ESF : Role and mission in the ERA Arena

Dr. Alexis – Michel MugabushakaScience Officer in the CEO Unit

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European Science Foundation

• 76 Member Organisations in 30 countries, beyond the European Union

• Research funding organisations

• Research performing organisations

• Academies

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Three decades of science

• Established 1974• Independent, non-

governmental• Offices in Strasbourg and

Brussels• Budget: 41M€ • General Budget: 10 M€

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ERA – some players

EU institutions European Commission, ERCUniversities National and EUA, LERUResearch Institutions National e.g. MPG, HgF etcFunders national e.g. DFG, EPSRC,

Industry multinationals, SMES, RTOs

Research Facilities CERN, ESRF, ILL, ESO, EMBL, ESFRIAcademies National and ALLEA (ESAC), Academia

EuropaeaFoundations National (Wellcome, VW Stiftung, EFC)Learned Societies e.g. EPS, FEMS, EMBOGrassroots Euroscience (ESOF)

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ESF and partners in the ERA

Research Research InstitutesInstitutes

AcademiesAcademies

NationalNationalFunding Funding

OrganisationsOrganisations

ALLEAALLEA

EURO-EURO-HORCsHORCs

PrivatePrivateFoundationsFoundations

EMBOEMBO

CERNCERN

ESOESO

ESAESA

UniversitiesEUA

EC – FPEC – FPERCERC

EURABEURAB

EuroscienceEuroscience

COSTCOST

HFSPHFSP

European AssociationsEuropean Associations

Academia EuropaeaAcademia Europaea

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New Strategic Plan 2006 – 2010 Main activities

• Science Strategy

• Science Synergy

• Science Management

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Science Strategy

Foresight and Science Policy

• Forward Looks• Member Organisations Fora• Policy Briefings• (corporate) science policy

initiatives

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Science SynergyPlatform for joint research

funding

• Exploratory Workshops*• ESF Research Networking

Programmes• ESF Research Conferences• EUROCORES - European

Collaborative Research• EURYI*

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Exploratory Workshops

• Workshops to explore an emerging and/or innovative field at a European level

• About 50 workshops a year (15,000 €)

• Open Call

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ESF Research Networking Programmes• Networking activities

(summer schools, conferences, exchanges)

• 5 years, about 70,000 € a year

• Open Call• National funding agencies /

research organisations

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ESF Research Conferences• 4 to 5 days with 150

participants • Open Call...• But partnerships with national

and international organizations (including universities)

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ESF RESEARCH CONFERENCES

             

           

                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                        

                                                                                              

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                         

                                                       

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EUROCORES

• Competitive grant scheme (after National Organisations commit)

• Individual projects up to 1 M € and Programmes approx. 10 M €

• Open Call (two stages)

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EUROCORES in numbers

• Currently 23 running EUROCORES Programmes

• 12 Programmes in the research phase

– Participation of 59 different funding organisations from 30 different countries, including USA-NSF and Canadian SSHRC

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Science Management

Implementation ofActivities• European CO-operation in the

Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)

• EuroBioFund

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