1. FP7 – June 2005 1 Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) l Commission’s proposal: 6 April 2005 →Now debated by Member States (Council ) and European Parliament →adoption June 2006 ? l Duration: 7 years ( 2007 to 2013 ) l Budget:72,7 billion euro l Organised in 4 specific programmes

2. FP7 – June 2005 2 1. Cooperation → Collaborative trans-national research activities 1. Cooperation → Collaborative trans-national research activities 3. People → Marie Curie actions and other initiatives 2.Ideas → Basic research implemented through a European Research Council (ERC) 2.Ideas → Basic research implemented through a European Research Council (ERC) 4.Capacities → Research infrastructures, regions of knowledge, science and society, international cooperation,… 4.Capacities → Research infrastructures, regions of knowledge, science and society, international cooperation,… FP7 2007 – 2013 Specific Programmes

3. FP7 – June 2005 3 Cooperation programme Support research activities carried out in trans-national cooperation Funding schemes : -Collaborative projects -Networks of Excellence - Coordination and support actions - Joint Technology iniatives Structured in 9 thematic areas

4. FP7 – June 2005 4 Thematic areas 1. Health 2. Food, agriculture and biotechnology 3. Information and communication technologies 4. Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies 5. Energy 6. Environment (including climate change) 7. Transport (including aeronautics) 8. Socio-economic sciences and the humanities 9. Security and space Cooperation programme

5. FP7 – June 2005 5 l Support the optimum use and the development of Research infrastructures, l Strengthen the research potential of European regions, l Develop the research potential in the EU’s convergence regions, l Science and Society issues, l International cooperation, l Support to SMEs, … Capacities programme

6. FP7 – June 2005 6 FP7 Timetable

7. FP7 – June 2005 7 The Research Infrastructures in FP7 July 2005

8. FP7 – June 2005 8 Objectives  Optimising the use and development of the best research infrastructures in Europe;  Helping to create in all fields of Science and Technology new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the scientific community  to help EU society (including industry) to strengthen its base of knowledge and its technological know how.

9. FP7 – June 2005 9 Definition of Research Infrastructures  "Facilities", "resources" or "services" that are needed by the scientific community for the development of leading-edge research in the most efficient manner at EU level, as well as for knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges and knowledge preservation;  covers major equipments, collections, archives and structured information, enabling ICT-based infrastructures, and any other entity of a unique nature used for research.

10. FP7 – June 2005 10 Research Infrastructures are at the core of the knowledge Triangle ResearchEducation innovation Research infrastructures

11. FP7 – June 2005 11 Activities forecasted under FP7 Support for:  Existing research infrastructures: aiming at optimising the utilisation, sharing / integrating resources and improving their performance;  New research infrastructures (incl. major upgrades) of pan- European interest based on the work of ESFRI;  Emerging needs: support to the development of a European policy on RI and of its international dimension.

12. FP7 – June 2005 12 a) Support to existing research infrastructures  transnational access  integrating activities  e-infrastructures Implementation through:  Bottom-up calls for proposals open to all fields of science  Targeted calls implemented whenever appropriate in cooperation with thematic areas

13. FP7 – June 2005 13 b) Support to new research infrastructures  Construction of new infrastructures and major updates to existing ones, based on the work conducted by ESFRI on the development of a European roadmap list of priority projects; targeted calls and 2 stage approach  Design studies: through a bottom-up approach, promoting foresight and exploratory analysis.

14. FP7 – June 2005 14 ESFRI Ambitions l To provide an overview of the needs for RI of pan-European interest in different fields of science and technology l To prepare a European Roadmap with the objective of regular updates as different areas mature. The making of the Roadmap will be an ongoing process. l To act as an incubator for international negotiations about concrete RI projects with pan-European interest

15. FP7 – June 2005 15 ) Support to emerging needs c) Support to emerging needs Support measures, through a mixed bottom-up / top-down approach in support to  the development of a European policy for RI  to the development of international cooperation Photo NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft

16. FP7 – June 2005 16 Research Infrastructures Optimisation of Resources Support of ideas (design studies) FutureExisting Support of excellence Strategic Bottom-up Reinforcement of Capacities (engineering support of pan-European RIs) ESFRI Roadmap In brief…

17. FP7 – June 2005 17 Clear Criteria for new Research Infrastructures  Capacity to offer a top-level service to scientific users and guarantee of scientific excellence through continuous performance upgrades;  Impacts at EU and international level, not only on scientific developments but also on long term socio-economic issues; support to ERA;  Maturity i.e. technological feasibility; life-cycle costs evaluated (the ‘business’ case); EU partnership; commitment of major stakeholders;  Added value of EU financial support (catalysis and leveraging effect).

