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Established by the European Commission
The European Research Council
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Work Programme 2017
StG, CoG and AdG Calls
Madrid, July 4, 2016
Jose M Fernandez de Labastida
Head Scientific Management Department
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Contents
• Introduction
• ERC impact and achievements
• Work Programme 2017
• Spain at ERC
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Introduction
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Introduction ERC in H2020
The HORIZON 2020 main components:
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 (budget under H2020: € 13 billion)
Future and Emerging Technologies
Marie Skłodoswka Curie Actions
Research Infrastructures
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Introduction ERC objective
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The European Research Council (ERC) shall provide attractive and flexible
funding to enable talented and creative individual researchers and their
teams to pursue the most promising avenues at the frontier of science, on
the basis of Union-wide competition.
H2020 Regulation
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Introduction ERC H2020 Budget
ERC Budget
€ 13 billion
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The European Commission • Provides financing through the EU framework programmes
• Guarantees autonomy of the ERC
• Assures the integrity and accountability of the ERC
• Adopts annual work programmes as established by
the Scientific Council
The ERC Scientific Council • Up to 22 prominent researchers proposed by an independent
identification committee
• Appointed by the Commission (4 years, renewable once)
• Establishes overall scientific strategy; annual work programmes
(incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); peer review methodology;
selection and accreditation of experts
• Controls quality of operations and management
• Ensures communication with the scientific community
The ERC Executive Agency • Executes annual work programme as established by
the Scientific Council
• Implements calls for proposals
• Organises peer review evaluation
• Establishes and manages grant agreements
• Administers scientific and financial aspects
• Carries out communications activities
Introduction ERC Structure
ERC
European
Commission
Scientific
Council
Executive
Agency
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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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Introduction Creative Freedom to Individual Grantee
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ERC impact and achievements
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ERC after nine years
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After 9 years
a success story
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ERC impact and achievement Publication Performance
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ERC impact and achievements Priority to Young Scientists
Two-thirds of ERC
grants to early-stage
Principal Investigators.
+ 27 000 PhD and
post-doc researchers
working in ERC teams.
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Starting 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
Consolidator Grants
consolidators
(7-12 years after PhD)
up to € 2 Mio
for 5 years
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Work Programme 2017 ERC frontier research funding schemes
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Work Programme 2017 ERC frontier research funding schemes
Starting Grant (StG): nurturing the next generation research leaders.
To support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting
their own independent research team or programme.
Advanced Grant (AdG): attracting and rewarding established independent research
leaders.
To support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already
established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements.
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Consolidator Grant (CoG): consolidating the next generation research leaders.
To support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be
consolidating their own independent research team or programme.
Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate
the ground breaking nature, ambition and feasibility
of their scientific proposal.
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PI Profile:
Any current place of work but working or moving to work in Europe (EU member
state or H2020 Associated Country)
Any nationality or age
StG: 2 and up to 7; CoG: 7 and up to 12 years of experience after PhD; AdG: no
constraints
Potential (StG) or evidence (CoG) for independence and maturity; strong
leadership (AdG)
Good track-record appropriate to their research field and career stage
Work Programme 2017 Principal investigator profile and commitment
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PI Commitment:
Minimum 50% (StG), 40% (CoG), 30% (AdG) of PI working time on ERC project
Minimum 50% of PI working time in a EU Member Sate or Associated Country
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Starting Grant (StG): Up to 1.5 million € for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter
duration). Up to 0.5 million € additional
Advanced Grant (AdG): Up to 2.5 million € for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter
duration). Up to 1.0 million € additional
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Consolidator Grant (CoG): Up to 2.0 million € for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter
duration). Up to 0.75 million € additional
to cover (a) eligible "start-up" costs for Principal Investigators moving
from a another country to the EU or an Associated Country as a
consequence of receiving the ERC grant and/or (b) the purchase of
major equipment and/or (c) access to large facilities.
additional
Work Programme 2017 Funding
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• Is located in an EU Member State or an Associated Country
• Hosts the PI for the duration of the project
• Is a legal entity: university, research center, business research
unit, etc.
