1. Research Infrastructures in Horizon 2020
INDRIDI BENEDIKTSSON
European Commission – DG Research & Innovation

2. Industrial leadership
Horizon 2020– Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ( )
Excellent science
European Research Council
Future and Emerging Technologies
Marie Curie actions
European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) – M€
Societal challenges
Industrial leadership
Health, demographic change, wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine -maritime research, bio-economy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green, integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency, raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Secure societies
Spreading excellence & Widening Participation
Science with and For Society
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology)
Access to risk finance
Innovation in SMEs

3. Research Infrastructures
Research infrastructures are facilities, resources and services that are used by the research communities to conduct research and foster innovation.
Major scientific equipments
Knowledge-based resources
e-infrastructures

4. Why an EU approach for Research Infrastructures?
To address collectively the complexity and cost of the design and development of new world class research infrastructures
To open access to the research infrastructures existing in the individual Member State to all European researchers
To avoid duplication of efforts and to coordinate and rationalise the use of these research infrastructures
To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop interoperability of facilities and resources, develop the training of the next generation of researchers
To connect national research communities and increase the overall quality of the research and innovation
To help pooling resources so that the Union can also develop and operate research infrastructures globally

5. Research Infrastructures in Horizon 2020
1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyond
Developing new world-class RIs
Integrating and opening national and regional RIs of European interest
Development, deployment and operation of ICT based e-Infrastructures
2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs and their human resources
3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international cooperation

6. Examples of projects supported by FP7 & H2020

7. adopted at Dec.2007 Lisbon Summit, including a dedicated Science,
PAERIP - 'Promoting African European Research Infrastructure Partnerships'
Dedicated initiative to promote research infrastructure partnerships between Europe and Africa;
Following a political drive on promoting science and technology partnerships between the European Union and Africa - The Joint Africa-European Union (EU) Strategy,
adopted at Dec.2007 Lisbon Summit,
including a dedicated Science,
Information Society and Space initiative;
PAERIP focused on RI and contributing
to policy dialogue and cooperation
promotion events.
7th Framework Programme

8. Design of a new generation of interconnected infrastructures
COOPEUS
Building a Framework for a Sustainable, Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Research Infrastructures
Pivotal element for data harmonisation, curation, interoperability tasks;
Design of a new generation of interconnected infrastructures
to provide a sustainable platform
for data, information and
knowledge sharing
7th Framework Programme

9. SESAME - Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science
and Applications in the Middle East
SESAME is a cooperative venture by scientists & governments of the Middle-East set-up and Europe, on the model of CERN
A science for peace initiative, science diplomacy - 3rd generation synchrotron particle accelerator
EC has contributed more than 10 M€ & has an observer status in SESAME Council;
Used for a wide scope of applications: assessing archaeological artefacts, infrared imaging of diseases, designing pharmaceuticals, solar cells enhancement, soil pollution measurements, CO2 capture, etc.
7th Framework Programme
(RTD – C and B4)

10. SKA - Square Kilometre Array
EC strategically follows SKA and the European endeavours towards this next generation multi‐purpose radio telescope;
PrepSKA coordinated and integrated R&D work in order to develop the fully‐costed design for Phase 1 of the SKA - a deployment plan for the full instrument;
GoSKA and NextSKA supported policy actions to further engage the global radio astronomy community
and policy stakeholders in the
development of the system
design for SKA.
This is a transformational instrument that will play a major role in answering key questions in modern
astrophysics and cosmology.
IMAGE - Artist’s impression of the full Square Kilometre Array at night featuring all four elements. The low frequency aperture array antennas (bottom right), SKA survey dishes and precursor ASKAP dishes (background right) will be located in Western Australia. The mid frequency aperture array stations (bottom left), SKA-mid dishes and precursor MeerKAT dishes (background left) will be located in South Africa, with some remote stations in other African partner countries.
7th Framework Programme

