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Physical and Engineering Sciences at ESFNuPECC meeting

Vienna, March 13, 2009Patrick Bressler (HoU, PESC)

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ESF Member Organisations

75 MOs in 30 75 MOs in 30 countriescountries

Research Research funding funding organisationsorganisations

Research Research performing performing organisationsorganisations

AcademiesAcademies

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About ESF:“The executive agency of the national

agencies”ESF provides a common platform forour Member Organisations (MOs) inorder to:• advance European research• explore new directions for research at the

European levelThrough its activities, ESF serves theneeds of the European researchcommunity in a global context.


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Current Organisation


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ESF – offices in Strasbourg and Brussels

1974 2000 2008

• Budget: 340 k€ 20 M€ ~55 M€

• Staff: 9 51 140

• Offices in Strasbourg and Brussels (Conferences, COST)


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A globally competitive ERA requires

1. An effective European research policy, capitalising on cultural, geographic and scientific diversity

2. A stimulating education system3. A single European labour market for researchers4. Adequate funding for top quality curiosity driven research 5. Cross national funding, benchmarking of quality and shared scientific

priorities for strategic research and bottom up researcher-driven programmes

6. Excellent research institutions7. World-class research infrastructures8. Open access to the output of publicly funded research and permanent

access to primary quality assured research data9. Effective and trusted bridges between science, society and the private

sector10. Openness to the world


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ECFrameworkProgram 7

ERCERC

NationalNationalFunding Funding

OrganisationsOrganisations

““top – down“, variable geometriestop – down“, variable geometriesEuropean competitiveness, employment,European competitiveness, employment,

innovation innovation & new technologies& new technologies economic growtheconomic growth

Open competitionOpen competitionScientific excellenceScientific excellence

““bottom-up“bottom-up“Scientific excellenceScientific excellence

National National

FP 7:FP 7:1 G€/a1 G€/a

Total ~ 54 G€/7aTotal ~ 54 G€/7a> 25 G€/a> 25 G€/a

~ 50 M€/a~ 50 M€/a

““bottom –up“ bottom –up“

individual grantsindividual grants

ERANETs ± foresightforesight““bottom – up”bottom – up”networkingnetworkingmultinationalmultinational

Basic Research Funding in Europe


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Instruments• Forward Looks • Exploratory

Workshops• Member Organisation

Fora• ESF Research

Networking Programmes

• EUROCORES • ESF Conferences• EuroBioFund• Expert Boards• COST (Brussels)• Surveys & studiesNuPECC meeting Vienna March 13,

2009

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Science Management close up:

• ESF Expert Boards (Marine, Polar)MO representatives and policy makers, coordination joint-planning, Policy briefings,ESF office and administration

• ESF Expert Committees (ESSC, NuPECC, CRAF)Independent scientists, scientific advice, roadmap and foresight exercises,ESF office and administration


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Science StrategyForesight and Policy Briefs• Forward Looks• INIF• Member Organisations Fora• Policy Briefing Reports• Exploratory Workshops


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Forward Look

Series of workshops with foresighting character.

The state-of-the-art in +10 years and what actions should be taken

Expert recommendations with an endorsement by the ESF Governing Council


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Science Synergy

Cooperation platform forMOs & scientists• ESF Research Networking

Programmes (e.g.: NES)

• ESF Research Conferences• EUROCORES - European

Collaborative Research


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Networking &Networking &Dissemination fundingDissemination funding

Research & Research & inter-CRP inter-CRP

fundingfunding

FundingAgency A

FundingAgency B

FundingAgency C

EUROCORES Programme funding

Collaborative Research Project

CRP 1

Individual Project

IP-1

…………Collaborative

Research ProjectCRP 2

Individual Project

IP-2

Individual Project

IP-3Associate

PartnerAP-1

More IPs

More APs

SelffundedNuPECC meeting Vienna March 13,

2009

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(Old) EUROCORES time line

Call for EUROCORES themes

Selectionby EUROCORES

Committee (+ESF SCs)

Commitmentsfrom MOs

Including Preparatory workshops

Outline proposalsCall

Full proposal selection

Outline proposal selection

Funding decisionsby MOs

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3.53.5

8.58.5

00MonthsMonths MonthsMonthsThemesThemes ProgrammesProgrammes

1414

9.59.5

22

44

6 6

Full proposal preparation

EUROQUAM (5/2005 2/2007)NuPECC meeting Vienna March 13,

2009

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Characteristics of EUROCORES

• Themes chosen in response to open Calls; consultation with Funding Agencies

• Investigator driven, all areas of science• Joint programme development (ESF manages dialogue

between scientists and multiple funding agencies)• Single, multistage international peer review of projects

accepted as basis for national funding decisions • Research funding remains national but is networked by ESF• Networking and scientific management funded by National

Funding Organisations• Overall Quality Assurance by ESF


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Key Figures: EUROCORES

• Currently 33 EUROCORES programmes in various stages

• > 110 M€ research funding for the 17 programmes in the research stage

• More than 5500 scientists involved • 66 National funding organisations participate,

not only ESF-MOs but also Ministries, Canada, Russia, Israel and the US (NSF): hence a framework for global cooperation

