prof donald dingwell erc secretary general visit to mexico february 2013
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Prof Donald Dingwell ERC Secretary General Visit to Mexico February 2013. FP7 IDEAS Programme The European Research Council “ERC goes global” campaign. ERC EA Unit A1 Support to the Scientific Council. The European Research Council. What is ERC. What is ERC?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
European Research Council
FP7 IDEAS Programme
The European Research Council“ERC goes global” campaign
ERC EA Unit A1 Support to the Scientific Council
Prof Donald DingwellERC Secretary General
Visit to MexicoFebruary 2013
European Research Council
What is ERC
The European Research Council
European Research Council
Support for the individual scientist – no networks!Global peer-reviewNo predetermined subjects (bottom-up)Support of frontier research in all fields of science
and humanities
The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European competition
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What is ERC?
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Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council with 22 members; full authority over funding strategy
Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous)Excellence as the only criterion
Budget: € 7.5billion (2007-2013) - 1.1 billion €/year
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FP7 budget € 50.5 billion ERC budget € 7.5 billion; Increase by € 250 M/year
Co-operation (65 %)
Ideas (15 %)
People (9 %)
Capacities (8 %)JRC non-
nuclear (3 %)
European Research Council
The European Commission• Provides financing through the EU framework programmes• Guarantees autonomy of the ERC• Assures the integrity and accountability of the ERC• Adopts annual work programmes as established by
the Scientific Council
The ERC Executive Agency• Executes annual work programme as established by the Scientific Council• Implements calls for proposals and provides information and support to applicants• Organises peer review evaluation• Establishes and manages grant agreements• Administers scientific and financial aspects and follow-up of grant agreements• Carries out communications activities and ensures information dissemination
to ERC stakeholders
The ERC Scientific Council• 22 prominent researchers proposed by an independent
identification committee• Appointed by the Commission (4 years, renewable once)• Establishes overall scientific strategy; annual work programmes
(incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); peer review methodology; selection and accreditation of experts
• Controls quality of operations and management• Ensures communication with the scientific community
ERC Structure
European Research Council
ERC Scientific Council Members
• Prof. Klaus BOCK (Chemistry)• Prof. Nicholas CANNY (History)• Prof. Sierd A.P.L. CLOETINGH (Earth Sciences)• Prof. Tomasz DIETL (Physics)• Prof. Daniel DOLEV (Computer Sciences) • Prof. Athene DONALD (Biological Physics) • Prof. Carlos M. DUARTE (Biology)• Dr. Barbara ENSOLI (Medicine)• Prof. Daniel ESTEVE (Physics)• Prof. Pavel EXNER (Applied Mathematics & Mathematical Physics), ERC Vice President• Prof. Reinhard GENZEL(Astrophysics)• Prof. Carl-Henrik HELDIN (Molecular Cell Biology), ERC Vice President• Prof. Timothy HUNT (Biology)• Prof. Matthias KLEINER (Engineering)• Prof. Eva KONDOROSI (Biology)• Prof. Henrietta L. MOORE (Social Anthropology) • Prof. Helga NOWOTNY (Science and Technology Studies), ERC President• Prof. Alain PEYRAUBE (Linguistics) • Prof. Mart SAARMA (Biology)• Prof. Anna TRAMONTANO (Biochemistry)• Prof. Isabelle VERNOS (Molecular and Cell Biology) • Prof. Reinhilde VEUGELERS (Economics)
Prof. Don DingwellERC Secretary General
European Research Council
After 6 years of existence…A success story
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Highly recognised by the research community over 3 000 top researchers funded (65% are at an early-
career stage); 58 nationalities represented Working in >500 different institutions in 29 countries Highly competitive (average success rate 12%) 50% of grantees in 50 institutions; “Excellence attracts
excellence” Benchmarking effect, e.g. pan-European competition
among researchers; EU value added Efficient and fast grant management
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Future perspectivesHORIZON 2020
HORIZON 2020 structure: - Excellence Science- Industrial leadership- Societal challenges- EIT- JRC
Excellent Science: reinforcing and extending the excellence of the EU’s science base and consolidating ERA to make EU’s R&I system more competitive on a global scale European Research Council (budget proposal under H2020: € 15 billion) Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Curie Research Infrastructures
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European Research Council
ERC Grant schemes
The European Research Council
European Research Council
Starting Grantsstarters
(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 Grants2 – 4 Principal Investigatorsup 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 Grantsconsolidators
(7-12 years after PhD) up to € 2.75 Mio
for 5 years
European Research Council
ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility• to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice• to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years• to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work• to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators• to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability
of grants)• to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality
label
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Creative freedom of the individual grantee
European Research Council
Flexibility: Additional “start-up” funding for scientists moving to Europe
(EUR 500 000 for Starting and EUR 1 Million for Advanced grantees) Grantee can keep affiliation with home institute outside Europe
(“significant part” of work time in Europe, at least 50%) Team members can be based outside Europe Grantee can move within Europe with the grant
Negotiation: Several European countries/host institutions assist applicants
and reward grantees with top-up funds or long-term professorships
Attractive featuresfor researchers from outside Europe
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ERC funding process Peer Review EvaluationStarting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants
Panel Members are appointed by the ERC Scientific Council 25 Panels covering all fields of science, technology and