18. FP7 – June 2005 18 Useful links  Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) http://www.cordis.lu/infrastructures/ http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/  ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures) http://www.cordis.lu/esfri/ http://www.e-irg.com

19. FP7 – June 2005 19 FP6-Research Infrastructures Overview of proposals evaluated and selected under Calls 1 – 4 – 5

20. FP7 – June 2005 20 FP6-Research Infrastructures Global overview: 431 evaluated proposals Breakdown by instrument I3 25% CA 10% DS 13% CNI 8% AM 10% TA 34% TA: Transnational Access I3: Integrated Infrastructures initiatives DS: Design Studies CNI: Construction of New Infrastructures CA: Coordination Actions AM: Accompanying Measures

21. FP7 – June 2005 21 FP6-Research Infrastructures Thematic areas Life Sciences and Biotechnolo- gies 20% Environment and Earth Sciences 24% Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities 11% ICT and Mathematics 5% Engineering, Energy and Nanotechno- logies 18% Physics, Material Sciences and Analytical Facilities 22% Global overview: 431 evaluated proposals

22. FP7 – June 2005 22 FP6-Research Infrastructures Global overview: Requested EC contribution: 1.933,32 M€ Breakdown by instrument DS 11% CNI 9% AM 1% TA 10% I3 63% CA 6%

23. FP7 – June 2005 23 FP6-Research Infrastructures Outcome: 108 selected proposals Selected proposals: Funded for calls 1 and 4 (1 project in reserve list not included), Short-listed for call 5 (9 projects in reserve list not included) Breakdown by instrument DS 18 CNI 9 TA 32 I3 30 CA 10 AM 9

24. FP7 – June 2005 24 FP6-Research Infrastructures Outcome: 108 selected proposals Selected proposals: Funded for calls 1 and 4 (1 project in reserve list not included), Short-listed for call 5 (9 projects in reserve list not included) Breakdown by thematic area Engineering, Energy and Nanotechnolo- gies 13% ICT and Mathematics 4% Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities 13% Environment and Earth Sciences 20% Physics, Material Sciences and Analytical Facilities 33% Life Sciences and Biotechnolo- gies 17%

25. FP7 – June 2005 25 FP6-Research Infrastructures Outcome: EC recommended contribution: 509,9 M€ Breakdown by thematic area (selected proposals) Life Sciences and Biotechnologie s 14% Environment and Earth Sciences 11% Engineering, Energy and Nanotechnolo- gies 10% ICT and Mathematics 4% Socio- economic Sciences and Humanities 4% Physics, Material Sciences and Analytical Facilities 57%

26. FP7 – June 2005 26 FP6-Research Infrastructures Success rate: 25% of evaluated proposals 32 30 10 18 99 115 78 33 37 25 35 20% 26% 33% 23% 28% 22% 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 TAI3CADSCNIAM Proposals Success rate Rejected proposals Selected 431 Evaluated Proposals 108 Selected Proposals

27. FP7 – June 2005 27 FP6-Research Infrastructures Success rate: 40% of total requested contribution 38,8 64,7 1,4 525,2 114,326,7 10,8 98,4 91,9 152,1 706,2 102,9 43% 21% 55% 12% 20% 39% - 200 400 600 800 1.000 1.200 1.400 TAI3CADSCNIAM M € Success rate Rejected selected

28. FP7 – June 2005 28 FP6-Research Infrastructures Participants: Geographical areas Selected proposals New EU MS 7% Candidate countries 3% INO+JRC 3% Old EU MS 78% Third countries 4% Associated countries 5% Evaluated proposals Old EU MS 76% INO+JRC 2% New EU MS 9% Candidate countries 3% Third countries 4% Associated countries 6%

29. FP7 – June 2005 29 FP6-Research Infrastructures Participants: Succes rate by country EU member states, candidate and associated countries 22% 0% 10% 38% 37% 30% 24% 26% 56% 23% 29% 35% 19% 13% 21% 17% 16% 31% 26% 23% 37% 25% 33% 24% 17% 18% 36% 39% 34% 32% 30% 32% 35% 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 AUSTRIA BELGIUM CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC GERMANY DENMARK ESTONIA SPAIN FINLAND FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM GREECE HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG LATVIA MALTA NETHERLANDS POLAND PORTUGAL SWEDEN SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA BULGARIA CROATIA ROMANIA TURKEY SWITZERLAND ISRAEL ICELAND LIECHTENSTEIN NORWAY Participants Success rate Rejected Selected

