FP7 IDEAS Programme The ERC Calls 2007 2012: An overview with focus on Greece ERC EA Unit A1 Support to the Scientific Council
The Explaining the ERC
Strategy Legislation What is ERC? The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-european competition Budget: 7.5billion (2007-2013) - 1.1 billion /year Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council with 22 members; full authority over funding strategy Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous) Excellence as the only criterion Support for the individual scientist no networks! Global peer-review No predetermined subjects (bottom-up) Support of frontier research in all fields of science and humanities 2
ERC Scientific Council Members Prof. Claudio BORDIGNON (Medicine) Prof. Nicholas CANNY, (History) Prof. Don Dingwell Prof. Sierd A.P.L. CLOETINGH (Earth Sciences) ERC Secretary General Prof. Mathias DEWATRIPONT (Economics) Prof. Tomasz DIETL (Physics) Prof. Daniel DOLEV (Computer Sciences) Prof. Carlos M. DUARTE (Biology) Prof. Daniel ESTEVE (Physics) Prof. Pavel EXNER (Applied Mathematics & Mathematical Physics), ERC Vice President Prof. Hans-Joachim FREUND (Physics & Physical Chemistry) Prof. Carl-Henrik HELDIN (Molecular Cell Biology), ERC Vice President Prof. Timothy HUNT (Biology) Prof. Norbert KROO (Physics) Prof. Maria Teresa LAGO (Astrophysics) Prof. Henrietta L. MOORE (Social Anthropology) Prof. Helga NOWOTNY (Science and Technology Studies), ERC President Prof. Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD (Genetics) Prof. Alain PEYRAUBE (Linguistics) Dr. Jens ROSTRUP-NIELSEN (Chemistry) Prof. Mart SAARMA (Biology) Prof. Anna TRAMONTANO (Biochemistry) Prof. Isabelle VERNOS (Molecular and Cell Biology)
Creative freedom of the individual grantee ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice to gain true financial autonomy for 5 years to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work to attract top team members (EU and non-eu) and collaborators to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability of grants) to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality label 5
After 5 years of existence A success story more than 3.000 selected proposals in more than 500 different host institutions in 27 countries; almost 5 billion euro excellence attracts excellence : 50% of PIs in 50 institutions highly competitive: average success rate 12 % EU value added: pan-european competition among researchers for the first time ever strengthening peer-review-based evaluation systems strong structuring effects: reshaping the European landscape of basic/frontier research making Europe more attractive in the global competition for scientific talent 6
ERC Grant schemes Starting Grants starters (2-7 years after PhD) up to 2.0 Mio for 5 years consolidators (7-12 years after PhD) up to 2.75 Mio for 5 years Advanced Grants track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years up to 3.5 Mio for 5 years Synergy Grants 2 4 Principal Investigators up to 15.0 Mio for 6 years Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage of marketable innovation up to 150,000 for ERC grant holders
ERC Competitions 2007-2012 Total number of applications received Evaluated* of which Funded success rates** Starting Grant 2007 9.167 8.787 299 3,4 Starting Grant 2009 2.503 2.392 245 10,2 Starting Grant 2010 2.873 2.767 436 15,8 Starting Grant 2011 4.080 4.005 487 12,2 Starting Grant 2012*** 4.741 4.654 536 11,5 Starting Grant 23.364 22.605 2.003 10,6 Advanced Grant 2008 2.167 2.034 282 13,9 Advanced Grant 2009 1.583 1.526 245 16,1 Advanced Grant 2010 2.009 1.967 271 13,8 Advanced Grant 2011 2.284 2.245 301 13,4 Advanced Grant 8.043 7.772 1.099 14,3 Proof of Concept 2011-1&2 151 139 51 36,7 Proof of Concept 2012-1*** 75 60 33 55,0 Proof of Concept 226 199 84 45,8 * withdrawn and ineligible proposals not taken into account ** percentage of funded proposals in relation to evaluated proposals *** selected Data as of 30/07/2012 8
Number of grantees Many of the grantees are Young Scientists 250 Starting Grant 200 150 100 Advanced Grant 50 0 23 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 Age of the grantees at the time of application ERC 2012 Starting Grant 2007-2012; Advanced Grant 2008-2011
