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European Research Council Its mission and calls for proposals

European Research Council Its mission and calls for proposals. Dr Gabor Nagy ERC EA Head of Unit Advanced Grants June 2011. What is the ERC?. ERC is a new type of funding body in Europe to support excellence in frontier research, a bottom-up, individual-team, pan-European competition

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European Research Council Its mission and calls for proposals

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  1. European Research Council Its mission and calls for proposals Dr Gabor Nagy ERC EA Head of Unit Advanced Grants June 2011

  2. What is the ERC? • ERC is a new type of funding body in Europe to support excellence in frontier research, a bottom-up, individual-team, pan-European competition • Scientific Council with 22 members • Support by the ERC Executive Agency • Significant budget (1.2 billion €/year) • Excellence as the only valid criterion • Support for the individual scientist – no networks! • International peer-review • No predetermined subjects (bottom-up) • Support of frontier research in all fields of science and humanities Legislation Strategy │ 2

  3. 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 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 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

  4. ERC Scientific Council Members • Prof. Claudio BORDIGNON (IT – Medicine) • Prof. Nicholas CANNY, (IE – History) • Prof. Sierd A.P.L. CLOETINGH (NL – Earth Sciences) • Prof. Mathias DEWATRIPONT (BE – Economics) • Prof. Tomasz DIETL (PL – Physics) • Prof. Daniel DOLEV (IL – Computer Sciences) • Prof. Carlos M. DUARTE (ES – Biology) • Prof. Daniel ESTEVE (FR – Physics) • Prof. Pavel EXNER (CZ – Applied Mathematics & Mathematical Physics) • Prof. Hans-Joachim FREUND (DE- Physics & Physical Chemistry) • Prof. Carl-Henrik HELDIN (SE – Molecular Cell Biology) • Prof. Timothy HUNT (UK - Biology) • Prof. Norbert KROO (HU – Physics) • Prof. Maria Teresa LAGO (PT – Astrophysics) • Prof. Henrietta L. MOORE (GB – Social Anthropology) • Prof. Helga NOWOTNY (AT – Social Studies of Science), ERC President • Prof. Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD (DE – Genetics) • Prof. Alain PEYRAUBE (FR – Linguistics) • Dr. Jens ROSTRUP-NIELSEN (DK – Chemistry) • Prof. Mart SAARMA (FI – Biology) • Prof. Anna TRAMONTANO (IT- Biochemistry) • Prof. Isabelle VERNOS, (ES – Molecular Biology)

  5. 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

  6. ERC Grant SchemesFunding Strategy Aim:Retain – Repatriate – Recruit • Favour “brain gain” and “reverse brain drain” • improve career opportunities and independence - especiallyfor young researchers • increase competition, recognition and international visibility - for excellent individual scientists and scholars in Europe • raise aspiration and achievement of basic research in Europe Activities: Two complementary funding schemes • ERC Starting Grant (StG) • ERC Advanced Grant (AdG) │ 6 │ 6 StG grant

  7. ERC Granting schemes Starting Grants Advanced Grants • Attract/retain next-generation leaders • Address funding gap early in independent career • Establish independent research team & program • up to € 2.0 Mio for 5 years • Attract/retain current world-leaders • Stimulate investigator-driven, breakthrough research • up to € 3.5 Mio for 5 years StG 2010 AdG 2010 Number of grantees Age of grantees

  8. ERC Panel Structure: 25 Panels Social Sciences and Humanities • SH1 Individuals, institutions & markets • SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour • SH3 Environment & society • SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity • SH5 Cultures & cultural production • SH6 The study of the human past Physical Sciences & Engineering • PE1 Mathematical foundations • PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter • PE3 Condensed matter physics • PE4 Physical & Analytical Chemical sciences • PE5 Materials & Synthesis • PE6 Computer science & informatics • PE7 Systems & communication engineering • PE8 Products & process engineering • PE9 Universe sciences • PE10 Earth system science Life Sciences • LS1 Molecular & Structural Biology & Biochemistry • LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology • LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology • LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology & Endocrinology • LS5 Neurosciences & neural disorders • LS6 Immunity & infection • LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies & public health • LS8 Evolutionary, population & environmental biology • LS9 Applied life sciences & biotechnology

  9. Evaluation – Peer review • Panel Members appointed by the ERC; selected and recruited by ERC Scientific Council • ScC has high “recruiting power” • Recruited / attracted from all over the world: ~18% from outside the European Research Area • High level Panel Members add credibility / visibility / prestige to the programme • Several Panel Members with Nobel Prizes • All areas of human knowledge broken into 25 Panels with ~12 Panel Members, incl. a Panel Chair

  10. Submitted proposals

  11. ERC Starting grant calls 2007 - 2011Submitted proposals by domain │ 11

  12. ERC Advanced grant calls 2008 - 2011Submitted proposals by domain │ 12

  13. Selected proposals

  14. Success rates ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007 – 2010

  15. ERC Starting grant 2007 – 2010ERC Advanced grant 2008 - 2010Origin of Grantees │ 15

  16. ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007 - 2010International exchange of researchers Number of ERC grantees

  17. The European Research Council Early impacts

  18. Early impacts: ERC is reinforcing excellenceit attracts high calibre scientists Fields Medals 2010 AdG2010 ERC Grantee AdG2008 ERC Grant holders feature prominently in the announcements of laureates of prestigious research prizes. Elon Lindenstrauss Hebrew Univ. Stanislav Smirnov Geneva Uni. Ngô Bảo Châu Université Paris-Sud Cédric Villani Institut Henri Poincaré 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) ERC Grantee AdG2008 AdG2010 │ 18 ERC Grantee AdG2008 *4 European winners in “Science” categories”

  19. The European Research Council How to apply

  20. Evaluation and monitoring of ERC grants Which advisory services did you use for preparing your proposal? Source: ERC CSA Project MERCI 2011

  21. Planned deadlines for 2012 calls • Tentative => check website for latest news • Date of publication StG 2012: 19 July 2011 (tbc) • Call closure deadline for submission: • Physical Sciences & Engineering: October 2011 (tbc) • Life Sciences: November 2011 (tbc) • Social Sciences & Humanities: November 2011 (tbc) • Call budget: € 730 Mio • Date of publication AdG 2012: November 2011 (tbc) │21

  22. Further information • ERC website : • http://erc.europa.eu • ERC News Alerthttp://erc.europa.eu/newsalert • ERC National Contact Pointsinform, raise awareness and provide advice on ERC funding opportunities, application, follow-up http://erc.europa.eu/ncp • ERC helpdeskhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries • Euraxess (EU portal for researchers) : • http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess

  23. Thank you!

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