1 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES in FP7 Meeting with NuPECC 9 March 2006 Presentation by Daniel Pasini, DG Research

2 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Seventh Framework Programme ( ) l 6 April 2005FP7 Commission’s proposal l 21 Sept 2005Specific Programme proposals  Now debated by Member States (Council ) and European Parliament l June-Sept 2006 ?Adoption l November 2006 ?First calls for proposals

3 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 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,… FP – 2013 Specific Programmes

4 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Support to cutting-edge research carried out by individual research teams competing at European level Implemented independently of the rest of the Framework Programme by an autonomous European Research Council (ERC) 2. Ideas programme

5 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES 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, … 4. Capacities programme

6 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Research Infrastructures in FP7 l Term refers to “facilities”, “resources” or “services” that are needed by the research community to conduct research in all scientific and technological fields l Definition covers: major equipments, knowledge based resources (collections, archives, …), enabling ICT-based infrastructures (Géant, Grids,..) and any other entity of a unique nature used for research

7 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Research Infrastructures in FP7 Objectives: l To optimise the use, development and integration of the best research infrastructures existing in Europe l To help create new research infrastructures of pan- European interest (or major upgrades of existing ones)

8 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Activities in FP7 l For existing research infrastructures - Transnational Access -Integrating Activities -ICT based e-infrastructures l For new research infrastructures (incl. major upgrades) - Design Studies - Construction of New Infrastructures

9 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Existing research infrastructures in FP7 Objective: To optimise their use, development and integration - Transnational Access: to support new opportunities for research teams to obtain access to the best research infrastructures - Integrating Activities: to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field. Integrating Activities will combine “networking activities”, “joint research activities” and “transnational access activities” - ICT based e-infrastructures: to foster development of high- capacity and high-performance communication (GÉANT) and grid infrastructures and reinforcing European computing capabilities Implementation : bottom-up calls for proposals open to all fields of science + targeted calls in close cooperation thematic areas in FP7

10 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES New research infrastructures in FP7 Objective: To help create new research infrastructures of pan-European interest (or major upgrades of existing ones) - Design studies:to support feasibility studies for new infrastructures through a “bottom approach” of calls for proposals - Construction of new infrastructures (incl. major upgrades): to promote the creation of new infrastructures through a strategic approach based on the work conducted by ESFRI* on the development of a European roadmap fro new research infrastructures * ESFRI – European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures

11 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES New research infrastructures in FP7 Construction via a two-stage process: l The preparatory phase - restricted calls targeting priority projects (based on the work of ESFRI)  to support finalisation of construction plans, legal organisation, financial engineering, management aspects l The construction phase - developed following the satisfactory implementation of the preparatory phase - “case by case” approach (e.g. use of Article 171)

12 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES l Research Infrastructures on CORDIS  l ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research Unfrastructures)  Useful links