• US Scientists play major role in the Peer Review and as members of the Review Panels

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EUROCORES Programmes

• Run for 3-4 years

• 8-20 participating countries

• Research budget of 5-10+ M€

• 5-10 Collaborative Research Projects

• 30-50 Individual Research Projects


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Quality assurance

• Science Advisory Board– Ensure overall quality– Ensure transparent high quality peer review: >3 reviews,

1/3 outside Europe– Advice on theme selection– Advice on viability– Appoint independent review panel

• High quality independent review panels• Clear conflict of interest rules


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Criteria for Ranking of Full Proposals

• Scientific quality of the CRP and IP proposal• Level of multidisciplinary integration within the CRP• Qualification of the applicants • Level of collaboration envisaged between the IPs in this CRP• Feasibility, incl. suitability of the methods selected• Overlap with existing projects (or projects applied for)• Suitability of budget items (“value for money”)

Review panels can make recommendations to strengthen the proposal (possible collaboration with other projects, composition of groups, workplan etc.)


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EUROCORES governance

Review Panel• Independent, scientific experts • Key role in the Review Process

Scientific Committee• Representatives of the funded CRPs• Steering of networking within the programme

Management Committee• One representative (science administrator) from each

participating Funding Organisation plus ESF Programme Coordinator

• Overall direction of the EUROCORES programmeNuPECC meeting Vienna March 13, 2009

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Networking and Integration

• Building synergies with related national and international programmes and initiatives;

• Support of networking and integration of the research projects within and across EUROCORES Programmes;

• Capacity-building through summer schools and support of short-term visits for junior researchers involved in the Programme;

• Interactions and cooperation with other ESF activities and beyond;

• Targeted dissemination and promotion of scientific achievements and best practices


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Cost of EUROCORES networking and coordination

• EUROCORES Programme: funding for 30 Individual Projects (Feasible > 10 IPs)

• Individual Project is about 250 k€ research funding over 3-4 years

• Networking and coordination is about 10%• Of that 10%:

– 1% is cost of review and committee meetings– 5% is spent on networking events– 2.5% is spent on the science management (staff in ESF)– 1.5% is overhead


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Strategic Plan - InstrumentsScience Strategy

Forward Looks (250 k/I)Members Organistion Fora (100k/I)Exploratory Workshops (15k/I)Research Infrastructures

Science SynergyEUROCORES (3-12M/I)ESF Research Networking Programmes (400-1000k/I) ESF Research Conferences

Science ManagementEURYI (25M/a)COST (30M/a)

EuroBioFund (1M/a)


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Physical and Engineering Sciences Unit in 2008:

• 6 (+2) EUROCORES Programmes, annual volume ~ 7 mill. € (~800k networking activities)

• 29 Research Network Programmes (RNPs), Annual volume ~ 4 mill. €

• 11 Exploratory Workshops (2007: 12, 2006: 15)• 1 (+1) Forward Looks • 3 (+2) Interdisciplinary New Inititiaves (clean solar

fuels, bio-actuators & sensors, virtual mathematics libraries, complexity)

• EUROCORES Pilot EUROBIOSAS („TOPCORES“)NuPECC meeting Vienna March 13,

2009

Standing Committee PESC: 35 independent scientistsNew PESC Chair: Mats Gyllenberg (chair 2009+)

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PESC facts in 2008:

+ Support for Euroconference Series and Schools (~ 28 conferences)

+ Support for 2 ERC panels+ Strategic Actions: Molecular Frontiers Initiative

(with CERC3, NSF & others)+ Support for Temporary Expert Committees

(Computational Sciences, Materials Sciences & Engineering)

+ A new Expert Committee for Materials Sciences and Engineering: ongoing strategic foresight and advice (e.g.: to ESFRI)


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PESC facts cont‘d:

• 29 Research Network Programmes (RNPs), Annual volume ~ 3 mill. €

e.g.: PSI-K (~190k€/a) algorithms for electronic structure calculationsNES (~ 130 k€/a) Nanoelectronics and superconductors, cooperation with JSPS creating a global network


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• SONS (first call- 2002)• SONS (second call-2005)• FoNE • FANAS• S3T• EUROQUAM• EUROQUASAR


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SONS I & SONS II• 22 EFAs• 16 CRPs involving 80 research

groups in 12 countries• Budget :12 Mio € for 4 years

• 16 EFAs• 7 CRPs involving 26 research

groups in 9 countries• Budget: 7 Mio € over 4 years

SONSSelf-Organized NanoStructures

Self-assemblies; (bio)-nanostructures; supramolecular motors; opto-electronics

www.esf.org/sons www.esf.org/sons2

Self-assembled or self-organized nanostructures made of macromolecules, dendrimers, liquid crystals, polymers, and nanoparticles allow a controlled and well defined construction of ordered architectures which can find applications as DNA probes, LED, PV, magnetic information storage and molecular motors and machines.


