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R. Aleksan ESGARD Workshop CERN, September, 10-11, 2007

ESGARD activities. R. Aleksan ESGARD Workshop CERN, September, 10-11, 2007. ESGARD. Introduction Preparing FP7 Preparing IA proposal Conclusion. History and Organization. 1) ECFA 2001 Report “The Future of Accelerator-based Particle Physics in Europe”.

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R. Aleksan ESGARD Workshop CERN, September, 10-11, 2007

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  1. ESGARD activities R. Aleksan ESGARD Workshop CERN, September, 10-11, 2007 ESGARD • Introduction • Preparing FP7 • Preparing IA proposal • Conclusion

  2. History and Organization 1) ECFA 2001 Report “The Future of Accelerator-based Particle Physics in Europe” “an improved educational programme in the field of accelerator physics and increased supportfor accelerator R&D activity in European universities, national facilities and CERN” 2) Absence of HEP in the FP of the EU R.A. (CEA), R. Edgecock (STFC), G. Guignard (CERN), S. Guiducci (INFN), F. Richard (IN2P3), L. Rivkin (PSI), D. Trines (DESY) http://esgard.lal.in2p3.fr The ESGARD should develop a proposalto optimize and enhance the outcome of the Research and Technical Development in the field of accelerator physics in Europeby qpromoting mutual coordination and facilitating the pooling of European resources qpromoting a coherent and coordinated utilization and development of infrastructures qpromoting inter-disciplinary collaboration including industry This proposal is aimed at preparing and conducting a coherent set of bids to apply for EU funding in the 6th Framework Programme.

  3. Accelerator R&D projects co-financed by the EC in FP6 • These projects are well structured, with clear objectives, deliverablesand milestones. They represent a fantastic asset and strength for the HEP European community in order to play a leadership role • In the improvement of present accelerators • In the development of new accelerators

  4. ESGARD actions within FP6 Major Strategic decisions

  5. FP7-Planning of calls and indicative budget

  6. General information Proposals submitted at the 1st round of FP7 calls • Accelerator R&D proposals submitted by our community on May 2nd, 2007 • 2 CNI-preparatory Phase (SLHC and ILC) • 2 DS (EuroNu and EUROCRAB)

  7. Results of the 1st round of FP7 calls Number of proposals M€

  8. Evaluation results per topic for DS, PP, support measures (ERA net …) Mio. EURO

  9. Summary of Accelerator R&D projects proposed in FP7 1st call • Accelerator R&D proposals submitted by our community on May 2nd, 2007 • 2 CNI-preparatory Phase (SLHC and ILC) • 2 DS (EuroNu and EUROCRAB)

  10. Summary Since 2002, ESGARD has been working to help promoting and structuring Accelerator R&D in Europe. Many projects are now underway in the field of accelerator research. Using the opportunity of FP6, projects amounting to a total of 121 M€ out of which the EC contribution is 34M€ ESGARD has started the process for coordinating the next round Accelerator R&D projects, in particular using the FP7 opportunity. Already several projects have been approved and are on their way to be financed beginning 2008 (36 M€out of which the EC contribution is 14.2M€) We need now to concentrate on the next call to come on Integrating Activities

  11. ESGARD actions toward the FP7-IA calls Anticipating the IA call, ESGARD issued a call of LoI in spring 2006 Summary of responses following the call for LoI for accelerator R&D project 34+ letters received http://esgard.lal.in2p3.fr/Project/LoIFP7 248 M€ + ?

