RESEARCH GRANTS & CONTRACTS OFFICE

School of Art Research Day - Horizon 2020

5th February 2014

Juan Vidal

SUMMARY

Research Grants and Contracts Office Overview of Horizon 2020 European Research Council Marie Sklodowska-Curie Societal Challenges Opportunities for Social Sciences and

Humanities in Horizon 2020 Where to find more information on Horizon

2020 And finally... some non-research EU funding

schemes that you might want to consider

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS OFFICE

Research Grants and Contracts Office: Provides information on funding Assists in the preparation of applications Advises on contracts Undertakes project accounting and financial

reporting Provides management information for research Promotes research within the College Provides financial and contractual administration

of consultancy projects

WHO TO CONTACT IN RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS OFFICE

Applications Accounting

School of Art’s non-EU research grants

George Eyre Rassi Pelpola

School of Art’s EU research grants

Juan Vidal Marion Barthram

Consultancy Claire Bensusan Marion Barthram

OVERVIEW OF HORIZON 2020

WHAT IS HORIZON 2020

The European Union’s funding instrument for research and innovation from 2014-2020

Budget of €70.2 billion From research to innovation – from basic

research to bringing ideas to the market Focus on societal challenges that the EU member

states are facing (e.g. health, clean energy, food security, integrated transport)

HORIZON 2020 STRUCTURE

Excellent ScienceEuropean Research

Council (ERC)

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Research Infrastructures

Industrial Leadership

Leadership in Enabling and

Industrial Technologies (LEIT) -

ICT, KETs, Space

Access to Risk Finance

Innovation in SMEs

Societal Challenges

Health and Wellbeing

Food security

Transport

Energy

Climate action

Societies

Security

Widening Participation; Science with and for Society

EXCELLENT SCIENCE

Total budget €21.6 billion Overall objective: “to strengthen the

excellence of European research” Mostly operates on a “bottom-up” basis Four funding programmes

European Research Council Future Emerging Technology

Funds collaborative frontier research Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Infrastructures

Funding mechanism for Europe-wide infrastructures to support research

INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP

Main programme under this pillar funds collaborative top-down research Leadership in Enabling and Industrial

Technologies (LEIT) Risk Financing Innovation to SME’s

Focused on applied research and innovation activities

SOCIETAL CHALLENGESChallenge Objectives

Health Improve lifelong health and wellbeing

Food security Secure sufficient supplies of safe and high quality food and other bio-based products

Energy Transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system

Transport

Resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, safe, seamless, and performing transport system for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.

Climate and resources

Resource efficient and climate change resilient economy and a sustainable supply of raw materials

Societies Foster inclusive, innovative and secure European societies

EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL

ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 1

Starting Grants Consolidator Grants Advanced Grants Synergy Grants Proof of Concept Grants

ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 2

Starting Grant

ConsolidatorGrant

Advanced Grant

Deadline 2014 25 March 20 May 21 October

Budget 2014 (No. grants awarded)

€485 million (370)

€713 million (400)

€450 million (200)

Deadline 2015 3 February 12 March 2 June

Budget 2015(No. grants awarded)

€411 million (315)

€603 million(340)

€640 million(285)

Max Size of grant

€1.5 million + €0.5 million start-up

€2.0 million + €0.75 million start-up

€2.5 million + €1.0 million start-up

Summary of Main Grant Schemes

ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 3

Three research domains Indicative split between the domains

Physical Science & Engineering 44% Life Sciences 39% Social Sciences & Humanities 17%

SH1 Markets, Individuals and Institutions - Economics, finance and management

SH2 The Social World, Diversity and Common Ground – Sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, science and technology studies.

