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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE EVALUATION OF PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH Berlin, 26/27 September 2005

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE EVALUATION OF PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH Berlin, 26/27 September 2005. Era of Molecular Biology EMBO founded in 1964 by John Kendrew, Jim Watson, Max Perutz, Sydney Brenner, Victor Weisskopf, Leo Szilard et al. 1200+ Members

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE EVALUATION OF PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH Berlin, 26/27 September 2005

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  1. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE EVALUATION OF PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH Berlin, 26/27 September 2005

  2. Era of Molecular Biology EMBO founded in 1964 by John Kendrew, Jim Watson, Max Perutz, Sydney Brenner, Victor Weisskopf, Leo Szilard et al. 1200+ Members Funding for long term-, short term fellowships and courses secured by the Volkswagen Stiftung (1966), later by the EMBC (1970) EMBL established (1974) EMBO Journal (1981) and EMBO reports (2000) Molecular Systems Biology (2005)

  3. Evaluation at EMBO • Individual applications • EMBO Programmes • Trends in Life Sciences - Advisory role for governments • Recombinant DNA Technology • Stem Cell Research • Sectoral Meetings

  4. Evaluation by EMBO • Austria • Finland • Hungary • Portugal • France (Genopole) • Spain (CNB, CSIC Institutes)

  5. Genopole, France 2003 • introduced by the French government in 1999 • designed to give a major stimulus to the integration • of functional genomic approaches into the research • community of France • development of a variety of platforms • also aimed to disperse enabling techniques for genomic • studies throughout different regions of France • foster links between groups • designed to improve scientific quality of genomics-based • research in France

  6. Assessment Procedure • Focus on scientific strengths • Team of 24 international experts chaired by Tim Hunt • Documentation received from 8 Genopole nodes, including • the original proposals • Questions to the Genopole directors (explain discrepancies • between original plans and current state of affairs) • Desk Review • Detailed assessment by 8 teams of three EMBO members • that visited each of the Genopole nodes • meeting with the directors after visits

  7. Summary of the evaluation • very good use of the first round of catalytic central funding • Centres are able to compete in both European and • international arenas • Key suggestions: Directors of Genopole nodes should be allowed maximal flexibility (post hoc review) Improve mechanisms to hire and train technical personnel Continued investment in equipment and supplies is required to sustain the initial momentum of the programme

  8. Strategic Review of CSIC Life Science Institutes 2005 • Focus on scientific strategies of 19 institutes • Panel of 21 EMBO members chaired by Walter Neupert • Desk review of strategic plans provided by institutes • Meeting in Spain (presentations by directors and key personnel, • clarification sessions with individual panel members)

  9. Executive Summary and Recommendations • CSIC institutes for Life Sciences include very many • top-class researcher • The institutes under review are at varying stages • General tendency for too many isolated research groups • Role of the directors needs re-examination • Need for Scientific Advisory Boards • Level of funding should be increased to enable institutes • to invest in infrastructure (large equipment, major platform • technologies

  10. “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts!” Albert Einstein Thank you! Jan Taplick, PhD Programme Manager EMBO Tel: +49 6221 8891122 Fax: +49 6221 8891215 www.embo.org jan.taplick@embo.org

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