Research InfrastructuresEuropean Added Value, Strategy & policy

Christian Kurrer, European CommissionBonn, 15.1.2007

The context…

Definition of Research

Infrastructures

Facilities, resources, and related services usedby the scientific community for Conducting leading-edge research Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges

and knowledge preservation

Includes Major scientific equipment Scientific collections, archives and structured information ICT-based infrastructures Entities of a unique nature, used for research

Research Infrastructures of pan-European relevance provide unique opportunities for:

• world-level research

• world-level training

• Technology & knowledge transfer

• ensuring knowledge preservation

… in brief for European Capacity Building 

Research Infrastructures and capacity building 

Excellence and Research Infrastructures 

Europe has a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and its teams continue to lead progress in many fields• However our centres of excellence often fail to reach critical mass• There is a need to bring resources together and to build a European Research Area equivalent to the "common market" 

For existing research infrastructures

• Integrating Activities: to structure better, on a European scale, the way such facilities operate and promote their coherent use and development

• e-infrastructures: to foster development of high-capacity + performance communication networks and grid infrastructures

Community activities under FP6 (2002-2006)

For new research infrastructures

• Design studies

• Construction (incl. major upgrades)

Facts and Figures:

• Total budget: 732 .2 M€

»of which 222 for GRID + GEANT

• Number of projects 142

• Number of RIs supported 248

• Potential number of users >20000

Community activities under FP6 (2002-2006)

TA (~19 M€):• 15 installations, with 4000 users from a very

broad spectrum of disciplines

NA (~2 M€):• Specialized workshops, conferences and

schools (support areas of transnational cooperation)• Exchange of scientists

JRA (~6 M€):• European platform for Protein Crystallography• Development of:

• Instrumentation for Femtosecond Pulses• Diffractive x-ray optics• Superconducting Undulator• Photoinjector for X-ray Free Electron Lasers

EC contribution: 27 M€

Developing a pan-European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser infrastructure

Offering a common access platform

IA-SFS (Analytical Facilities)Example…

Importance of I3s:

• to reduce European fragmentation and dispersion of existing facilities

• To help developing an internal research market for access to installations and for research services

Refinement,

Replacement

EC contribution: ~4.7 M€

TA (~1.3 M€):• Gene, tissue, cell, gamete and serum banks• Experimental animals

NA (~1.7 M€):• Standards (SOPs for quarantine and

experiments)• Training on handling (blood sampling,

injections…)• Courses and textbook (primate behaviour,

husbandry, nutrition…)

JRA (~1.7 M€):• Molecular typing methods• Pathogen detection assays • Telemetry prototyping

Developing a pan-European research infrastructure of primate centres

EUPRIM-Net (Biomedical Sciences)Example…

Main characteristics of an average Integrating

Activity under FP6

Average number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access

Typical duration of 4 years Average EC contribution: ~10 M€

Management: ~ 6% Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 36% Joint Research Activities: ~ 43%

List of funded projects (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects

Within

«one»

single

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Towards a coherent policy for Research Infrastructures

• A European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

• Launched in April 02• Brings together

representatives of the 25 Member States,7 Associated States, and one representative of the European Commission (EC)

ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Role of ESFRI

• To foster an “open method of coordination” between different countries

• To discuss the long term vision at European level and to support the development of a European RI policy

• To bring initiatives and projects to a point where decisions by ministers are possible

A stimulation and incubator role

ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

The Roadmap

• Mandate from the Council of Ministers,November 2004

• The Roadmap is the result of two years of intensive work (published October 2006)

• About 1000 high-level experts were involved, from every MS and AS, from most fields and user communities, giving the end product credibility and quality.

It is the beginning of an ongoing process

ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Proposed new facilities for Biomedical and Life

Sciences

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY BIOBANKSCLINICAL TRIALS

EATRIS INFRAFRONTIER

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e6 Projects

Roadmap 2006

ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

Towards FP7…

FP7 2007 - 2013

Capacities4097

JRC1751

Ideas7510

Euratom4062

People4750

Cooperation32413

Budget (M€) - Source: Council decision in December 2006

Dev. of policies1,5% - 70 M€

INCO4,5% - 180 M€

Science in Society8% - 330 M€

Research I nfrastructures42% - 1715 M€

SMEs33% - 1336 M€ Research Potential

8% - 340 M€

Regions of Knowledge

3% - 126 M€

“Capacities”

Objectives of the CommunityResearch Infrastructures

action Optimising the use and development of the

best existing research infrastructures in Europe

Helping to create in all fields of S & T new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the scientific community

Supporting programme implementation and policy development (e.g. international cooperation)

30% increase

according to FP6

Support to existing Research

Infrastructures

Integrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field, implemented through: A bottom-up approach for proposals open to

all fields of science Targeted approach with topics defined in cooperation

with the FP7 thematic areas

ICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research

580 M€

2007-2013

420 M€

2007-2013

~ 500 sites in 40 countries > 60 Virtual Organisations ~ 24 000 CPUs > 5 PB storage > 10 000 concurrent jobs/day

