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The European Research Council

The European Research Council. Dr Pascal Dissard European Research Council Executive Agency Research Programme Officer - Unit B3 – Advanced Grant Unit ERC visit to Brazil 11-18 May, 2010. FP7 IDEAS Programme The ERC Calls 2007 – 2009: an overview. Jack Metthey ERC Executive Agency

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The European Research Council

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  1. The European Research Council Dr Pascal Dissard European Research Council Executive AgencyResearch Programme Officer- Unit B3 – Advanced Grant UnitERC visit to Brazil 11-18 May, 2010

  2. FP7 IDEAS ProgrammeThe ERC Calls 2007 – 2009: an overview

  3. Jack Metthey ERC Executive Agency Director ad interim Prof. Fotis Kafatos ERC Honorary President The ERC BoardLinking strategy and operations Prof. Helga Nowotny • ERC President Dr. Daniel Esteve ERC Vice-President Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell ERC Secretary-General │ 3 │ 3

  4. ERC Executive AgencyOrganisation chart per 1/12/2009 DIR Director’s Office J. METTHEY (Director Ad Interim) A2 Communications M. Gaudina CAO Chief Accountant S. WALA IAO Internal Audit Capability M. HENNESSY A1 Support to the Scientific Council P. AMOR(acting) Scientific Management Department G. NAGY (Acting HoD) Support Services Department Y. PATERNOSTER Grant Management Department P. AMOR D3 Programming, Monitoring, Legal matters and Risk Management M. Olivan -Aviles B1 Process Management and Review B.TUBBING B3 Advanced Grant G. NAGY C1 Grant Preparation T. PROST C2 Payment and Controls M. MAY C3 Grant Closure & Termination J. BRODERSEN D1 IT Tools Development and Management M. VANBIERVLIET D2 Human Resources, Budget and Infrastructure C. LENARDUZZI B2 Starting Grant A. MARTIN-HOBDEY 4

  5. The ERC paradigm • A radical shift in policy: pan-European competition to advance excellent ideas of individuals • Support for excellent individual researchers to push the frontiers of science • Support for the early independence of young researchers • Industry participation is welcome

  6. Budget (2007-2013): • 7.51 billion Euro (~ 15% of FP7 Budget) • ~1 billion Euro/year

  7. ERC – factsStG 2007 – AdG 2009 • ~ 800 panel members • ~ 2000 reviewers • 1059 selected PI´s • ~ 1000 signed projects │ 7

  8. The evaluation process • 2 Steps • Step 1: synopsis • Step 2: full proposal (+ interview for Starting Grants) • Panels • ~ 12 panel members (inc. 1 Chair) • 1 coordinator (ERC scientific officer) • ~ 4 panel members / proposal (+ experts from other panels for cross-panels or cross-domains proposals) • + remote referees in step 2

  9. ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007, 2008 & 2009Submitted proposals by domain Number of proposals │ 9

  10. European Research Council Success rates in ERC calls AdG 2008 AdG 2009 StG 2007 StG 2009

  11. ERC Starting Grant 2009, 2010 calls Submission : Applicants from Third countries Overall number StG2009 = 154 (6%) / StG2010 = 235 (8%) Bynationality at the time of application Brazil

  12. StG 2010: Outcome Step1 evaluation Submitted proposals Proposals retained to step2 Physical Sciences & Engineering 1205 (42%) 358 (46%) Life Sciences 1029 (36%) 267 (34%) Social Sciences & Humanities 154 (20%) 639 (22%) Success Rate 27% Total = 779 Total = 2873

  13. AdG2008 AdG2009 AdG2010 Submissions in AdG 2008, 2009 and 2010 2167 2009 1584 │ 13

  14. AdG2008 AdG2009 AdG2010 Submissions in AdG 2008, 2009 and 2010 - PE 2167 │ 14

  15. AdG2008 AdG2009 AdG2010 Submissions in AdG 2008, 2009 and 2010 - LS 2167 2009 │ 15

  16. AdG2008 AdG2009 AdG2010 Submissions in AdG 2008, 2009 and 2010 - SH 2167 2009 │ 16

  17. PE LS SH Domain distributions of submissions in AdG 2008, 2009 and 2010 19% 24% 2009 21% 35% 31% 32% 46% 47% 45% │ 17

  18. PE LS SH AdG 2010 submissions: domain distribution versus PI nationalities Other nationalities (< 5 submissions): CN, CY, IN, IS, LT, NZ, AL, EG, LV, AR, BR, BY, GD, GT, IR, JP, LU, MK, MT, PE, PK, TN, UA, ZA 2009 │ 18

  19. M 2009 F AdG 2010 submissions: gender balance 13% 7% 13% 25% │ 19

  20. M 2009 F AdG 2010 submissions: gender balance versus PI nationality │ 20

  21. without Co-PI 2009 with Co-PI AdG 2010 submissions: proposals with Co-PI 9% 8% 91% 11% 8% 92% 89% 92% │ 21

  22. AdG 2010 submissions: applicant age distribution PE LS SH Ref year: call publication │ 22

  23. Starting grant call 2007 Advanced grant call 2008 Starting grant 2009 Advanced grant call 2009 ≤20 ≤5 1 ≤10 ≤30 ≤40 ≤50 >50 ERC StG 2007 + 2009 AdG 2008 + 2009Grants by host country

  24. ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007 - 2010 Comparison of the TOP European institutions 3rd call 2nd call 1st call 4th call

  25. ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007 - 2010Submitted proposals from researchers with nationality from a Third country 47 24 14

  26. ERC calls 2007 - 2009Grantees with a nationality of a Third country Argentina Australia Canada China Japan Korea Mexico Morocco Russia Singapore South Africa Ukraine USA

  27. Thank you for your attention! │27

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