SH 3 Environment, Space and Population – Sustainability science, demography, geography, regional studies and planning

ERC FUNDING SCHEMES 4 SH4 The Human Mind and its Complexity – Cognitive

science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy of mind, education

SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production – Literature, philology, cultural studies, arts, philosophy

SH 6 The Study of Human Past – Archaeology and histroy

Open to any nationality Funding for best “frontier research” –

research excellence the only criteria Lead by a single PI, supported by a research

team

ERC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 1

Starting GrantSpecific eligibility criteria: Principal Investigator shall have been

awarded his/her first PhD ≥ 2 and ≤ 7 years prior to the publication date of the call for

proposals of the ERC Starting Grant (for 2014 the publication date is 11th December 2013)

ERC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 2

Consolidator GrantSpecific eligibility criteria: Principal Investigator shall have been

awarded his/her first PhD > 7 and ≤ 12 years prior to the publication date of the call for

proposals of the ERC Consolidator Grant (for 2014 the publication date is 11th December 2013)

ERC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 3

Advanced Grant No specific eligibility criteria instead look at

10 year track record. Benchmark (meet at least one of the criteria)

10 publications as senior author in major international peer-reviewed journals/peer-reviewed conference proceedings

3 major monographs, of which one is translated into another language

Plus – 10 invited presentations at major conferences or advanced schools; organised 3 well-establish conferences/congresses; major artistic prizes/awards; membership of Academies;

ERC BUDGETS 1

Eligible costs: Principal Investigator’s salary costs Cost of senior “researchers” at the College or

at other institutions Post-doctoral researchers and other research

staff (such as technicians) PhD student stipends Direct costs such as equipment,

consumables, travel and subsistence, payments to participants, field work costs, and open access publication charges

ERC BUDGETS 2

Will fund 100% of direct costs + 25% indirect costs, except for sub-contracts (typically audit fees) which are only funded at 100% of direct costs i.e.

PI 50,000

PDRA 250,000

Equipment 700,000

Sub-contract (Audit Fees)

5,000

Sub-total 1,005,000

Indirect 250,000

TOTAL ERC Contribution 1,255,000

HOW TO PREPARE AN ERC BID 1

Proposals are submitted via the Research and Innovation Participants Portal

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/

Same portal is used to identify opportunities, and manage awarded grants

The bid consists of two main sections – Part A and the Part B.

The Part A will consist of a title page with summary, contact information for the PI and the College, and a summary budget

HOW TO PREPARE AN ERC BID 2

Part B split into multiple sections Cover page

Includes 2000 word summary & if cross-disciplinary, 1000 word justification of the cross-disciplinary nature

Part B1 consists of: Extended synopsis: 5 pages – show how

proposed research is ground breaking CV: 2 pages Funding ID: - list of on-going grants & grant

applications Achievement track record: 2 pages

HOW TO PREPARE AN ERC BID 3

Part B2 Detailed scientific proposal: 15 pages

State of the art objectives Methodology Resources required (including breakdown &

justification of costs) Template for starting grant available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/call_ptef/pt/h2020-call-pt-erc-stg_en.pdf

Template for consolidator grants available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/call_ptef/pt/h2020-call-pt-erc-cog_en.pdf

EVALUATION

Two-stage evaluation Stage 1 evaluate the extended synopsis and

CV Stage 2 evaluate the full proposal Evaluate both research & PI

Ground breaking nature research Scientific approach Intellectual capacity and creativity Commitment to spending at least 50% on the

project and at least 50% in EU Member state or Associated Country

MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE

SCHEMES UNDER MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE

Research and Staff Exchange (RISE) Individual Fellowships (IF) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) Co-funding of regional, national and

international programmes (COFUND)

Deadlines• RISE 24th April• ITN 9th April• IF will be published 12th March for 11th

September deadline

SUMMARY OF RISE

Funds two-way exchanges of staff between academic and non-academic institutions

Promotes knowledge exchange, networking and workshops

Total budget of €70 million Flat rate funding

Top funding for personnel €2,000/person month Institution gets €1,000/person month for

research, training and network costs, and €700/person month for management & indirect costs

30 page proposal – no details available yet on format of proposal

INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS 1

About the career development of “experienced” researchers (defined as 5+ years research experience from their degree)

Two types of fellowship: European Fellowships – held in EU Member state

or associate county, 12 – 24 months in duration Global Fellowships – secondment to third country

of 12 – 24 months with mandatory 12 month return to EU Member state

INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS

€240.5 million for 2014, of which €29 million for global fellowships

Flat rate budget

* Adjusted by country coefficient, so will get €5,593.95/month in UK

Monthly living allowance

Monthly Mobility Allowance

Monthly FamilyAllowance

€4,650* €600 €500

Research, Training and Network Costs

Management and Indirect costs

€800 €650

FORMAT OF IF

Part A General information about the proposal Data on participating organisations Budget (in terms of requested researcher

months) Ethics table Information on partner organisations

Part B CV of the Experienced researcher Description of the research

infrastructure/capacity of the organisation Description of any research partners Max 10 pages excluding CV & annexes

