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NEST Roadshow 2004/2005

www.cordis.lu/nest. NEST Roadshow 2004/2005. New and Emerging Science and Technology NEST. Outline of Presentation. Introduction to NEST NEST funding activities ADVENTURE INSIGHT PATHFINDER NEST SUPPORT The NEST Evaluation process Feedback from Previous Calls

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NEST Roadshow 2004/2005

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  1. www.cordis.lu/nest NEST Roadshow 2004/2005 New and EmergingScience and Technology NEST

  2. Outline of Presentation • Introduction to NEST • NEST funding activities • ADVENTURE • INSIGHT • PATHFINDER • NEST SUPPORT • The NEST Evaluation process • Feedback from Previous Calls • Recommendations to Applicants

  3. FP6 - Where does NEST fit in? Focusing and Integrating Community research Thematic priorities “Wider field of Research” Support to policies NEST SMEs Genomics IST Nanotechnologies. Food Citizens Aeronautics Sustainable dev. International co-operation JRC Structuring the ERA Strengthening the foundations of the ERA

  4. NEST objectives • Stimulate visionary and pioneering long term research at the frontiers of knowledge and at the interface between disciplines • Give researchers freedom to develop and prove their ideas within the broadest possible limits • Respond rapidly to new opportunities as well as to new problems

  5. What mayNEST achieve? • Enhance thecreative potential and capabilities in European science and technology • Create new science, principles, techniques and basic technologies, communities of knowledge • An increased responsiveness to possible problems and risks arising from new discoveries • Provide strategic inputs for the development of future European research initiatives

  6. Key characteristics of NEST funded activities • May fall in “any” area of research • Research notfalling within the Thematic Priorities • Novelresearch: possibly multi-disciplinary, possibly unconventional • Well focusedobjectives, which are ambitious but clear, possibly risky, and consistent with the scale of the project

  7. Two modes Open domain: • ADVENTURE • INSIGHT • NEST SUPPORT 235 M € Overall Budget Focused actions: PATHFINDER

  8. Implementation Through standard FP6 instruments • Specific Targeted Research Project,STREP: To provide funding for research activities. • Co-ordination Action, CA: To provide funding for networking and co- ordination. • Specific Support Action, SSA: To provide funding for activities in direct support of NEST

  9. Participation http://www.cordis.lu/nest/partnership.htm • Submission: answering to annual calls for proposals • Proposal = part A (administrative forms) + part B (work description) • Partnership: meeting minimum requirements (STREPs, CAs: at least 3 MS/ACC, or 2MS/ACC + 1 AS; SSA: 1 MS/AAC/AS) • International Cooperation: participation is open to legal entities from any country, EC funding however is only granted to so called INCO countries

  10. 1 deadline only - April 13, 2005 Electronic submission only - via EPSS New Pathfinder topic - Measuring the Impossible No CAs in the NEST open domain SSAs in NEST SUPPORT and in PATHFINDER All reference documents revised Wider funding range for INSIGHT Calls for 2005 What is different from previous calls?

  11. Call for 2005 OPEN DOMAIN ADVENTURE, INSIGHT, NEST SUPPORT • Call reference: FP6-2004-NEST-C • Call date: 10 December 2004 • Budget: 30M€ • C-1: 28 M€ADVENTURE / INSIGHT 5-page OUTLINE STREPs • C-2: 2 M€NEST SUPPORT SSA proposals • Closure date: 13 April 2005 (one deadline only!)

  12. Call for 2005 PATHFINDER • Call reference: FP6-2004-NEST-Path • Call date: 10 December 2004 • Budget: 35M€ • 30 M€ for FULL STREP proposals • 5 M€ for CA and SSA proposals • Initiatives: “Synthetic biology”; “What it means to be human”; NEW: “Measuring the Impossible” • Closure date: 13 April 2005

  13. Outline of Presentation • Introduction to NEST • NEST funding activities • ADVENTURE • INSIGHT • PATHFINDER • NEST SUPPORT • The NEST Evaluation process • Feedback from Previous Calls • Recommendations to Applicants

  14. www.cordis.lu/nest NEST ADVENTURE Reference document: download from www.cordis.lu/nest

  15. ADVENTURE:The mandate “support research in emerging areas of knowledge and on future technologies, in particular in trans-disciplinary fields, which is highly innovative and involves correspondingly high (technical) risks.”

