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Simplifying the Implementation of Research Framework Programmes: An Official and a Personal View

Simplifying the Implementation of Research Framework Programmes: An Official and a Personal View. Professor Richard Templer. LERU’s recommendations – my commentary. A selective summary of LERU’s Advice Paper – Nr. 2, May 2010 ‘Towards and Effective 8 th Framework Programme for Research’

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Simplifying the Implementation of Research Framework Programmes: An Official and a Personal View

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  1. Simplifying the Implementation of Research Framework Programmes: An Official and a Personal View Professor Richard Templer

  2. LERU’s recommendations – my commentary • A selective summary of LERU’s Advice Paper – Nr. 2, May 2010 • ‘Towards and Effective 8th Framework Programme for Research’ • Balance directed and non-directed research • Implication – non-directed research is what will ‘secure our future’ • Excellence remains key driver • Implication – focussing on the best puts Europe ‘at the cutting edge’ • Simplify financial regulation of research • Implication – cutting bureaucracy gives you ‘more bang for your buck’ • Move to high-trust and risk-tolerant funding of research • Implication – trust is essential if we are to ‘free up our creativity’

  3. Some personal observations – the application process • The application process works, but it is overly complex… • Too many calls are launched simultaneously • The nature of programmes, e.g. Marie Curie, changes too frequently • Background information on calls is indigestible • …. and this makes it more difficult than it should be to decide • Which call is relevant to me • Which call is right for me • What the rules are for me to apply • These are communication issues that could be solved now.

  4. Trust and innovation • The State of European Innovation • Businessweek - April 28, 2008 • “Europe has work to do to become as innovative as its wealth and level of education suggests it should be.” • The EU can improve European innovation via the framework programmes, but this requires a new relationship between sponsor and beneficiary. • Innovation is a ‘team sport’ • Which requires trust amongst team members • The sponsor of innovation is a team member • This requires a level of trust and engagement in the innovation outside the current model of bureaucracy and fiscal guardianship

  5. High-trust and risk-tolerant funding - LERU • LERU want to avoid a radical shift towards output-based funding and move to a trust-based certification approach. • The Proposal: • Distribute a pre-defined lump sums to projects • without further control by the EC for frontier research • with stage-gated payments against milestones for technology-driven, competitive research • Reduce reporting procedures for organisations with reliable track records • High trust certification for organisations with nationally approved systems to avoid misuses of public funds • Accept beneficiaries usual, approved accounting processes • Only clearly unacceptable project execution would attract detailed cost control

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