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Information about ERC – Information about ERC – the European Research Councilthe European Research Council
• What is ERC?• Call for Advanced Investigator Grants• Outcome first call for Starting Independent Researcher Grants
Why ERC?Why ERC?
Initiative came from researchers in Europe Enforce basic research in Europe (retain,
repatriate, recruit) Increase quality by competing on an
international level Raise the level of ambition Complement national support for basic research On the basis on excellence as the sole criterion First pan-European funding agency for frontier
research
FP7 FP7 IdeasIdeas Programme ProgrammePart of the Seventh EU Research Part of the Seventh EU Research Framework ProgrammeFramework Programme (FP7(FP7
Creates the ERC (new “institution”) – Feb 2007: Scientific Council (ScC) Dedicated Implementation Structure (DIS)
Provides funding – € 7.51 bn (2007-2013): around 15% of FP7 budget average budget: € ~1 bn per year
Sets overall objectives for researchand operating principles
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ERC ActorsERC Actors
The Scientific CouncilIndependent scientific governance
Consists of 22 eminent researchers (incl. 3 Nobel laureates)
The Agency (Dedicated Implementation Structure, ERC-DIS)Practical implementation and management of operations
The European UnionProviding the financial means, guarantor of ERC’s autonomy
OrganisationOrganisation
ERC Board(5)
President2 Vice Presidents
Secretary General
Director EA
Executive Agency (EA)
EA Director
EuropeanCommissionCommissioner
Director General
ERCScientific Council
22 membersPresident
2 vice presidents
SeniorEC Officials
IdentificationCommittee
The ERC BoardThe ERC Board
• Prof. Fotis KafatosERC President and Chair of the ScC
• Prof. Helga Nowotny, Dr Daniel EsteveERC Vice-Presidents and Vice-Chairs of ERC ScC
• Prof. Ernst-Ludwig WinnackerERC Secretary-General
• Jack MettheyDirector of ERC DIS(Directorate S)
ERC Grant schemesERC Grant schemesStrategic principlesStrategic principles
All fields of science and scholarship are eligible investigator-driven, bottom-up, frontier research
Excellence is the only valid criterion Principal Investigator + research project
Investment in research talent Attractive, flexible grants, up to five years
under control of the Principal Investigator
Independent individual teams in Europe nationality of researchers is not relevant
host organisation to be located in EU or Associated Country
ERC Grant schemesERC Grant schemes“Individual Research Team” Concept“Individual Research Team” Concept
– Individual Research Teams• headed by a single team leader who is the “Principal
Investigator” (PI)• PI can be of any age, nationality or country of residence• if necessary, the PI can include additional team members
meeting the needs of the project• Advanced Grants only: for interdisciplinary projects, the PI
can choose a co-investigator(s) from related discipline(s)
– PI’s host institution• Located in an EU Member State or Associated Country
ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesLaunch Strategy of ERC Scientific CouncilLaunch Strategy of ERC Scientific Council
Retain – Repatriate – RecruitRetain – Repatriate – Recruit Favour “brain gain” and “reverse brain drain”
increase competition, recognition and international visibility for excellent individual scientists and scholars in Europe
ERC Advanced Grant: attract & reward established independent research leaders
Keep (young) researchers in Europe
improve career opportunities and independence - especially for young researchers
ERC Starting Grant: attract & retain the next generation of independent research leaders
ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesEvaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole Evaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole criterioncriterion
Evaluation of Excellence at three levels:
• Quality of Principal Investigator
• Quality of Research Project
• Research Environment
Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria 1 and 2 numerically, which will result in the ranking of the proposals
Criteria 3 will be considered on a "pass/fail" basis and commented but not scored
ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant Schemes
Peer Review Evaluation PanelsPeer Review Evaluation Panels
25 Panels covering all fields of science, technology and scholarship
Each Panel consists of the Panel Chairand 10-15 Panel Members
Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposals assigned to his/her panel in collaboration with the ERC staff
The Panel Chair gives high level credibility stamp and visibility to the whole evaluation process
ERC Advanced GrantERC Advanced Grant (ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)(ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)
Designed to support excellent investigator-initiated frontier research projects by established independent research leaders
Targeting researchers who have already established their independence as team leaders and are exceptional leaders in terms of significance of their research achievements (in the last 10 years)
up to 5 years, up to € 2,5 (3,5) Mio. per grant
~2500 Advanced Grants over 7 years of FP7
(2007-2013)
ERC Advanced GrantERC Advanced GrantFirst call: ERC-2007-AdG1 (30 Nov 2007)First call: ERC-2007-AdG1 (30 Nov 2007)
Indicative Budget: € 517 Mio
(39 % PE, 34 % LS, 14 % HS & 13% interdisciplinary domain)
Single submission (1 stage, 2 step evaluation)
Electronic submission via EPSS
3 deadlines, 3 domains, 25 panels (10 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH) Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE) on 28th February (907)
Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) on 18th March (403)
Life Sciences (LS) on 22nd April (?)