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FoNEFundamentals of NanoElectronics

• 5 CRPs involving 27 research groups in 10 countries • Budget is 5 Mio € over 4 years

Molecular-scale electronics; quantum transport; Q-Dots; CNTs; magnetic nanostructures

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The scientific goal of FoNE is to understand quantum phenomena in semiconductors wires and dots, spin-polarized transport in hybrid nanostructures, and electron-dependent transport in single-molecules and carbon nanotubes (CNTs).


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FANASFriction and Adhesion in Nanomechanical

Systems

FANAS aims to get a better insight on the origins of friction and adhesion on a atomic scale and to learn how to control them.

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17 EFAs in 16 Countries

Nanotribology; friction; adhesion; lubrication; wear; dissipation; nanoparticles


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Smart Structural Systems Technology S3T

FocusFocus::– Modelling of structures and machines– Sensors and Actuators– Systems– Analysis and Decision-Making

Aim of the programmeAim of the programme: : To further extend state-of-the-art in monitoring and active control of Smart structural systems.

Multidisciplinary by natureMultidisciplinary by nature:: Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Aerospace Engineering Computer Science and Computer Engineering Systems Engineering, Material Science, Engineering Physics,


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S3TSmart Structural Systems Technologies

Funded projects:Funded projects:7 CRPs from 9 countries involving 45 teams; 7 CRPs from 9 countries involving 45 teams; Research funding: 3.5 to 4 M€ Research funding: 3.5 to 4 M€

Examples of Networking ActivitiesExamples of Networking Activities: :

• With NSF participation and mutual interests for extension of With NSF participation and mutual interests for extension of networking activitiesnetworking activities

• Joint invited sessions in the world forum on Smart Structures Joint invited sessions in the world forum on Smart Structures and Materials in Chinaand Materials in China

• Several other join events are being planned, e.g., Aeronautics Several other join events are being planned, e.g., Aeronautics and Space applications of Smart Materials and Structuresand Space applications of Smart Materials and Structures

• Programme related short courses for PhD Students and Programme related short courses for PhD Students and Practicing EngineersPracticing Engineers


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EuroQUAMCold Quantum Matter

• 15 countries participated15 countries participated• More than 7 M€ indicatedMore than 7 M€ indicated• 21 Outline Proposals submitted21 Outline Proposals submitted• 17 Full Proposals assessed and ranked17 Full Proposals assessed and ranked• 6 projects expected for funding 6 projects expected for funding

• Currently at the decision phaseCurrently at the decision phase

• First PESC EUROCORES through the open call for Theme First PESC EUROCORES through the open call for Theme Proposals 2005-2006 Proposals 2005-2006

• Funding Decisions are almost finalised – results will be Funding Decisions are almost finalised – results will be announced at the beginning of Mayannounced at the beginning of May


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EuroQUAMCold Quantum Matter

Topics:Topics:

1. Atomic quantum gases with controllable interactions;

2. Formation of molecules in ultracold atomic gases;

3. Cooling molecules;

4. Ultracold plasmas and Rydberg gases


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• 11 countries participating11 countries participating• 6.5 M€ in the programme6.5 M€ in the programme

QUASAR Quantum Standard and Metrology

• Quantum cold matter and BEC for new high precision Quantum cold matter and BEC for new high precision standardsstandards

TopicsTopics:: 1. Quantum Standards such as optical clocks and

inertial sensors, novel sensors2. Quantum Metrology3. Quantum Engineering4. Fundamental tests and multi-disciplinary applications


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Instruments• Forward Looks • Exploratory

Workshops• Member Organisation

Fora• ESF Research

Networking Programmes

• EUROCORES • ESF Conferences• EuroBioFund• Expert Boards• COST (Brussels)• Surveys & studiesNuPECC meeting Vienna March 13,

2009

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ESF Topics for PESC 2009• EUROGRAPHENE (research on graphene-based electronics• EUROGENESIS (element formation, early star development

and the evolution of the universe)• EUROSYNTH BIO (synthetic biology, functional biomaterials)• EUROBIOSAS (Biologically inspired engineering, sensors and

actuators)• Research Network Programmes (e.g.: NES)• Statutory Review 2009 & Expert Committees (2010)


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Patrick’ farewell slide


Things still to come: • GENESIS in the call stage (Ana Helman) (12 MOs)DLs: 24 March 2009, 24 April 2009, (24 June 2009)

http://www.esf.org/activities/eurocores/programmes/eurogenesis/call-for-proposals.html

• MatSEEC has been approved (new role for PESC)

• European Energy Conference, organised by EPS, EuChemS, EMRS and ESF Barcelona April 2010 (4 days) & to cover nuclear energy as well.Organizing Committee: J. R. Morante (Barcelona)Steering Committee : P. Bressler (ESF/HZB Berlin)Scientific Programme Committee: A. McEvoy (EPF Lausanne)

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Patrick’s farewell slide 2

Thank you & bye bye (!?) I am moving to the Helmholtz-Center Berlin for Materials and [email protected]@berlin.de


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