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HORIZON 2020 – ERC funding opportunities Focus on the ERC Advanced Grant call 2014
Mirjam Witschke Unit B2 – Call and Project
Follow-Up Coordination
Scientific Management
Department
Research Foundation
Flanders, Brussels
28 May 2014
Outline
The ERC: What do we offer
Structure, Funding schemes, Key principles
Submission and Evaluation Procedure
How to prepare and submit a grant
ERC Participation of Belgium
Support for the individual scientist – no networks!
Global peer-review
No predetermined topics
Support in all fields of science and the humanities
The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through
a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European competition
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What is the ERC?
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Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council
with 22 members including the ERC President; full
authority over funding strategy
Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous)
Quality as the only criterion
ERC in the H2020 structure
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
Future and Emerging Technologies
Marie Sklodoswka Curie Actions
Research Infrastructures
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Horizon 2020 budget € 77 billion ERC budget € 13 billion
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• Boost European excellence in frontier research
• High risk, high gain
• Basic and applied science
• Going beyond disciplinary boundaries
• Make Europe more attractive for global
scientific talent
• Favour “brain gain” and reverse “brain drain”
• Improve career opportunities and independence
• Increase competition/recognition/visibility
ERC Objectives
Starting Grants
starters
(2-7 years after PhD)
up to € 2.0 Mio
for 5 years
Advanced Grants track-record of
significant research
achievements in the
last 10 years
up to € 3.5 Mio
for 5 years
Synergy Grants (2 exploratory calls)
2 – 4 Principal Investigators
up to € 15.0 Mio for 6 years
Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest
stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders
ERC Grant Schemes
Consolidator Grants
consolidators
(7-12 years after PhD)
up to € 2.75 Mio
for 5 years
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Evolution of submission numbers
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ERC Competitions
Data as of 11/02/2014
Evaluated* Funded success rates**
Starting Grant 2007 9,167 8,787 299 3.4
Starting Grant 2009 2,503 2,392 245 10.2
Starting Grant 2010 2,873 2,767 436 15.8
Starting Grant 2011 4,080 4,005 486 12.1
Starting Grant 2012 4,741 4,652 566 12.2
Starting Grant 2013 3,329 3,255 300 9.2
Consolidator Grant 2013 3,673 3,604 311 8.6
Starting and Consolidator Grant 30,366 29,462 2,643 10.2
Advanced Grant 2008 2,167 2,034 282 13.9
Advanced Grant 2009 1,584 1,526 245 16.1
Advanced Grant 2010 2,009 1,967 271 13.8
Advanced Grant 2011 2,284 2,245 301 13.4
Advanced Grant 2012 2,304 2,269 319 14.1
Advanced Grant 2013 2,408 2,363 290 12.3
Advanced Grant 12,756 12,404 1,708 13.9
Proof of Concept 2011 - 1&2 151 139 51 36.7
Proof of Concept 2012 - 1&2 143 120 60 50.0
Proof of Concept 2013 - 1&2 292 279 67 24.0
Proof of Concept 586 538 178 36.9
Synergy Grant 2012 710 697 11 1.6
Synergy Grant 2013 449 427 13 3.0 * withdrawn and ineligible proposals not taken into account
** percentage of funded proposals in relation to evaluated proposals
Total number
of applications
of which
25 panels for all areas of science
Physical Mathematics
Sciences Fundamental Constituents of Matter
& Condensed Matter Physics
Engineering Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
10 panels Computer Science and Informatics
Systems and Communication Engineering
Products and Processes Engineering
Universe Sciences
Earth System Science
Life Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
Sciences Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Cellular and Developmental Biology
9 panels Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology
Neurosciences and Neural Disorders
Immunity and Infection
Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health
Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology
Applied Life Sciences and Non-Medical Biotechnology
Social Sciences & Humanities
6 panels
Markets, Individuals and Institutions
The Social World, Diversity and
Common Ground
Environment, Space and Population
The Human Mind and Its Complexity
Cultures and Cultural Production
The Study of the Human Past
Outline
The ERC: What do we offer
Structure, Funding schemes, Key principles
Submission and Evaluation Procedure
How to prepare and submit a grant
ERC Participation of Belgium
Eligibility check
(PI, HI, submission restrictions)
Step 1 (remote) evaluation on
the basis of section of
proposal* by panel members
Proposals
passing to step 2
Individual assessment of full
proposals by panel members &
referees
Consolidation of 3 main domains
rank lists
Submission of
full proposals (strict deadline!)
