European Research Funding Programmes for Individual Scientists

1. European Research Funding Programmesfor Individual Scientists Brussels Office Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Rue du Trône 98 B-1050 Brussels http://www.helmholtz.de/de/Helmholtz_International/Buero_Bruessel.html

2. European Research Funding Programmes for Individual Scientists • Human Resources and Mobility (Marie Curie Programme) • Capacities (Research Potential) • European Research Council (ERC) • EURYI Awards (EUROHORC and ESF)

3. Structure of Framework Programme 7

5. FP7: total budget = 50.521 billion € for 7 years FP6: total budget =17,5 billion € for 4 years(1-4 is equivalent to Structuring the ERA) FP6: 395 million € per yearFP7: 675 million € per year

6. Marie Curie Actions • Objectives • Mobility: research in different contexts – international, intersectoral, interdisciplinary • Lifelong learning and career development: continuing education and training over the entire scientific career • More mobility between industry and research institutions • More interdisciplinary exchange • No predetermined research topics or work programmes: freedom to choose and carry out own research project (European added value!) • Opportunity to acquire complementary knowledge

7. Marie Curie Actions Initial training of researchers Marie Curie Networks Lifelong training and career development European Career Development Fellowships Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes Industry-academia partnerships and pathways Industry-Academia Scheme International dimension Incoming International Fellowships, Outgoing InternationalFellowships, Reintegration grants Specific actions Marie Curie Excellence awards

8. Marie Curie Actions Initial training of researchers (1) Marie Curie Networks Lifelong training and career development (2) European Career Development Fellowships Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes Industry-academia partnerships and pathways (3) Industry-Academia Scheme International dimension (4) Incoming International Fellowships, Outgoing InternationalFellowships, Reintegration grants Specific actions (5) Marie Curie Excellence awards Institutional actions : Individual actions :

9. Marie Curie Actions (1) Marie Curie Networks • Host-driven action (at least 3 institutions must (should) apply and form a network); single research organisations may be made eligible. • Structured curricula and training opportunities for Ph.D. students (early-stage researchers) • Allowances for ‘early-stage’ researchers; ‘Chair’ positions; Contribution to training and networking costs; Short training events open to researchers from outside the network • Open to researchers from Third Countries (30% ceiling eliminated) • International collaborations with EU Member States or Third Countries possible

10. Marie Curie Actions • (2) European Career Development Fellowships • Target group: researchers at the post-doctorate level with at least 4 years of research experience (experienced researchers) • No fixed age limits, no restrictions on research topic • Eligible: citizens of EU Member States and Associated Countries other than that of host organisation where research will be carried out • Duration: 12 – 24 months • Proposal submitted by individual in conjunction with host organisation • Classic mode (2-stage proposal submitted to the Commission)

11. Marie Curie Actions • (2) European Career Integration Grants • Eligible if researcher had at least 18 month training in FP7, FP6 or similar trainings activities. • For 2-3 years, flat rate for salaries of other stuff, travel costs, consumables, patent costs (2)Co-financing of regional/national/international programmes • Selection of ‘co-funded’ programmes through open calls with excellence-based evaluation criteria (no nationality quota) • Selected programmes operated in full autonomy by co-funding body • Community funding proportional to global programme budget and number of fellows selected complying with the trans-nationality criteria

12. Marie Curie Actions • (3)Industry-Academia Pathways/Partnerships • Host-driven action (institutions must apply) • Continuation of Transfer of Knowledge action in FP6 • Objectives: • Production of new knowledge and knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry (incl. SMEs) • Intersectoral exchange of personnel to encourage better mutual understanding of different work cultures • Transnational mobility required: recruitment or secondment of external personnel (experienced researchers) from other Member States or Associated Countries • Funding : Networking, workshops/conferences; Salary costs of seconded researchers/recruited experienced researchers • Special measure: specific equipment costs for SMEs • Conferences and workshops • Duration: 3 – 4 years

