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Academy’s strategic priorities outside the EU

International cooperation. Strategies Activities Goals Vision Role Funding Impact. Academy’s strategic priorities outside the EU. Brazil Chile. USA Canada. Russia. India China Japan. European Research Area. ESF Administration.

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Academy’s strategic priorities outside the EU

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  1. International cooperation Strategies Activities Goals Vision Role Funding Impact Academy’s strategic priorities outside the EU Brazil Chile USACanada Russia India China Japan European Research Area ESF Administration EU 2020, FPs, Grand Challenges, ERC, ESFRI, JP ERA-NETs and INCO-NETs Nordic cooperation NOS Nordic Centres of Excellence NORIA-nets

  2. International cooperation

  3. International strategies in Finland • Research and Innovation Council: Research and Innovation Policy Guidelines for 2011‒2015: • Accelerate the internationalisation trend • Strengthen Finland’s visibility and attractiveness as an operating and living environment as well as a cooperation partner • Create competitive, high-profile and attractive innovation environments • Grand societal challenges will steer the focus of national and international R&I policy. • Finland must make content choices that interlink with EU 2020 Strategy. • Strategic programmes that will bring together the actions of various organisations needed to improve the impact of international interaction • Finland a proactive and influential partner in the EU and in the initiatives of the European research and innovation policy • Academy of Finland International Strategy 2007 • Global cooperation with key partner countries • European Research Area: e.g. EU Framework Programmes for Research, Joint Programming, ERA-NETs, research infrastructures, global dimension, researcher training, mobility and careers • Nordic cooperation 

  4. International activities • High-quality scientific research and the application of research knowledge essential to Finland’s international competitiveness and the country’s social welfare and well-being • International cooperation crucial to achieving higher-quality infrastructures and research environments • The Academy is a key player in the international and global research system. • The Academy is active in sharing knowledge, expertise and financial resources. • The Academy is target-oriented, consistent and selective in its international activities.

  5. International funding cooperation: Goals • To create opportunities for Finnish researchers to collaborate with the best researchers in the world • To increase the visibility and attractiveness of high-level Finnish research • To encourage Finnish researchers to take an active part in the work of international research organisations, networks and projects

  6. International activities: Vision • Quality of research will improve • International exposure and recognition of Finnish science and research will grow • Researchers’ opportunities for international collaboration will increase • Researcher mobility will step up • Finnish researchers will be successful in international competition and • in obtaining international funding • Finnish research environments will become more attractive and internationally competitive • Opportunities of foreign researchers to work in Finland will improve • Funding cooperation will strengthen. Through active involvement:

  7. International activities: the Academy’s role To recognise the most interesting common interests of researchers in Finland and in counterpart countries Bottom-up approach means win-win To create opportunities for new collaboration and contacts To promote and support high-level research by making good use of the funding opportunities specified in the agreements

  8. Cooperation with strategic priority countries • The Academy facilitates Finnish researchers’ opportunities for high-quality research collaboration by working closely with funding agencies at the global level • The Academy’s strategic priority countries outside the EU: • China • India • Japan • Brazil • Chile • USA • Canada • Russia • Modes of funding cooperation • Joint research projects since 2000 • Researcher mobility grants since the 1970s • Joint seminars

  9. The Academy as an international player National responsibility for two FP7 specific programmes and six sub-programmes Involved in 15 ERA-NET networks Has funded Finnish research projects with a total of €10m within ESF EUROCORES programmes (since 2001) Participates in Nordic cooperation through NordForsk and NOS (Research Councils) Nine Academy research programmes involve 20 foreign funding agencies from 16 countries Has funded joint project calls with 12 countries with a total of €25m (since 2004) The bulk of researcher mobility funding allocated through research project and programme funding. International researcher mobility supported through grants based on bilateral agreements (with 13 funding agencies from seven countries). Academy representatives involved in several international research organisations and networks Funds the FiDiPro programme with Tekes

