality of research environment (at step 2)
• Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria 1 & 2
numerically which results in the ranking of the projects:
• 1-4 per criterion• threshold ≥ 2 per criterion
• Criteria 3 is considered as "pass/fail"
4: oustanding
3: excellent
2: very good
1: non-competitive
Evaluation on ExcellenceEvaluation on Excellence
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Potential of the Principal Investigator: (last 10 years for AdG)
Quality of research output (track record, qualification, achievements, independence,
reputation)
Intellectual capacity and creativity (collaborations, mentoring, challenge confrontation,
initiative for new lines of thinking) and capacity to attract funding (AdG)
Quality of the research project:
Ground-breaking nature (challenges, ambition, trans-discipinarity, new concepts)
Potential impact (open new horizons, enhance frontier research in Europe)
Methodology (approach, timescale, resources, feasibility)
High risk/high gain balance (new or unconventional methodology, major breakthrough)
Research environment:
Contribution to the project (infrastructural and intellectual environment)
Participation of other legal entities (if added value to the proposal)
Evaluation CriteriaEvaluation Criteria
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InterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinarity
• Novel interdisciplinary approaches can open potentials for new
fields of science and can contribute to the excellence of a
proposal
• To overcome traditional, discipline-based review systems in fairly
evaluating interdisciplinary proposals
• ERC has a specific approach (mainstreaming; Interdisciplinary Domain):
•ERC panels may only loosely follow disciplinary lines
•Proposals can be assigned to members of other panels and to
freely-chosen referees to better match expertise
•13% of the budget is allocated to an ‘Interdisciplinary Domain’
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Review ProcessReview Process
Remote assessment by Panel members
of section 1
Panel meeting
Proposals retained
for step 2
STEP 1
Remote assessment by Panel members
and reviewers of all sections
Panel meeting + interview (StG)
Ranked list of
proposals
STEP 2
Consolidating Panel
chairs meeting
Feedback to
applicants
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ERC Starting Grant: 2007, 2009, 2010
Submissions by call & domain
3399
927 1030
4406
1112 12051362
464638
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Physical Sciences & Engineering
Social Sciences & Humanities
- 72.7%
+ 14.8%
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299successful proposals
Awarded budgetabout € 335 million
559 proposals
8794proposalsevaluated
(9167 submitted!)
Interviews
ERC Starting Grant 2007ERC Starting Grant 2007
Two Step Evaluation ProcessTwo Step Evaluation Process
3.4% Success Rate*
*Based on evaluated proposals only
European Research Council ERC Starting Grant: 2007 call Eligible proposals by host country & gender Source: 8794 evaluated proposals
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Social Sciences & Hum anities
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Life Sciences
StG 299; 11 Nov. 2008
ERC Starting Grant 2007ERC Starting Grant 2007Selected proposals by host country and domainSelected proposals by host country and domainSource: 299 selected proposals, Nov. 2008Source: 299 selected proposals, Nov. 2008
21 countriesItaly: 26 proposals
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59
252
38
26
4
24
1
6
1127
17
1
414
4
2
10
32
Source: 300 proposals, 02.10.2008
ERC Starting Grant: 2007 callSelected proposals
by host countries
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237successful proposals
Awarded budgetabout € 325 million
457proposals
2392proposalsevaluated
(2503 submitted)
Interviews
ERC Starting Grant 2009ERC Starting Grant 2009
Two Step Evaluation ProcessTwo Step Evaluation Process
9.91% Success Rate*
*Based on evaluated proposals only
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ERC Starting Grant ERC Starting Grant 20092009Submitted proposals by country of host institution & gender
0
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UK FR DE ES CH NL IT BE IL DK AT FI SE PT EL IE PL EE HU
Country of host institution
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ERC 2009: StG-09-237
19 countries
ERC Starting Grant 2009ERC Starting Grant 2009Selected proposals by host country and domainSelected proposals by host country and domainSource: 237 selected proposals, Oct 2009Source: 237 selected proposals, Oct 2009
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StG 07-299, 05 Dec. 2008Source: StG-09 mainlist: 219, 25.06.2009
3
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15
2
14
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ERC Starting Grant: 2009 callSuccessful proposals
by country of host institutionSource: 219 selected proposals
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FR UK NL ES BE DE FI AT DK SE IT IE EL PT CY HU BG CZ IL CH NO
EU - 15 EU - 12 Assoc. C.