If same success rate as in FP6 (4,3%), 11 AdG to Sweden (4 PE, 4 LS, 2 HS, 1 “interdisciplinary”?)
ERC Advanced Grant ERC Advanced Grant Managing high demand for grantsManaging high demand for grants
Maximise call budget By combining budgets over 2 successive years (only one application
per researcher in either 2008 or 2009)
Encourage the best to apply Excellent track record (in recent years) Strong leadership profile
Discourage trivial or low-quality applications Applications should be substantive (one-stage submission with two
stage evaluation) Re-application rules: Disincentives to submission of not well
prepared or not highest quality application
ERC Starting GrantERC Starting Grant(ERC Starting Independent Researcher (ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant )Grant )
Support researchers at the beginning of their career, establishing or consolidating their own independent research team
Provide a structure for transition from working under a supervisor to an independent research leader
up to 5 years, up to € 2 million per
grant
~1400 Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7
(2007-2013)
ERC-2007-StG ERC-2007-StG Evaluation: overviewEvaluation: overview
334 M€ available forthis call
~ 300 projects (~ 3 %)
Stage 2 evaluation: ~ 50%
was retained
559 retained proposals
representing
about 535 M€
Stage 1 evaluation: ~ 6 %
retained
8794 proposalsevaluated
representing
about 10 B€
value of requested funding
Statistics all applicationsStatistics all applications 9167 applications recieved
386 applications were ineligble
Scientific domains: 48 %Physics, Mathematics & Engineering (45 %) 37 % Life Science (40 %) 15 % Social Sciences & Humanities (15 %)
Host institutions in 34 countries
Average age 36 years
30 % ♀
Statistics stage 2 (559 applications)Statistics stage 2 (559 applications)
Scientific domains: 45 %Physics, Mathematics & Engineering (45 %) 37 % Life Science (40 %) 18 % Social Sciences & Humanities (15 %)
Host institutions in 21 countries Average age 36 years 24 % ♀ 85 % from EU 4 % researchers active ouside of EU (> 1 % non-
EU nationality)
Applications from SwedenApplications from Sweden
• 454 eligible applications from Sweden (5 % of total)
• 19 applications to stage 2 (3 % of the selected)• Scientific domains of the 19 applications:
– 10 % (2) Social Sciences (18 %)– 42 % (8) Physics, Mathematics and Engineering
(45 %)– 47 % (9) Life Science (37 %)
• 21 % ♀ (24 %)
The 19 applications came from….The 19 applications came from….
Distribution Swedish Host Institutions stage 2
Chalmers - 1st
GU - 3st
KI - 5st
KTH - 2st
LIU - 1st
LU - 2st
SU - 3st
UmU - 1stUU - 1st
Total 19 st
Preliminary outcomePreliminary outcome
32 nationalities ~ 170 host institutions 21 countries 26 % ♀ Average age: 35 år To Sweden ~ 11 grants (3,7 % if 300 grants)
Preliminary outcome for SwedenPreliminary outcome for Sweden• 11 grants
– 4 LS (36 %), 5 PE (45%) & 2 HS (18 %)– 9 % ♀ (1)
Fördelning svenska värdinstitutionerpreliminärt beviljade
Chalmers - 1st
GU - 1st
KI - 2st
KTH - 1st
LU - 1st
SU - 3st
UmU - 1st
UU - 1st
Preliminärt totalt 11 st
More information….More information….
• Next call will open summer 08 with deadline(s) in the fall 08
• Information day about next call 2 or 3 of June (see vr.se)
• ERC website http://erc.europa.eu (News alerts)• ERC helpdesk (
https://www.epss-fp7.org/epss/helpdesk.jsp)