11. Infrastructure Initiatives
ODIP 2 - Extending the Ocean Data Interoperability Platform
Development of a common global framework for marine data management to address grand challenges as climate change and conservation of marine resources;
Support prototype interoperability solutions to be implemented by the regional data infrastructures,
in order to provide users
open access
to quality multidisciplinary
data and services;
USA
Regional Data Infrastructures
Australia
Europe
International
Infrastructure Initiatives
INTEROPERABILITY
Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

12. GLOBIS-B - GLOBal Infrastructures for Supporting Biodiversity research
Aims:
Support global cooperation between research infrastructures focused on predicting the biosphere and measuring the indicators of biodiversity change;
Process big and massive datasets;
Develop interoperability and infrastructure services underpinning the concept of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) - a prerequisite for understanding biodiversity and ecosystem change.
This interaction with national, supranational and global policy bodies contributes to potential refinements of general policies and supports legal interoperability.
Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

13. development of innovative technology solutions;
IPAD-MD
Cooperation & coordination between the pan-European INFRAFRONTIER Research Infrastructure and complementary research infrastructures in America, Asia and Australia, contributing to the global effort of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC).
Aims:
development of innovative technology solutions;
development of high quality standards established in INFRAFRONTIER and in the IMPC, to ensure the reproducibility of results;
improve the global accessibility of high-quality resources and services enabling the biomedical research community to tackle health challenges.
IMPC structure in the map…Global responses to global problems.
Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

14. CREMLIN - Connecting Russian and European Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures
CREMLIN is a first and path finding step to identify, build and enhance scientific
cooperation and strong enduring networks between European research infrastructures and the mega-science facilities to maximize scientific returns.
Aims:
contribute to better connect Russian RIs to the European Research Area;
foster scientific cooperation between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the development and scientific exploitation of large-scale research infrastructures;
develop a common best practice and policies on internationalisation and Opening;
Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

15. EVAg Mobilisation of an International network around
EVA to collect, amplify, characterise, standardise, authenticate, distribute and track, mammalian and other exotic viruses.
The network of EVAg laboratories includes 25 institutions, representing an extensive range of virological disciplines.
16 partners from Europe;
Non-European Partners from USA, South Africa, Russia, Australia;
Associated institutions: Japan, Turkey, Jordan, India(prep.)
Depuis la découverte en septembre 2012 du nouveau coronavirus (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV) en Arabie saoudite, une surveillance a été mise en place sous la coordination de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS : et du Centre européen de prévention et de contrôle des maladies (ECDC :
Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

16. Work Programme

17. Research Infrastructures – WP 2014-15
4 Calls - 22 topics in total
Developing new world-class Research Infrastructures
Integrating and Opening RI of European Interest
e-Infrastructures
Support to Innovation, Human resources, Policy and International cooperation

18. Research Infrastructure
Work Programme
CALL 1
Developing new
world class infrastructures
CALL 2
Integrating and opening
research infrastructures
of European interest
CALL 3
e-Infrastructures
CALL 4
Support to innovation,
human resources,
policy and international cooperation
for research infrastructures
Design Studies
Support to
Preparatory Phase of ESFRI projects
Support to the
individual implementation
and operation
of ESFRI projects
Support to the implementation of cross-cutting Infrastructure services and solutions for cluster of ESFRI and other rElevant ReseaRch Infrastructure initiatives in a given thematic area
Integrating and opening
existing national and regional
research infrastructures of
European interest
Managing, preserving and computing With big reserach data
e-Infrastructures for Open Access
TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA
E-INFRASTRUCTURES:
RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE
Pan-European
High Performance Computing infrastructure and services
Centres
of Excellence
for Computing applications
Network of
HPC Competence Centres for SMEs
Provision of
core services across
e-Infrastructures
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKING – GEANT
e-Infrastructures for virtual Research environments (VRE)
Innovation
Support measures
Innovative procurement
pilot action in the field of
scientific instrumentation
Strengthening the human capital of research infrastructures
New professions
and skills
for e-InfrAstructures
Policy measures
for research Infrastructures
International cooperation
for research infrastructures
e-Infrastructure
policy development and international cooperation
Network of National Contact Points

19. WP 2014-15 – Evaluation outcome
5 Design Studies
6 Clusters
10 Integrating Activities
1 policy support action (ESFRI)
1 support action for training of RI managers
4 INCO support actions for the internationalisation of ESFRI projects and cooperation with strategic partners