13. Marie Curie Actions • (4) International dimension • Continuation of actions in FP6 for experienced researcher • Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF)(3 years max, mandatory reasearch programme , reintegration phase) • Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) (researchers from third countries, 1 or 2 years contract.) • International Reintegration Grants (IRG)(eligible researchers were 3 years out, lump sum for host organisation) • Reinforce „revolving door“ principle (make Europe attractive for researchers from Third Countries, encourage European researchers to return to Europe after a stay in a Third Country)

14. Marie Curie Actions • (5) Specific Actions for policy development • Implementation of the Mobility Strategy • Enhancement of researchers’ careers and profession • Public awareness • Including Marie Curie Awards

15. Marie Curie Actions • International co-operation through researchers from third countries: • All Marie Curie host driven actions open to third country nationals • Incoming fellowships for knowledge enhancement and collaboration enrichment International cooperation scheme with EU neighbouring countries and S&T agreement countries

16. Marie Curie Actions– from FP6 to FP7 Research Training Networks (RTN) Marie Curie Networks (MCN) Early Stage Training (EST) Series of Conferences (SCF) Incoming and Outgoing International Fellowships (I/OIF), European and International Reintegration Grants (RRG/IRG) Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) European Career Development Fellowships (classic mode) Incoming and Outgoing International Fellowships (IIF/OIF), European and International Reintegration Grants (RRG/IRG) Intra-European Fellowships (co-funding mode) Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) Industry and Academia Partnerships & Pathways Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge (ToK) Starting Investigators Grants (ERC) Marie Curie Excellence Grants (EXT)

17. Indicative evolution of Marie Curie Actions across FP’s • FP6 - Marie Curie Actions • Individual Driven • Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) • Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) • Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) • Return & Reintegration • European Reintegration Grants (ERG) • International Reintegration Grants (IRG) • Host Driven • Fellowships for Early Stage Training (EST) • Fellowships for Transfer of Knowledge • TOK-IAP • TOK-DEV • Research Training Networks (RTN) • Conferences and Training Courses (SCF) • Excellence promotion: - Chairs (EXC) • - Awards (EXA)(cont FP7) • - Grants (EXT) • FP7 - People SP – Marie Curie Actions • Life-long training & Career development • Individual Fellowships • Co-funding (NEW) • International dimension • Career development • Enriching collaboration • Partnerships Neighbouring & ST (NEW) • Initial training of researchers • Industry-academia pathways & partnerships • _______________________________________ • Capacities SP • Research Potential • Ideas SP

18. Capacities Research Potential (~384 M€) Transnational two-way secondments and recruitment Research equipment and the material environment Workshops and conferences for knowledge transfer “Evaluation facilities”

19. Realising the Full Research Potential of EU25 • Objectives • Strengthen research in Convergence Regions • Expand collaboration of research centres; increase international exposure • Long-term development • demonstrate leadership • participation as equal partners in the EU research arena

20. Realising the Full Research Potential of EU25 • Selection on quality and potential • In-built brain circulation, avoiding ‘brain drain’ • Strategic partnerships (twinnings) • Funding for • seconded researchers & visiting scientists • research costs incl. specific equipment • conferences and workshops • participation of researchers from the centre in international events

21. Ideas – European Research Council (ERC) Scientific Council • Scientific strategy and work programme • Elaboration of procedures (calls, evaluation criteria, recruitment of evaluators) • Overall quality control Executive Agency (Commission) • Information & support for project proposers • Receipt and formal checks of proposals • Implementation of evaluation process • Administration of projects, disbursement of grants • Scientific and financial supervision of projects Secretary general

