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Participating in IST: Learning from Experience

Participating in IST: Learning from Experience. Carlos Salema. Outline. Introduction: • Portugal - facts and figures • IST - Instituto Superior Técnico • IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações Portuguese participation in the IST Programme Contracts Conclusion: • Learning from experience.

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Participating in IST: Learning from Experience

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  1. Participating in IST: Learning from Experience Carlos Salema

  2. Outline Introduction: • Portugal - facts and figures • IST - Instituto Superior Técnico • IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações Portuguese participation in the IST Programme Contracts Conclusion: • Learning from experience

  3. Introduction

  4. Europe and Portugal

  5. Portugal -Some figures • Area 89 000 km2 • Population 10 000 000 • Cellular phones 9 636 000 • Debit cards 10 085 000 • R&D expense 1.781 B$ • 0.85 % GDP • Researchers (FTE) 17 724 • 0.34 % AP

  6. Portugal -R&D R&D Expenses / GDP 0.85 % Public funding 61.1 % Private sector funding 31.5 % Higher Education execution 35.6 % Public sector execution 19.8 % Private sector execution 34.4 %

  7. Portugal -R&D

  8. Portugal -Number of Ph.D./year

  9. IST - History CHRONOLOGY Creation of Campus Taguspark Departments South Tower Edification Campus Creation of Interdisciplinary Alameda Social Action North Tower IST Complex Building Post-Grad. Building Science Building 8.680 8.186 6288 5733 Nº of Students 3955 1050 1061 720 287 351 1911 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 Nº of courses 11 18 21 6 5 Course duration 5 years 6 years 5 years

  10. Alameda Campus Taguspark Campus 84 338 m2 9 941 m2 4 050 m2 24 475 m2 24 360 m2 Campus Total Area Classrooms and Lecture Halls Study Rooms and Libraries Labs, Workshops and Computer Rooms Offices, Secretariats, Services and Meeting Rooms 116 000 m2 1 526 m2 1 346 m2 1 315 m2 2 467 m2 IST - Campuses

  11. Links with Society IST - Mission Education IST Research and Development

  12. IST - Education 39 Other Postgraduate Courses 22 Doctoral (PhD) Programmes 21 Undergraduate / Graduate Programmes 31 Master’s Programmes

  13. 8 680 Undergraduate Students 1 089 Master’s Students 596 Doctorate Students Total Students 10 365 774 Professors 565 Non-teaching staff IST - Facts and Figures

  14. IST - Diplomas awarded per year

  15. IST - Student Mobility Mobility under SOCRATES/ERASMUS PROGRAMME Students Abroad 132 Foreign Students in IST 124 Mobility under ATHENS PROGRAMME Students Abroad 40 Cooperation Protocols with universities Exchange students/professors 256 Other Cooperation Programmes Portuguese Speaking African Countries 190 students enrolled at IST

  16. IST - Funding sources Others 4% • Expected income of • 106 Million Euros in 2005 European Union 7% Tuition fees and other income 8% Provision of services 8% Science and Technology Foundation 9% Balances 13% State Budget 52%

  17. IST - Research and Development Type of R&D Projects International 23% (N=167) 46% (N=325) Provision of services 31% (N=221) National R&D Projects (Thousands of Euros) National 38% (N=9600) 29% (N=7500) 33% (N=8600) European Union Provision of services

  18. IST - Links with Society Interface R&D Institutes ICIST Institute for Structural Engineering,Territory and Construction IDMEC Institute for Mechanical Engineering ISR Institute for Systems and Robotics IT Institute for Telecommunications ICTM Institute for Materials Science and Technology ICTPOL Institute for Polymer Science and Technology ICEMS Institute for Science and Engineering of  Materials and Surfaces

  19. Instituto de Telecomunicações

  20. IT - Legal Status & Associates Private association • Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) • Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the • University of Coimbra (FCTUC) • University of Aveiro (UA) • Portugal Telecom Inovação • Siemens Portugal SA Not for profit Public body Associate Laboratory

  21. IT - Mission To create and disseminate new knowledge and to promote advanced training in the field of telecommunications

  22. Aveiro IST - Location Covilhã Coimbra Leiria Lisboa

  23. IT - Organization Networks and Multimedia Radio Comm Optical Comm Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies

  24. IT - Human Resources

  25. Portuguese Participation in the IST Programme

  26. Call 1- All proposals Budget 1071 M€ Proposals submitted 1396 Proposals funded 226 Average success rate 16 %

  27. Call 2 - All proposals Budget 525 M€ Proposals submitted 1079 Proposals funded 148 Success rate 14 %

  28. Call 1 - Portuguese participation Proposals submitted 272 Proposals funded 44 Success rate 16 % Funding (contract) 12.3 M€ Funding / Call budget 1.1 %

  29. Call 2 - Portuguese participations Proposals submitted 154 Proposals funded 25 Success rate 16 % Funding 7.5 M€ Funding / Call budget 1.4 %

  30. Call 1 - Funded proposals Portugal Integrated projects (IP) 13 Networks of Excellence (NoE) 17 Projects (STREP) 9 Coordinating Actions (CA) 3 Strategic Support Actions (SSA) 2 Proposals funded (total) 44

  31. Call 2 - Funded proposals Portugal Integrated projects (IP) 9 Networks of Excellence (NoE) 2 Projects (STREP) 11 Coordinating Actions (CA) 1 Strategic Support Actions (SSA) 2 Proposals funded (total) 25

  32. Call 1- Portuguese participations Universities 25 Industry 15 R&D Centres 24 State Labs 7 Participations in 44 proposals 71

  33. Call 1- Portuguese partners France 9 United Kingdom 8 Germany 5 Spain 5 Italy 5 Others 12 Funded proposals 44

  34. Contracts

  35. Instruments Integrated projects (IP) Networks of Excellence (NoE) Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP) Coordination Actions (CA) Special Support Actions (SSA)

  36. Points to remember Types of contracts: FC, FCF, AC Overheads: 20 % (FCF e AC) Joint and several responsibility Public body Value added tax

  37. Conclusions

  38. Why participate ? • Improve your R&D skills and practices • Work with the best • Internationalize, be a part of the big picture • Help attract foreign R&D investment • Funding is helpful but not the driving force (nor even absolutely essential)

  39. How to be successful ? • Get the information early • Read the documentation (including contracts) • Make sure your organization has proper accounting procedures so that you can apply for FC contracts • Develop the right contacts, both at home and in the EU (visiting professorships and Ph.D. students often provide the “seed” for a successful project) • Find a national institution that is willing to play the role of “locomotive”

  40. Thank you very much for your attention

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