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Uleberg ERC Young Investigator Grant 27: 95 ansökningar totalt 2 ansökningar från GU Martin Bergö, SA

projekt, 15 Mkr 5:e ramprogrammet: 12 projekt, 2 Mkr 6:e ramprogrammet: 11 projekt, >3 Mkr 7:e

1 Värt att söka ERC? Information om Europeiska forskningsrådet Göteborgs universitet Margareta Ahlqwist Gustav Bertilsson Uleberg ERC Young Investigator Grant 27: 95 ansökningar totalt 2 ansökningar från GU Martin Bergö, SA finansierad Chalmers Kurt Stenudd EU är GU:s näst största externa bidragsgivare 4:e ramprogrammet: 15 projekt, 15 Mkr 5:e ramprogrammet: 12 projekt, 2 Mkr 6:e ramprogrammet: 11 projekt, >3 Mkr 7:e ramprogrammet: > 1 ansökningar varav > 2 godkända National Contact Points (NCPs)) for ERC Gunnar Sandberg tel Gunnar.Sandberg@vinnova.se Anna Sjöström Douagi tel asd@vr.se 1

2 Why ERC? Initiative came from researchers in Europe Enforce basic research in Europe (retain, repatriate, recruit) Increase quality by competing on an international level Raise the level of ambition Complement national support for basic research On the basis on excellence as the sole criterion Development of the budget FP7 Ideas Programme Part of Seventh EU Research Framework Programme (FP7) Creates the ERC (new institution ) Feb 27: Scientific Council (ScC) Dedicated Implementation Structure (DIS) Provides funding 7.51 bn (27-213): around 15% of FP7 budget average budget: ~1 bn per year ERC Actors The Scientific Council Independent scientific governance The Agency (Dedicated Implementation Structure, ERC-DIS) Practical implementation and management of operations The European Union Providing the financial means, guarantor of ERC s autonomy Sets overall objectives for research and operating principles 2

The ERC Board Prof. Fotis Kafatos ERC President and Chair of the ScC Prof. Helga Nowotny, Dr Daniel Esteve ERC Vice-Presidents and Vice-Chairs of ERC ScC Prof.

3 The ERC Board Prof. Fotis Kafatos ERC President and Chair of the ScC Prof. Helga Nowotny, Dr Daniel Esteve ERC Vice-Presidents and Vice-Chairs of ERC ScC Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker ERC Secretary-General Jack Metthey Director of ERC DIS (Directorate S) ERC Grant schemes Individual Research Team Concept Individual Research Teams headed by a single team leader who is the Principal Investigator (PI) PI can be of any age, nationality or country of residence if necessary, the PI can include additional team members meeting the needs of the project Advanced Grants only: for interdisciplinary projects, the PI can choose a co-investigator(s) from related discipline(s) PI s host institution Located in an EU Member State or Associated Country ERC Grant schemes Strategic principles All fields of science and scholarship are eligible investigator-driven, bottom-up, frontier research Excellence is the only valid criterion Principal Investigator + research project Investment in research talent Attractive, flexible grants, up to five years under control of the Principal Investigator Independent individual teams in Europe nationality of researchers is not relevant host organisation to be located in EU or Associated Country ERC Grant schemes Frontier Research concept A new understanding of basic research avoiding distinctions: between basic and applied research between science and technology between traditional disciplines The term Frontier Research reflects: going beyond these categories absence of disciplinary boundaries intrinsically risky character of ground-breaking research (highrisk/high-gain research) at and beyond the frontiers of knowledge new and emerging fields: opening new opportunities and directions in research including those of a multi- and interdisciplinary nature 3

