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 

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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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