scholarship 3 sets of Panels: StG Panels, CoG Panels, AdG Panels Each Panel consists of the Panel Chair
and 10-15 Panel Members Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposals
assigned to his/her panel in collaboration with the ERC staff Evaluation criteria:
Principal Investigator Intellectual capacity and creativity
Commitment
Research projectGround-breaking nature and potential impact
Methodology
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Social Sciences & Humanities
6 panels
Individuals, institutions and marketsInstitutions, values, beliefs and behaviourEnvironment, space and populationThe Human MindCultures and cultural productionThe study of the human past
25 panels for all areas of science
Physical MathematicsSciences Fundamental constituents of matter& Condensed matter physicsEngineering Physical and analytical chemical sciences
Synthetic chemistry and materials10 panels Computer science and informatics
Systems and communication engineering Products and processes engineering Universe sciences Earth system science
Life Molecular and structural biology and biochemistrySciences Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology
Cellular and developmental biology9 panels Physiology, pathophysiology and endocrinology
Neurosciences and neural disordersImmunity and infectionDiagnostic tools, therapies and public healthEvolutionary, population and environmental biologyApplied life sciences and biotechnology
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Eligibility check
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
AdG :2nd Panel meeting
Panel chairs´ meeting Consolidation of 3 main domains
rank lists
Submission of full proposals
Proposals selected for funding
Submission, evaluation and selectionStarting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants
*) Profile of PI, project extended synopsis
1st Panel meeting
StG, CoG: 2nd Panel
meeting incl. interviews of
applicants
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International participation to proposals evaluation
* Number of instances that experts of a certain country of origin are contributing to the ERC peer review
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ERC Competitions 2007-2012
Data as of 19/11/2012
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 4.652 555 11,9
Starting Grant 23.364 22.603 2.021 10,7Advanced 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 2.269 302 13,3
Advanced Grant 10.348 10.041 1.401 14,1Proof of Concept 2011 - 1&2 151 139 51 36,7
Proof of Concept 2012 - 1&2 143 120 60 50,0
Proof of Concept 294 259 111 43,3 * withdrawn and ineligible proposals not taken into account ** percentage of funded proposals in relation to evaluated proposals *** selected
Total number of applications
received
of which
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International participation
The European Research Council
European Research Council Evaluated proposals from researchers with non-ERA* nationalityERC Starting Grant calls 2009 – 2013* ERA = European Research Area
*) all submitted for StG2013
European Research Council European Research Council Evaluated proposals from researchers with non-ERA* nationalityERC Advanced Grant calls 2008 – 2013* ERA = European Research Area
*) all submitted for AdG2013
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Submitted proposals by Mexican researchersERC Starting grant calls 2007 - 2013 ERC Advanced grant calls 2008 – 2013
99% of the Mexican applicants were already resident in various European countries at the time of application (the majority of them in France)
At the time of application • only one Mexican researcher was resident in Mexico • and one in the US (successful application)
FR 11ES 6UK 5DE 3SE 3IE 1IT 1LU 1NL 1DK 1
OTHERS 3Total 36
Country of Host Institution
Submitted applications from Mexican researchersStG calls AdG calls All ERC calls Life Sci Phys&Eng Soc&Hum
34 2 36 13 20 3
European Research Council ERC grantees with a non-ERA* nationalityERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008 – 2012* ERA = European Research Area
Data as of 19/11/2012*) nationality as last declared by the principal investigator
TOTAL number of grantees with non-ERA nationality :152 StG and 79 AdG
European Research Council Grantees with Mexican nationalityERC Starting Calls 2007 – 2012ERC Advanced Calls 2008 - 2012
none of the Mexican grantees were resident in Mexico at the time of application
ERC granteesCountry* Project Title HI Country ** ERC Call Domain Grantees
LONGEVITYBYCAUSE - Cause of Death Contribution to Longevity: Modeling Time Trends. DK StG 2009 Soc Sci & Hum
VDW-CMAT - Van der Waals Interactions in Complex Materials DE StG 2011 Phys Sci & Eng.
NUCLEARPOTENCY - Nuclear foundations of cellular potency FR StG 2011 Life Science*) nationality as last declared by the principal investigator**) current host institution (data as of 19/11/2012)
3Mexico
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Country of residence International grantees ERA nationals TotalArgentina 1 1Australia 1 2 3Brazil 1 1Canada 1 2 3India 2 2Japan 1 1 2Korea 1 1Lebanon 1 1Russia 1 1USA 19 62 81Total 26 70 96
Few grantees from outside ERAMainly researchers moving/returning from the US
Note: Researchers residing outside the European Research Area at the time of application
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EU: 69% Assoc. Countries: 11% non-ERA: 17% Unknown: 3%
Non-ERA researches come mostly from China, US, India, and Russia
Team members: internationalisationBreakdown by nationality (97)(sample of 636 Starting and Advanced projects)
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Non-ERA nationalities among team membersNon-ERA researchers represent 17% of all team members (without PIs) in the sample of 636 ERC projects
661 Non-ERA researches among the 3,845 team members
European Research Council Attracting excellent researchers worldwide ”ERC goes global” campaign targeting top and emerging research locations
South AfricaMarch 2012
India
2013
Brazil, ChileMay 2012
China
2013
Japan , S.-Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong
July 2012
RussiaSept.2012
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand
2013
CanadaFeb.2012
US Texas & Mexico 2013
US West Coast2013 US East Coast
2013
Chile, ArgentinaJan.2013
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NCPs in non-ERA countries
** In the process of being officially nominated
Non-ERA NCPs established as a result of the global campaign
Other non-ERA NCP's
*provisional NCP; official NCP tba
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