4 ERC Grant Schemes Launch Strategy of ERC Scientific Council Retain Repatriate Recruit Favour brain gain and reverse brain drain increase competition, recognition and international visibility for excellent individual scientists and scholars in Europe ERC Advanced Grant: attract & reward established independent research leaders Keep (young) researchers in Europe improve career opportunities and independence - especially for young researchers ERC Starting Grant: attract & retain the next generation of independent research leaders ERC Grant Schemes Evaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole criterion Evaluation of Excellence at three levels: Quality of Principal Investigator Quality of Research Project Research Environment Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria 1 and 2 numerically, which will result in the ranking of the proposals Criteria 3 will be considered on a "pass/fail" basis and commented but not scored ERC Grant schemes Operational Principles Application in response to calls for proposals Principal Investigators applies in conjunction and on behalf of a research-performing host institution Staged Evaluation Procedure to manage large number of expected applications (almost 9167 proposals received in response to 1st Call for ERC Starting Grant proposals) Panel-based peer review process Scientific Council selects panels and peer reviewers Panels assess and select proposals ERC Grant Schemes Peer Review Evaluation Panels 25 Panels covering all fields of science, technology and scholarship Each Panel consists of the Panel Chair and 1-15 Panel Members Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposals assigned to his/her panel in collaboration with the ERC staff The Panel Chair gives high level credibility stamp and visibility to the whole evaluation process 4

5 ERC Advanced Grant (ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant) Designed to support excellent investigator-initiated frontier research projects by established independent research leaders Targeting researchers who have already established their independence as team leaders and are exceptional leaders in terms of significance of their research achievements (in the last 1 years) up to 5 years, up to 2,5 (3,5) Mio. per grant ~25 Advanced Grants over 7 years of FP7 (27-213) Proposal structure Part A: Contains normal A1-A3 forms Plus additional A1T : Track Record Summary of Scientific Leadership profile Summary of 1 year Track Record Part B: contains 3 sections & 1 annex Section 1 Scientific Leadership profile (2 pages) CV (including funding ID ) 1-years track record Extended synopsis Section 2 = Scientific proposal Section 3 = Research Environment description Statement of support from the Host Institution ERC Advanced Grant First call: ERC AdG1 (3 Nov 27) Indicative Budget: 517 Mio Single submission (1 stage, 2 step evaluation) Electronic submission via EPSS Early (pre-)registration strongly recommended 3 deadlines, 3 domains, 25 panels (1 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH) Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE) on 28 th February Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) on 18 th March Life Sciences (LS) on 22 nd April 2, proposals expected (?) Two-step evaluation Step 1: Section 1 of Part B evaluated against Criterion 1 (PI) and 2 (Research Project) Proposal needs to pass threshold for both criteria to pass to second step In case of major oversubscription, panels may base their decisions on Form A1T (Track Record) + Extended Synopsis Evaluated by Panel Members + possibly shadow panel members where necessary Step 2: All three sections evaluated against all three evaluation criteria Evaluated by Panel Members + Remote Evaluators 5

6 Indicators of leadership profile Content and impact of the major scientific of the applicant to his or her own research field and/or neighbouring research fields and, if applicable, their wider societal impact; The international recognition and diffusion that these major contributions have received from others Ability to productively change research fields and/or to establish new interdisciplinary approaches ERC Advanced Grant Managing high demand for grants Maximise call budget By combining budgets over 2 successive years (only one application per researcher in either 28 or 29) Encourage the best to apply Excellent track record (in recent years) Strong leadership profile Discourage trivial or low-quality applications Applications should be substantive (one-stage submission with two stage evaluation) Re-application rules: Disincentives to submission of not well prepared or not highest quality application IMPORTANT! Resubmission rules Only one AdG application for 28 and 29 calls (combined) Can only re-apply for 21 AdG call if you are above threshold in 28 or 29 AdG Call If you apply for AdG in 28 or 29, cannot apply for a StG during same period ERC Starting Grant (ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant ) Support researchers at the beginning of their career, establishing or consolidating their own independent research team Provide a structure for transition from working under a supervisor to an independent research leader up to 5 years, up to 2 million per grant ~14 Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7 (27-213) 6