Work Programme 2013 - Budget Total budget: 1,755m Starting Grant: 398m Consolidator Grant: 523m NEW! Advanced Grant: 662m Synergy Grant: 150m Pilot Proof of Concept Grant: 10m Other Activities (M&E Gender, Biblio, PMC Europe, ID Committee, Chair/vice-chairs, ScC Plenary meetings): 1.33m 10
number of applications WP 2013 - Consolidator Grant 5000 4500 4000 +42% +16% 3500 3000 2500 2000 +15% -27% +27% +14% 1500 1000 500 +79% +25% +10% -5% +21% +12% 0 StG- 2009 StG- 2010 StG- 2011 StG- 2012 AdG- 2008 AdG- 2009 AdG- 2010 AdG- 2011 call budget (Mio. Eur) StG AdG 11
WP 2013 - Other activities New study (ERC proposal submission, peer review and gender mainstreaming). New public procurement (to acquire relevant external data sets to benchmark ERC performance ). New support to open access (ERC will subscribe to join a European version of PubMed Central). Continuing admin. support to chair and vice chairs of Scientific Council, honoraria for Scientific Council members and funding for Standing Identification Committee. 12
ERC calls 2013 New ERC calls Publication Deadline Starting 2013 10 July 2012 17 Oct. 2012 Consolidator 2013 7 Nov. 2012 21 Feb. 2013 Advanced 2013 10 July 2012 22 Nov. 2012 Synergy 2013 10 Oct. 2012 10 Jan. 2013 PoC 2013 10 Jan. 2013 24 April 2013 3 Oct. 2013
The Participation of Greece
Submitted proposals by domain ERC Starting grant calls 2007-2012 Starting Grant 5000 4500 4000 4406 9,167 Physical Sciences and Engineering Life Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities 3500 3000 3399-73% +16% 2500 2000 +15% +42% 4,080 2058 4,741 1500 1000 1362 1112 2,503 927 1205 1030 2,874 1690 1440 950 1653 1030 500 464 638 0 Starting Grant 2007 Starting Grant 2009 Starting Grant 2010 Starting Grant 2011 Starting Grant 2012 ERC 2012 15
Submitted proposals by domain ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2012 Advanced Grant 1400 Physical Sciences and Engineering Life Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities 1200 1000 800 997 2,167 766-27% 736 1,583 +27% 2,009 +14% 902 917 2,284 789 +1% 773 2,304 978 600 400 404 512 621 486 578 553 335 200 0 Advanced Grant 2008 Advanced Grant 2009 Advanced Grant 2010 Advanced Grant 2011 Advanced Grant 2012 ERC 2012 16
Evaluated proposals from hosts in Greece ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2012 200 886 evaluated proposals from host institutions in Greece, by ERC call and domain 187 296 LS 484 PE 106 SH 180 160 140 120 LS PE SH 110 100 80 60 40 20 0 51 29 AdG 2008 15 8 7 5 AdG 2009 24 28 28 11 12 11 14 10 1 AdG 2010 AdG AdG 2011 AdG 2012 43 30 33 9 21 12 3 21 37 12 47 50 17 StG 2007StG 2009StG 2010StG 2011StG 2012 StG Ineligible and withdrawn proposals not taken into account 17
No of funded projects Funded projects ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 600 500 +78% 436 +12% 487 +10% 536 400 300 299-18% 245 282 245 271 301 200 100 0 StG-2007 StG-2009 StG-2010 StG-2011 StG-2012 AdG-2008 AdG-2009 AdG-2010 AdG-2011 StG AdG Data as of 30/07/2012 18
Granted proposals at hosts in Greece ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 4 27 projects with a host institution in Greece, by ERC call and domain 11 LS 16 PE 0 SH 3 LS PE SH 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AdG 2008 AdG 2009 AdG 2010 AdG 2011 StG 2007StG 2009StG 2010StG 2011StG 2012 AdG StG Current host institutions; data as of 30/07/2012 19
Average success rates per domain and type of grant Greece compared to ERC average ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 18% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Average success rates per domain and type of grant LS PE SH All domains EL - AdG calls ERC - AdG calls EL - StG calls ERC - StG calls 20
France The Netherlands UK Austria Germany Belgium Denmark Sweden Spain Hungary Estonia Finland Ireland Cyprus Portugal Italy Greece Czech Republic Bulgaria Poland Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland Israel Norway Iceland Turkey selected/evaluated proposals (%) Success rates per country of Host Institution ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 25 Success rates per country of HI 22 20 15 15 14 14 13 12 16 10 11 10 9 8 8 8 5 0 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 *) First legal signatories of the first grant agreement taken into account
