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Break-out session: Group B

Break-out session: Group B. What do scientists want?. Scientists wants program that supports science in a good manner: Non-bureaucratic Transparent Predictable The money/funding of the EC, with the simplicity of the ESF. What is needed for good science?. Ideas Funding for projects

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Break-out session: Group B

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  1. Break-out session: Group B

  2. What do scientists want? • Scientists wants program that supports science in a good manner: • Non-bureaucratic • Transparent • Predictable • The money/funding of the EC, with the simplicity of the ESF

  3. What is needed for good science? • Ideas • Funding for projects • Strategy • Education • Networking • Equipment • Interdisciplinarity • Political influence

  4. What instruments are missing? • Many elements are there already (ERC, COST, Marie Curie, FP program actions, Erasmus Mundus) • Too bureaucratic and too little integration between funding mechanisms • Not a uniform window to the different funding mechanisms • Possibly too much network funding isolated from the funding of the research projects themselves • Possible funding mechanism too little exploited: European Graduate Schools

  5. How should the instruments be organized? • Current strategy toolbox is, from science topic point of view, adequate • What is missing is the seamless flow from one instrument to the other into a powerful strategy • Also missing is a tool for developing new successful funding mechanisms, as it has been an ESF trademark in the past (RNP, Eurocores, EURYI) • Important that active dialogue is maintained with European scientists (to remain the voice of scientists, not science administrators). • Can we maintain this role with little direct motivation to the individual scientist?

  6. What should be the tasks of the SCs? • Take the role of bridging between the commission and the scientists • Streamline a process of bringing forth important topics for European science and funding mechanisms for top-level science: • Organize EW to identify important topics • Invite experts to do foresights (maybe in the form of a time-limited expert committee) • Evaluate the outcome of the FW, prioritize and make strategies for implementation • Maintain conferences and network activities where needed • “Visions only become reality through research programs” • Destill national science strategies and goals into European research agendas (MO fora?)

  7. A final food for thought from the discussion • If learned societies are not members of Science Europe, how do we maintain that Science Europe remain the voice of European scientists, and that Allea does not take this role?

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