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An highlight on EU activities on Research Infrastructures. Miloš Kuret Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovenia. 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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An highlight on EU activities on
Research Infrastructures
Miloš Kuret
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology,
Slovenia
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
Definition of Research Infrastructures
Research Infrastructures are at the core of the
knowledge Triangle
ResearcResearchh
EducationEducation
InnovatioInnovationn
Research infrastructur
esKnowledge « industry
»
European Survey of Research Infrastructures
Aim: analysis + respective trends & developments
March-April 06: Initial submission phase led by ECMay-December 06: Validation process by ESF
Validation of the entries received by ECNomination of missing major RIs
December 06- up to now: Finalization by ECGetting responses from RIs nominated by ESFBreaking down all RIs by categories (598 entries)Extracting the first results from the database
Research Infrastructures need a minimum investment
for construction
Average Lower Bound of RI Investment by Domains (total: 598 RIs, 35 690 M€)
59,8
73,4
21,8
65,6
83,0
26,2
78,7 80,2
53,0
21,0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
All domains Humanities Social Sciences
Environmental,
Marine, Earth
Sciences
Energy Biomedical and
Life Sciences
Nuclear and
Particle Physics,
Astronomy,
Astrophysics
Materials
Sciences
Engineering Computer and
data treatment
Mill
ion
Eu
ros
20 M€ threshold?
Research Infrastructures’
pattern is rapidly evolving in Europe
Share of RIs Built or Upgraded in the Last 5 Years
3,3
18,8
19,1
35,3
9,0
16,7
18,8
30,0
34,9
36,7
34,4
36,2
23,5
51,3
45,1
44,7
36,7
34,9
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Energy
Humanities
Engineering
Social Sciences
Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics
Environmental, Marine, Earth Sciences
Material Sciences
Computer and data treatment
Biomedical and Life Sciences
% RIs
built in the last 5 years
built more than 5 years ago but upgraded in last 5 years
Towards a coherent policy for Research Infrastructures…
• A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
• Launched in April 02
• Brings together representatives of the 27 Member States,5 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)
ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
Rep
ort
20
06
The Roadmap
• Mandate from the Council of Ministers,November 2004
• The Roadmap is the result of two years of intensive work
• 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
Rep
ort
20
06
Social Science and Humanities
Rep
ort
20
06
Environmental Sciences
AURORA BOREALIS
Rep
ort
20
06
Energy
HiPER
JHR3 P
rojects
IFMIF
Need to nucle
ate
further w
ork
Rep
ort
20
06
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Rep
ort
20
06
Material Sciences
Rep
ort
20
06
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics
5 Pro
jects
Rep
ort
20
06
Computer Data Treatment, Particle and Space Physics
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 Potential8% - 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 European scientific community
Supporting programme implementation and policy development (e.g. international cooperation)
FP7 will increase support to new research
infrastructures Support to the Construction of new
infrastructures and major upgrades Preparatory Phase – to support all work
needed to initiate construction of a new RIImplementation Phase - mainly left to MS,
the owners of the new facilities Design studies: to support the conceptual design
for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear European dimension and interestthrough bottom-up calls
Preparatory phase- purpose
To provide a framework facilitating decision-making between partners from different countries
To address all the critical issues (legal, financial,..) that need to be resolved to allow the project moving forward
Some info on Call N° 1 …
• 594 participants are involved (90% MS, 6.5% AS, 3.5% other)
• On the average: 19 Participants from 11 different countries per ESFRI proposal
• About 9% of the total participants (53/594) from 12 MS, are from Convergence Regions, eligible to receive Structural Funds
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATION IN ESFRI ROADMAP PROPOSALS
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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
… Importance of creating synergies between SFs and FP7
Recent CREST report Need for coordination at regional and
national levels Strategy planning for mid- to long term:
more important than projects themselves A vision for the next 10-20 years
fostering capacity building and excellence
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 European scientific community
Supporting programme implementation and policy development (e.g. international cooperation)
Importance of Community actions:
• to reduce European fragmentation and dispersion of existing facilities
• To stimulate more international cooperation in certain fields
• To help developing a research market for access to and use ofinstallations / research services
Main characteristics of an Integrating Activity
Average number of contractors: 19 (under FP6) of which 7 offering access
Typical duration: 4 years Average EC contribution: ~10 M€
Management: ~ 6%Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 30-40% Joint Research Activities ~ 40-50%
List of funded projects (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects
Developing a pan-European research infrastructure for the measurements of atmospheric properties
EC contribution: 5.1 M€
TA (~0.2 M€): 11 ground-based stations for atmospheric
research
NA (~3.2 M€):• Standards and exchange of good practices on
sampling, measurement and analysis of aerosol parameters
• Training on aerosol sampling and measurements
• Web portal and Database on aerosol products
JRA (1.7 M€):• Methodology for determining aerosol optical
density• Standards for aerosol hygroscopic growth
analysis• A real time data collection of aerosol
measurements
A network of research stations based on regional diversity
EUSAAR (Environment)
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)
GÉANT (global dimension)
GÉANT
SPONGE SEERENALICEEUMEDCONNECT TEIN2
North America/Japan
S. Africa IndiaChina
Australia
FP7 will continue supporting existing Research
Infrastructures Integrating Activities to promote the
coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field, implemented through:Bottom-up callsTargeted calls
ICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research
Next calls for proposals N°2 (e-infrastructures) + N°
3
Indicative budget of 63 + 275 M€ 25 to 30 RTD projects to be selected Call 2: e-science GRID Call 3: for RTD; both bottom up and
targeted approach Closure:
20 Sept 2007 (call 2) + 15 Feb 2008 (call 3) More information to be provided mid-2007
Topics for RI’s under the targeted approach
29 priority topics in 8 of the “Cooperation” domains
Health (6 topics) Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology (4 topics) Information and Communication Technologies (3) Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies and Materials (2) Energy (5 topics) Environment (4 topics) Transport (2 topics dealing with aeronautics) Socioeconomic Sciences and Humanities (3)
Reminder of EC evaluation criteria
S&T quality: excellence of the overall project and of the specific activities
Impact: contribution of the project in integrating existing facilities at European level
Implementation: management, partnership, implementation plan and allocation of resources
Evaluation by independent experts
Need for e
xperts…
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures
ESFRIRoadmap
Policy Development / Programme Implementation
30% increase
according to FP6
Planning of calls and indicative budget
Total operational budget 1630 M€
Call 12007
Call 2
2007
Call 32008
Call 42008
Call 52010
Call 62012
Integrating activities 275 184 131
e-Infrastructures 42 50 113 147 64
Design studies 35 33
Construction – Support to the Preparatory Phase
134 72
Construction – Implementation Phase RSFF (200 M€) + 130 M€
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
10 14 7 14 25 14
Total per call (M€) 221 64 282 127 461 309
… in summary, an improved FP7 action for Research
Infrastructures
Better consistency within FP7 (targeted calls)
Tackling better fragmentation (Integrating Activities)
Catalysing effect towards the construction or major upgrade of Research Infrastructures
A vision for the next 10-20 years fostering capacity building and excellence(update of ESFRI roadmap will soon start)
Research Infrastructuresare identified as a key area in
the green book on ERA
• The purpose is to assess the progress made in establishing ERA and to discuss future directions
• An online public consultation has been launched: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=ERAGreenPaper
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/index_en.html
Other 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
http://www.e-irg.org
Research Infrastructures in Europa (on-line soon) http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures
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