22. ERC Scientific Council Carl-Henrik HELDIN (SE, Biology) Michal KLEIBER (PL, Engineering) Norbert KROO (HU, Physics) Maria Teresa V. T. LAGO (PT, Physics) Oscar MARIN PARRA (ES, Neuroscience) Robert Lord MAY (UK, Ecology, Zoology) Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD (DE, Biology) Leena PELTONEN-PALOTIE (FI, Medicine) Alain PEYRAUBE (FR, Linguistics) Jens R. ROSTRUP-NIELSEN (DK, Chemistry) Salvatore SETTIS (IT, History) Rolf M. ZINKERNAGEL (CH, Medicine) • Fotis C. KAFATOS (GR, Biology) • – Chair Helga NOWOTNY (AT, Sociology) – Vice Chair • Daniel ESTEVE (FR, Physics) • – Vice Chair • Claudio BORDIGNON (IT, Medicine) • Manuel CASTELLS (ES, Sociology) • Paul J. CRUTZEN (NL, Chemistry) • Mathias DEWATRIPONT (BE, Economics) • Pavel EXNER (CZ, Physics) • Hans-Joachim FREUND (DE, Chemical Physics) • Wendy HALL (UK, Computer Science)

23. Ideas – European Research Council (ERC) • Funding strategy • Objectives: • Stimulate investigator-driven „frontier“ research • Promote excellence through competition at European level • Two funding streams in FP7: • ERC Starting Independent Researchers Grant Scheme (2006) • Target group: researchers establishing and leading first research team or programme (up to 10 years after Ph.D.) • Opportunity for researchers abroad to return to Europe • ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Scheme (2007) • Target group: researchers who have already established themselves as independent researchers • Complements ERC Starting Grants • No restrictions on topics • No restrictions on nationality, but must work in EU Member State or Associated Country

24. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Starting Investigators Grants • Will replace Excellence Grants in FP6 Marie Curie Programme • Budget 2007: ca. 300 million € • First call: ca. December 2006! • From 2008 to 2013: one call annually in August • Ca. 200 projects annually (cf. 80 – 100 Excellence Grants over 4 years in FP6) • EC contribution per project: € 100,000 - € 400,000 annually for up to 5 years (depending on research field, topic, size of research team) • Peer group evaluation through panels of experienced, respected scientists independently of European Commission

25. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Advanced Investigators Grants • First call: August 2007 • Subsequent calls: • One call for each type of grant annually until 2012 • ERC Starting Investigators Grants: from August 2008 • ERC Advanced INvestigators Grants: from October 2008

26. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • Evaluation Criteria for ERC Starting Grants I • Excellence of the applicant, potential for becoming world-class leader • Quality of research output (5 best publications) • Intellectual capacity and creativity • International reputation • Independent leadership ability • Excellence of the research proposal • Ground-breaking nature of the research • Appropriateness of the methodology • Potential impact

27. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC Evaluation Criteria for ERC Starting Grants II • Organisation, management and resources • Host institution (adequate support and infrastructure?) • Management plan (realistic in terms of resources alloted, time scale?) • Co-investigators (justified in terms of scientific added value? Quality?) • Resources (request for resources appropriate?)

28. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Evaluation Panels I • SH1 – Individuals and organisations(economics, management, demography, geography, urban and environmental studies) • SH2 – Institutions, behaviour, values and beliefs(anthropology, sociology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology) • SH3 – The human mind and its complexity(cognition, linguistics, psychology and philosophy) • SH4 – Cultures and cultural diversity(literature, visual and performing arts, music and cultural studies) • SH5 – The study of the past and of cultural artefacts(memory, history and archaeology)

29. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Evaluation Panels II • PE1 – Mathematical foundations(pure and applied mathematics, theoretical computer science and mathematical physics) • PE2 – Fundamental constituents of matter(high-energy, particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas and optical physics) • PE3 – Structures and reactions(condensed matter – incl. structure, electronic properties, fluids etc. – statistical physics, nanosciences, reactions) • PE4 – Material sciences and methods(material sciences, molecular architecture, analytical chemistry, inorganic and organic synthesis and theory, physical and environmental chemistry, method development)

30. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Evaluation Panels III • PE5 – Information and communication(informatics and information systems, communication technology, computer science, intelligent systems) • PE6 – Engineering sciences( electronics, product designing, process design and control, construction methods, fluid and solid mechanics, energy systems, bio-engineering) • PE7 – Universe science(astro-physics, -chemistry, -biology, -geology; solar system; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences, instrumentation • PE8 – Earth systems science(physical geography, geology, geophysics, oceanography, climatology, ecology, global change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources)

31. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Evaluation Panels IV • LS1 – Molecular, cellular and developmental biology(biochemistry, molecular biology, metabolism, cell biology, signal transduction, embryology, structural biology) • LS2 – Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology(molecular genetics, cell genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling) • LS3 – Organismic physiology, including infection and immunity(organogenesis, organ physiology, endocrinology, ageing, toxicology, parasitology, microbiology, virology, immunology) • LS4 – Neurosciences(neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, systems neuroscience, neuroimaging)

32. Ideas - European Research Council - ERC • ERC Evaluation Panels V • LS5 – Evolutionary, population and environmental biology(evolution, adaptation, population biology, biodiversity, ecotoxicology, marine biology, radiation biology, environmental risks, environmental medicine) • LS6 – Applied medical and health sciences(clinical medicine, public health, psychiatry, surgery, epidemiology, biomedical engineering, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, medical ethics) • LS7 – Applied biology and bioengineering, including agricultural sciences and biotechnology(genetic engineering, GMOs, synthetic biology, plant biology, fisheries, forestry, environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, biomaterials, biohazards)

33. European Young Investigators Awards (EURYI) • Created by European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCS) and European Science Foundation (ESF) • Objectives • Provide opportunities for young researchers to work in Europe • Open to all fields and nationalities • Promote scientific excellence • Provide means to establish independent research career and build own research groups where appropriate • Open up new lines of research and develop novel methodologies

34. European Young Investigators Awards (EURYI) • Eligibility • Any researcher from around the world with doctoral degree obtained between at least 24 and no more than 96 months prior to closing date of call who seeks to conduct research in a participating country • Award charactistics • Full-time research position without teaching responsibilities • 5-year period subject to satisfactory progress • Total award value between 750,000 € and 1,250,000 € • Covers personnel, equipment, travel, publication costs, • Host organisation covers basic infrastructure and overheads

35. European Young Investigators Awards (EURYI) • Application process • Deadline: 30 November 2006 (last call!!) • Submission: appropriate participating organisation in country of host institution • List of participating organisations: http://www.dfg.de/internationales/nachwuchs/euryi_awards/download/4thcall.pdf • 2-stage evaluation: • Stage 1 – national level: 1 Dec. 2006 – 30 March 2007 • Stage 2 – European level: 1 April 2007 – 31 July 2007 • Starting date: within 6 months of October 2007

36. European Young Investigators Awards (EURYI) • Evaluation criteria I • Applicant • Potential to become a world-class leader in respective field of research • Scientific background and track record • Quality of publications • Abilities as an independent researcher • Potential for research team leadership and project management • Extent and quality of international research collaboration

37. European Young Investigators Awards (EURYI) • Evaluation criteria II • Research proposal • Originality, ground-breaking nature and forward-oriented character • Potential to improve the competitiveness of European research at world level • Positioning in the international context of research field • Feasibility & appropriateness of the chosen method • Host institution • Internationally recognised level of excellence • Capability and commitment to host the applicant and the proposed research

38. Further Information about Funding Opportunities • http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ (current information about FP7) • http://ec.europa.eu/erc/index_en.ctm (current information about ERC) • http://europa.eu.int/eracareers/index_en.cfm(European Researchers Mobility Portal) • http://www.mariecurie.org/ (Marie Curie Fellowship Association) • http://www.eracareers-germany.de/ (German Mobility Portal for Researchers) • National Contact Point Human Potential and Mobility: Walter Denk, EU-Referat der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, mariecurie@avh.de(Tel: 0228/833 147) • http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/de/programme/mariecurie/index.htm • http://www.dfg.de/internationales/nachwuchs/euryi_awards/index.html(EURYI awards) • KoWi: www.kowi.de • EU officer at your institution

39. Good luck!!!