  10. Strategic priorities outside the EU

  11. Cooperation with India • Bilateral cooperation agreements with two Indian research funding agencies under the Ministry of Science and Technology (2005) • Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) • Researcher mobility cooperation with DBT and DST • Annual call in September • Joint calls in the following fields: • 2006: Vaccine and Drug Development and New Innovative Diagnostics (DBT) • 2007: Plant and Crop Biotechnology (DBT) • 2007: Environmental Biotechnology and Bioresources (DBT) • 2009: Medical Diagnostics (DBT and Tekes) • 2010: Green Chemistry (DST) • 2011: Food Biotechnology (DBT) • 2011: Nanomaterials (DST)

  12. Cooperation with China (1/3) • Long-standing collaboration with Chinese partners (since 1982) • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) • National Science Council (NSC),Taiwan • Trilateral funding cooperation • NSFC and Canadian INHMA • NSFC and German DFG • Active partner in the ERA-NET CO-REACH network • Researcher mobility • Cooperation is based on MoUs with NSFC, CAS and CASS • Annual call in September • In 2010, the Academy supported Finnish research collaboration with Chinese researchers with €2m.

  13. Cooperation with China (2/3)

  14. Cooperation with China (3/3)

  15. Cooperation with Japan (1/4) • Long-standing collaboration with Japanese funding agencies (since 1988) • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) • National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) • JSPS • MoU 1988, renewed 2004 • Funding cooperation: researcher mobility, joint seminars, joint research projects • Themes for calls for joint research projects: all disciplines (2004, 2005); life sciences and medical sciences (2006); ubiquitous information technology (2008); Future of Living (2010)

  16. Cooperation with Japan (2/4) • JST • MoU 1997, renewed 2008 • Trilateral collaboration with Tekes • Funding cooperation: joint research projects • Joint calls within functional materials: Functional materials (2008); materials for photonics, optoelectronics, solar cells and batteries (2009); biomaterials for medical applications and advanced materials for printed functionality (2010) • NISTEP • MoU 2001, renewed 2005 and 2008 • Trilateral collaboration with Tekes • Science and technology policy discussions • Collaboration with other Finnish actors in Japan and Finland

  17. Cooperation with JSPS (3/4) 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000

  18. Cooperation with JST (4/4) 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000

  19. Cooperation with Brazil Joint call within the Sustainable Energy Research Programme (2009) • five joint projects funded • Academy funding: some €2m Joint call within the Photonics and Modern Imaging Techniques Research Programme (2010) • five joint projects funded • Academy funding: some €1.7m Workshop on sustainable energy in Rio de Janeiro (November 2011) EULARINET The Academy is a partner in the EU FP7-funded EULARINET INCO-NET project.

  20. Cooperation with Chile Joint call within the Sustainable Energy Research Programme (2007) • four joint projects funded • Academy funding: some €1m Joint call in education research (2010) • four joint projects funded • Academy funding: some €1.8m Workshop on sustainable energy in Rio de Janeiro in cooperation with CNPq (November 2011) EULARINET The Academy is a partner in the EU FP7-funded EULARINET INCO-NET project.

  21. Cooperation with USA Collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF): • Nordic Research Opportunity for NSF Graduate Research Fellows:Since 2008, the Academy has offered cooperation opportunities for the Fellows within projects run by the Academy’s Centres of Excellence and Academy Professors. The aim is to enable researchers to build international contacts at an early stage of their careers. • NSF Materials World Network: Cooperative activity in materials research (since 2004) • Other: Joint Workshop on Wireless Networks Research (spring 2011) and funding of joint projects following the workshop

  22. Cooperation with Canada • Long-standing collaboration with Canadian partners (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, NSERC, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CIHR) • Research funding cooperation with CIHR within the Academy’s research programmes: • Neuroscience (2005‒2009) • Substance Use and Addictions (2007‒2010) • Responding to Public Health Challenges (2009‒2012) • The Health and Welfare of Children and Young People (2010‒2013)

  23. Cooperation with Russia • Bilateral agreements on cooperation with three Russian science and research funding agencies: Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, and Russian Foundation for the Humanities • Joint calls in the following fields: • 2004–2006: Baltic Sea Research Programme • 2006–2008: Media Research • 2007–2009: Optical Material Research • 2007–2009: Substance Abuse and Addiction Research • 2007–2009: Business Know-How • 2008–2010: Materials Technology • 2008–2010: Biosciences • 2009–2011: Finnish and Russian Language in a Multicultural World • 2009–2011: Ubiquitous Computing and Diversity of Communication • 2010–2012: Photonics • 2012–2014: SocietalImplications and Consequences of ClimateChange