7 ERC StG Evaluation: overview Nationality of the PIs of the evaluated 8794 proposals Number of proposals by gender and nationality 9 8 Male Female 8794 proposals evaluated representing about 1 B value of requested funding 559 retained proposals representing about 535 M Stage 1 evaluation: ~ 6 % retained Stage 2 evaluation: ~ 5% will be retained M available for this call ~ 25 projects Male Female IT DE FR UK ES NL EL SE BE PL FI IL HU RO PT TR AT DK IE RU CH CZ US BG NO SK CN TN SI BY IN KR CY LV RS NZ CA DZ UA IR AU HR LT JP AR BR EE IS MX SG CU LU VE ZA BD PE TW AM BA CL CO EG LB MA PK TF UY UZ AD CG HK KE LK ME MK MT MU MW MY NG PH PS SM n 8: 36 Swedish PIs (Male/Female 67/33%) 88 countries TG TH TZ VN ZW ERC StG Proposals received at stage 1: Massive response! Domain Number of proposals received at stage 1 Number of proposals passing to stage 2 % of budget pre-allocated* Statistics for the 559 proposals to stage 2 85 % EU nationals 4 % researchers based outside of EU (> 1 % third country nationality) Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering 3,396 (37%) 4,48 (48%) 26 (37%) 251 (45%) 4 45 Scientific domains: 45 %Physics, Mathematics & Engineering (45 %) 37 % Life Science (4 %) 18 % Social Sciences & Humanities (15 %) Social Sciences & Humanities Total 1,363 (15%) 9, (18%) 559 *Indicative budget established by ScC (Work programme 27) 15 Host institutions in 21 countries (34 countries applied) Average age 36 years 24 % 7

8 Nationality of the PIs of the selected 559 proposals Time after first PhD for the PIs of the selected 559 proposals Number of proposals by gender and nationality Germany: 85 Italy: 7 Male Female Number of PIs by host country and time after first PhD (12) years 2-5 years France: 56 Netherlands: 5 UK: 42 Belgium: 32 Israel: 28 n 9: countries Hungary: 17 Greece: 15 2 DE IT FR NL UK ES BE IL SE HU EL CH FI US AT PT DK IE CY AU CN JP CA PL AR CZ IN NO RO RU TR AD BY IS RS SI SK UA UK DE NL FR IT ES CH IL BE SE EL FI HU DK PT AT BG CY CZ NO IE Country of host institution of the selected 559 proposals Age of the PIs of the selected 559 proposals Number of proposals by domain and country of host institution (head quarters) 11 1 UK: 12 Sweden: : 19 9 SH: 2 8 Germany: 8 PE: 8 7 LS: 9 SH PE LS Number of PIs by age Male Female 6 5 France: 65 Netherlands: countries 5 4 Average age: 35.6 years Belgium: 25 Switzerland: 25 n 1: 19 host inst. at stage 2 (454 submitted) Hungary: 14 Finland: UK DE FR NL IT ES IL BE CH SE HU FI EL AT DK NO CY IE PT CZ BG

9 Applications from Sweden 3 succesful candidates 454 proposals from Sweden (5 % of total) 19 proposal selected to stage 2 (3 % of selected) Of the 19 proposals were 1 % (2) Social Sciences (18 %) 42 % (8) Physics, Mathematics and Engineering (45 %) 47 % (9) Life Science (37 %) 21 % (24 %) 32 nationalities 17 host institutions 21 different countries 26 % Average age: 35 years In Sweden around 1 grants Swedish Host Institutions Documentation Distribution Swedish Host Institutions stage 2 Specific text of Call for Proposal ERC Work Programme Total 19 st SU - 2st UmU - 1st UU - 1st Chalmers - 1st GU - 3st ERC Guide for Applicants ERC Grant agreement Other: LU - 2st ERC Guide for Grant Holders (coming soon) LIU - 1st KI - 5st ERC Guide for Peer Reviewers KTH - 3st ERC Rules on submission, evaluation, selection and award procedures 9

Up-to to-date Information ERC website at http://erc.europa.eu www.gu.

Alert http://erc.europa.eu/?fuseaction=reg.

application, follow-up http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.ncplist ERC helpdesk https://www.epss-fp7.

10 Up-to to-date Information ERC website at Information Nyheter Utlysningar Länkar Rapportstöd Other Services ERC News Alert ERC National Contact Points inform, raise awareness and provide advice on ERC funding opportunities, application, follow-up ERC helpdesk EPSS helpdesk technical support on electronic proposal submission Nästa steg Forskningsservice hjälper till med: Ansökan Budget Formalia Intyg Innehåll Kontakta

The European Research Council

The European Research Council The Monica Dietl Policy Officer ERC Strategy Unit European Commission Paris, 5 Juin 2008 - SERI ERC, Ideas and FP7 An integrated structure with a specific vocation Independent scientific governance (Scientific