  16. ADVENTURE„If only ...“ • If only … neural networks had been the result of an ADVENTURE project • If only …the Scanning Tunnel Microscope (STM) or atomic force microscope (AFM) had been developed in an ADVENTURE project • If only …the first in-vitro demonstration of motor-proteins had been made in an ADVENTURE project • If only …PCR had been developed in an ADVENTURE project

  17. The “Spirit of ADVENTURE” • Exciting, pioneering research with the aim of opening up new avenues for progress in science and technology • Freedom for researchers to define new challenges and pursue new ideas • Across a wide scope of science and technology, but lying outside or cutting across the FP6 Thematic Priorities • With a special interest in novel multi-disciplinarity • High risk / high gain, with challenging and tangible objectives

  18. What ADVENTURE projects are NOT! • Research that falls within the scope of the thematic priorities • Research without clearly identifiable novel aspects • Open-ended research without tangible and challenging objectives • Technology demonstrations • Combinations of existing technologies • Research of interest to a particular industrial sector without broader applicability • Research related to implausible and hypothetical phenomena

  19. ADVENTURE Implementation • Specific Targeted Research Projects, STREPs • Project budget: indicative funding range from 800.000 up to 2.000.000 Euro • Funding period: up to 3 years • Consortium: At least three independent partners from three member states or associated states - of which at least two member states or associated candidate states

  20. ADVENTURE STREPsEvaluation criteria • Relevance to NEST objectives [4/5] • Scientific and Technological Excellence [4/5] • Potential impact [3/5] • Quality of the consortium (FULL proposal only)[3/5] • Quality of management (FULL proposal only)[3/5] • Mobilisation of resources (FULL proposal only)[3/5]

  21. ADVENTURE STREPs http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ nest/pdf/nest_project_factsheets2003a.pdf e.g. BIODEFENCE- “Rapid induction of passive immunity against weapons of bioterrorism using transformed GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) organisms” THE OPTICAL NOSE- “An on-line, non-invasive and total-profiling” instrument for trace gas sensing applications in medical sciences CHIRALTEM- “Chiral dichroism in the transmission electron microscope” EA-BIOFILMS- “Electrochemical control of biofilm-forming micro-organisms”

  22. www.cordis.lu/nest NEST INSIGHT Reference document: download from www.cordis.lu/nest

  23. INSIGHT: The mandate “support research to assess rapidly new discoveriesor newly-observed phenomena, which may indicate emerging risks or problemsof high importanceto European society, and identify appropriate responses to them.”

  24. INSIGHT„If only ...“ • If only … the hormonal activity of certain chemicals had been proven by an INSIGHT project (Endocrine Disruptors) • If only … the link between Creutzfeldt-Jakob and BSE (discovery of prions) had been proven by an INSIGHT project • If only … the Ozone depletion in the Atmosphere by Perfluorated Compounds had been shown by an INSIGHT project

  25. INSIGHT projects • Should be research projects! • Should have an anticipatory function • Should address possible risks associated with new phenomena; high potential risk; significant scientific uncertainties • Project outputs should be aimed at decision making • May need to challenge orthodoxy

  26. What INSIGHT projects are NOT! • Policy evaluation studies • Technology foresight studies or technology assessment studies • Research that legitimately falls within the scope of the thematic priorities • Research addressing topics in on-going “risk debates”, which are “open-ended” or projects without plausible or convincing evidence to their real or potential existence

  27. INSIGHT STREPsEvaluation criteria • Relevance to NEST objectives [4/5] • Scientific and technological excellence [4/5] • Potential impact [3/5] • Quality of the consortium (FULL proposal only)[3/5] • Quality of management (FULL proposal only)[3/5] • Mobilisation of resources(FULL proposal only)[3/5]

  28. INSIGHT: Implementation • STREPs for the support of research • Budget: indicative funding range from 800.000up to 2.000.000 Euro • Funding period: up to 3 years • Consortium: At leastthree independent partners from three member states or associated states - of which at least two member states or associated candidate states

  29. INSIGHT STREPs http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ nest/pdf/nest_project_factsheets2003a.pdf e.g. PERFORCE: Perfluorinated organic compounds in the European environment PORGROW: Policy options for responding to the growing challenge from obesity

  30. www.cordis.lu/nest NEST SUPPORT Reference document: download from www.cordis.lu/nest

  31. NEST SUPPORT: The mandate … to assist in the development and exploitation of NEST activities • attracting good proposals • shaping and refining modalities • establishing future actions

  32. NEST Support: The specific areas • Promotion of interaction with the research community • Engagement of the research community in the process of identifying future research opportunities • Analysis of methodological and technical issues associated with the NEST research domain

  33. NEST Support Implementation • Specific Support Actions - SSAs • To support the implementation of NEST • May cover information and communication, conferences, seminars, expert groups, operational support…. • Typical duration up to 2 years • Grant to the budget up to 100% • Scale ~ 50 - 300k Euro • Consortium: minimum of one partner from a Member State or Associated State (but generally more)

