Réunion des DU-INSHS 30 mars 2009 Stratégie et priorités scientifiques du Conseil Européen de la Recherche (ERC) Alain PEYRAUBE Conseil scientifique de l ERC 1
FP7 (EC) 7 th Framework Programme (FP7) Family of FP7 Specific Programmes Co-operation Ideas People Capacities Ideas: complementary to other FP7 support policy vs. science-driven, bottom-up vs. targeted research 2
FP7 Ideas Programme Creates the ERC (new institution ): Scientific Council (ScC) Executive Agency (EA) Provides funding: 7.51 bn (2007-2013), around 15% of FP7 budget Average budget: ~1 bn per year Sets overall objectives for research and operating principles By 2010: review of ERC structure and mechanisms 3
The Agency Executes annual work programme as established by the Scientific Council Implements calls for proposals and provides information and support to applicants Organises peer review evaluation Establishes and manages grant agreements Administers financial aspects and follow-up of grant agreements 4
The Scientific Council Members & Role 22 most respected researchers reflecting the full scope of European research and scholarship proposed by an independent identification committee appointed by the Commission (for 4 years, renewable once) Role: Establishes overall scientific strategy establishes annual work programmes (incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria); defines peer review methodology; ensures selection and accreditation of experts Controls quality of operations and management Ensures communication with the scientific community 5
The ERC Board Linking strategy and operations Prof. Fotis Kafatos President of the ERC Prof. Helga Nowotny Dr Daniel Esteve Vice-Presidents of the ERC Jack Metthey Director of ERC EA (Directorate S) Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker ERC Secretary-General 6
Strategic Aims Overview ERC : first pan-european funding agency for frontier research Funding directed to individual teams and projects selected solely on the criteria of excellence Operates according to the principles of scientific excellence, autonomy, efficiency and transparency Autonomous scientific governance Simple, user-friendly delivery 7
ERC Grants: Open to individual teams anywhere in the world ERC has been the only component of the FP7- family to widely open its programs and schemes to individual teams anywhere in the world, under only one condition, i.e. that funded projects will have to be located in EU or its associated countries. Thus, PIs and team members can be of any nationality, working in almost any country. 8
Two types of Grants ERC Starting Grants, supporting excellent early stage independent investigators (2-9 years since completion of PhD) 2007 and 2009 ERC Advanced Grants, supporting investigators at all subsequent stages 2008 Hosting institution Located in a EU Member State or Associated Country Intra-European grant portability allowed 9
ERC Grant schemes Budget Allocation For operational reasons the ScC agreed on 3 main research domains: Domain 1: Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Information and Communication, Engineering Sciences, Universe and Earth Sciences (PE) Domain 2: Life Sciences (LS) Domain 3: Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) Pre-allocation of call budget for ERC Grants per domain currently as follows: 45% PE - 40% LS - 15% SH Now : 39% PE 34% LS 14% SH 10
ERC Grant schemes Panel Structure Panels have one Panel Chair and 10-12 Panel Members, all selected by the Scientific Council members 20 Panels for the 1st Call : 8 PE, 7 LS, 5 SH 25 Panels now: 10 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposals assigned to his/her Panel in collaboration with ERC staff Panel Chair gives high level stamp of credibility and visibility to the whole evaluation process 11
ERC Grant Schemes Evaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole criterion 1. Principal Investigator 2. Research Project 3. 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 as "pass/fail" and commented upon but not scored 12
ERC-2007-StG Submission (stage 1): Massive response! Domain Number of proposals % of proposals % of budget pre-allocated* Life Sciences 3,396 37,0 40 Physical Sciences & Engineering 4,408 48,1 45 Social Sciences & Humanities 1,363 14,9 15 Total 9,167 *Indicative budget established by ScC (Work programme 2007) 13