Proposals
selected for funding based on
call budget
Submission, evaluation and selection Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants
*) Profile of PI, project extended synopsis (Part B1)
1st Panel meeting
StG, CoG:
2nd Panel
meeting incl.
interviews of
applicants
AdG:
2nd Panel
meeting
Evaluation of excellence at two levels:
• Excellence of the Research Project
Ground breaking nature and potential impact (important
challenges, developments across disciplines, high risk- high gain)
Scientific Approach (novel concepts/methodology)
Excellence of the Principal Investigator
Intellectual capacity (achievements beyond the state of the art)
Creativity (evidence of creative independent thinking,
for AdG additionally: Demonstrated leadership in training and
advancement of young scientists)
Commitment (commitment of working –time to the project: minimum
30% for AdG and min. 50% in an EU Member State or Associated
country)
Excellence is the sole evaluation criterion
Excellent investigators…
• Promising track-record of recent achievements (at least one or more of
the following benchmarks for AdG)
Significant peer-reviewed publications in high impact
journals/conference proceedings (10)
major research monographs (3)
International recognition through awards, prizes, Academy
memberships, Editorial Boards
Invited presentations to established international conferences
(10)
Member of Organisational/Steering Committee of international
conferences in the field (3)
Depending on the field: Patents (5), research expeditions (3)
Funding record and Mentoring (ability to inspire young
researchers)
When to submit?
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Increasing number applications causes low success rates
and high panel workload
2014 Resubmission restrictions
• 2013 applicants : if "C" at step 1, cannot resubmit in 2014
• 2014 applicants, tighter resubmission rules :
o If B (Step 1 or Step 2) : will have to wait out one year
o If C (Step1) : will have to wait out two years
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ERC calls Budget Call Publication Submission Deadlines
Starting Grants ERC-2014-StG
485 M€
11 December 2013
25 March 2014
Consolidator Grants ERC-2014-CoG
713 M€
11 December 2013
20 May 2014
Advanced Grants ERC-2014-AdG
450 M€
17 June 2014
21 October 2014
Proof of Concept ERC-2014-PoC
15 M€ 11 December
2013 DL1: 1 April 2014
DL2: 1 Oct. 2014
2014 : Indicative planning
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PART A – online forms
Proposal and PI info
Host Institution info
Partner Institutions (of any)
Budget
PART B1 – submitted as .pdf
Extended Synopsis 5 p
CV 2 p.
Track Record 2 p.
.
Annexes – submitted as .pdf
• Statement of support of HI
If applicable:
• explanatory information on ethical
issues
PART B2 – submitted as .pdf
Scientific Proposal 15 p.
(incl. budget breakdown)
Proposal preparation Application structure
Some new elements in 2014
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Possibility to provide a Researcher ID (e.g. ORCHID) in
A- and B-forms
Interdisciplinary projects : justification paragraph in
Abstract (Part B1)
Changes in the panel descriptors in particular for all SH
panels (please see the WP and the GfA)
Proposal preparation: Part B1
Pay particular attention to the ground-breaking nature of
the research project – no incremental research!
Know your competitors – what is the state of play and why
is your idea and scientific approach outstanding?
Remember that only the extended synopsis is read at Step
1 that gives first impression – concise and clear
presentation is crucial (evaluators are not necessarily all
experts in the fields!)
Also in Part B1 outline of the methodological approach
(feasibility!)