• Is committed to ensure that the PI may:
o Apply for funding independently
o Manage research and funding project
o Publish independently as senior author
o Have access to reasonable space and facilities
• Signs Grant Agreement
• Overhead: 25%
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Work Programme 2017 Role of the host institution
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• No constraints on eligible costs as long as they are for the
execution of the project
• Rules of the HI apply
• High flexibility: aims of the project can be modified through
amendments to the grant agreement
• Grants have a light reporting along the project life-time: financial
report every 18 months, scientific report at mid-term and end of
the project
• Grants have 25-40% pre-financing
• PI is empowered to manage the research activity and the funds
of the project
• Grants are portable
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Work Programme 2017 Features of the ERC grants
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PART A – online forms
A1 Proposal and PI info
A2 Host Institution info
A3 Budget
PART B2 – submitted as .pdf
• Scientific Proposal 15 p.
Annexes – submitted as .pdf
• Statement of support of HI
• If applicable: explanatory
information on ethical issues;
copy of PhD (StG, CoG);
document for extension of
eligibility window (StG, CoG)
PART B1 – submitted as .pdf
• Extended Synopsis 5 p.
• CV 2 p.
• Track Record 2 p.
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Work Programme 2017 Proposal strucure
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Goal of the evaluation: select the best frontier research proposals
Only evaluation criteria: excellence
Method: peer review
Structure: 25 panels distributed in 3 scientific domains (10 Physical
Sciences, 9 Life sciences and 6 Social Sciences and Humanities)
Each panel consists of 1 panel chair and 12-16 panel members
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Peers
Review procedure
What makes
ERC evaluation
exceptional?
Work Programme 2017 Evaluation of proposals: main features
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Physical Sciences & Engineering
PE1 Mathematics
PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter
PE3 Condensed Matter Physics
PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical Sciences
PE5 Synthetic Chemistry & Materials
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, Therapies, Applied Medical
Technology & Public Health
LS8 Evolutionary, Population & Environmental
Biology
LS9 Applied Life Sciences & Non-Medical
Biotechnology
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Social Sciences and Humanities
SH1 Individuals, Markets & Organizations
SH2 Institutions, Values, Environment and Space
SH3 The Social World, Diversity & Population
SH4 The Human Mind and its Complexity
SH5 Cultures & Cultural Production
SH6 The Study of the Human Past
Work Programme 2017 ERC panel strcuture
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• Panel members: typically 300 / call
Excellent scientists
Recruited by ScC from all over the world:
~12% from outside Europe
About 12-16 members per panel plus a
chair person
Experts are active in alternating years
• Referees: typically 1500 / call
Recruited by panel members
Evaluate only one or two proposals
Best expert in the world on the research
topic of the proposal
Europe and Associated
Countries
(88%)
US (8%)
Other
(4%)
Chain of excellence
ERA
(88%)
Work Programme 2017 Evaluation of proposals: peers
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* Number of instances that experts of a certain country of origin are contributing to the ERC peer review
Averaged over the first 19
ERC calls 27% of the ERC
panel members were women
Work Programme 2017 ERC panel members
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Remote assessment by Panel members
of section 1 – PI and synopsis
Panel meeting
Proposals retained
for step 2
STEP 1
Remote assessment by Panel members
and reviewers of full proposals
Panel meeting + interview (StG and CoG)
Ranked list of
proposals
STEP 2
Feedback to
applicants
• Right balance between generalist + specialized review
• Appropriate treatment of interdisciplinary proposals
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Work Programme 2017 Evaluation of proposals: review procedure
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Step1:
o A: is of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation,.
o B: is of high quality but not sufficient to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation.
o C: is not of sufficient quality to pass to Step 2 of the evaluation.
Step 2:
o A: fully meets the ERC's excellence criterion and is recommended for
funding if sufficient funds are available.
o B: meets some but not all elements of the ERC's excellence criterion and
will not be funded.
Applicants receive the evaluation report that contains the panel
comments and the individual assessment reports by the reviewers.
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Work Programme 2017 Scores of the evaluated proposals
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Resubmission rules for 2017 applicants:
• Those who received a B in Step 1 of StG, CoG or AdG
calls under Work Program 2016 are not eligible
• Those who received a C in Step 1 of StG, CoG or AdG
calls under Work Programs 2015 or 2016 are not
eligible
Work Programme 2017 Resubmission restrictions
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Aim:
To maximise the value of the excellent research that the ERC funds, by funding
further work to verify the innovation potential of ideas arising from ERC funded
projects (technical validation, market research, clarifying IPR strategy,
investigating business opportunities, etc.)