ERC-2007-StG Submission (stage 1): some statistics (2) Out of the 9167 projects submitted: 1610 IT, 1103 UK, 1021 DE, 699 FR, 542 SP, 516 NL, 462 SE,... Outside Europe: 150 USA, 23 CA, 15 Australia, 9 Japan, 6 China, 3 India, 2 Brazil, 2 Iran, 1 Taiwan, etc. 559 projects passed the first stage of evaluation (threshold): 14
Country of host institution for the 8794 evaluated proposals Number of proposals by domain and country of host institution (head quarters) 1600 1400 1200 SH PE LS 1000 800 34 countries 600 400 200 0 IT UK DE FR ES NL SE EL BE FI CH IL PL HU PT DK TR AT IE RO NO CZ BG SI CY SK RS HR LT EE LU IS LV MT 15
ERC-2007-StG Evaluation (stage 1): Distribution over Scientific Domains Domain Number of proposals % of proposals % of budget pre-allocated* Life Sciences 206 37 40 Physical Sciences & Engineering 251 45 45 Social Sciences & Humanities 102 18 15 Total 559 *Indicative budget (Scientific Council, ERC work programme 2007) 16
Distribution of the 559 proposals 102 UK, 81 DE, 65 FR, 56 NL, 49 IT, 40 SP, 25 BE,... 102 (out of the 559) in HSS: 29 UK, 17 NL, 12 DE, 8 FR, 6 SP, 6 IT, 5 BE,... Distribution according to the panels: 26 for SH-1, 22 SH-2, 26 SH-3, 11 SH-4, 17 SH-5 For the 65 French projects, 31 in Physical sciences and engineering, 26 in Life sciences and 8 in HSS 17
Country of host institution for the 559 selected proposals Number of proposals by domain and country of host institution (head quarters) 110 100 90 80 SH PE LS 70 60 50 21 countries 40 30 20 10 0 UK DE FR NL IT ES IL BE CH SE HU FI EL AT DK NO CY IE PT CZ BG 18
Proposals granted 302 proposals granted: 137 PE, 108 LS, 57 SH Distribution of the 302 by host institution: 19% UK, 13% FR, 11% DE, 8.5% NL, 8.2% IT, 8% SP, 8% IL Distribution of the 57 SH: 17 UK, 10 NL, 6 FR, 4 DE, 4 SP, 4 IT, 2 BE, 2 CY, 2 IL, 2 SE, 1 AT, 1 BG, 1 CH, 1 FI The 6 FR: 1 SH-1 (RTRA-TSE), 2 SH-3 (CNRS), 1 SH-4 (CNRS), 2 SH-5 (CNRS, MNHN) 3 Linguistics, 1 Anthropology, 1 Economics, 1 History 19
ERC Advanced Grant (ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant) 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 10 years) up to 5 years, up to 3,5 million per grant ~2000 Starting Grants over 7 years of FP7 (2007-2013) 20
New Panel structure and description Physical sciences & Engineering (28 February 2008) PE1 Mathematical foundations: all areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics PE3 Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences PE4 Physical and analytical chemical sciences: analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics PE5 Materials and synthesis: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, functional and advanced materials, molecular architecture, organic chemistry PE6 Computer science and informatics: informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems PE7 Systems and communication engineering: electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering PE8 Products and processes engineering: product design, process design and control, construction methods, civil engineering, energy systems, material engineering PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar system; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation PE10 Earth system science: physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management 21
New Panel structure and description Social Sciences and Humanities (18 March 2008) SH1 Individuals, institutions and markets: economics, finance and management SH2 Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour: sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology SH3 Environment and society: environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education SH5 Cultures and cultural production: literature, visual and performing arts, music, cultural and comparative studies SH6 The study of the human past: archaeology, history and memory 22
