Journée d’information 7e PCRD21 Septembre 2006 - Grenoble

Brigitte Sambain, Jean-Emmanuel Faure European Commission, DG Research

Research Infrastructures: Towards FP7

“Capacities” Specific Programme

1. Research Infrastructures

2. Research for the benefit of SMEs

3. Regions of Knowledge

4. Research Potential

5. Science in Society

6. Activities of International Cooperation

Science in Society

7%

INCO5%

Research Infrastructures

44%

SMEs32%

Research Potential

9%

Regions of Knowledge

3%

SP Capacities budget

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150

200

300

LIP (FP2)

HCM (FP3)

TMR (FP4)

IHP (FP5)

FP6

New InfrastructuresIntegrated InitiativesNetworks / CARTD ProjectsAccess

eRI

eRI

FP7

eRI

Increased yearly budget over FPs

+ 40%

A definition for Research Infrastructures

• Term refers to “facilities”, “resources” and related “services” that are needed by the research community to conduct research in all scientific and technological fields

• Definition covers: major equipments, knowledge based resources (collections, archives,…), enabling ICT-based infrastructures (Géant, Grids,…) and any other entity of a unique nature used for research

Research Infrastructures are at the core of the knowledge Triangle

ResearchResearch EducationEducation

InnovationInnovation

Researchinfrastructures

Objectives of the Research Infrastructures actions

§ Optimising the use and development of the best research infrastructures existing in Europe

§ Helping to create in all fields of S & T new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the European scientific community

FP7 will continue supporting the integration of existing RIs

• Integrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field

• Development of e-infrastructures in support of scientific research

Implementation through:

• Bottom-up calls for proposals open to all fields of science

• Targeted calls implemented in cooperation with thematic areas

The I3 model under FP7

• The three types of activities will be compulsory

• At least three independent legal entities established in three different Member States or Associated States. At least one of these legal entities must operate a research infrastructure

• Operators of research infrastructures, universities and other public research organisations as well as industry, for example equipment manufacturers

FP7 will also increase support to new research infrastructures

• Design studies: to support feasibility studies and technical preparatory work for new research infrastructures of clear European dimension and interest (through bottom-up calls)

• Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing ones

The list of projects to be supported will be based on the work conducted by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)

What is ESFRI?

• A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

• Launched in April 02

• Brings together representatives of the 25 Member States,7 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)

ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forumon Research Infrastructures

ESFRI’sESFRI’s role and ambitionsrole and ambitions

• To jointly reflect on the development of policies for pan-European Research Infrastructures

• To prepare a European Roadmap (with regular updates as different areas mature)

• To act as an incubator for concrete RI projects with pan-European interest… but it is not a decision making body

ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forumon Research Infrastructures

Objectives of the ESFRI Roadmap(scheduled for October 2006)

• Identification of new research infrastructures or major upgrades which correspond to the needs of European research communities

• Tool for decision makers, preventing over-provision of facilities in particular areas

• Providing a focus for long term budgetary planning by funding actors

• Criteria for entering the roadmap: scientific and concept case (maturity)

ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forumon Research Infrastructures

ESFRI

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Biological and Medical Sciences

Social Sciences and Humanities

Structuration of the ESFRI work

eIRG

Soft X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

European Cultural Heritage

Clinical and Translational research

EIROs

A two-stage process:

• The preparatory phase- restricted calls targeting projects identified on

the ESFRI Roadmap, in a first stepF to support the finalisation of the construction plans, of the legal organisation and of the management aspects

Construction of new Research Infrastructures under FP7

• The implementation phase- developed following the satisfactory

achievement of the preparatory phase

The challenge: increased use of financial engineering for new

research infrastructures

Inclusion in Specific RTD

Programme(s)

Inclusion in FEDER

RELEX strategicplans

Stakeholdersincl. EIROs

Member states European Commission

Inclusion in national

Programmes

Projects

EIB

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FP7 Accompanying measures

Support measures, through a mixed bottom-up / top down approach, for:

– the development of a European policy for RI – the development of international cooperation– the coordination of research infrastructures in

emerging areas

• A increased budget over FP7

• Targeted calls

• Trans-national Access only within IntegratingActivities

• Support to the construction or major upgrade of Research Infrastructures: A vision for the next 10-20 years

Novelties of the FP7 actions for Research infrastructures

The Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3) under FP6

I3 projects under FP6

• 516 M€ for I3 projects, out of 732 M€

• Objectives of I3 projects:

– Wider and more efficient access to and use of the research infrastructures exiting in the different Member States and Associated States

– Structure better and integrate, on a European scale, the way research infrastructures operate and foster their joint development in terms of capacity and performance

• DG RTD: 30 projects, 227 infrastructures supported

Networking Activities

• Co-operation between the participants in the project and the scientific communities benefiting from the research infrastructure

