FP7 IDEAS Programme The European Research Council 2007 – 2012: An overview with focus on Italy

1. FP7 IDEAS ProgrammeThe European Research Council 2007 – 2012: An overview with focus on Italy

2. The early European Research Area For Excellence, the best framework conditions are needed Raphael: The School of Athens (1510-1511)

3. ConsiglioeuropeodellaRicerca (ERC) • Budget 2013: 1,741 miliardi€ • Sovvenzioni: max 2,5 milioni € per progetto • Beneficiari: ricercatori di ogninazionalita',disciplina e • eta' (almeno 2 anni post-doc), per progetti da svolgere • in un paese UE o in unodeipaesiassociati all VII PQ • Sostegno a singoliricercatori (no networks/consorzi) • Criteri di selezione: eccellenzascientifica • Panels di selezioneinternazionali (peer review) • Nessunapriorita' tematica Come

4. 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 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 • Controls quality of operations and management • Ensures communication with the scientific community • The ERC Executive Agency • Executes annual work programmeas 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

5. ERC Scientific Council Members • Prof. Klaus BOCK (Chemistry) • Prof. Nicholas CANNY (History) • Prof. Sierd A.P.L. CLOETINGH (Earth Sciences) • Prof. Tomasz DIETL (Physics) • Prof. Daniel DOLEV (Computer Sciences) • Prof. Athene DONALD (Biological Physics) • Prof. Carlos M. DUARTE (Biology) • Dr. Barbara ENSOLI (Medicine) • Prof. Daniel ESTEVE (Physics) • Prof. Pavel EXNER (Applied Mathematics & Mathematical Physics), ERC Vice President • Prof. Reinhard GENZEL(Astrophysics) • Prof. Carl-Henrik HELDIN (Molecular Cell Biology), ERC Vice President • Prof. Timothy HUNT (Biology) • Prof. Matthias KLEINER (Engineering) • Prof. Eva KONDOROSI (Biology) • Prof. Nuria SEBASTIAN GALLES (Psychology) • Prof. Helga NOWOTNY (Science and Technology Studies), ERC President • Prof. Alain PEYRAUBE (Linguistics) • Prof. Mart SAARMA (Biology) • Prof. Anna TRAMONTANO (Biochemistry) • Prof. Isabelle VERNOS (Molecular and Cell Biology) • Prof. Reinhilde VEUGELERS (Economics) Prof. Don Dingwell ERC Secretary General

6. Capacities People (8 %) JRC non- (9 %) nuclear (3 %) Ideas Co-operation (65 %) (15 %) FP7 budget € 50.5 billion ERC budget € 7.5 billion; Increase by € 250 M/year

7. ERC: tre tipi di sovvenzioni Starting e Consolidators Grants Advanced Grants • Attirare/trattenere in Europa le prossimegenerazioni di leaders scientifici • Favorire l’indipendenzadeigiovanitalenti • Stabilire team e programmi di ricercaindipendenti • Max 2 Milioni € per 5 anni • Attirare/trattenere in Europa imiglioriscienziati • Stimolare importantiscopertescientifiche • Max. € 2.5 Milioni per 5 anni StG 2010 AdG 2010

8. ERC Grant schemes Starting Grants starters (2-7 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 Consolidator Grants consolidators (7-12 years after PhD) up to € 2.75 Mio for 5 years Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders Synergy Grants 2 – 4 Principal Investigators up to € 15.0 Mio for 6 years

9. Creative freedom of the individual grantee │ 9 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

10. Top applicants - countries of host institutions ERC Starting and Consolidator Grant calls 2007-2013ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2013

11. ERC Competitions 2007-2012 │ 11 Data as of 08/04/2013

12. Over 3400 grants awarded after 10 StG and AdG calls (one fifth to women PIs)

13. Highly competitive: Average success rate 12%

14. ERC grant distribution to countries of HI ERC Starting and Advanced grant calls 2007-2012 │ 14 *) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed

15. Top European Institutions hosting at least 25 ERC Grantees by funding Schemes StG 2007-2012AdG 2008-2012 First legal signatories of the grant agreement Data as of 08/04/2013

16. Success rates per country of Host Institution ERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012 *) First legal signatories of the first grant agreement taken into account

17. Nationals at home and abroadERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012

18. Mobility of researchersERC Starting and Advanced Grant calls 2007-2012 │ 18 Current host institutions; data as of 08/04/2013

19. Evaluated Proposals from hosts in ItalyERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2013ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2013 │ 19 Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account; *) all submitted for 2013 calls

20. Granted proposals at HI in ItalyERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2012 │ 20 * current host institutions; data as of 08/04/2013

21. Top Host institution in Italy ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007 – 2012 * current host institutions; data as of 08/04/2013

22. Frontier research and innovation: ERC Proof of Concept • Initiated to help ERC grant-holder to bridge the gap between their research and the earliest stage of a marketable innovation • Supporting grant-holders during the pre-demonstration • Up to 150.000 Euro per grant • One step evaluation • First call in Autumn 2011 with 2 deadlines • Second call in 2012 with 2 deadlines • Third call in 2013 (deadlines 24 April and 3 October)

23. ERC Proof of Concept – areas of application PoC scheme was introduced in 2011 to allow researchers who are already ERC grant holders to bridge the gap between their research and the earliest stage of an innovation

24. 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 year 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 SyG Call; 1.6% success rate 449 submissions to the second SyG Call

25. Developing a new generation of excellent scientists 2/3 of staff are people in the training phase of their career (Analysis of 636 on-going projects)

26. Attracting excellent researchers Composition of ERC teams (PIs not included) EU: 69% Assoc. Countries: 11% non-ERA: 17% unknown: 3% Most non-ERA from China, US, India, and Russia 50% of non-ERA team members ''attracted'' to Europe with the ERC grant Breakdown by nationality (97) (sample of 636 Starting and Advanced projects)