30. FP7 – June 2005 30 FP6-Research Infrastructures Participants: Succes rate by country

31. FP7 – June 2005 31 FP6-Research Infrastructures Coordinators: Gender dimension Selected proposals Male 84% Female 16% Evaluated proposals Female 14% Male 86%

32. FP7 – June 2005 32 FP6-Research Infrastructures Coordinators: Geographical areas Selected proposals Old EU MS 86% New EU MS 1% INO + JRC 4% Associated countries 8% Candidate countries 1% Evaluated proposals Candidate countries 1% Associated countries 9% INO + JRC 1% New EU MS 4% Old EU MS 85%

33. FP7 – June 2005 33 FP6-Research Infrastructures Coordinators: Breakdown by country 23 18 17 99 8 44 333 2 11111 0 5 10 15 20 25 Germany United Kingdom France Italy Netherlands Sweden International Organisation Norway Belgium Spain Israel Switzerland Finland Greece Luxembourg Poland Bulgaria Coordinators Selected

34. FP7 – June 2005 34 Evaluation criteria General criteria: –Relevance to the objectives of the programme –Scientific and Technological excellence –Quality of the management –European added value

35. FP7 – June 2005 35 Relevance to the objectives of the programme l Existing research infrastructures l World class service provided l Integrating effect (e.g. « Joint » research) l Project answers a need from the scientific community at a European scale l New opportunities of access, with « peer review »

36. FP7 – June 2005 36 Scientific and Technological excellence l Enables users to conduct high quality research l Joint Research Activities are scientifically and technologically innovative

37. FP7 – June 2005 37 Quality of the management l Objectives: sound, clearly defined, and justified l Appropriate structure of project management and competences of the participants, that enable objectives to be reached l Adequacy of the requested resources

38. FP7 – June 2005 38 European added value l Infrastructures can attract users from other countries than operator’s countries l Results of the project can improve access to the corresponding pool of European infrastructures l Structuring effect on European research

39. FP7 – June 2005 39 DG for Regional Policy & Cohesion

40. FP7 – June 2005 40 Cohesion Policy & Lisbon Agenda European Council March'05 "Mobilisation of all appropriate national and Community resources, incl. Cohesion Policy to pursue Lisbon Strategy." Cohesion Guidelines 2007-2013 Cohesion policy to focus more on knowledge, research, facilitate innovation and improve entrepreneurship

41. FP7 – June 2005 41 Article 4.1 "Research and technological development (R&TD), innovation and entrepreneurship" l Strengthening R&TD capacities, incl. infrastructures l Aid to R&TD in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to technology transfer l Improvement of links between SMEs and universities, and research and technology centres l Development of business networks and clusters, l Support for the provision of business and technology services to groups of SMEs l Fostering of entrepreneurship l Innovation funding for SMEs through financial engineering instruments Draft ERDF Regulatio n Art. 4 ' Convergence'

42. FP7 – June 2005 42 Structural Funds to reinforce R&D investment l Improve conditions for research, innovation and the knowledge economy l Under "Convergence" Objective SF can support RTD and education infrastructure, equipment and instrumentation l Both in publicly funded research institutions as well as businesses l Condition that there is a direct link to regional economic development objectives

43. FP7 – June 2005 43 Typology of eligible actions l Infrastructures : business parks, innovation centres, incubators, research centres, etc. l Networks : development of clusters, competence networks, co-operation between university and SMEs, technology transfers l Innovative projects : transfer of new technology to business, start-ups, spin-offs (researchers into entrepreneurs), or straightforward research projects l Environment for Innovation : encourage innovation in SMEs e.g. marketing, financing, consulting, etc.

44. FP7 – June 2005 44 SF Programming system 2007- 2013 1. Community Strategic Guidelines Guideline II : "Improving knowledge and innovation for growth" 2. National Strategic Framework Document (Art.25) : link Community priorities to national and regional priorities 3. Drafting Operational Programmes : R&D part of OP 'Competitiveness' (Min. of Economy) ? 4. Development (R&D) strategy through partnership with relevant stakeholders 5. In less developed Member States : concentrate RTD actions around existing poles of excellence (avoiding dispersion of resources)

45. FP7 – June 2005 45 Financial Allocation Budget period 2007-2013 Bulgaria Cohesion Fund € 2,083,100,000 Convergence € 4,025,200,000 Co-operation (cross-border and international) € 141,000,000 Total € 6,249,200,000 SF Co-financing ERDF – public Member State: l Cohesion Fund – 85% ERDF / 15 % Member State l Convergence and Territorial cooperation 75% ERDF / 25 % Member State (80% ERDF for regions in countries eligible for Cohesion Fund?) NB: No formal agreement after Council Meeting on Financial Perspectives June '05