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Research Opportunities Through the European Union's 7th Research Framework Programme

Indraneel GhoseDelegation of the European Union to India

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Inclusive growth: Fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and

territorial cohesion.

Sustainable growth:Promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more

competitive economy.

Smart growth:Developing an economy based on

knowledge and innovation

Europe 2020: Europe 2020: Three mutually reinforcing priorities – five Three mutually reinforcing priorities – five

targetstargets

• 3% of EU's GDP invested in R&D

• The "20/20/20" climate/energy targets should be met

• 75 % of the population aged 20- 64 should be employed

• Share of early school leavers under 10% and at least 40% of the younger generation with a tertiary degree • 20 million less people should be at risk of poverty

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What is the Research Framework Programme?

It is the main European instrument for funding research in Europe

It is designed to respond to Europe's needs for competitiveness and quality of life

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FP basic principles

Scientific Excellence

Transnational cooperation

Public calls, peer review, competitive selection

Cost-sharing

Participants own the results

Completely open to international participation

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Framework Programme 7 (2007 – 2013)

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Cooperation Programme – Collaborative Research

10 Thematic Priority Areas1. Health 6050 M€2. Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology 1935 M€3. Information and Communication Technologies 9110 M€4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and

3500 M€ new Production Technologies5. Energy 2300 M€6. Environment (including Climate Change) 1900 M€7. Transport (including Aeronautics) 4180 M€8. Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities 610 M€9. Space 1430 M€10. Security 1350 M€

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Activities in the Energy thematic priority area

Hydrogen and fuel cells

Clean coal technologies

Renewables for heating and cooling

Knowledge for energy policy making

CO2 capture and storage technologies

for zero emission power generation

Renewable electricity generation

Renewable fuel production

Smart energy networks

Energy savings and energy efficiency

Horizontal Programme actions

http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/index_en.cfm

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/energy/home_en.html

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Energy research – Calls for Proposals currently open

4 calls currently openBudget: 297 M€

Deadlines: 25 October 2011; 1 December 2011; 8 March 2012

Solar energy: cost reductions of PV systems, multifunctional PV modules; Research and demonstration on CSP;

Wind energy: very large off-shore wind turbines and improvement of current turbines

Ocean energy: demonstration of ocean energy farms Biofuels: biofuels from algae; aviation jet fuels; demonstration of lignocellulosic

ethanol; biomass-related logistics Heating and cooling: medium temperature solar collectors CO2 Capture and Storage: Storage: field tests for CO2 geological storage; CO2

impurities Clean Coal Technologies: Plant integration of CO2 capture; new combustion

technologies Smart Energy Networks: Grid integration of renewable energy sources; pan-

European energy networks; smart metering; battery safety Energy efficiency: Smart Cities Future Emerging Technologies

For more information:http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/searchcalls?

state=open&theme=energy

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Activities in the Environment (including climate change) thematic priority area

Climate change, pollution and risks

Pressures on environment and climate

Environment and healthNatural hazards

Sustainable management of resources

Conservation and sustainable management of natural and man-made resources and biodiversity

Management of marine environments

Environmental technologies

Observation, simulation, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation and restoration of the natural and

man-made environmentProtection, conservation and

enhancement of cultural heritage including human habitat

Technology assessment, verification and testing

Earth observation and assessment tools

Earth and ocean observation systems and monitoring methods for the

environment and sustainable development

Forecasting methods and assessment tools for sustainable development,

taking into account differing scales of observation

http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index_en.cfmhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/environment/home_en.html

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Environment (including climate change) research –

Calls for Proposals currently open4 calls currently openBudget: 265 M€Deadlines: 20 October 2011; 1 December 2011

Coping with climate change: climate predictions towards climate services, techno-economic modelling tools for assessing costs and impacts of mitigation policies; Strategies, costs and impacts of adaptation to climate change, economic instruments to achieving the EU's greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives for 2050; geo-engineering options

Sustainable use and management of land and seas: sustainable land, water and urban management; assessing global biological resources, assessment of Good Environmental Status of marine waters, impacts of litter in the marine and coastal environment, mapping, diagnosis, excavation, and security of underwater and coastal archaeological sites

Improving resource efficiency: resource efficient technologies, processes and services, resource efficiency indicators

Protecting citizens from environmental hazards: risk-management partnerships; monitoring of geologically active regions prone to natural hazards, role of environment in human health and well-being

Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society: community-based environmental monitoring and information systems, open access to primary environmental data,

Horizontal and cross-thematic activities: EU-India cooperation in water technology and management: research and innovation (NOTE: DST will issue a similar call in India)

For more information:http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/searchcalls?

state=open&theme=env

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EU-India S&T Cooperation

Some Milestones

2001: Signature of the Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement

2007: First India- EU Ministerial Science Conference in New Delhi

2007: 4rd Joint Steering Committee Meeting drawing the roadmap for a more strengthened and strategic partnership

Signature of the renewed Cooperation Agreement

2007: Coordinated Call for Proposals in Computational Materials Science

2008: Coordinated Call for Proposals in Food and Nutrition Research

2009: Coordinated Call for Proposals in Solar Energy Research

2009: Signature of the cooperation agreement on fusion research

2011: Launch of Coordinated Calls for Proposals in Water research

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Indian Participation in FP7 (01/01/2007 –11/07/2011)

In all proposals submitted (excluding Marie Curie and ERC) 659 proposals involving 1139 Indian partners

In the mainlist 137 proposals involving 241 Indian partners (19.9% success rate) 34.5 M€ EC contribution to Indian partners 408 M€ total EC contribution to proposals involving Indian partners

INDIA IS THE FOURTH LARGEST PARTICIPANT COUNTRY IN FP7 OUTSIDE OF EUROPE

Marie Curie Actions 54 Fellowships offered to Indian researchers 21 IRSES proposals involving 31 Indian partners

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Involvement of the private sector from India in FP7

16%N=187

12%N=29

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Information Sources General information on FP7: cordis.europa.eu/fp7

General information on European research: ec.europa.eu/research/index_en.cfm

List and description of projects in FP7 and 6: cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.htmlcordis.europa.eu/fp6

EU-India S&T Relations: eeas.europa.eu/delegations/india/

Any questions? ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries/delegation-india-st@eeas.europa.eu

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