1 Prague, April 2009 EUROHORCs Contribution to the European Research Area

2 What is EUROHORCs? European Heads of Research Councils The Heads of public Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) and Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) in Europe Established in 1992

3 Members Austria: FWF Belgium: F.R.S.-FNRS, FWO Czech Republic: GACR Denmark: DCIR, DMRC, DNSRC, DRCH, DRCTPS, DSSRC Estonia: ETF Finland: AKA France: ANR, CNRS, IFREMER, INRA, INRIA, INSERM Germany: DFG, FhG, HGF, MPG Greece: NHRF Hungary: OTKA Iceland: RANNIS Ireland: Enterprise Ireland, SFI Italy: CNR, ENEA, INFN Luxembourg: FNR Norway: RCN Portugal: FCT Slovenia: ARRS Spain: CSIC Sweden: VR Switzerland: SNSF The Netherlands: NWO, TNO Turkey: TÜBITAK United Kingdom: BBSRC, EPSRC, ESCR, MRC, NERC, STFC

4 European R&D Funding

5 Mission EUROHORCs wish to develop and strengthen the European Research Area (ERA) so that… researchers knowledge technologies …can move freely around Europe

6 Platform for discussion Science funding, science review, science management and science policy Joint initiatives Promoting and enhancing inter-council cooperation. –EURYI European Young Investigator awards –Money Follows Researcher Influencing European research policy Serving, inter alia, as an advisory body for the European Commission EUROHORCs actions

7 Initiatives - MFR The Money Follows Researcher (MFR) agreement allows researchers moving from one to another MFR-country to transfer the remainder of a current grant

8 Initiatives - MFR Austria: FWF Denmark: DCIR Finland: AKA Germany: DFG Iceland: Rannis Netherlands: NWO Portugal: FCT Sweden: VR Belgium: FNRS, FWO UK: BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, NERC, MRC, PPARC Estonia: ETF France: CNRS, INSERM Hungary: OTKA Italy: CNR, INFN Norway: RCN Spain: CSIC Switzerland: SNF

9 EUROHORCs and ESF Road Map for Excellence in Science in Europe EUROHORCs & ESF vision on a globally competitive ERA of excellence –A bigger picture –Can not be tackled only by EUROHORCs and ESF –Requires leadership by EC, Universities, private sector, ALEA,… EUROHORCs & ESF actions to contribute to the ERA

10 1.An effective European research policy, capitalising on cultural, geographic and scientific diversity 2.A stimulating education system 3.A single European labour market for researchers 4.Adequate funding for top quality curiosity driven research, 5.Transnational funding, benchmarking of quality and shared scientific priorities for strategic research and researcher- driven programmes 6.Excellent research institutions 7.World-class research infrastructures 8.Open access to the output of publicly funded research and permanent access to primary quality assured research data 9.Effective and trusted bridges between science, society and the private sector 10.Openness to the world EUROHORCs & ESF Vision on a Globally Competitive ERA of Excellence

11 1.Strengthen the relations between science and the private sector and intensify the dialogue between research organisations and political actors at the European level 2.Promoting European research careers 3.Develop research foresight and use its results as a basis for joint strategy development 4.Create a European grant union 5.Address Peer Review of proposals at European level 6.Develop common approaches to ex post evaluations of funding schemes and research programmes 7.Create ERA-Connect and “Regional Clusters of Excellence” to shape collaboration between RPOs and other research institutions 8.Develop shared funding and exploitation of medium sized research infrastructure 9.Implement a common policy on Open Access to research results and Permanent Access to research data 10.Connect European research to the world EUROHORCs & ESF Actions to Contribute to the ERA

12 Action 4: Create a European Grant Union Issue –There are barriers to transnational collaboration and benchmarking of excellence –Missing collaborations based on free financial and personal mobility Actions –Money follows Researcher –Money follows Cooperation –Lead Agency procedure –EUROCORE scheme Envisaged effect –Strengthening cross boarder cooperation –Increases quality in general –Increases mobility

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