ERC grant distribution to countries of HI ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 700 600 Advanced Grant Staring Grant 500 400 3102 projects have been selected, one fifth corresponding to women PIs. 300 200 100 0 UK DE FR NL CH IT ES IL SE BE AT DK FI NO HU IE EL PT PL CZ CY TR BG EE SK SI Data as of 30/07/2012 *) Host institution refers to the organisation with which the first grant agreement was signed 22 IS
More than 500 ERC Host Institutions in 27 countries Country Higher-Education Institution No StG AdG Total UK University of Cambridge 1 55 32 87 UK University of Oxford 2 47 34 81 CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne 3 38 25 63 UK University College London 4 40 19 59 CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) 5 22 29 51 IL Hebrew University of Jerusalem 6 32 17 49 IL Weizmann Institute 7 30 18 48 UK Imperial College 7 28 20 48 BE University of Leuven 8 23 8 31 UK University of Edinburgh 9 18 12 30 UK University of Bristol 10 14 15 29 DE University of Munich 11 10 15 25 NL Leiden University 11 14 11 25 CH University of Zurich 11 12 13 25 SE Karolinska Institute 11 16 9 25 FI University of Helsinki 11 16 9 25 NL University of Amsterdam 12 16 8 24 IL Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 12 21 3 24 NL Radboud University Nijmegen 12 18 6 24 Country Research Organisation No StG AdG Total FR National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 1 114 38 152 DE Max Planck Society 2 57 29 86 FR National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) 3 28 9 37 FR French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission 4 30 6 36 ES Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 5 20 6 26 FR National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic Control (INRIA) 6 16 8 24 Top European Institutions hosting at least 24 ERC Grantees by funding Schemes StG 2007-2012 AdG 2008-2011 First legal signatories of the grant agreement Data as of 30/07/2012 23
Host institutions in Greece ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas 4 2 1 National Technical University of Athens 1 4 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 3 National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" 2 Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming" 1 1 Academy of Athens - Biomedical Research Foundation University of Patras 2 2 Centre for Research & Technology Hellas Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Crete University of Ioannina Research Academic Computer Technology Institute Starting Grants Advanced Grants PoC 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 6 8 Current host institutions; data as of 30/07/2012 24
Mobility of researchers (I) ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 Nationality as last declared by the principal investigator 500 Nationals Abroad 400 Nationals in the Country 300 200 100 26 Greek grantees in Greece 32 Greek grantees away from Greece: UK (13), CH (9), DE (5), FR (3), IT (2) 0 DE UK FR IT NL IL ES BE SE CH DK EL AT FI HU PT IE NO PL CZ RO HR TR CY BG EE RS SK SI LU LT IS MT (PI nationality - EU member states and FP7 A.C.) 25
Mobility of researchers (II) ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 700 600 500 Non-nationals in host country Nationals in host country Nationals away from country 400 300 200 100 0-100 1 foreign grantee in Greece UK DE FR NL CH IT ES IL SE BE AT DK FI NO HU EL IE PT PL CZ CY BG EE TR IS SK SI RO HR RS LU LT MT 32 Greek grantees away from Greece -200 26
Success rate of Greek applicants ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 Applicants with Greek nationality (evaluated proposals): 1102 resident in Greece at the time of application: 775 (70%) resident outside Greece at the time of application: 327 (30%) evaluated funded success rate resident in Greece staying home 751 23 3% resident in Greece applying abroad 24 3 13% resident abroad coming to Greece 49 3 6% resident abroad remaining abroad 278 29 10% all Greek applicants 1102 58 5% 27