  24. European Research Area

  25. European Research Area (ERA) • Wide political support renewed in 2008: • ERA Vision 2020: by 2020, all players should benefit from: • The “fifth freedom” across the ERA: free circulation of researchers, knowledge and technology • Attractive conditions for research and investment in R&D-intensive sectors in Europe • Healthy Europe-wide scientific competition, together with an appropriate level of cooperation and coordination. • In the future, the ERA should, for example: • Offer an attractive, Europe-wide single labour market for researchers • Build on mutual trust and continuous dialogue between societyand the scientific and technological community • Benefit from a strong publicly supported research base and world-class research infrastructures • Provide for the joint design of research, education and innovation policies and programmes • Address grand challenges by strategic partnerships • Enable Europe to speak with one voice in international forums.

  26. EU 2020 Strategy • Vision of EU 2020: smart, sustainable and inclusivegrowth. The strategywasadoptedbythe EuropeanCouncil in June 2010. • Targets: employment, R&D expenditure, climate, education, and povertyreduction • MemberStates set theirown national targets to reach the vision • Finland’stargets set in April 2011: • Raisethe employmentrate to 78% by 2020 • KeepR&D expenditure at least in 4% of GDP • Reachthe climate and energytargetsagreedby the EU • Raisethe percentage of universitygraduatesto 42% • Keepthe schooldrop-outpercentageunder8% • Reducethe number of peopleat riskof povertyand marginalisation • Finland’stargetshigherthanEU-leveltargets • Researchand innovationissuesdiscussedin moredetail in the Innovation Union communication

  27. Innovation Union • The Commission’s flagship initiative (2010) for stimulating R&D&I in Europe • The Innovation Union sets out a strategic approach covering the whole innovation cycle (“from blue sky to market”). • Taking into account e.g. cutting-edge research, standard-setting, public procurement of innovative products and services • Getting good ideas to market faster • Key element: Member State partnerships • Aim: accelerate investment in R&D&I, reduce European fragmented research systems and markets, and improve the administrative and legal boundary conditions of research • Proposes the launching of European innovation partnerships. Pilot partnership project “Active and Healthy Ageing”.

  28. The Academy and the ERA1/2

  29. The Academy and the ERA 2/2

  30. EU 7th Framework Programme for Research (FP7) The Academy has national responsibility for the coordination of eight actions under FP7 €53.2 billion €7.5 billion €32.4 billion €4.7 billion €4 billion IDEAS CAPACITIES €ATOM COOPERATION PEOPLE http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm

  31. Evolution of EU Research Framework Programme Budgets € (billion)

  32. 724 Finnish projects,Oct 2010 Networking of Finnish researchers in FP7 (Source: European Commission, signed agreements,Oct 2010)

  33. The ERC (‘Ideas’ specific programme under FP7) The Academy works actively to support the European Research Council (ERC). Finnish researchers have been successful in ERC calls. • ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant • 2–12 years after PhD, €100,000–400,000 per year, up to five years • ~ 400 Starting Grants (2010) • ERC Advanced Investigators Grants • €100,000–500,000 per year, up to five years • ~ 250 Advanced Grants (2010) ERC • Funds frontier research • Support to individual teams, covers all fields of science, bottom-up • Excellence is the sole criterion • potential of Principal Investigator • quality of research project • research environment and resources

  34. Success rate of Finnish researchers in ERC calls 2007–2010 Number of successful Finnish applications, percentage of Finnish researchers of all grantees Call Finland Denmark Iceland Norway Sweden • ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grants 2007 7 (2.3%) 4 1 11 2009 6 (2.5%) 7 5 2010 5 (1.2%) 4 3 20 Total 18 15 4 36 • ERC Advanced Investigators Grant 2008 9 (3.2%) 4 1 2 16 2009 1 (0.4%) 3 3 12 2010 4 (1.5%) 5 7 11 Total 14 12 1 12 39

  35. European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures ESFRI • Supports the building of the ERA through infrastructure policy • Long-term roadmap of research infrastructures • No funds of its own, funding comes from Member States and the Commission Finland • Interested in participating in more than ten projects at the preparatory stage • National charting and the national roadmap completed in 2008 Academy of Finland • Involved in ESFRI work • Finances national infrastructures that are listed on the roadmap for national-level research infrastructures and have connections with the ESFFI roadmap (2006 and 2008).

