Research Infrastructures WP 2012 Call 10 e-Infrastructures 9th e-Infrastructure Concertation Meeting 23 September 2011, Lyon "The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission" Krystyna Marek European Commission DG INFSO/F.3

Line of action/ActivityFunding scheme(s) EUR million indicative 1.1 Support to existing research infrastructures Integrating Activities Combination of Collaborative projects and Coordination and Support Actions (CP-CSA) The requested EU contribution shall not exceed EUR 10 million Proposals must address all the 3 categories of activities of the I3 model Support to new research infrastructures Construction of new infrastructures (or major upgrades) – Preparatory Phase Combination of Collaborative projects and Coordination and Support Actions (CP-CSA) Construction of new infrastructures (or major upgrades) – implementation phase Support to policy development and programme implementation INFRA : International cooperation with the USA on common data policies and standards relevant to global research infrastructures in the environment field Coordination and Support Actions (CSA-CA or CSA-SA) 2.00 INFRA : International cooperation with the USA on a common e-infrastructure for scientific data 2.00 INFRA : Coordination actions, conferences and studies supporting policy development, including international cooperation, for e-Infrastructures Call overview

Important information  Call opened:20 July 2011  Call closes:23 November 2011, 17h00 Brussels local time  Evaluation: Jan 2012 – Feb 2012  Negotiation:March 2012 – May 2012  Projects start:as of June 2012 Information package:

Funding schemes  Combination of Collaborative projects and Coordination and Support Actions (CP-CSA) for topic  Coordination and Support Actions – Coordinating Actions (CSA-CA) for topic 3.2  Coordination and Support Actions (CSA-CA or CSA-SA) for topic 3.3

High Performance Computing (1) INFRA Construction of new infrastructures (or major upgrades) – implementation phase  Third implementation phase of PRACE  Piloting joint pre-commercial procurement of HPC resources (hw, sw)  Deploying services for industrial users, including SME’s, e.g. simulation, prototyping  Scaling of applications and development of new utilities and algorithms to address major socio-economic challenges  Open licensing of new tools  Broaden training and outreach activites to:  Engage more user communities  Ensure human resources in HPC

High Performance Computing (2)  Help Europe to stay at the forefront of scientific breakthroughs and strengthen the international position in computational sciences  Intensify the exploitation of the benefits of computing by scientific and industrial users INFRA : expected impact  The focus on the joint pre-commercial procurement should ensure the most efficient and effective use of resources and strengthen EU’s innovation capabilities.

International cooperation with the USA (1)  Reinforcing the cooperation with the USA in jointly addressing global scientific challenges through interoperable RI across the Atlantic  Emphasis on management of scientific data  Addressing the full life cycle of data in the environment field (topic 3.1; DG RTD)  Promoting an interoperable data e-infrastructure (topic 3.2; DG INFSO)  Implemented through a non-binding partnership with the NSF, each side providing funds for their own projects  Investigators work on areas of mutual interest  Synergies and collaboration with corresponding NSF- funded initiatives mandatory  Complementarity and interlinkage between projects funded within the two topics

International cooperation with the USA (2) Topic INFRA : International cooperation with the USA on a common e-infrastructure for scientific data:  Establish an EU-US coordination platform aiming at full interoperability of scientific data infrastructure  Demonstrate the coordination through several joint EU-USA prototypes -> to ensure persistent availability of data across scientific domains and national boundaries  Collection of requirements and approaches for standardisation, lowering access barriers, harmonisation of IP frameworks, and mechanisms for networking of experts and multidisciplinary communities  Joint prototypes to leverage and build upon similar initiatives in Europe and USA

International cooperation with the USA (3)  A common vision for the next decades, identifying existing gaps and opportunities to better face global challenges  Contribute to the Innovation Union by stepping up EU cooperation on the roll-out of the global research infrastructures.  Strengthen the development of a consistent and dynamic European policy for research infrastructures  Address specific needs of cooperation in the field of scientific data management, achieving critical mass and driving global policies Topic INFRA : expected impact

Coordination actions, conferences and studies (1) Topic INFRA : Coordination actions, conferences and studies supporting policy development, including international cooperation, for e-infrastructures a)Developing strategies and/or establishing coordination structures, e.g.:  Support the European exa-scale computing communities in international efforts  For extremely large or highly distributed and heterogeneous scientific databases  Coordination between e-Infrastructure operators b)Feasibility studies, concepts, designs and assessments for e-infrastructures deployed in in the areas:  Data infrastructures, cloud infrastructures based on PPP’s, simulation infrastructures, software infrastructures

Coordination actions, conferences and studies (2) Topic INFRA : (continued) c)Studies and actions for:  Promotion of trust-building and interoperability in the scientific data domain  evaluation of business models for Open Science -> achieve financial sustainability  promotion of open standards for grids and clouds  Creation of frameworks for procurement of computing services for e-Science d)Dissemination of results and success stories of European e-infrastructure projects

Coordination actions, conferences and studies (3) f)International cooperation  Coordination of development aid projects related to e- infrastructures  Promoting e-infrastructures of common interest to Europe and developing regions  Contributing to efforts in international organisations and fora supporting e-Infrastructures for global research communities Topic INFRA (continued) e)Actions towards development of education- related e-infrastructures  Linking scientific repositories and research data infrastructures to learning resources for skills and curricula development for information and data scientists; online platforms for supporting student exchanges Source: policies/innovaton/support/index_fr.htm

Topic INFRA : expected impact  Strengthen the development of a consistent and dynamic European policy for research infrastructures  Strategies and studies - solid ground for future choices and help in decision making and deployment of e-Infrastructures  Feasibility studies - implementable concepts for future e- Infrastructures  Dissemination actions - the visibility of the e-Infrastructures activity towards wider audiences  International cooperation activities - support development of globally connected and interoperable e-infrastructures, in particular between the EU and developing regions in the world Coordination actions, conferences and studies (4)

If you have a question…  Contact person:  Bernhard Fabianek, Timothy Heap (topic INFRA : PRACE)  Pekka Karp, Carlos Morais Pires (topic INFRA : EU-USA)  Leonardo Flores, Luis Busquets Pérez (topic INFRA : Support actions)  Krystyna Marek (overall call co-ordination)  address:   e-Infrastructures website: 

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