20. Work Programme

21. The European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures
Process led by the European Strategy Forum on RI (ESFRI)
Currently elaborating Roadmap Update (2016)
Needs to take stock of international landscape
Will offer new possibilities for international cooperation

22. Strategic orientations for the RI WP 2016-2017
Fostering long term sustainability of Research Infrastructures
Expanding the role of research infrastructures in the innovation chain
Optimising the management and the exploitation of research data produced or collected by research infrastructures, included e-infrastructures
Harmonising evaluation procedures of Research Infrastructures

23. Fostering long term sustainability of Research Infrastructures II
H2020 WP will support actions:
to facilitate and support the preparation, implementation, long-term sustainability and efficient operation of the research infrastructures identified by ESFRI and of other world-class research infrastructures such as ERICs.
to support to the coordination, integration of and trans-national access to the existing national RIs with a long lasting effect in term of harmonisation, structuring and optimisation of the services to users, essential to foster users' and stakeholders' trust in the services and to ensure a long term sustainability.

24. Expanding the role of research infrastructures in the innovation chain
H2020 WP will support:
Customised services to increase participation of industry and, in particular of SMEs as users of RI.
Support PCP/PPI or, as appropriate, to any other financial co- funding scheme that would effectively enable synergies amongst the RI, academia and industry.
Support technology transfer and joint development of high- tech components and solutions in the integrating activities and in the activities supporting the implementation and operation of ESFRI projects and e-infrastructures.
Coordination and networking of technological infrastructures, which provide R&D platforms on key technology for Research Infrastructures so as to develop a partnership with industry and SMEs and set strategic priorities for each key technology.

25. Evaluation procedures
Challenge: building an effective RI landscape in Europe requires long-term commitments by funders, efficient decision making processes and well-conceived governance and management practises for research infrastructures
H2020 WP will support:
coordination of national bodies/agencies involved in the evaluation of RIs, promotion of joint work to harmonise their ex-post evaluation and monitoring mechanisms as well as joint evaluation exercises.

26. Update of the ESFRI roadmap

27. ESFRI Roadmap
Roadmap identifies new pan-European Research Infrastructures or major upgrades to existing ones, to meet the needs of European research communities in the next 10 to 20 years, in all fields of research
First Roadmap published in 2006
Followed by two updates in 2008 and 2010
Now contains 48 projects
Requires major financial investment (~20 B€) and long term commitment for operation (~2 b€/year)

28. Moving forward Build on success: Go further in setting priorities
A much more focused, shorter roadmap for 2016
Look much more broadly at the research infrastructure landscape across Europe
Landscape Analysis in 2016 roadmap
Neutron scattering working group
Activities to promote coordination in specific areas e.g. PRACE, working with e-IRG

29. Rules for new Roadmap
Much shorter – only ~25 Projects on the new Roadmap
Projects that have been on the roadmap and not implemented will automatically roll off after 10 years
Any project that wants to be considered again after 10 years must reapply, either in a different form or with bottlenecks resolved
Room for 8-10 new projects on the 2016 roadmap
Entry level projects will be at a more mature level
conceptual design and feasibility done
supported by at least three MS (1 + 2)
Every 2-3 years audit of the project by ESFRI Implementation WG
Opportunities to add more projects in 2018, 2020 as others roll off

30. Evaluation of Projects
Proposals will be screened for eligibility and assigned to one of ESFRI’s strategic working groups
Scientific merit and pan European relevance (based on ESFRI criteria) will be assessed by the SWG, using the advice of independent peer reviewers
e-science aspects will be coordinated with e-IRG
Project and governance maturity will be assessed by the Implementation working group, again using advice from external experts, based on the approach used by the Assessment Expert group in 2012

31. Key dates 25 September 2014: Roadmap update launch (Trieste)
Open for applications from national delegations and EIROforum (Most countries will have their own internal selection process)
31 March 2015: Deadline for new project proposals
January 2016: New roadmap presented

32. Thank you for your Attention!