  36. Joint Programming • A structured strategic process whereby Member States agree on common visions and strategic research agendas to address major societal challenges • Participation of Member States based on voluntary commitments leading to partnerships composed of variable groups of countries • Implementation by using all the relevant national and community funding instruments • Aiming at better coordination of national research efforts in order to develop critical mass to address major European or global societal challenges • 10 initiatives ( with Academy participation) • Pilot: • Neurodegenerativediseases (incl. Alzheimer's)  • Launched in 2010: • Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change  • A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life  • Cultural Heritage and Global Change • Under preparation • • Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe  • • More Years, Better Lives  • • UrbanEurope • • Water Challenges  • • Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans  • The Microbial Challenge

  37. ERA-NETs and INCO-NETs • ERA-NET projects network research and technology programmes in different countries. Participants include national R&D funding agencies in and outside Europe. • The Academy a partner in 15 ERA-NETs and an observerin New INDIGO ERA-NET (referred to as a geographical ERA-NET) • INCO-NETs network research policies of European countries and third countries with a view to boosting the participation of European and third-country researchers in joint projects. • The Academy involved in three INCO-NETs • The Academy also participates in the Nordic NORIA-net network of the Nordic R&D funding agencies • The Academy a coordinator of two and a participant in four NORIA-nets

  38. Finnish participation in INCO-NETs • CAAST-Net –Network for the Coordination and Advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science & Technology Cooperation (2008–2011) • UK (coordinator), Germany, France, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Norway, Finland (UniPid), Sweden, Madagascar, Ghana, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Senegal, Portugal • IncoNet EECA – S&T International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian Countries (2008–) • Greece (coordinator), Germany, Russia, Austria, Ukraine, Turkey, France, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Moldova, Norway, Estonia, Belarus, Romania, Georgia, Poland, Finland (Academy of Finland) • EULARINET – Coordinating Latin America Research and Innovation NETworks (2008–2011) • Spain (coordinator), Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Finland (Academy of Finland) France, Germany, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal, Uruguay

  39. Participation in ERA-NETs (finished and ongoing) • NORFACE – New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe • BONUS for the Baltic Sea Science – Network for Funding Agencies • CIRCLE and CIRCLE 2 – Climate Impact Research Coordination for a Larger Europe • CO-REACH – Co-ordination of Research Between Europe and China • ERA-AGE and ERA-AGE 2 – European Research Area in Ageing • ERA-CHEMISTRY – Implementation of Joint Bottom-Up European Programmes in Chemistry) • ERA-LEARN2 – Supporting the ERA-NET Learning Platform by creating a toolbox for the ERA-NET community • ERA-NEURON – Neuroscience Research Project • ERA-PG – Plant Genomics • ERA-RUS – Linking Russia to the ERA • ERA-SAGE – European Research Area on Societal Aspects of Genomics • ERA-SYSBIO – Toward a European Research Area for Systems Biology • HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area • MarinEra – Coordination of National and Regional Marine RTD Activities in Europe • MATERA-ERA-NET Materials • NanoSci-ERA – NanoScience in the European Research Area • PATHOGENOMICS – Trans-European Cooperation and Coordination of Genome Sequencing and Functional Genomics of Human-pathogenic Microorganisms • PRIOMEDCHILD-ERA-NET Priority Medicine for Children • WoodWisdom-Net and WoodWisdom-Net2 – Networking and Integration of National Programmes in the Area of Wood Material Science and Engineering

  40. NORFACE – New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe: A Strategy for Social Sciences • Capacity test of national science systems to work together • Three calls in the seminar series (2005, 2006 and 2007), budget €160,000‒320,000 per call • Pilot programme (2006), call budget €5.4m. Capacity-building call within the pilot programme in religion, call budget €150,000. • Transnational programme “Migration in Europe ‒ Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics” (2008), call budget some €29m • The transnational programme received some €6m in ERA-NET Plus funding • The NORFACE network continues its operation with EC support for 2010‒2012 under the coordination of NWO Coordinator Funding Objectives www.norface.org EU funding: €3.3m (2004‒2009) for ERA-NET cooperation, €6m for ERA-NET Plus • to develop a durable partnership in research funding policy and practice between the partner organisations • to increase cooperation between national programmes and develop a transnational research programme between partner organisations • to build a platform of cooperation that can be extended to other European countries and other fields of science. 2004‒2009: Academy of Finland, 2010–2012: NWO, Netherlands. Altogether 14 partners and one associated partner from 15 countries.

