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The EC Scheme of Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures
EU-US BILAT Symposium on Research Infrastructures
Roma, 1 October 2010
Elena Righi-SteeleEuropean Commission, DG Research
Transnational Access (TA) activity
A fundamental part of the Research Infrastructures action over successive Framework Programmes
To ensure wider and more efficient access to, and use of, the infrastructures existing in the different MS and AS
EU support is awarded to selected research infrastructures for them to provide access to their facilities free of charge to transnational users (covering Access costs and Travel & Subsistence (T&S) expenses)
Infrastructure must publicise widely the opportunities being offered and arrange for an independent peer-review of proposals submitted to it based on scientific merit
Implemented through:
Individual “TA” contracts (FP2 to FP6)
Integrated Infrastructures Initiatives contracts (FP6 and FP7)
Understanding and monitoring the earth's physical, chemical and biological processes
SAFIRE - ATR 32 research aircraft (CNRS)Capital investment ~ 20 M€, annual operating cost ~ 2 M€
Access offered: 32 flight hours (11000 € / flight hour)
EC funding for Access costs: 350.000 € over 4 years
EC funding for T&S : 65.000 € over 4 years
# of researchers to benefit: 20 # of projects: 4
Transnational Access provisions under FP7 EUFAR Project
SOLEIL synchrotronCapital investment: 250 M€, annual operating cost ~ 20 M€
Access offered: 16 275 beam hours (144 € / beam-hour)
EC funding for Access costs: 590.000 € over 30 months
EC funding for T&S : 270.000 € over 30 months
# of researchers to benefit : 340 # of projects: 170
Transnational Access provisions under FP7 ELISA Project
Evolution of TA activity from FP2 to FP7:Access to an increasing number of facilities
in a wider and wider range of scientific domains
10
48
94120
1830
31
34
113
11
1923
84
144
8
1418
18
119
4029
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
FP2(1987-91)
FP3(1990-94)
FP4(1994-98)
FP5(1998-2002)
FP6(2002-06)
FP7(2007-10)
Nu
mb
er
of
RIs
Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Social Sciences and Humanities
Life Sciences
Environment and Earth Sciences
Engineering and Energy
Physics and Astronomy
Environment
Engineering
Physics
Social Sciences
Computer Sciences
Life Sciences
16
112
69
131
248
total = 557
3,5
3,0
2,72,5
2,4 2,42,3
2,1 2,0 2,01,9 1,8 1,8 1,7 1,7 1,7 1,6 1,6 1,5 1,5 1,4 1,4
1,3 1,3 1,3
1,00,8
0,3
4.5
1,4
0,0
0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
3,0
3,5
4,0
%
Total number of trans-national users over FP6 = 25000
Number of TA users/number of researchers by country
Researchers from all European countries benefit under the TA
action, in particular researchers from
smaller countries
90% of the FP6 users have declared that they would not have been able to carry out their work at the RI without EC support
(Source: 5050 filled questionnaires http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/questionnaire.htm)Reasons
:
NOT ELIGIBLE APPLIC. TOO DIFFICULT
UNABLE TO PAY UF UNABLE TO PAY T&S
European researchers consider the TA action to be essential to have access to RIs
30 36 359 16 23
FP2 (1987-91)
FP3 (1990-94)
FP4 (1994-98)
FP5 (1998-2002)
FP6 (2002-06)
FP7 (2007-13)
Annual budget for TA (M€ / year)
Number of RIs
Users / year
Where we are in FP7
Evolution from FP2 to FP7
6300(estimated)
556
6000
248
Budget for TA did not grow in FP7 considering available budget and
other essential objectives to be addressed
0
50
100
150
200
250
FP2(1987-91)
FP3(1990-94)
FP4(1994-98)
FP5(1998-2002)
FP6(2002-06)
FP7(2007-13)
Bu
dg
et (
M€
/yea
r)
RSFF
Support measures
e-infrastructures
New infrastructures ( DS and construction)
Joint research and Networking activities
Transnational Access
Summary
• Very successful programme with:
more than 550 Research Infrastructures supported for TA in FP7
covering all scientific domains (60 I3s) providing access to researchers from all European
countries with particular benefit to smaller countries
• Problems with current level of funding limiting access opportunities
• Challenge for FP8 to increase the level of support for existing research infrastructures and to optimise its impact
Transnational Accessto Research Infrastructures