27. "Despite being a new, and thus untried instrument, the ERC has manifestly succeeded in attracting and funding world-class research and is playing an important role in anchoring research talent." . The independent interim evaluation of FP7 The ERC attracts high calibre scientists ERC Grantee StG 2007 ERC Grantee AdG2008 ERC Grantee AdG2010 Fields Medals 2010 Nobel prize in physics 2010 Konstantin Novoselov Uni of Manchester (Graphene) Andre Geim Uni of Manchester (Graphene) Elon Lindenstrauss Hebrew Univ. Stanislav Smirnov Geneva Uni. Ngô Bảo Châu Université Paris-Sud Cédric Villani Institut Henri Poincaré L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science ERC Grantee AdG2008 Wolf Prize 2010* Alain Aspect Inst. d’Optique, Palaiseau (Physics) Axel Ullrich Max Planck (Medecine) David Baulcombe Cambridge Univ. (Agriculture) Anton Zeillinger Vienna Univ. (Physics) Anne L’Huillier Lund University Physical Sciences ERC Grantee AdG2008 ERC Grantee AdG2010 │ 27 ERC Grantee AdG2008 *4 European winners in “Science” categories”

28. ERC prospects for the future Rising applications

29. HORIZON 2020 • HORIZON 2020 structure: • Excellence Science • Industrial leadership • Societal challenges • EIT • JRC • Excellent Science: reinforcing and extending the excellence of the EU’s science base and consolidating ERA to make EU’s R&I system more competitive on a global scale • European Research Council (budget proposal under H2020: € 15 billion) • Future and Emerging Technologies • Marie Curie • Research Infrastructures │ 29

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31. Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actionsunder Horizon 2020

32. Horizon 2020 - New actions 2014-20 MC will continue as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Funding levels ~maintained Broad Schemes ~maintained Simplification in Implementation ~ Bi-Annual Work programmes

33. Horizon 2020 • Excellent Science - Priority I • European Research Council • Future and Emerging Technologies • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions • Research Infrastructures • Industrial leadership - Priority II • Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies • Access to risk finance • Innovation in SMEs • Societal challenges - Priority III • Health, demographic change and wellbeing • Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, bio-economy • Secure, clean and efficient energy • Smart, green and integrated transport • Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials • Inclusive, innovative and secure societies • EIT • JRC non-nuclear action

34. Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actionsunder Horizon 2020 Proposed Budget (2014-2020): € 5.75 billion Fostering new skills through excellent initial training of researchers Nurturing excellence through cross-border and cross-sector mobility Stimulating innovation through cross-fertilisation of knowledge Increasing structural impact by co-funding the activities Specific support and policy action

35. Horizon 2020 ITN ITN Early-Stage Researchers Innovative networks supporting early-stage training (Including Industrial doctorates & Joint doctorates) • IEF • IOF IF Experienced Researchers Individual fellowship supporting experienced researchers undertaking mobility • IIF • CIG RISE Exchange of Staff International and inter-sector cooperation through research and innovation staff exchange IAPP IRSES Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes funding doctoral and postdoctoral researchers COFUND Co-funding COFUND

36. Innovative Training Networks (ITN) MSCA - main EU programme for structured doctoral training • Dedicated to early-stage researchers (no ER recruitment) • Involving wide partnership of institutions from academic and non-academic sectors • Based on FP7 ITNs experience + support to joint doctorates • Addressing triple 'i' dimension of mobility • Combining scientific excellence with innovation-oriented approach • Developing entrepreneurship and skills matching research labour market needs • Enhancing employability of researchers

37. Individual Fellowships (IF) • Opportunities for international and inter-sectormobility of ER to facilitate career moves • Enhance competences and creative potential of best researchers, European and non-European willing to work in the EU • Encompass intra-European, incoming, outgoing mobility and re-integration • Possibility of inter-sector secondments

38. Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) • New type of exchange of staff action to stimulate transfer of knowledge • Flexible inter-sector (within Europe) and international (with 3rd countries) exchanges of highly skilled research and innovation staff • No recruitment foreseen • Single eligibility rule for partnership consortia • Based on a common research project

39. COFUND • Stimulating regional, national and international programmes to foster excellence • Spreading best practices of MSCA in terms of international mobility, research training, career development • Extended to doctoral training • Building on experience from FP7 COFUND – evaluation results available: • COFUND is enhancing the international dimension of a number of national and regionally-based fellowship programmes in ways that are not open to Individual Fellowships • Modest positive impact on operational and administrative procedures of host institutions (COFUND) • Contributing to a gradual ‘levelling up’ in employment conditions for researchers

40. Inter-institutional discussions Council Framework Programme Regulation: • Partial General Approach (PGA) reached on 31 May 2012 • Rules for Participation and Dissemination: • PGA reached on 10 October • Specific Programme: • PGA reached on 11 December 2012 MSCA: • Impact across the programme on the innovativeness of the private sector • Importance of industrial doctorates • Mobility for European brain gain – importance of (re)integration • Extension of co-funding, involve private sector • Synergies with Erasmus for All, Structural Funds, KICs

41. Inter-institutional discussions • European Parliament • ITRE Committee vote on 28 November 2012 • Importance of widening participation • Building synergies between Horizon 2020 and Structural Funds • Establishing bridges with national and regional initiatives • 20% of budget for SMEs • Open access to publications and scientific data • MSCA: • Increase of budget (from 7.2% to 8.3% of H2020) • Importance of joint and industrial doctorates • Promoting excellence in less innovation performing regions • Measures to remove obstacles to the mobility of female researchers • Support for outgoing mobility followed by return to Europe • "Seal of excellence" on positively evaluated projects (not funded)