  41. BONUS for the Baltic Sea Science – Network for Funding Agencies • BONUS ERA-NET (2004‒2008) involved 14 partners from all 9 Baltic Sea countries • Transitional stage BONUS ERA-NET+ programme now in progress, with funding worth €23.3m (national funding €15.5m and EU funding €7.8m) • BONUS 169 programme’s first round of proposals in 2010 Coordinator • 2004‒2008: Academy of Finland coordinated BONUS ERA-NET • BONUS ERA-NET+ programme administrated by the EEIG Baltic Organisations Network for Funding Science.The EEIG office is based in Helsinki. Objectives • to link science and policy • to understand climate change and geophysical forcing • to combat eutrophication • to achieve sustainable fisheries • to protect biodiversity • to prevent pollution • to integrate ecosystem and society www.bonusportal.org

  42. CIRCLE – Climate Impact Research Coordination for a Larger Europe • Two joint calls (Nordic call, MEDiterranean call) in 2008. The Academy contributed €100,000 to the Nordic call (total funding €300,000). • Continuation: Preparation of a new ERA-NET proposal to the European Commission. Theme: Climate Change Impacts and Responses. Coordinator Austrian Federal Environment Agency. The Academy of Finland was a partner. Altogether 19 partners from 13 countries. Funding EU funding: some €2.8m (2005–2009) Objectives • to coordinate European research on climate change impact assessment, vulnerability and adaptation measures • to form a coherent body of research to support decision- and policy-makers on a regional, national and European scale www.circle-era.net

  43. CIRCLE-2 – Climate Impact Research and Response Coordinationfor a Larger Europe • Successor for earlier CIRCLE ERA-Net (2005–2009) • Vision: to coordinate European transnational research funding on climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation (CCIVA) and to facilitate the transfer of research outcomes that European and national decision-makers need to design effective yet economically efficient adaptation initiatives and strategies • CIRCLE-ERA-Net had three joint calls (Nordic call, MEDiterranean call and Mountain Call), CIRCLE-2 will partly build on those experiences. Coordinator • Foundation of the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon University, Portugal. The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether 20 partners and 14 contributing partners from 23 countries Funding • EU funding €2.0m (2010–2014), own funding Objectives • to reinforce and deepen the European platform for research funding and policy dialogue on climate change impact, adaptation and vulnerability (CCIVA) • to maximise the relevance of research outcomes in addressing current and future European climate policy needs www.circle-era.net

  44. CO-REACH – Co-ordination of Research Between Europe and China • Pilot joint call in social sciences (2008), total volume some €2m • Academy contribution some €50,000 Coordinator • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the Netherlands The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether 11 partners from 8 countries. Funding • EU funding: €3.9m (2005–2009) Objectives • to develop joint activities and, ultimately, to launch one or more new European research programmes with China • to strengthen the international dimension of the ERA • to strengthen scientific and technological relations between Europe and China • to foster strategic and coherent policy-making on European research cooperation with China www.co-reach.org

  45. ERA-AGE – European Research Area in Ageing • Joint call in 2007.Total volume €4m. Academy contribution €0.4m. 18 projects funded. Coordinator • University of Sheffield, UK. The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether 13 partners and 2 associate partners from 14 countries. Funding • EU funding: €2.7m (2004–2009, extension 2010–) Objectives • to support the production of European priorities for ageing research programmes and ensure that these are fed systematically into national/regional funding mechanisms • to help break down the barriers between ageing research programmes, policy and practice so that the societal benefits of such research are reaped as rapidly as possible • to facilitate the coordination of existing ageing research programmes and knowledge exploitation • to promote joint interdisciplinary research activities between countries • to share good practices in the coordination and management of national ageing research programmes http://era-age.group.shef.ac.uk

