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ESF Member Organisations ESF is an independent association of 78 Member Organisations research funding organisations research performing organisations academies and learned societies in 30 countries 2
Established in 1974 Offices in Strasbourg, Brussels, Ostend ESF headquarters, Strasbourg ESF running budget 57M in 2010 Staff: equivalent to 160 full time in 2010 including COST Office ESF covers all scientific domains Marine Board, Ostend Research Conferences Unit,15 th floor and COST, 21 st floor, Tour Generali, Brussels 3
ESF Activities SCIENCE STRATEGY Forward Looks Science Policy Briefings Exploratory Workshops SCIENCE SYNERGY EUROCORES Research Programmes Research Networking Programmes Research Conferences SCIENCE MANAGEMENT Peer Review support Coordination of EUROHORCs projects COST and Coordination of ERA projects Member Organisation Fora 4
Funding level Range of Instruments Funding available to researchers EUROCORES 1 m RNPs 100 k Conferences Forward Looks 15 k Exploratory Workshops MO Fora 10 30 100 Number of researchers per instrument 5
Forward Looks Medium to long-term scientific perspectives Multidisciplinary topics viewed at a European level Bring together scientists with policy makers Wide consultation Produce major reports and action plans www.esf.org/flooks 6
Science Policy Briefings Address science policy issues of key concern to ESF Member Organisations and the wider scientific community Draw on the advice and expertise of researchers Provide consensus on strategy recommendations to policy makers www.esf.org/spb 7
Exploratory Workshops One-off specialist meetings Spearheading topics Bottom-up topics based on open calls Should catalyse significant and strategic activities 25-30 scientists involved ESF grant per event: 15k www.esf.org/workshops 8
EUROCORES (European Collaborative Research Programmes) Unique investigator-driven collaborative research scheme in Europe covering all scientific disciplines An opportunity for the science community and Member Organisations to submit ideas for medium- to large-scale collaborative research programmes International and joint peer review Research funding remains national, networking funded through ESF Typically channels 5 10M over 3 years across 5-15 collaborative research programmes, with up to 80 individual projects www.esf.org/eurocores 9
Research Networking Programmes Networking to enable major scientific endeavours over a four- to five-year period Supported by Member Organisations according to interest Other research and academic institutions can also offer support Typically include workshops, conferences, exchange visits, summer schools, dissemination Can link to other initiatives, including the EC Framework Programme Financing in the range of 100k -130k per year 6,500 participants per year in 45-50 programmes www.esf.org/programmes 10
Research Conferences Interdisciplinary scheme for Europe implemented in collaboration with high-profile partners Stimulate dialogue between early-stage researchers and scientific leaders worldwide Cover the latest topics, proposed by and for the scientific community Full organisational support by ESF conference organisers Grants of 20-60k per conference, including support earmarked for early-stage researchers www.esf.org/conferences 11
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Intergovernmental Framework, governed by its Member States Origin: o Started 1971: Ministerial conference, with 19 Member States Current Participation: o 2011: 35 COST Member States and 1 cooperating state (Israel) COST Actions: o Currently more than 200 running o Concerted Actions of nationally funded research and development projects o Open networks on a global scale 12
European Cooperation in Science and Technology The Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) is the main decision-making body responsible for the strategic development of COST Approximately 250 current Actions Between 65 and 300k per year over 4 years Meetings, workshops, conferences, short term scientific visits, training schools. Continuous call open to all with collection dates in March and September Approximately 9-month decision path www.cost.eu 13
PESC Forward Looks: currently 4 Exploratory workshops: annual ESF Call covering all scientific areas 7 workshops being funded by PESC in 2011 and 2 Strategic Workshops Research Networking programmes: currently about 30 EUROCORES: currently 8 running 14
A time of change ESF is in discussion with EUROHORCs (European Heads of Research Councils) about a possible merger of the two organisations: To create a united voice for science in Europe, to lead the future of the European Research Area (ERA) Increased focus on influencing policy that impacts European research and science 15
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Holographic methods for strongly coupled systems (Holograv) - 13 contributing countries Belgium Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Ondezoek - Vlaanderen (FWO) Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) Denmark The Danish Council for Independent Research ( Natural Science) Finland Academy of Finland France National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) German Deutsche Forschungsgemeischaft (DFG) Hungary Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA); Hungarian Academy of Sciences Island Icelandic Centre for Research Italy National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) The Netherlands Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Portugal Foundation for Sceince and Technology (FCT) Sweden The Swedish Research Council Switzerland Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) 18
Holographic methods for strongly coupled systems (Holograv) Duration : from June 2011 to June 2016 Budget = 515 keur http://www.esf.org/holograv ESF Contact : Ms. Chantal Durant cdurant@esf.org 19