1.  Towards transnational funding of Nuclear Physics Research Infrastructures and associated equipments GANIL-SPIRAL2 AGATA ISOLDE-ALTO JYVL-LNL-LNS- GANIL-SPIRAL1-GSI Eastern-Network FAIR ALICE-LHC

2. ERA-NET for Research infrastructures Objectives  To step up the cooperation and coordination of national and/or regional programmes/activities towards their mutual opening and implementation of joint activities  To contribute to the development of the European Research Area by improving coherence across Europe of such programmes/activities  To help developing a European policy for research infrastructures Eligible partners are only program owners (National/region/ministries/governments or Research councils and funding agencies managing research programs)

3. Motivations for a Nuclear Physics ERANET- NUPNET In our field the challenge is to merge the national programs to create a stronger and more cohesive research activity which is truly European in scope Two conditions are required 1- Independent scientific assessment of the field: emerging areas,key developments, needed instruments, recommendations and scientific priorities. This is done by NuPECC and respected 2- Current funding procedures (separate funding agencies reflect separate priorities) has to be given a strategic direction to help to align some decisions on commonly agreed European research goals. This ERA-NET NUPNET proposal aims to meet this challenge

4. GOALS of NuPNET Mapping the science priorities (NuPECC) into a funding action plan Establish procedures and funding for trans-national common activities (variable geometry) Identification of joint activities to be implemented in the framework of NuPNET. Launching of a pilot joint activity Establish a sustainable action beyond this project 15 representatives of NP agencies, NuPECC delegation and EU officers met in PARIS to discuss the opportunity to launch a ERANET proposal called NuPNET All Participants unanimously agreed to built such proposal to be ready for the first FP7 ERANET call in May 2007 INITIATIVE PARIS June 2006

5. NuPNET Consortium meets for the first time at the kick-off meeting on 27 March 2008 in Paris NuPNET proposal was successful Budget : 1,3 M€ Start of the Project: 1 March 2008

6. List of NuPNET Partners (18 partners representing 14 countries) Partner no.CountryShort namePartner Partner 1FCNRS-IN2P3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut National de la Physique Nucléaire et de la Physique des Particules Partner 2DPTGSIGesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Partner 3DBMBFBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Partner 4IINFNIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Partner 5SPFECYTFundacion Espanola para la Ciencia y la Tecnologia Partner 6SPMICINN Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovac ion Partner 7BFNRSFonds National de la Recherche Scientifique Partner 8BFWO VFonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlanderen Partner 9BGINRNEInstitute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Partner 10FCEACommissariat à l'Energie Atomique Partner 11CZNPI ASCRNuclear Physics Institute - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Partner 12FIHIPHelsinki Institute of Physics Partner 13GRGSRTGeneral Secretariat for Research and Technology Partner 14HUNKTHNational Office for Research and Technology Partner 15NLRuGRijksuniversiteit Groningen Partner 16PLNCBiRNational Centre for Research and Development Partner 17ROIFIN-HHNational Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Partner 18UKSTFCScience and Technology Facilities Council

7. The NuPNET strategy: Success through a stepwise approach 2008-2009 Information exchange and Census of resources for Nuclear Physics Funding Bodies Agreement on an Action Plan for Infrastructures (Resource and financial Action plan of Agencies) Implementation of pilot projects of the Action plan 2010-20112009-2010 18 participants are Funding agencies and ministries From 14 EU countries

8. The NuPNET strategy: a combined Management Structure

9. Appointed Leaders of NuPNET

10. List of deliverables

11. Actions since the kick-off in March 2008 Year 1 –the first half- (March – Sept 2008)  NuPNET Kick-off meeting on 27 March in Paris  Article on www.IN2P3.frwww.IN2P3.fr  Co-ordination Committee (CC) meets for the 1st time on May 19 in Frankfurt  The NUPNET Consortium approves the Consortium Agreement (mid-June)  Submission of Deliverable "Short Management Plan" (approved by EU)  First run of the WP2 Questionnaire (sent to CC members only)  Article in "Le Journal du CNRS"  Article in "Nuclear Physics News"  A Logo for NuPNET  Submission of Deliver. "Communication Plan & Logo" (approved by EU)  Article in "CNRS International Magazine"  The EU transmits the draft Grant Agreement (beg. July)  Official run of the WP2 Questionnaire (sent to NuPNET Consortium)