Scientific communities Life Sciences High Energy Physics BiomedicsAstrophysics Earth Sciences Computational Chemistry Finance Fusion Geophysics Multimedia…

EGEE (grids)Example…

Call for proposalsN°1 – launched early 2007

Existing e-infrastructures (42 M€)Scientific Digital Repositories, deployment of e-Infrastructures for new Scientific Communities,

Support measure for some FP6 I3 (finishing before March 2008)

Closure: 2 May 2007 Single stage procedure for evaluation

remote + panel evaluation First contracts will come into force

before the end of 2007

Next calls for proposals N°2 (e-infrastructures) + N°

3

Indicative budget of 84 + 275 M€ 25 to 30 RTD projects to be selected Call 2: e-science GRID, GÉANT and Scientific

Data Infrastructures Call 3: for RTD; both bottom up and

targeted approach Closure:

Autumn 2007 (call 2) + March 2008 (call 3) More information to be provided mid-2007

Support to new Research

Infrastructures

Design studies: to support the conceptual design for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear European dimension and interestthrough bottom-up calls

Support to the Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing onesPreparatory phaseConstruction phase

70 M€ 2007-

2013

530 M€

2007-2013

Support Actions

… through a mixed bottom-up / top down approach, for:

– the development of an RI European policy and the development of international cooperation

– Supporting programme implementation (NCPs) and the coordination of research infrastructures in emerging areas

ERANETS

65 M€

2007-2013

FP7 will support the design of new research infrastructures

(or major upgrades) Design studies aiming at the

conceptual design, not at a detailed design

Case of e-Infrastructures: to foster new organisational models in domains of grids & data

EC support likely to be smaller than under FP6, i.e. less than 5 M€

bottom-up call… Useful to feed the ESFRI roadmap process

… and major upgrades to existing ones

Support to the preparatory phasemainly based on the ESFRI worktwo calls foreseen (2007 and 2009)

(in addition) support to RSFF

(limited) available resources tosupport the construction

200-230 M€

2007-2013

200 M€

2007-2013

100-130 M€

2007-2013

For the construction of new research infrastructures

(or major upgrades)

First call for proposals closing in spring 2007

For design studies, preparatory phase, and support actionsdesign studies: 35 M€ Support actions: 28 M€

(budget 2007-2008) Indicative budget for preparatory phase:

34 projects (budget 2007-2008) Closure: 2nd May 2007 First contracts to come into force

before end 2007

130 M€

Support measures under the 1st call…

For:ERA-NETsStudies, conferences, coordination actions

for policy development (e-infrastructures)NCPs and other support actions, as appropriate

Indicative budget of 28 M€15 to 20 projects to be selected

Closure: 2 May 2007

Call N°3

closing early 2008 - only 5 M€

Member States not necessarily need the EC support…

… nevertheless, FP7 could help, in facilitating decision-making (no automatic funding)

A first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap

One proposal per topic is expected Targeted at resolving bottlenecks in decision-

making and supporting long-term consistency of research-oriented public actions

The Preparatory Phaseunder the 1st call …

The Preparatory Phaseunder the 1st call …

Tasks focusing on:Strategy developmentPlanning of Technical work (e.g. final prototypes)Governance and logistical work Financial arrangementsLegal issues

The first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap

Direct EC (average) contribution around 5 M€

The preparatory Phase…Who are the participants ?

• Consortia should involve all stakeholders necessary to make the project a reality

e.g. ministries, governments, research councils, funding agencies from

interested countries + as appropriate, research centres, universities, industries,

international organisations…

• Minimum 3 participants from 3 Member States or Associated States(recommendation: at least 3 agencies…)

Who are the participants ?

How to manage ?

• Open to participants from third countries

• Possibility for new participants to join at later stage

• … but be careful with too large consortia…

• Coordinator to act as a « team builder »

• The EC will act as a “facilitator”

What can be done ?

Legal work, e.g.

• To establish the legal basis for the new pan- European Research Infrastructures

Governance and logistic work, e.g.

• Plans in terms of decision making, management structure, advisory bodies, IPR, access rule,

• Staff recruitment, researchers support….

Strategic work, e.g.

• Plans to integrate the new RI in the EU fabric of related facilities, identification of best possible site(s), systems, etc.

• Planning of research services to be provided at international level, etc.

Technical work, e.g.

• Draft engineering plans for construction,• Final prototypes, new processing protocols,

software, etc.

What can also be done ?

Preparatory Phase facilitating financial engineering

for new research infrastructures

Inclusion in Specific RTD

Programme(s)

Inclusion in DG REGIO / DG DEV

strategic plans

Stakeholdersincl. EIROs

Member States

European Commission

Inclusion in national

Programmes

Projects

EIB

RSFF

Existing Infrastructures

Design studies

New Infrastructures

Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)

FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief

Integrating activities

e-infrastructures ESFRI

Roadmap

Policy Development and Programme Implementation

Useful links

FP7 Proposal and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm

Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/rn/

ESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research Infrastr.) http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html

e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG) http://www.e-irg.org

International Scientific cooperation policy:http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/iscp/

Many thanks for your attention

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