  12. ESGARD actions (cont’d) ESGARD decided to set-up working groups to help developing consistent set of research activities, in line with the priorities stated in the Strategy Document adopted by the CERN Council, and that could be imbedded in an (or several) Integrated Activity (IA) project(s) Milestones (backward in time) • Assuming IA opening/closing Call is Nov.2007/Feb.2008 • Final selection & Beginning of Write Up : Fall 2007 • Decision on number of IA and scope : Summer 2007 • 1st Selection + Priority of R&D Items : Spring 2007 • First meeting of the 3 PGps at CERN 30-10-2006 • High-intensity, High-energy Proton Beams (convener: R. Garoby) • Novel Accelerating Systems (convener: E. Jensen) • Superconducting RF Acceleration System (convener: O. Napoly) ESGARD is overseeing closely the progress in 2007 during its meetings

  13. Summary of WG as of today Different degree of preparation toward IA Total cost still very large!

  14. FP7-Planning of calls and indicative budget

  15. FP7 Call 3 outline (1) • For Integrating Activities and Support to policy development and programme implementation • Publication: 15 November 2007 • Closure: 15 February 2008 • Indicative budget for Integrating Activities:277 M€ for both bottom up (~160 M€) and targeted approach (~120 M€) note: 2 others calls for IA in 2010 and 2012 (this last call would have only limited budget • Indicative budget for Policy devt: 5 M€ • Results within 4 months after closure date • First contracts will come into force before the end of 2008

  16. FP7 Call 3 outline (2) • Procedure for evaluation • remote + panel evaluation • 1 Panel organised in 5 thematic sub-panels* • Material sciences and energy • Physics, astronomy • Biomedical and life sciences • Environmental sciences • Social sciences and humanities * Computer and data treatment experts in each sub-panel

  17. Expected size of an Integrating Activity under FP7 • Duration: 4 years max • Number of contractors: 20 (FP6 average) • Experience shows that a project with more than 20 contractors is difficult to manage • Not all partners need to be contractors • EC contribution: • We expect most of the projects to be in the range of 4 to 6 M€ with a limited number of projects reaching 10 to 15 M€ in justified cases (e.g. facilities serving exceptionnaly wide community of users)

  18. I3 analysis FP6 60% of I3s are between 3 and 9 M€ with an average of 5,8 M€40 % are between 11 and 27 M€ with an average of 15,9 M€ CARE

  19. Providing Guidelines In order to help converging on a consistent and outstanding proposal(s), it would be desirable that ESGARD provide guidelines A Meeting with the founding-directors of ESGARD was held on July 23rd . The main questions were the following 4 years What is the duration of the proposal(s) ? 1 proposal How many IA should we propose ? What should aim at for the total cost of the proposal ? 60 M€ max What should be the total requested EC contribution ? 20 M€ max Note : i.e. the ratio EC cost/ total cost = 1/3 on averageas in CARE

  20. Providing Guidelines (cont’d) • Although it is unlikely that we can get a very large amount of funding • from the EC, the real added value of making an IA proposal is : • Continuing and fostering the European effort of accelerator R&D • in a coordinated way as recommended in the European Strategy • document • Carrying accelerator R&D as for detectors construction • (i.e. collaborative distributed effort) • Sharing the accelerator R&D infrastructure

  21. Providing Guidelines (cont’d) Some additional guidelines are still needed, this will depend on the proposed activities following this workshop What should be the relative weight between the 3 WG activities ? What should be the strategy with respect to the 2 other calls ? What should be the ratio between the mandatory activities NA/TA/JRA ? example : ratio between NA/TA/JRA (in CARE this ratio was 1/0/6.5) One should also make sure that there is a fair share between the HEP high-priority projects, partners interests and commitments An other Special Meeting with the founding-directors of ESGARD will be held on October 15th to review the final set of proposed activities, in particular examining the involvements from the partners, theirfundingcommitments and the balance between activities.

  22. Conclusion ESGARD has started the process for coordinating the Accelerator R&D projects to be proposed within Integrating Activities, the call of which will appear on November 15, 2007 with a closing date of February 15, 2008 ESGARD has set up working groups to propose a consistent set of Networking, Transnational Access and R&D activities ESGARD will continue to oversee the process by provide further guidelines, if needed, to ensure a fair share of the activities and to avoid dispersion or duplication For now The objective of this workshop is to present an overview of possible activities to be included in the IA proposal, including the partners willing to invest and collaborate within accelerator R&D

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