Results of FP6-NMP projects and prospects of Russia-EC collaborations within FP7-NMP

1. Results of FP6-NMP projects and prospects of Russia-EC collaborations within FP7-NMP Prof. Irina Vendik ETU”LETI”, St. PetersburgPartner of NoE METAMORPHOSE, STREP NANOSTAR International Conference “EU-RUSSIA CO-OPERATION: PRIORITIES FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2007–2013” Moscow, February, 22, 2007

2. CONTENTS • NoE METAMORPHOSE: Facts, History, ETU’s Contribution, Advantages, Disadvantages • STREP NANOSTAR: Facts, History, Advantages • PROBLEMS: Consulting and Information Supports,National Financial Support, Project Manager Training • SUGGESTIONS: Specific Support Actions for Russian Researchers

3. NoE METAMORPHOSE: Facts • “METAMaterials ORganized for radio, millimeter wave, and PHOtonic Superlattice Engineering”, 2004-08 • Goal: Creating a Common European Research Platform and new organizational structure – Virtual Institute, to plan and organize joint research and use and disseminate knowledge in targeted area • Coordinator: Prof. S. Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology (former professor of SPU) • Budget: 4,4 M(Partner’s share ~ 180-190 K) • Partners: 23 entities of 13 countries • Human Resources:researchers - 52; organizational and legal experts - 46

4. NoE METAMORPHOSE History Components of success • Key research topic in the USA:This area receives ample funding from the government programmes, especially related to NASA, DARPA, and NSF. • Personal connections of initiators: potential coordinator and leaders of research groups all over the Europe knew each other before • Good core team of initiators: having enough expertise in proposal writing and international project managing • Common recognition of Russian researchers by the USA and European colleagues

5. NoE METAMORPHOSE ETU’s Contribution • WP leadership- JPS WP Dissemination(June 2004 – October 2006)- JPR WP Tuneable metamaterials (October 2006 – to present day) • JPS activity- ETU organized two International Student Seminars (ISS) (2004, 2005) - Distributed European Doctoral School on Metamaterials was carried out by ETU (October 2006) • Journal “Metamaterial”, Congress “Metamaterials 2007”I. Vendik is a member of the - Scientific Advisory Committee of the Congress - Editorial board of the Journal

6. NoE METAMORPHOSE Advantages • More freedom in project managing: budget reallocation, partner substitution • Opportunity to be recognized as a good and reliable partner among the leading partners in higher professional league • International training activity for young researchers

7. NoE METAMORPHOSE Disadvantages • Non-research activities: just 25% of WPs are directly connected with researches, the goal is organizational • Need to involveorganizational and legal experts to implementing severalWPs • Complexity in project managing– much more partners, multi level structure • Unclear prospective for Virtual Institute (VI) – association with membership just for juridical entities • ECC’s Strict requirement for Partners to be a member of VI – two high ranking Partners were forced to leave Consortium • Hard to find industrial partners

8. STREP NANOSTAR: Facts • “Nano-Structured Ferroelectric Films for Tuneable Acoustic Resonators and Devices”, 2005-08 • Goal: development of the theory, fabrication processes and device demonstrators for functional validation of nanostructured multifunctional ferroelectrics films and components integrated with silicon substrate. Tuneable Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators (TFBAR), varactors, and delay lines are typical components to be developed • Coordinator: Prof. S. Gevorgian, Chalmers Universityof Technology (former professor of ETU) • Budget: 2,8 M(ETU’s share ~ 163K, 4-5th position) • Partners: 6 entities of 5 countries

9. STREP NANOSTAR History Components of success • Personal connections of initiators: potential coordinator and leaders of research groups all over the Europe knew each other before • Good core team of initiators: having enough expertise in proposal writing and international project managing • Common recognition of Russian researchers by European colleagues

10. STREP NANOSTAR Advantages • Totally research activity– no specific organisational tasks • Simple project managing – a few partners and coordinator, no extra control levels • Easy to select good partnersfor research project implementing • Easy to find industrial partners

11. PROBLEMS • Poor national consulting and informationsupportfor research teams interested in FP6/FP7 – no regional branches of NCPs • No federal financial support for research teams involved into FP6– success rate is much worse than in China, Austria, etc. • Complicated project management requires trained and qualified project managers – no training courses on federal and regional level

12. SUGGESTIONS • To establish network of official Russian Regional Information Points branches of NCPs supported by Federal government • To launch joint calls for proposal between FP7 and Russian Federal Research Programmes • To arrange on federal and regional level training courses for FP7 project managers

13. LINKS • NoE METAMORPHOSEwww.metamorphose-eu.org • STREP NANOSTARwww.nanostar-eu.com • Regional Information Point for FP6/FP7 St. PetersburgRRIP.SPB.RU

14. Thanks for your time ibvendik@eltech.ru +7 812 346-0867