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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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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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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/
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