  46. ERA-AGE 2 – EuropeanResearch Area in Ageing 2 • Joint calls in 2007 and 2010, FLARE (Future Leaders in Ageing Research in Europe). Three-year postdoctoral funding scheme Coordinator • University of Sheffield, UK. The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether 21 organisations. Funding • EU funding: €1.7m (2009–2012) Objectives • to continue essential ERA-AGE knowledge-transfer activities • to engage the majority of European countries as ERA-AGE members following an explicit programme of engagement and clear eligibility criteria • to agree an open MoU concerning the NEDA programme to follow ERA-AGE 2 • to develop and implement the framework for a second call for the FLARE postdoctoral programme (FLARE 2) • to provide a continuing European framework for the existing FLARE programme by arranging networking opportunities for the postdoctoral fellows, incl. Summer Schools and an online discussion group • to ensure that the key stakeholders (regional, national and European) are engaged in the activities of ERA-AGE and, thereby, contribute to the research response to the ageing challenges. The priority stakeholders are from the societal and political arenas. http://era-age.group.shef.ac.uk

  47. ERA-Chemistry – Implementation of Joint Bottom-Up European Programmes in Chemistry • Five joint calls; the Academy participated in the first call (2005) with €90,000.Total funding €1m. • Open calls in 2009 and 2010. In 2009, the Academy participated in an open call with some €1m by funding two bilateral projects. • The aim is to arrange one open call a year. The Academy will participate when its Research Council of Natural Sciences and Engineering allocates funding to this purpose (not taking part in 2011). Coordinator • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany. The Academy of Finland is a partner. Funding • EU funding: €1.5m (2004–2008). Now operating as a network funded by national funding agencies. Objectives • to establish a bottom-up ERA in curiosity-driven chemical research (incl. links to applied research) without noticeable national, formal and research subject boundaries • to develop and implement new funding instruments and joint European programmes in chemistry-based research www.erachemistry.net

  48. ERA-LEARN and ERA-LEARN 2 – Supporting the ERA-NET Learning Platform by creating a toolbox for the ERA-NET community • A consortium of national agencies with significant experience in ERA-NETs • One of the services provided by NETWATCH • A tool for call implementation • Tools for internal review of ERA-NET participation • Coming up: a section about Smart Coordination of ERA-NETs Coordinator • Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG. The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether 7 partners from 6 countries. Funding • EU funding: €430,000 (2009–2011), €575,000 (2011–2014) Objectives • to carry out systematic investigation of experiences and acquired know-how • to provide guidance in taking strategic decisions on which existing ERA-NETs to join and which new ERA-NETs to establish • to examine the overlaps and synergies of the ERA-NET instrument with other schemes and programmes • to identify examples and to develop a set of recommended procedures http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/nw/

  49. ERA-NEURON – Neuroscience Research Project • Joint call for European Research Projects on Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System in 2008. Academy contribution €0.3m. • Joint call (2009) for European research projects on development and advancement in methods and technologies towards the understanding of brain diseases • Academy contribution €0.35 million. The call was managed by the Academy. Coordinator • The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether 14 partners from 12 countries. Funding • EU funding: €2.7m (2007–2010) Objectives • to link European national research funding programmes and funding activities in the field of disease-related neurosciences • to offer a forum for the ministries for research and health care in EU Member States and candidate countries, and also for research funding agencies www.neuron-eranet.org

  50. ERA-PG – Plant Genomics • Two joint calls (2006 and 2008). First call: Academy contribution €1.5m, total project funding €38.5m Second call: total volume some €15m, Academy contribution €0.5m • Continuation: Possibly a new ERA-NET or ERA-NET+. The Academy will not participate. Coordinator • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, • Netherlands Genomics Initiative in the Netherlands. • The Academy of Finland is a partner. Altogether • 23 partners from 17 countries. Funding • EU funding: some €3m (2004–2008) Objectives • to improve coordination of national/regional plant genomics research programmes • to develop the common knowledge base necessary for the coherent development of policies and the structure to use the limited resources available as efficiently as possible www.erapg.org

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