Proposal preparation: Part B2
Do not waste the second part (Part B2) – provide
sufficient detail on methodology, work plan, selection of
case studies etc. (15 pages)
(in particular important for the AdG as the full proposal is the
only basis for the selection)
Check coherency of figures, justify requested resources
and involvement of team members
New financial rules under H2020 (e.g. 25% rate of indirect
costs to be applied)
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Submission of proposals: Preparation process
register early, get familiar with the system and templates
and start filling in the forms on the Participant Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home
make use of the help tools and call documents (FAQ,
GfA, WP) to prepare your proposal
submit your proposal and relevant annexes well in
advance before the deadline to avoid last minute errors
! A submitted proposal can be revised until the call deadline
by submitting a new version and overwriting the previous
one (only what is in the system at the time of the deadline will be
evaluated)
• Any doubts about your eligibility or any
other questions, contact your NCP or the
ERCEA via the applicant mailbox for the
relevant call
• http://cordis.europa.eu/national_service/ho
me_en.html
• subscribe to the ERC newsletter
http://erc.europa.eu/keep-updated-erc
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Additional sources of information
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Menu allows to search ERC projects by
Funding Scheme, Call year, Country of
Host Institution and keywords
http://erc.europa.eu/erc-funded-projects
Additional sources of information
Check already
funded projects
Outline
The ERC: What do we offer
Structure, Funding schemes, Key principles
Submission and Evaluation Procedure
How to prepare and submit a grant
ERC Participation of Belgium
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Evaluated proposals from hosts in Belgium
Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account
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ERC-funded projects at host institutions in Belgium
* current host institutions; data as of 11/02/2014
Success rates per country of Host Institution ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013
ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013
*) First legal signatories of the first grant agreement taken into account
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Mobility of researchers ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013
ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013
Current host institutions; data as of 11/02/2014
22 foreign PIs in Belgium of 12 nationalities
54 Belgian PIs abroad (14 in NL, 11 in UK, 10 in FR, 8 in CH,
the rest in other 7 countries)
Top
European
Institutions
hosting
at least 30
ERC
Grantees
by funding
Schemes
StG/CoG 2007-2013
AdG 2008-2013
First legal
signatories
of the grant
agreement
Data as of 11/02/2014
Country Higher-Education Institution No StG/CoG AdG Total LS PE SH
UK University of Oxford 1 63 58 121 37 51 33
UK University of Cambridge 2 69 49 118 40 57 21
UK University College London 3 55 30 85 34 18 33
CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) 4 35 46 81 25 53 3
CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) 5 44 36 80 23 55 2
IL Weizmann Institute 6 51 28 79 45 33 1
IL Hebrew University of Jerusalem 7 43 30 73 33 26 14
UK Imperial College 8 34 27 61 23 38
UK University of Edinburgh 9 24 21 45 10 21 14
BE University of Leuven 9 30 15 45 12 23 10
UK University of Bristol 10 18 21 39 8 25 6
DE University of Munich (LMU) 11 14 24 38 16 16 6
NL University of Amsterdam 11 21 17 38 3 11 24
NL Radboud University Nijmegen 12 25 12 37 14 11 12
NL Leiden University 13 21 15 36 1 17 18
NL Utrecht University 14 20 13 33 8 17 8
IL Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 14 25 8 33 9 23 1
CH University of Zurich 14 18 15 33 21 5 7
UK King's College London 15 22 9 31 12 5 14
IL Tel Aviv University 15 17 14 31 11 17 3
CH University of Geneva 15 14 17 31 19 9 3
FI University of Helsinki 16 16 14 30 21 7 2
SE Karolinska Institute 16 18 12 30 28 2
Country Research Organisation No StG AdG Total LS PE SH
FR National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 1 143 66 209 59 119 31
DE Max Planck Society 2 65 45 110 58 45 7
FR National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) 3 39 18 57 54 1 2
FR French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission 4 34 9 43 7 35 1
ES Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 5 25 15 40 15 20 5
FR National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic Control (INRIA) 6 19 12 31 31
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Host institutions in Belgium ERC Starting and Consolidator grant 2007-2013
ERC Advanced grant 2008 – 2013
Current host institutions; data as of 11/02/2014
ERC grants currently in Belgium (2007-
2013)
Name of HI AdG StG/CoG Total LS PE SH
University of Leuven (KU Leuven) 15 29 44 12 22 10
Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) 6 16 22 22
Ghent University 2 19 21 3 11 7
ULB - Free University of Brussels 4 11 15 3 7 5
University of Louvain (UCL) 2 11 13 4 6 3
University of Antwerp 3 6 9 2 4 3
VUB - Free University of Brussels 1 7 8 2 5 1
University of Liège 1 6 7 1 5 1
University of Namur 2 2 4 1 1 2
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
(IMEC) 1 1 2 2
Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine 2 2 2
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics 1 1 1
Hasselt University 1 1 1
University of Mons 1 1 1
Orpheus Institute 1 1 1
Total 37 114 151 53 65 33
Initiated to help ERC grant-holder to bridge the gap
between their research and the earliest stage of a
marketable innovation
Supporting grant-holders during the pre-demonstration
Up to 150.000 Euro per grant
One step evaluation
Calls in 2011, 2012 and 2013 (each with 2 deadlines)
Fourth call in 2014 (deadlines 1 April and 1 October)
Frontier research and innovation: ERC Proof of Concept
2011 2012 2013
Total applications 151 143 292
Evaluated* 139 120 279
Funded 51 60 67
* withdrawn and ineligible proposals not taken into account
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PoC grants by country of host institution ERC PoC calls 2011, 2012 and 2013: 178 grants
PoC grants in Belgium
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