• Forms of activities:– Towards the users: training, studies, feedback,

coordination…– Towards good practice: exchange, exchange of

personnel and visits, standards and quality…– Towards virtual infrastructures: Web-site, common

softwares, databases, data management…– Technical workshops, forums, working groups and

studies…

Trans-national Access activities

• Provide trans-national access to researchers or research teams to one or more infrastructures among those operated by participants

• Managed by the contractors: Call for proposals

• Forms of access (managed by the contractors):– "Hands on" access– Remote access: electronic– Remote access: samples…

• More than 17000 « hands on » users and tensof thousands remote users

Joint Research Activities

• Explore new fundamental technologies or techniques underpinning the efficient and joint use of the participating research infrastructures -> To improve the services provided by the infrastructures (in quality and/or quantity)

• Forms of activities:– Prototype development and installation upgrade– Development of methods, protocols, standards…– Development of software, middleware, algorithm;

Database creation, upgrade, curation…– Development and curation of samples

EUPRIM-Net (Biomedical Sciences)

ØRefinement, Reduction, Replacement (« 3 Rs »)

EC contribution: ~4.7 M€ TA (~1.3 M€):• Gene, tissue, cell, gamete and serum banks• Experimental animals

NA (~1.7 M€):• Standards (SOPs for quarantine and

experiments)• Training on handling (blood sampling,

injections…)• Courses and textbook (primate behaviour,

husbandry, nutrition…)

JRA (~1.7 M€):• Molecular typing methods• Pathogen detection assays • Telemetry prototyping

Integrating European primate centres

EUSAAR (Environment)

Integrating European research infrastructures for the measurements of atmospheric properties

EC contribution: 5.1 M€TA (~0.2 M€):11 ground-based stations for atmospheric research

NA (~3.2 M€):• Standards and exchange of good practices on

sampling, measurement and analysis of aerosol parameters

• Training on aerosol sampling and measurements• Web portal and Database on aerosol products

JRA (1.7 M€):• Methodology for determining aerosol optical

density• Standard procedures for aerosol hygroscopic

growth determination• A real time data collection of aerosol

measurements

ØA network of research stations exploiting the diversity of regional backgrounds

IA-SFS (Analytical Facilities)

ØOffering a common access platform and triggering coherent future developments

TA (~19 M€):• 15 installations, with 4000 users from a very

broad spectrum of disciplines

NA (~2 M€):• Specialized workshops, conferences and schools

(support areas of transnational cooperation)• Exchange of scientists

JRA (~6 M€):• European platform for Protein Crystallography• Development of:

• Instrumentation for Femtosecond Pulses• Diffractive x-ray optics• Superconducting Undulator• Photoinjector for X-ray Free Electron Lasers

Integrating Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser facilities

EC contribution: 27 M€

ESSi (Social Sciences)

ØProviding high survey standards of social measurement in Europe (2005 Descartes Prize)

TA (~0.4 M€):• On-line access to European Social Survey (ESS)

data

NA (~2.7 M€):• Quality enhancement (common survey protocols)• Training in comparative survey methodology• Improved ESS web-site

JRA (~2.9 M€):• Development of mixed modes for data collection• Investigate ways of improving

representativeness• Improve the reliability and validity of questions in

cross-cultural surveys• Development of appropriate attitudinal social

indicators

Integrating social measurement in Europe

EC contribution: ~6 M€

EGEE & EGEE II (e-Infrastructures)

ØCross-disciplinarity; International dimension

Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe

USA

EC funding: 31.9 + 37 M€SA (~34 M€):• Shared use of resources across > 1.000 user

sites, integrating over 20.000 CPUs, 5 PB of storage, instrumentation and informational resources on top of a high bandwidth network

NA (~21.9 M€):• Training of users, dissemination and outreach• Linking with major infrastructures worldwide• Integration of new user communities• Policy support for shared use of ICT resources

JRA (~13 M€):• Development of multiplatform middleware and

connectivity, authentication and security• Quality assurance

Main characteristics of an average I3

• Average number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access

• Average EC contribution: ~10 M€Management: ~ 6%Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 36% Joint Research Activities: ~ 43%

• Helping develop medium & long-term visions / action plans at EU level (Lisbon)

• Stimulating use and pooling of resources (not achievable at national level)

• Tackling fragmentation of resources and efforts and enhance efficiency and effectiveness

• Fostering human capacity and excellence

Goals of the actions under FP6 and FP7 - Conclusions

Looking for catalysing, leveraging, additionalityand managerial effects

• Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6)http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/

• List of funded projects (FP6)http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects.htm

• ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures)http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html

• Specific Programme Capacities http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm

• FP7 Proposalhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

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