in %
Source: All submitted proposals (9167) and 300 selected proposals (02.10.2008)
ERC Starting Grant: 2007 callSuccess rate of host countries Relation between submitted proposals (9167) and 300 selected proposals (02.10.2008)
Italy
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Statistics 2007+2009 Mainlist proposals by country of host institution & nationalities
IT
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Statistics 2007+2009 Mainlist proposals by country of host institution & mobility
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UK DE FR ES CH IT NL BE IL DK FI AT SE IE PT EL PL EE HU
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Moving
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8% intended mobility – moving from
one country to another host country
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Mainlist proposals by nationality
Overall Success rate: 8.75% (219/2503)
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IT DE FR BE ES NL UK IL FI DK EL SE US AT HU PT AU CH CZ IE NO PL RO AL AR CN EE KR MX RU SG TR UA
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IT
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Statistics 2009 Submissions by nationality of PI
• Submissions of Italian PI:
• 20.5 % of European
• (population 12.6 %)
• Submissions of Italian PI in Italian HI:
• 80 % of the submission from italian PI
• (bigger than in similar countries)
European Research Council ERC Starting Grant ERC Starting Grant 20102010Submitted proposals by country of host institution & gender
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StG2010 2873 Proposals received, Dec 2009
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ERC StG 2010 Main List HI (but 5 PE Panels)
ERC STG 2010 Main list Host Institution countries (5 panels of PE)
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domain
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ERC StG in Italy by domain: total 43
Total ERC StG Grants Projects Funded in Italy (*2010 data not yet available
for Publication)
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2007
Type StG
Sum of Number of projects Funded
Panel PI_GENDER
Year of call
European Research Council
275successful proposals
Awarded budgetabout € 542 million
648 proposals
2034proposalsevaluated
(2167 submitted)
ERC Advanced Grant 2008ERC Advanced Grant 2008
Two Step Evaluation ProcessTwo Step Evaluation Process
13.52% Success Rate
European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant: 2008 call Submitted proposals by host country & domainSource: All submissions (2167)
Source: ERC AdG 2008, Stage 1, submitted proposals, June 2008
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
IT UK FR DE IL ES NL CH EL PL FI SE BE TR AT DK RO CZ NO HU BG PT IE SI CY IS EE HR SK LT LV M K RS AL LU M T
%
Social Sciences & Humanities
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Life Sciences
Italy: 301 proposals
European Research Council
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
UK FR CH DE IT NL SE IL ES FI AT BE DK EL HU CZ NO BG CY IS PL PT TR
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Social Sciences & Humanities
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Life Sciences
AdG, 275
28 Oct. 2008
ERC Advanced Grant 2008ERC Advanced Grant 2008Selected proposals by host country and domainSelected proposals by host country and domainSource: 275 selected proposals, October 2008Source: 275 selected proposals, October 2008
23 CountriesItaly: 18 proposals
European Research Council
1
56
131
32
18
4 1
14
1
4
516
29
1
1
826
4
1
13
25
ERC Advanced Grant: 2008 callTop 256 candidates
by host countries
Source: 256 selected proposals (29 Sept. 2008)
European Research Council
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
SE A T UK FR NL DE FI DK ES BE IT PT EL C Y HU BG C Z PL C H IS IL NO T R
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Soc ia l Sc ienc es & Human ities
Py s ic a l Sc ienc es & Eng ineer ing
L if e Sc ienc es
So u r ce : A ll s ubmis s ions (2167) and top 256 p ropos a ls (29.09 .2008)
ERC Advanced Grant: 2008 callSuccess rate of host countries Relation between submitted proposals (2167) and 256 selected proposals (29.09.2008)
Italy
European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant 2009ERC Advanced Grant 2009
Selected proposals by host country and domainSelected proposals by host country and domain
Source: 236 selected proposalsSource: 236 selected proposals
European Research Council
ERC AdG in Italy by domain: Total 35
Total ERC AdG Grants Projects Funded in Italy (*2010 data not yet available
for Publication)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
M M M M M F M M M M M M M M M M M F M M
LS1 LS2 LS3 LS5 LS6 LS7 LS9 PE1 PE10 PE2 PE3 PE5 PE6 SH1 SH2 SH4 SH5 SH6
