1. Funding Opportunities in Europe A Personal View Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

2. European Science Foundation (ESF) 77 Member Organisations in 30 countries Research Funding Organisations Research Performing Organisations Academies EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

3. ESF provides a common platform for its Member Organisations in order to: advance European research explore new directions for research at the European level. Through its activities, ESF serves the needs of the European research community in a global context. EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

4. ESF Current Organisation EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

5. ESF Tools Forward Looks Exploratory Workshops Euroconferences EUROCOREs EURYI Awards COST EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

6. 7th Framework Programme 2007-2013 Cooperation – Collaborative Research (32413 M) Ideas – Frontier Research (7510 M) People – Human Potential (4750 M) Capacities – Research Capacity (4097 M) JRC (non-nuclear) EURATOM+JRC (nuclear) EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

7. 7th Framework Programme 2007-2013 Cooperation – Collaborative Research (32413 M) Ideas – Frontier Research (7510 M) People – Human Potential (4750 M) Capacities – Research Capacity (4097 M) JRC (non-nuclear) EURATOM EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

8. Cooperation – Collaborative Research Thematic Priorities: 1.Health 2.Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 3.Information and Communication Technologies 4.Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies 5.Energy 6.Environment and Climate Change 7.Transport 8.Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities 9.Space and Security Research EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

9. 7th Framework Programme 2007-2013 Cooperation – Collaborative Research (32413 M) Ideas – Frontier Research (7510 M) People – Human Potential (4750 M) Capacities – Research Capacity (4097 M) JRC (non-nuclear) EURATOM EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

10. Ideas – Frontier Research Two streams of activity are foreseen: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant scheme (ERC Starting Grant) ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant scheme (ERC Advanced Grant) European Research Council (ERC) EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

11. 7th Framework Programme 2007-2013 Cooperation – Collaborative Research (32413 M) Ideas – Frontier Research (7510 M) People – Human Potential (4750 M) Capacities – Research Capacity (4097 M) JRC (non-nuclear) EURATOM EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

12. 7th Framework Programme 2007-2013 Cooperation – Collaborative Research (32413 M) Ideas – Frontier Research (7510 M) People – Human Potential (4750 M) Capacities – Research Capacity (4097 M) JRC (non-nuclear) EURATOM EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

13. Programmes: 1.Research Infrastructures 2.Research for the Benefit of SMEs 3.Regions of Knowledge 4.Research Potential 5.Science in Society 6.Coherent Development of Research Policies 7.Activities of International Cooperation Capacities - Research Capacity EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

14. Research Infrastructures (1715 M ) Integrating Activities (i) Networking Activities (ii) Transnational Access (iii) Joint Research Activities All three categories of activities are mandatory as synergistic effects are expected from these different components. EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

15. TNA Facilities in ENSAR GSI Darmstadt GANIL Caen LNL Legnaro & LNS Catania JYFL Jyväskylä KVI Groningen CERN – ISOLDE Geneva ALTO Orsay EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

16. TNA Facilities in HadronPhysics2 LNF Frascati ECT* Trento MAMI Mainz GSI Darmstadt COSY Jülich ELSA Bonn TSL Uppsala MAX-Lab Lund ZIB Berlin NIC Jülich EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

17. TNA Facilities in SPIRIT FZD Rossendorf CNRS Bordeaux KUL Leuven IJS Ljubljana UniBw München CEA Jannus Orsay & CIMAP Caen University of Surrey EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

18. TNA Facilities in FUNDAMENTAL AD-CERN Geneva ESR/HITRAP-GSI Darmstadt TSR/CSR MPI Heidelberg TRI P-KVI Groningen UCN-ILL Grenoble UCN-PSI Villigen UCN – TRIGA Mainz EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

19. European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Launched April 2002 by Council of Research Ministers Representatives of 27 Member and 5 Associated States + 1 Representative from the European Commission Roadmap 2006 ->FAIR ->SPIRAL2 Update every 2 years, next in 2008 EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner

20. More Information http://www.esf.org http://cordis.europa.eu http://ec.europa.eu EPS-NPB Meeting April 11-12 2008, München Gabriele-Elisabeth Körner