12. Year 1 –the second half- (Sept. 08 – Feb. 09)  1st NuPNET Open Days on 8 Sept. in Athens Greece,Roumania,CK,Hungary,Bulgaria  Announcements on Cordis Wire (EU) + NSCR + GSRT  1st Governing Council on 13 Oct. in Madrid  Information relayed on Cordis Wire (EU) + MICINN + FECYT  Interviews for the Spanish Scientific News Platform (video)  The EU signs the final Grant Agreement (14 Oct. 2008)  CC meets for the 2nd time on 30 Oct. in Darmstadt  2nd NuPNET Open Days on 30-31 Oct. 08 in Darmstadt Germany,Belgium, NL,Finland  Announcements on Cordis Wire (EU) and GSI  Article in "CERN Courier" (on-line + magazine)  1st instalment of the pre-financing received at CNRS/IN2P3 (14 Nov. 2008)  All NuPNET members have signed the Forms A giving them an "Accession to the NuPNET Contract" (22 Jan.)  CC meets for the 3rd time on 11 Feb. in Paris  First run of the WP3 Questionnaire (sent to CC members only) Actions since Sept. 2008

14. Actions since March 2009 Year 2 –the first half- (March - Aug. 09)  Completed Questionnaires have all been received by WP2  A Web site for NuPNET: www.nupnet-eu.org  Analysis of completed Questionnaires by WP2 (in progress)  CC meets for the 4th time on 18 March in Bochum  A Intranet for NuPNET  CC meets for the 5th time on 12 May in Milan  3rd NuPNET Open Days on 12-13 May 09 in Milan France,Italy,Poland,Spain,UK  July 2009 - Submission of Deliver. "Census of Funding“ see exemples On our time table  Fall 2009 - Submission of Deliver. "1st Activity Report“  Feb 2010 WP3 questionnaire and list of Opportunities

15. WP2: Questionnaire - Structure and Schedule - Schedule Testrun in June /July 08 Quest. sent to Consortium Aug. 08 Final run in Dec. 2008 Analysis Census on existing programs (D&M) by June 2009 General compilation of results (D) by May 2010

16. WP2 -Results – NuPNET members FUNDING of NP

17. WP2 - First Results – STAFF EMPLOYED

18. WP2 - First Results – SALARIES

19. WP2 - First Results – FP6- Support to NP

20. WP3-Definition of joint activities Identify opportunities for the Funding Agencies to pool resources Identify opportunities for the Funding Agencies to pool resources Find the best formal and legal framework for a trans-national cooperation Find the best formal and legal framework for a trans-national cooperation Propose a Funding Plan defining joint activities, that gathers the results of the precedent tasks Propose a Funding Plan defining joint activities, that gathers the results of the precedent tasks The 3 tasks of WP3 constitute an adequate way to achieve Goal 2 of NuPNET namely to have the main Funding Agencies in Europe discuss all together and agree on the identification of joint activities based on NuPECC LRP

21. From Next NuPECC long range plan and ESFRI roadmap to NuPNET List of opportunities for Transnational Funding °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°  I. European Gamma tracking Array AGATA  II. The next generation of Radioactive Ion beams facilities ISOL and in Flight Structure,reactions and Nuclear Astrophysics  III. Physics with high intensities stable beams (ECOS)  IV. Structure and dynamics of the nucleon and hadrons electromagnetic and hadronic probes  V. Phase of Nuclear Matter and High-energy Heavy ion collisions  VI. Nuclear theory  VII. Network of local and regional facilities,university groups  VIII Teaching NP in Europe (Network of Universities,EU Schools)  IX Interdisciplinary use of Nucl.Phys facilities biology,medicine, energy,art, environment, etc..) Nuclear data base (AIEA) The ERANET will be an instrument to define the European roadmap of upgrades needed for large infrastructures and instruments,but also for coordinating all others topics NUPNET Agenda

