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European Research Council
FP7 IDEAS Programme
The European Research CouncilAn overview with focus on international participation
ERC EA Unit A1 Support to the Scientific 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 strategySupport by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous)Excellence as the only criterion
Budget: € 7.5billion (2007-2013) - 1.1 billion €/year
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ERC Structure
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 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 (25 panels for all areas of science)
• Controls quality of operations and management• Ensures communication with the scientific community
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more than 2.600 funded proposals, 58% of them StG in more than 480 different host institutions in 26 countries,
total 4 billion but “excellence attracts excellence”: 50% of PIs in 50
institutions highly competitive: average success rate 12 % strong structuring effects: competition among European
researchers for first time ever, EU value added strengthening peer-review-based evaluation systems in
Europe
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After 5 years of existence…A success story
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Starting Grantsstarters (2-7 years after PhD)
consolidators (7-12 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 Granting schemes
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Two main ERC grant schemes
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Starting Grant• Attract/retain next-generation leaders
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• Up to € 2 Million for 5 years€ 500 000 ‘set up’ funds for thosemoving from overseas
Advanced Grant • Attract/retain current world-leaders• Up to € 3.5 Million for 5 years
€ 1 Million ‘set up’ funds for thosemoving from overseas
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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
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Incentive: Additional “start-up” funding for scientists moving to Europe
(EUR 500 000 for Starting and EUR 1 Million for Advanced grantees)
Flexibility: Grantee can keep affiliation with home institute outside Europe (“significant part” of work time in Europe) Team members can be based outside Europe Grantee can move within Europe with the grant
Negotiation: Several European countries/host institutes 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 and Advanced Grants
Panel Members are appointed by the ERC Scientific Council
25 Panels covering all fields of science, technology and scholarship
2 sets of Panels: StG Panels, AdG Panels
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
Evaluation criteria:
Principal Investigator
Intellectual capacity and creativityCommitment
Research project
Ground-breaking nature and potential impactMethodology
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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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Speeding up the discovery process: ERC Synergy grant
2012 work programme on a pilot basis 2 – 4 Principal Investigators; complementary skills,
knowledge & resources; to jointly address frontier research problems
Up to €15m for up to six years
Based on ERC principles (no consortia, no networks):• bottom-up and risk-taking• driven by scientific demand• PIs expected to spend significant “core time” together • only one Host Institution, but groups not required to be
physically located in the same place
710 submissions to the first Synergy Call
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More information on ERC
Ideas NCPs http://erc.europa.eu/national-contact-points
ERC Website http://erc.europa.eu
ERC Helpdesk http://erc.europa.eu/about-erc/links
Quarterly ERC e-newsletter and e-News Alerts
Euraxess-Jobs http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/index
EU delegation to South Africa http://www.eusa.org.za/en/contacts/
New ERC calls Expected Publication Deadline
Starting 2013 10 July 2012 17 Oct. 2012Consolidator 2013 7 Nov. 2012 21 Feb. 2013
Advanced 2013 10 July 2012 22 Nov. 2012
Synergy 2013 10 Oct. 2012 10 Jan. 2013
PoC 2013 January 2013