Number of assignments* ERC panel members by country of HI and gender ERC Starting and Advanced grant calls 2007-2011 350 300 250 321 308 266 Averaged over the first eight ERC calls 34% of the ERC panel members were women. Men Women 200 194 196 150 114 105101 125 100 85 81 77 66 65 50 55 41 36 27 21 44 37 9 5 5 5 4 3 3 16 6 4 3 15 11 6 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 UK DE FR IT ES NL SE BE AT DK FI PL HU CZ PT EL IE RO BG CY SK LT EE SI CH IL NO TR RS HR IS US JP CA AU TW CL HK RU UA AR MX EU Member States Associated C. International Country of Panel Member's Host Institution * no of instances that experts of a certain country of origin are being used
Frontier research and innovation: ERC Proof of Concept Initiated to help ERC grant-holder to bridge the gap between their research and the earliest stage of a marketable innovation Supporting grant-holders during the predemonstration Up to 150.000 Euro per grant One step evaluation First call in Autumn 2011 with 2 deadlines Second call in 2012 (deadlines: 3 May and 3 October 2012) 2011 2012 Total applications 151 75 Evaluated* 139 60 Funded 51 33 *) withdrawn and ineligible proposals not taken into account
Speeding up the discovery process: ERC Synergy grant 2012 work programme on a pilot basis 2 4 Principal Investigators; complementary skills, knowledge & resources; to jointly address frontier research problems Up to 15m for up to six years Based on ERC principles (no consortia, no networks): bottom-up and risk-taking driven by scientific demand PIs expected to spend significant core time together only one Host Institution, but groups not required to be physically located in the same place 710 submissions to the first Synergy Call
The International participation
Number of Grantees ERC grantees with a non-era nationality ERC Starting Grant calls 2007-2012 ERC Advanced Grant calls 2008-2011 60 50 40 30 Starting grants Advanced grants TOTAL number of grantees with non-era nationality : 153 StG and 58 AdG 20 10 Starting grants 0 Advanced grants USA Australia Russia Canada India Japan Argentina China Ukraine Others 53 14 14 12 12 11 7 7 7 16 41 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 Nationality *) nationality as last declared by the principal investigator Data as of 30/07/2012
Few grantees from outside ERA Mainly researchers moving/returning from the US Country of residence International grantees ERA nationals Total Argentina 1 1 Australia 1 2 3 Brazil 1 1 Canada 1 1 2 India 2 2 Japan 1 1 2 Korea 1 1 USA 16 54 70 Total 23 59 82 Note: Researchers residing outside the European Research Area at the time of application
Team members: internationalisation a sample of 383 on-going projects about 2200 team members without principal investigators Breakdown by nationality (77): US; 2,4 India; 2,3 CN; 2,9 Others Associated; 1,7 CH; 2,4 Others non Associated; 9,3 Unknow n/double; 3,3 BE; 2,4 DE; 10,8 ES; 4,9 FR; 9,7 IL; 8,4 FI; 3,0 Others EU; 11,3 UK; 4,4 SE; 2,5 PL; 1,8 NL; 3,7 IT; 13,0 Greece: 2.1% of team members in the sample (and 2.1% of PIs) EU: 67% Assoc. Countries: 13% Other Countries: 17% Unknown: 3%
Attracting excellent researchers worldwide ERC goes global campaign targeting top and emerging research locations US South West & Mexico 2012 Canada Feb.2012 US East Coast 2013 Russia 2012 India 2013 Japan, S.-Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong China 2013 July 2012 Brazil, Chile May 2012 South Africa March 2012 Singapore, Australia, New Zealand 2013
The Prospects for the future
number of applications Rising applications 5000 +16% 4500 4000 +42% 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 +15% +79% +25% +10% +14% +1% +27% -27% -5% +21% +12% +3% 0 StG- 2009 StG- 2010 StG- 2011 StG- 2012 AdG- 2008 AdG- 2009 AdG- 2010 AdG- 2011 AdG- 2012 call budget (mil eur) StG AdG
HORIZON 2020 HORIZON 2020 structure: Excellence Science Industrial leadership Societal challenges EIT JRC Excellent Science: reinforcing and extending the excellence of the EU s science base and consolidating ERA to make EU s R&I system more competitive on a global scale (budget proposal under H2020: 15 billion, stabilizing at 2013 levels) Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Curie Research Infrastructures 38
Budget proposal under H2020 H2020 budget 88 billion ERC budget 15 billion FP7 budget 50.5 billion ERC budget 7.5 billion Societal challenges (39%) EIT (3.6%) JRC (2.5%) ERC (17.1%) JRC nonnuclear (3 %) Capacities (8 %) People (9 %) Co-operation (65 %) Ideas (15 %) Industrial leadership (23.1%) Other Excellent science (14.6%)
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