  34. NEST SUPPORTSSAs http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ nest/pdf/nest_project_factsheets2003a.pdf e.g. NEST-IDEA: NEST Information on Development of Emerging Activities ATBEST: Assessment tools for Breakthrough and Emerging S&T NETIAM: New and Emerging Teams in Industrial and Applied Mathematics

  35. www.cordis.lu/nest NEST PATHFINDER Reference document: download from www.cordis.lu/nest

  36. “support research on specific topics that are identified during the course of implementation of FP6 on the basis of their urgency and potential for future societal, industrial or economic relevance.” PATHFINDER: Mandate

  37. Selection of topics Collection of ideas - bottom-up Consultation with the scientific community Definition of work programme Call for proposals – STREP, CA, SSA Evaluation and selection 5 to 10 STREPs CA for co-ordination and dissemination SSAs to assist in strategic development of future topics PATHFINDER: Implementation

  38. Co-ordination of existing and future research projects. Networking of disciplines, expertise and European activities in fields relevant to the topic Promote a wider understanding of the implications of the topic across the various relevant disciplines Intellectual and material infrastructure requirements in the fields of the topic Perspectives and strategies for innovation and industrial translation, including intellectual property If applicable: Societal acceptance, including ethical, safety and regulatory aspects PATHFINDERCo-ordination Actions

  39. To assist in the mapping and development of the definition of the topic in question, assessing future development prospects and trends in the field. PATHFINDERSupport Actions

  40. For PATHFINDER only ! Pre-proposal check service (up to 4 weeks prior) Pre-proposal Forms: Guide for Proposers Requested: project summary + partnership Ideas and partnership should be pretty clear and stable Responses from NEST are simply for guidance regarding suitability of scope and eligibility (not a discussion forum!) Responses from NEST do not commit the Commission either way Final decision on proposals made by evaluators Pre-proposals (PATHFINDER) and OUTLINE Proposals (ADVENTURE, INSIGHT) are different things ! Pre-proposal check service

  41. PATHFINDER STREPsEvaluation criteria • Relevance to NEST objectives [4/5] • Scientific and Technological Excellence [4/5] • Potential impact [3/5] • Quality of the consortium [3/5] • Quality of management [3/5] • Mobilisation of resources[3/5]

  42. Started by an internal analysis of : NEST-OPEN projects received to date. Ideas received through the NEST Ideas in-box. Recent and current high level scientific discussion meetings and European Networking activities. European Science Foundation activities. Current activities of other research programmes in and outside the EU. Scientific foresight activities. The experience of the NEST programme to date. PATHFINDER topic identification process

  43. Follow up with specialised workshop and consultation with experts in each field Workshops allow to refine ideas and find areas of opportunity For existing topics, an analysis is made of the proposals received, including possible gaps and areas of weakness Refinement of Ideas

  44. Tackling complexity in science Explore inter-disciplinary approaches and techniques to deal with complex problems in diverse areas of science Synthetic biology Develop engineering, device-oriented approaches to working with sub-cellular building blocks What it means to be human Towards an integrated understanding of the human mind, by uniting diverse but relevant disciplines Ongoing Pathfinder topics - 2004 Call

  45. Synthetic biology Develop engineering, device-oriented approaches to working with cellular/sub-cellular building blocks What it means to be human Towards an integrated understanding of the human mind, by uniting diverse but relevant disciplines Measuring the impossible Scientific basis for measurement of phenomena that are intrinsically multidisciplinary and mediated by human interpretation and perception NEW Pathfinder topics - Call for 2005

  46. www.cordis.lu/nest PATHFINDER initiative on “What it means to be human”

  47. What features make human cognitive abilities unique? What are the origins of these features? Why are humans so different compared with their closest relatives, the Great Apes? Main Objective

  48. Why this initiative? • Today, a more integrated understanding of the human mind/brain and its specific features should allow to open up new scientific opportunities • It provides a way to bring together cognitive sciences and related disciplinary areas that can all contribute to explore the opportunities at the interface

  49. focus on higher cognitive faculties, (thinking, reasoning, using language) and individual cognitive development (in the context of social and cultural factors) take a comparative and evolutionary perspective be highly interdisciplinary In all cases however, the research must address the key question: why are humans different? Project Characteristics

  50. 1st Call 2 CAs 20 submissions 18 STREPs / 7 funded ~11 Mio. € • STREPs on: • Neural origin of language and communication (NEUROCOM) • Genetic basis for human cognitive abilities (PKB140404) • Origins of referential communication (REFCOM) • Evolution, development and control of imitation • Neurocognitive basis for spatial memory and orientation • Evolution and development of sign use • Development of concepts

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