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1. EU funding for Arts, History and Social Science researchersRoyal Holloway18 October 2010Inga Benneringa.benner@bbsrc.ac.uk http://www.ukro.ac.uk

2. Agenda • Introduction to UKRO and EU funding (FP7) • Cooperation • Capacities • European Research Council (ERC) • Marie Curie • Non-FP funding opportunities (examples)

3. UK Research Office • Established in Brussels in 1984 • Staff of 14 • Sponsored by the seven UK Research Councils • Receives subscriptions from over 140 research organisations • Services for sponsors and subscribers include: • Query service – advice and guidance by email and telephone • Bespoke institutional briefing visits • Website and tailored web- and email-based information services • Meeting room in Brussels • Runs training courses and organises Annual Conference • UK National Contact Point for the ERC and Marie Curie • Produces European RTD Insight for the British Council • For more information see www.ukro.ac.uk UK Research Office

4. UKRO Information Services UK Research Office

5. UK Research Office

6. The 7th Framework Programme (FP7) – an Overview http://www.ukro.ac.uk

7. What is FP7? • FP7 is the EU funding programme • for research and technological development • 7-year programme (2007 -2013) • New Calls for Proposals each year • Total budget of €50 521 million • Structured into four ‘Specific Programmes’ • Main EU-level tool for meeting ‘European Research Area’ objectives • Designed to complement activities in EU Member States, as well as other EU policies • Lifelong Learning • Competitiveness and Innovation (CIP) • European Institute of Innovation and Technology • National funding • FP7 contains a significant international dimension FP7 Overview

8. The EU Framework Programme – Why participate? • Allows for large-scale collaborations, beyond scope of individual Member States • Allows increased complexity and specialisation in projects • Facilitates transnational networks, increasing European competitiveness • Facilitates cross-border mobility • Allows for European-level benchmarking EU Research

9. Key Policy Drivers The EU 2020 Strategy (replaces the Lisbon Strategy) • Commission's new 10 year strategy aimed at making the EU more dynamic and competitive • Three key drivers: • Smart growth, sustainable growth and inclusive growth • Seven flagship initiatives: • ‘Innovation Union’ • ‘Youth on the move’ • ‘A digital agenda for Europe’ • ‘Resource efficient Europe’ • ‘An industrial policy for the globalisation era’ • ‘An agenda for new skills and jobs’ EU Research

10. Research Infrastructures Research for the Benefit Of SMEs Regions of Knowledge Research Potential Science in Society Activities of International Co-operation Coherent Development of Policies Initial Training of Researchers Starting Independent Researcher Grants Lifelong Learning and Career Development Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Advanced Investigator Grants The International Dimension Specific Actions Cooperation Capacities Introduction to FP7 People Ideas + JRC + Euratom

11. Who is eligible for funding? EU-27 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria , Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK Associated Countries (FP7) • Albania*,Bosnia and Herzegovina *, Croatia*, FYR Macedonia*, Iceland*, Israel*, Liechtenstein*, Montenegro*, Norway*, Serbia*, Switzerland, Turkey* *except Euratom FP7 Overview

12. ICPC Countries ICPC

13. International Co-operation:Co-operation and Capacities • Working with third countries (=non EU/AC countries), can either be: • - Specified by the Commission • Called aSpecific International Cooperation Action (SICA) that require at least four • participants:two in Member States or Associated Countries, two in ICPC • - Suggestedby the Commission • if so, participation of international organisations and participants from third countries is in • addition to normal minimum requirements • - Initiated by the researcher • if so, participation of international organisations and participants from third countries is in • addition to normal minimum requirements • International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) • arelisted in Annex 1 of the Work Programme • Kosovo • Mediterranean Partner countries • Eastern European and Central Asian countries • Africa Caribbean Pacific • Latin America • Asia FP7 Overview 13

14. FP7 Finances: Brief Overview http://www.ukro.ac.uk

15. FP Finances – Key Principles • Co-financing principle: • Usually based on reimbursement of a proportion of direct and indirect costs • Lump sums or flat rates in certain actions • Different project types/funding schemes • Collaborative projects • Research – 75% • Demonstration – 50% • Management/Other – 100% • Special Transitional Flat rate for indirect costs 60% • EC principles of eligible costs and non-eligible costs • No profit FP7 Financial Issues 15

16. Direct Costs:Maximum EC reimbursement rates FP7 – EC Contribution * Activities directly aimed at creating new knowledge, new technology, and products, including scientific coordination. ** Training, Consortium Management 16

17. FP7: Process Overview http://www.ukro.ac.uk

18. Process Overview Call opens One/two stage e-submission Eligibility Check Individual Evaluation FP7 Submission and Evaluation Panel Review/ Consensus Feedback (ESR) Post-evaluation Ranking Negotiation of Proposals Report to PC