EVALUATION OF IF

INNOVATIVE TRAINING NETWORKS

Three types of ITN: European Training Networks (ETN) European Industrial Networks (EIN) European Joint Doctorates (EJD)

Total budget for this call €405.18 million, with €25.5 million allocated to EIN and €30 million allocated to EJD

All ITN require the mobility of the Early Career Researchers

Projects run for 48 months, and Early Career Researchers are recruited for between 3 and 36 months

ETN

ETN: Minimum of 3 beneficiaries in at least 3 different

EU Member States or Associated Countries Typically 6 – 10 participants, must involve non-

academic participants May apply for maximum of 540 researcher

months per network Researchers will typically be enrolled on a PhD

EIN

EIN: Minimum of 2 participants, 1 academic and 1

non-academic, located in different EU Member States or Associated Countries

Maximum of 540 researcher months for Networks with more than two participants, otherwise maximum 180 researcher months

Researchers must spend 50% of their time at the non-academic participant, plus up to 30% at other beneficiaries

Must be enrolled for a PhD

EJD

EJD: Minimum of 3 academic participants from 3

different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Above this minimum may include participants from any sector

May apply for maximum of 540 researcher months per network

As a minimum researchers must be enrolled for a Joint Doctorate

The network must provide Joint/Double or Multiple Doctoral Degrees

BUDGET UNDER ITN

Flat rate budget

Monthly living allowance

Monthly Mobility Allowance

Monthly FamilyAllowance

€3,110* €600 €500

* Adjusted by country coefficient, so will get €3,741.33/month in UK

Research, Training and Network Costs

Management and Indirect costs

€1,800 €1,200

FORMAT OF ITN 1

Part A General information about the proposal Data on participating organisations Budget (in terms of requested researcher

months) Ethics table Information on partner organisations

FORMAT OF ITN 2

Part B List of Participants 1. Summary 2. Excellence 3. Impact 4. Implementation Gantt chart 5. Capabilities of the participating organisations 6. Ethical aspects Letters of commitment

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-itn-2014/1590152-itn_2014_-_guide_for_applicants_1.2_en.pdf

EVALUATION OF ITN

SOCIETAL CHALLENGES

Collaborative projects requiring consortia, typically require at least 3 organisations from three different EU member states or Associated Countries

University funded at 100% of direct costs + 25% indirect costs (except for sub-contracts)

SELECTED CALLS UNDER SOCIETAL CHALLENGES

Reflective Societies: Cultural Heritage and European Identities Innovative ecosystems of digital cultural assets

21/4/14 Social platform on reflective societies 3/6/14 Emergence and transmission of European cultural

heritage and Europenisation 1/7/14 European cohesion, regional and urban policies and

the perceptions of Europe 1/7/14 Cultural heritage of war in contemporary Europe

1/7/14 Cultural opposition in the former socialist countries

1/7/14 Advanced 3D modelling for accessing and

understanding European cultural assets 30/9/14

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN HORIZON 2020

Some concern that there are less opportunities for social sciences and humanities that under FP7

Net4society – a network of National Contact Points for Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities have prepared advice on social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020: http://www.net4society.eu/ http://www.net4society.eu/_

media/NET4SOCIETY_Opportunities_SSHresearchers_2014_2015_final.pdf

WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION

UKRO web-site: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/Pages/UKRO.aspx

UKRO subscriber services (regular e-mails on which EU funding call have been published and UKRO training sessions for ERC/Marie Sklodowska-Curie events)

RGCO web-site: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/rgco/otherservices/events.shtml

Funding Opportunities section of the Research & Innovation Participants Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html

OTHER SCHEMES TO CONSIDER

These schemes are not supported by RGCO as they are primarily for teaching and learning: Erasmus+ - fund visits/teaching activities at

partner institutions in EU: http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/, http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/

Jean Monet – fund various programmes to support European Union studies: http://ec.europa.eu/education/opportunities/jean-monnet/teaching-research_en.htm

Culture programme – new programme expected to be agreed in 2014