New Panel structure and description Life Sciences (22 April 2008) LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry: molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, biochemistry of signal transduction LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: genetics, population genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling and simulation, systems biology, genetic epidemiology LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology: cell biology, cell physiology, signal transduction, organogenesis, evolution and development, developmental genetics, pattern formation in plants and animals LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology: organ physiology, pathophysiology, endocrinology, metabolism, ageing, regeneration, tumorigenesis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome LS5 Neurosciences and neural disorders: neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, systems neuroscience, neurological disorders, psychiatry LS6 Immunity and infection: immunobiology, aetiology of immune disorders, microbiology, virology, parasitology, global and other infectious diseases, population dynamics of infectious diseases, veterinary medicine LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease, public health, epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical medicine, regenerative medicine, medical ethics LS8 Evolutionary, population and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, animal behaviour, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography, marine biology, ecotoxicology, prokaryotic biology LS9 Applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology and remediation 23
ERC Advanced Grant Evaluation Criteria: Excellence is the sole award criterion 1. Principal Investigator - Quality of research output/track-record ( 10-year track-record) - Intellectual capacity and creativity ( CV + leadership profile) 2. Research Project - Ground-breaking nature of the research - Potential impact - Methodology 3. Research Environment (assessed in Step 2 only) - Contribution of the research environment to the project - Contribution of the project to research environment - Participation of other legal entities (if clear/ substantial added value) 24
ERC Advanced Grant 2 2167 projects submitted 997 PE, 766 LS, 404 SH By host institution: 301 IT, 299 UK, 205 FR, 179 DE, 141 IL, 135 SP, 107 NL, By PI Residency: 298 UK, 296 IT, 195 FR, 183 DE, 141 IL, 129 SP, 102 NL, By PI Nationality: 327 IT, 247 UK, 200 DE, 170 FR, 143 IL, 112 SP, 104 GR, 101 NL 127 SH proposals (out of 382) passed the first stage of evaluation 25
ERC Advanced Grant 3 SH1 - Individuals, institutions and markets: economics, finance and management : 79 (7 FR) > 30 (5 FR) after the first stage of evaluation (38%) SH2 - Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour: sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology: 82 (3 FR) > 22 (2 FR) (26.8%) SH3 - Environment and society: environmental studies, demography, social geography, urban and regional studies: 19 (0 FR) > 6 (0 FR) (28.6%) 26
ERC Advanced Grant 4 SH4 - The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education: 86 (12 FR) > 30 (5 FR) (34.9%) SH5 - Cultures and cultural production: literature, visual and performing arts, music, cultural and comparative studies: 40 (4 FR) > 13 (3 FR) (33.3%) SH6 - The study of the human past: archaeology, history and memory: 75 (6 FR) > 26 (2 FR) (34.7%) 27
ERC Advanced Grant 5 32 French projects submitted, out of 382 = 8.37 % 17 French projects out of 127 (13.38%) after the first step of evaluation 9 French projects granted out of 46 (19.56%) Distribution of the 17 FR projects by Host Institution: 5 CNRS, 4 EHESS, 3 TSE+EEP, 2 ENS-Ulm, 1 MSH-Paris, 1 IEP, 1 Univ. Nantes 28
ERC Advanced Grant 6 Distribution of the 9 French projects granted: 3 CNRS, 3 EHESS, 1 EEP, 1 Univ. Nantes, 1 TSE 3 Linguistics, 2 Economics, 2 Anthropology, 1 History, 1 Sociology 29
ERC-2009-Starting Grant 2503 submissions: 1112 PE (44%), 927 LS (37%), 464 SH (18.5%) Distribution by Host Institution: 434 IT, 347 UK, 256 DE, 228 FR, 227 SP, 134 NL, 95 BE, Distribution by PIs nationality: 513 IT, 284 DE, 213 SP, 200 FR, 161 UK, 119 NL, 457 proposals selected after the 1st stage of evaluation (18.6%): 207 PE, 155 LS, 95 SH 82 UK, 62 FR, 58 DE, 40 NL, 35 IT, 35 SP, 24 NL 30
Merci Thank you! 31
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