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Sum of Number of projects Funded
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Year of call
European Research Council
ERC Grants in Italy by domain
Total ERC Grants Projects Funded in Italy (*2010 data not yet available for Publication)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
F M M F M M M F M F M M F M M M F M M M M F M F M M F M F M F M M
LS1 LS2 LS3 LS4 LS5 LS6 LS7 LS9 PE1 PE10 PE2 PE3 PE4 PE5 PE6 PE7 PE8 SH1 SH2 SH3 SH4 SH5 SH6
Nu
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2008
2007
Type (All)
Sum of Number of projects Funded
Panel PI_GENDER
Year of call
European Research Council ERC Starting and Advanced grants:Host institutions in Italy and number of grants
• Universita’ di Bologna (1)
• CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEO• PER I CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI SCARL (1)
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (8)
• IFOM FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO FIRC DI ONCOLOGIA MOLECOLARE (2)
• Istituto Europeo di Oncologia S.r.l.(2)
• Politecnico di Milano (3)
• SISSA (2)
• Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (3)
• LUISS (1)•• European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (2)
• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (2)
• Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (2)
• Universita’ di Milano (1)
•Universita’ di Napoli (2)
•Università degli Studi di Padova (2)••Università degli studi di Parma (3)
•Universita’ di Pavia (2)
•Universita’ di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ (7)
•Universita’ di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’ (2)•Universita di Roma Tre (2)
•Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA
•European Brain Research Institute
•Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor (4)
•Fondazione ISI
•Fondazione Telethon (2)
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (3 grants)
Universita degli Studi di Firenze (2)…………
European Research Council
ERC Italian Grantees
A 3 months trip, 13.000 km,…without a driver. From
Italy to Shanghai!"
Alberto Broggi, VisLab,University of Parma
European Research Council
ERC Italian Grantees
Liberato Manna, IIT
Assembly of Colloidal Nanocrystals into Unconventional Types ofNanocomposite Architectures with Advanced Properties
European Research Council
ERC Italian Grantees
Paola Romagnani, University of Florence
Renal stem cells: characterization of their possible role in kidney pathologies and as newtherapeutic tools
European Research Council
� ERC Work Programme 2011
� ERC Guide for Applicants
� ERC Grant agreement
� ERC Rules on submission, evaluation, selection and
award procedures
Others :
� ERC Guide for Grant Holders
� ERC Guide for Peer Reviewers
Essential DocumentsEssential Documents
European Research Council
•ERC Website - http://erc.europa.eu/
•CORDIS -http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage
•NCP – National Contact Points
http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.ncpList
Where to go for more information?Where to go for more information?
European Research Council
Thank you for your attention!
Antonella Di Trapani
Antonella.DI-TRAPANI@ec.europa.eu
RTD-ERC-STG-APPLICANTS@ec.europa.eu
Thanks!Thanks!
European Research Council
│ 85
Received
proposals
of which
Ineligible
/withdrawnevaluated Selected*
Starting Grant 2007 9,167 373 8,794 299
Starting Grant 2009 2,503 111 2,392 244
Starting Grant 2010 2,873 (104) (2,769)
Total Starting Grant 14,543
Advanced Grant 2008 2,167 133 2,034 282
Advanced Grant 2009 1,583 57 1,526 244
Advanced Grant 2010 2,009
Total Advanced Grant 5,759
Grand Total 20,302 (1,069)
ERC Calls 2007-2010 : Basic Data
Starting Grant 2007 & Advanced Grant 2008: 299 and 282 signed contracts respectively
Starting Grant 2009 & Advance Grant 2009 : 244 invited to start preparations of grant agreements (Feb 2010)
European Research Council
ERA
4
56
1
5
ERC Starting Grant ERC Starting Grant 20092009Submissions from researchers with a residence outside of ERA
31
1
1
1
1
1
European Research Council
Bosnia
2
Congo
1
Belarus 8
Colombia
2
Ethiopia 1
Hong Kong
1
Kenya 1
Morocco
2
Mauritius
1
Malawi
1
Nigeria
1Philippines
1
Pakistan
2
Togo
1
Thailand
1
Cisjordanie 1
Tanzania 1
Viet Nam
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe 1
ERC Starting grant calls 2007 + 2009ERC Starting grant calls 2007 + 2009Submissions from citizens of third countries
Iran 1
Kazakhstan
1USA
116
Russia
139
India
53
Ukraine
40
Canada
36
Australia
35
Japan
24
Brasilia
21
Mexico
12
Korea
10
Malaysia
5
Taiwan 5
Cuba
5
Bangladesh
5
Singapore
8
New Zealand
8
Tunisia
8Algeria
7
China
61Egypt
4
Armenia
4
Peru
4
Venezuela
4 Sri Lanka
3
Uruguay
3
Chile
3
Uzbekistan
3Lebanon
3
Argentina
18
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