22. Priorities and possible extension of collaborations Q.6.9: Which of all these international collaborations are most important for your country? Please name not more than 5, if possible ordered by priority. the major international collaborations centre around the "big" existing user facilities (CERN, ECT*, GANIL,GSI, INFN; No. of international users > 100) and the "new" facilities FAIR and SPIRAL 2 as well as AGATA.

23. WP4-Work organisation: task leaders J. Benlliure Task 4.1: Use of existing co-operation tools task leader : INRNE ( Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgaria ) Chavdar STOYANOV Task 4.2: Selection of joint activities at transnational level task leader: MICINN ( Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain) José BENLLIURE FECYT ( Fundación Española de Ciencia y Tecnología, Spain ) Manuela TURRION Task 4.3: Agreement on one or more pilot transnational activity task leader: MICINN/FECYT Task 4.4: Sustainable action beyond NuPNET task leader: NKTH ( National Office for Research and Technology, Hungary ) Istvan KOCSIS, Zsolt FULOP NuPNET 1 st Governing Council, Madrid 13/10/2008

24. Objectives Goal 1 of the NuPNET project - as set by the Consortium -  Acquire a mutual and better understanding of the Funding systems of nuclear physics infrastructures and associated equipments in Europe that is needed for future collaborations.  Intensify the communication between administrators in Europe to effectively develop infrastructures of a fully European scope.

25. Future Meetings 1.Next Co-ordination Committee meeting  CC6:  Date:0ct 12  Place:Frankfurt (NuPECC LRP meeting) 2.Envisaged Governing Council meeting  GC2:  Date:Jan 15  Place:Budapest

26. Thank you for your attention.

27. Additional documents

28. An ERA-Net for Research Infrastructures - Objectives  To step up the cooperation and coordination of national and/or regional programmes/activities towards their mutual opening and implementation of joint activities  To contribute to the development of the European Research Area by improving coherence across Europe of such programmes/activities  To help developing a European policy for research infrastructures Eligible partners are only program owners (National/region/ministries/governments or Research councils and funding agencies managing research programs)

29. NuPNET Work packages overview  WP1: Management, coordination and communication ( Fr -IN2P3/CNRS) -Overall Management &Coordination of NuPNET (IN2P3-CNRS) Communication and electronic tools (Romania)  WP2: Systematic exchange and networking(DE,GSI) - Systematic exchange of information on funding modalities and administrative procedures (Gr/D) Action Open days - Census of present European Nuclear physics resources (D/Gr/Ro) Action Questionnaire -Links with other bodies in nuclear physics (D) -Integration of new associates (Nl)

30. NuPNET Work packages overview WP3: Funding action plan (Italy, INFN) - Analysis of current funding of European nuclear research projects and identification of opportunities for NuPNET (I) -Investigation of formal and legal barriers for a future European cooperation (Pol) -Funding Action Plan: Establish common evaluation procedures and standards for common transnational projects for funding infrastructures of nuclear physics (CEA-Fr) WP4 Implementation of trans-national joint activities ( Spain, FECYT) Task 4.1: Use of existing agreements (Bu) Task 4.2: Mechanisms for joint activities at a trans-national level (E/UK) Task 4.3: Test implementation of a coordinated trans-national pilot activity (E)

31. ESFRI  Launched in April 2002 by Council of Research Ministers  Representatives from the 27 Member + 5 Associated States + one representative of the European Commission (EC) The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has been set-up to help facing important challenges

32. Brussels, 19 October 2006 European Research Infrastructures – The ESFRI roadmap identifies 34 large-scale infrastructure projects