Eligibility:
Holders of an ERC grant with an idea substantially drawn from an ERC-funded
project. Researchers whose ERC grant ended less than 12 months before the
publication date of the call are also eligible.
Size:
Up to €150,000 over 18 (12) months
Evaluation:
Single panel made of technology-transfer experts
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Work Programme 2017 ERC Proof of Concept
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Work Programme 2017 H2020 ERC Proof of Concept
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ERC calls Submission Deadline(s)
Starting Grants ERC-2017-StG
October 2016
Consolidator Grants ERC-2017-CoG
February 2017
Advanced Grants ERC-2017-AdG
September 2017
Proof of Concept ERC-2017-PoC
DL1: January 2017
DL2: April 2017
DL3: September 2017
Work Programme 2017 Dates (aprox.)
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Panel titles and descriptors have been slightly modified.
Participation in the H2020 Pilot on Open Research Data is
the default, applicants can request to opt-out
Work Programme 2017 Novelties
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Spain at ERC
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14 12 13 15 15 13 13 12
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60
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80
StG+CoG
AdG
Total
Spain at ERC Evolution of the number of grants with Spanish HI
Total: 343 grants
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2013: 14 StG and 20 CoG
2014: 22 StG and 32 CoG
2015: 12 StG and 18 CoG
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7,7% 7,8%
5,7% 5,6%
4,6%
5,6%
7,7%
4,6%
5,0% 4,9% 4,8% 5,0% 4,7% 4,6%
6,8%
4,3%
0,0%
1,0%
2,0%
3,0%
4,0%
5,0%
6,0%
7,0%
8,0%
9,0%
StG+CoG
AdG
Spain at ERC Evolution of the % of grants with Spanish HI
2013: 4,7% in StG and 6,4% in CoG
2014: 6,7% in StG and 8,6% in CoG
2015: 3,4% in StG and 6,0% in CoG
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227 234
350
454
799
581
374 426
134 96 130 129
216 294
190 157
701
323 364
479
670
1093
771
531
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
2007-2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
StG+CoG
AdG
Total
Spain at ERC Evolution of the number of applications with
Spanish HI
2013: 354 StG + 445 CoG
2014: 283 StG + 298 CoG
2015: 203 StG + 171 CoG
2016: 226 StG + 200 CoG
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6,2%
9,1% 8,1%
8,6%
9,6% 11,4% 10,0%
7,5%
8,1%
6,2% 6,1% 6,5%
5,6%
9,4%
12,2%
8,8%
8,0%
0,0%
2,0%
4,0%
6,0%
8,0%
10,0%
12,0%
14,0%
StG+CoG
AdG
Spain at ERC Evolution of the % of applications with Spanish HI
2013: 10,7% in StG and 12,4% in CoG
2014: 8,6% in StG and 11,8% in CoG
2015: 6,9% in StG and 8,3% in CoG
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Spain at ERC FP7 ERC Grants versus Top Publications
*) Host institution refers to the current host organisation of the grant; data as of 27/04/2016
4,354 Starting, Consolidator and Advanced
grants awarded by ERC during FP7
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Spain at ERC H2020 ERC Funded Projects by Country of HI
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Spain at ERC Grantees at home and abroad
265 PIs with Spanish nationality in Spain
75 foreign grantees in Spain: IT(18), DE(10), US(6) …
74 Spanish PIs abroad in UK(32), FR(11), CH(10), DE(8) …
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Top
European
Institutions
Hosting
ERC
Grantees
by Funding
Schemes
ERC calls 2007-2015
Current signatories
of the grant
agreement
Data as of
27/04/2016
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Spain at ERC ERC calls 2007-2015, top Host Institutions
2
4
4
6
2
4
5
2
6
8
9
8
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Centre for Research in International Economy
University of the Basque Country
Universidad de Zaragoza
University of Santiago de Compostela
Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Autonomous University of Madrid
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia
Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Autonomous University of Barcelona
ICFO-Institute of Photonics Sciences
University of Barcelona
Centre for Genomic Regulation
Pompeu Fabra University
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
StG
CoG
AdG
Current Host Institutions (data as of 27/04/2016)
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