19. FP7: Co-operation http://www.ukro.ac.uk

20. Project types • Types and project names can vary in the different FP7programmes and from theme to theme • Minimum eligibility criteria (participants, budget, duration) but usually no fixed maximum limits • In CO-OPERATION: • Small, medium or large-scale Collaborative Projects • Co-ordination and Support Actions and Networks of Excellence • ERA-NETs and ERA-NET Plus – opportunity to participate on “second level” FP7 Co-operation Project Types

21. Collaborative Research FP7 – Co-operation - Themes

22. FP7: Co-operation – Socio-economic sciences and humanities Theme http://www.ukro.ac.uk

23. Socio-economic sciences and humanities FP7 – Co-operation - SSH 1. Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society 5. The citizen in the European Union 2. Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective 6. Socio-economic and scientific indicators 7. Foresight activities 3. Major trends in society and their implications 8. Horizontal actions 4. Europe in the world

24. New approach for 2010-2013 FP7 – Co-operation - SSH New approach: • Identifies important Societal Challenges for the EU to be addressed by specific set of research actions • Work Programmes will still include some topics to be addressed by smaller collaborative projects and CSA But: Main funding scheme to be used = Collaborative Projects (Large Scale Integrating Research Projects) • Four to five years in duration • Minimum EC contribution = EUR 6,500,000 • At least 7 partners from 7 MS/ACs

25. New approach for 2010-2013 FP7 – Co-operation - SSH Large-scale Projects will: • Address a societal challenge • Take stock of past related research • Include multi-annual research actions, inc. foresight/forward looking actions and dissemination • Contribute to support EU policies, inc. Europe 2020 and ERA • Have ambitious objectives • Include Europe-wide comparative studies • Produce meaningful results at European level • Identify new macro trends and phenomena • Encourage inter-disciplinarity and linkages interactions between disciplines • Include a more professional approach to management • Include fewer, higher quality deliverables

26. SSH 2011 call FP7 – Co-operation - SSH • Will consolidate the new approach adopted in 2010 • Societal Challenges accompanied by topics which focus on more short term needs or complement challenges • Overall budget €84 million • Ratio of budget allocation between Challenges to Topics of approximately 50:50 • Budget allows for one project per challenge, one-two per topic • Based on Indicative Strategic Research Roadmap but budget constraints mean reduction of Societal Challenges from 10 to 5.

27. 2011 – Societal Challenges FP7 – Co-operation - SSH

28. 2011 – Example topics for small-medium CPs/CSAs FP7 – Co-operation - SSH

29. FP7: Co-operation – Opportunities for social sciences and humanities in other themes http://www.ukro.ac.uk

30. Topics with SSH relevance FP7 Co-operation: Health HEALTH.2011.3.3-4: A road-map for mental health research in Europe. FP7-HEALTH-2011-single-stage. The aim should be to address a coordinated and comprehensive approach to promote and integrate research on the biological, epidemiological, social and public health aspects of mental health and well being in Europe. (…) HEALTH.3.3-2: Analysis of integrated strategies for sustainable behaviour change. FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage. The aim is to define generalisable, effective, and sustainable behaviour change interventions that can be effectively translated into health promotion practice. Research on behaviour change in its widest sense is called for. (…)

31. Topics with SSH relevance KBBE.2011.1.2-10: Socio-economic effects of the main management principles of the future Common Fishery Policy (CFP): impact of new policy framework and opportunities for the fishing sector to develop self- and co-management (Call: FP7-KBBE-2011-5) KBBE.2011.2.1-01: Strategies for improving communication between social and consumer scientists, food technology developers and consumers. Call: FP7-KBBE-2011-5 FP7 – Co-operation – FAFB

32. Topics with SSH relevance Objective ICT-2011.1.4 Trustworthy ICT The objective is a trustworthy Information Society based on an ecosystem of digital communication, data processing and service provisioning infrastructures, with trustworthiness in its design, as well as respect for human and societal values and cultures. Projects must ensure strong interplay with legal, social and economic research in view of development of a techno-legal system that is usable, socially accepted and economically viable. Objective ICT-2011.4.2 – Language Technologies There is a growing need for effective multilingual solutions that support business and interpersonal communication and enable people to make sense of online content and services in Europe's many languages. Projects shall address multiple languages and cater for written and/or spoken language as appropriate. (…) FP7 – Co-operation - ICT

33. Topics with SSH relevance ENV.2011.1.3.2-1 Building societal resilience to disasters in Europe In the frame of an interdisciplinary context involving social and natural sciences, research should develop a conceptual and methodological approach to clarify how the resilience capacity of a society confronted with natural hazards and disasters can be characterized, defined and measured. (…) FP7 – Co-operation – Environment

34. Topics with SSH relevance Topic SEC-2011.6.1-1 Analysis of the security systems in Europe The objective is to explore and compare relevant cultural phenomenon and legal determinations of civil security across Europe, taking into account the existing significant differences between countries and regions. (…) Topic FP7-SEC-2011.6.1-5 Surveillance and the challenges for the security of the citizen(coordinated with the topic SSH.2011.5.1-227 Surveillance and the challenges for democracy and an open society of the 2011 SSH Work Programme.) FP7 – Co-operation - Security

35. FP7:Capacities http://www.ukro.ac.uk

36. Activities Capacities – Research Capacity (€4 217 million) 1. Research infrastructures €1 715m 2. Research for the benefits of SMEs €1 336m FP7 - Capacities 3. Regions of Knowledge € 126m 4. Research Potential € 340m 5. Science in Society € 330m 6. International co-operation€ 180m 7. Coherent dev. of research policies € 70m Co-ordination of national programmes (incl. ERA-NET +)

37. FP7 Capacities – Science in Society http://www.ukro.ac.uk

38. Science in Society - Overview Three main action lines: FP7 – Capacities - SIS • More dynamic governance of Science & Society relationship • Place of S&T in Society • Better engagement science issues • Science system, codes, expertise • Modernising Universities • Strengthening potential, broadening horizons • Gender and research • Young people and science education • Science & Society Communicate • Two-way communication of science & the public, and role of the media

39. Horizontal Actions – topics include: • Involvement of civil society organisations in research (CP) • Regulating emerging scientific and technological developments (CP) • Reinforcing European strategies on access, dissemination & preservation of scientific information in the digital age (CSA) • Clusters of cities of scientific culture for innovation (CSA) • Science-society interaction in the digital technologies era (CP) • Clusters of cities of scientific culture for innovation (CSA) • Innovative methods in science education: teacher training on enquiry-based teaching methods on a large scale in Europe (CSA) FP7 – Capacities - SIS

40. ERCerc-uk@bbsrc.ac.uk or phone 0032 2289 6121

41. What is the ERC? What is the European Research Council (ERC)? • New pan-European funding organisation • Supports the best in Europe - scientists, engineers and scholars • Funding of €7.51 billion (2007-13) What are the aims of the ERC? • Encourage highest quality research in Europe • Competitive, flexible funding • Retain, repatriate and recruit (career support) What are the ERC Grant Schemes? • Starting Grants and Advanced Grants • Support for a PI and (if necessary) team-members • Investigator-initiated frontier research across all fields of research, on the basis of scientific excellence • The ERC also has calls for tender for studies on the ERC itself ERC - Introduction

42. Key Points for ERC Grants • Support for a PI and (if necessary) team-members • No need for collaboration with other countries • Team all usually based at the same institution (in EU/AC), but possible to have team members in other organisations if strongly justified (anywhere in World - not just EU, AC and ICPC) • Also for Advanced Grants can have a Co-I (must be from a different discipline to the PI) • No nationality or mobility requirements • Investigator driven (bottom-up) substantial advances “Frontier Research” • Excellence is only peer review criterion • 50% for the PI (must have an outstanding CV, (potential) leadership profile & track record • 50% for the Research Project ERC

43. ERC Starting Grants Starting Independent Researcher Grants • aims to provide critical and adequate support to the independent careers of excellent researchers • who are at the stage of starting or consolidating their own independent research team or, depending on field, their independent research programme • researchers applying for an ERC Starting Grant must be able to demonstrate their potential to become independent research leaders • Now 50% of Annual ERC Call Budget • Annual calls: open late spring and close in autumn • Grants of up to €2 million over 5 yrs (normally €1.5 million) ERC - Introduction

44. ERC Advanced Grants Advanced Investigator Grants • aims to encourage and support excellent, innovative and investigator-initiated research projects • by leading advanced investigators • complements the ERC Starting Grant scheme by targeting researchers who have already established themselves as being independent research leaders in their own right • Now 50% of Annual ERC Call Budget • Annual calls: open in autumn and close in spring • Grants of up to €2.5 million over 5 yrs (€3.5 million in certain cases) ERC - Introduction

45. European Research Council (ERC) Indicative Call Schedule Starting Grants: Advanced Grants: FP7 ERC Calls

46. People Programme – Marie Curie Actionsmariecurie-uk@bbsrc.ac.uk or phone 0032 2 230 52 75 http://www.ukro.ac.uk

47. Marie Curie Actions Objectives and Policy Context: • Make Europe more attractive to researchers • Structuring effect on the European Research Area through transnational and intersectoral mobility in order to create a European labour market for researchers • Strengthen human potential by: • Encouraging people to become researchers • Encouraging researchers to carry out their research in Europe • Trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility • €4.7 Billion FP7 – Marie Curie Actions

48. Overview of Marie Curie Actions People Specific Programme Also funded: Researcher’s Night, CO-FUND

49. Transnational Mobility Requirements • A fellow not have been resident in host country for more than 12 months in the last 3 years immediately before application deadline / date of recruitment or secondment • Applies to all individual fellowships and fellows recruited for ITNs • Only International Outgoing Fellowships have nationality criteria FP7 – Marie Curie Actions

50. FP7 People: Individual Actions http://www.ukro.ac.uk