Program IDEE – granty na badania poznawcze: Program IDEE – granty na badania poznawcze Michał Kleiber Warszawa, 11 kwietnia 2007 r.


Slide2: FP7 ca. € 54.5 bn → ca. € 7.8 bn per year, 40% more than in FP6 Cooperation Ideas People Capacities → European Research Council (ERC) → ca. € 7510 m → more than € 1 bn per year, ca. 14% of FP7 total


Members of the ERC Scientific Council:: Members of the ERC Scientific Council: Dr. Claudio BORDIGNON (IT) – medicine (hematology, gene therapy) Prof. Manuel CASTELLS (ES) – information society, urban sociology Prof. Paul J. CRUTZEN (NL) – atmospheric chemistry, climatology Prof. Mathias DEWATRIPONT (BE) – economics, science policy Dr. Daniel ESTEVE (FR) – physics (quantum electronics, nanoscience) Prof. Pavel EXNER (CZ) – mathematical physics Prof. Hans-Joachim FREUND (DE) – physical chemistry, surface physics Prof. Wendy HALL (UK) – electronics, computer science Prof. Carl-Henrik HELDIN (SE) – medicine (cancer research, biochemistry) Prof. Michal KLEIBER (PL) – computational science andamp; engineering, solid andamp; fluid mechanics Prof. Maria Teresa V.T. LAGO (PT) – astrophysics Prof. Fotis C. KAFATOS (GR) – molecular biology, biotechnology Prof. Norbert KROO (HU) – solid-state physics, optics Dr. Oscar MARIN PARRA (ES) – biology, biomedicine Lord MAY (UK) – zoology, ecology Prof. Helga NOWOTNY (AT) – sociology, science policy Prof. Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD (DE) – biochemistry, genetics Prof. Leena PELTONEN-PALOTIE (FI) – medicine (molecular biology) Prof. Alain PEYRAUBE (FR) – linguistics, asian studies Dr. Jens R. ROSTRUP-NIELSEN (DK) – chemical andamp; process engineering, materials research Prof. Salvatore SETTIS (IT) – history of art, archeology Prof. Rolf M. ZINKERNAGEL (CH) – medicine (immunology)


Slide4: ERC – Guiding Principles Attractive funding for ambitious frontier research projects - all fields of research, cross-disciplinary and unconventional (high-risk) projects Simple and flexible application procedures Excellence (of person and proposal) as sole criterion Investigator-driven research All areas of research Individual independent teams (located in or moving to EU - no nationality criterion - open to the entire world) 100% reimbursement of projects Special emphasis on young researchers


Slide5: ERC Grants The ERC Starting Independent Researchers Grants (ERC Starting Grants; StG). The objective is to provide adequate support to the independent careers of excellent researchers, whatever their nationality, located in or moving to the EU and associated countries, who are at the stage of establishing and leading their first research team or program. The ERC Advanced Investigator Grants (ERC Advanced Grants). The objective is to encourage and support excellent, innovative investigator-initiated research projects by leading advanced investigators across the EU member states and countries associated to the framework programme. It will complement the Starting Grant scheme by targeting the population of researchers who have already established themselves as being independent leaders in their own right.


Provisional Schedule of calls for proposals: Provisional Schedule of calls for proposals


Slide7: The Scientific Council has established, based on world-wide practice, the following indicative budget for each of the 3 main scientific domains: Physical Sciences and Engineering: 45% Biological and Life Sciences: 40% Social Sciences and Humanities: 15% A reserve in the overall budget, not exceeding 20% of the total, may be retained for funding proposals that have been judged of comparable merit but beyond the budget allocated to the specific scientific domain, and can be used to further promote frontier research and interdisciplinarity.


Slide8: Who can apply ? Individual Teams The Team Leader ('Principal Investigator') has: the power to assemble his/her research group, the freedom to choose the research topic. Individual teams should consist of a grouping of researchers which meets the needs of the project, without 'artificial' administrative constraints; thus members may be drawn from one or several legal entities, from either within or across national boundaries, including third countries.


Slide9: Evaluation Process Peer Review Evaluation 20 high level panels (~11 members) Multidisciplinary projects encouraged appraised by all appropriate panels ScC members as observers on each panel Interviews by Panels at stage 2 for Starting Grants


Two-stage application procedure:: Two-stage application procedure: At the first stage, a proposal will be presented and evaluated, describing the project and the qualifications of the Principal Investigator. Successful Principal Investigators at the first stage will be invited to submit a more detailed proposal by the second stage deadline. The following elements will be required: CV and a self-evaluation of the Principal Investigator's research achievements, including a succinct 'funding ID' which must specify any current research grants and any ongoing application for work related to the proposal Description of scientific and technical aspects of the project Description of the scientific environment and resources


ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant (ERC Starting Grant):: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant (ERC Starting Grant): Eligibility Located in (or moving to) EU or Associated States (AS) 2-9 years since PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) at submission deadline Newly established in (or offered) independent position No nationality criterion: open to the entire world ~ 1/3 of the ERC’s annual budget (~ € 300 mln) ~ 200 grants annually, each for up to 5 years at the level of € 100 000 ÷ 400 000 per year


Independence implies that the Principal Investigator has the authority to:: Independence implies that the Principal Investigator has the authority to: Apply for funding independently of senior colleagues Manage the research funding for the project and make appropriate resource allocation decisions Publish as senior author and invite as co-authors only those who have contributed substantially to the reported work Supervise team members, including research students or others Have access to reasonable space and facilities for conducting the research


Slide13: Strict limits will be applied to the length of proposals*: *12 pt font, single spaced with minimum 2 cm margins Stage 1: 8 pages total (3+4+1) Stage 2: 16 pages total (4+10+2) Only the material that the proposal contains within these limits will be evaluated. At stage 1, the hosting institution must confirm its association and support to the project and Principal Investigator. At stage 2, the hosting institution must provide a binding statement that the conditions of independence are already fulfilled or will be provided to the Principal Investigator if the application is successful.


Reapplications and multiple applications: Reapplications and multiple applications Rules will apply to reapplications by Principal Investigators for ERC grants whose proposals are not judged to meet the threshold of quality, as well as for multiple applications within the same or different type of ERC grants. These rules, which may subsequently be modified by the Scientific Council in light of experience, are as follows: No principal or collaborating investigator may be associated with more than one application to the ERC during the same year. A Principal Investigator may not submit an application for an ERC grant during the calendar year following the submission of an unsuccessful application unless that application was judged to meet the quality threshold for funding. (Note: this rule will not apply to the second call for ERC Starting Grants, in view of the long interval between first and second calls).


Reapplications and multiple applications: Reapplications and multiple applications Only one ERC grant by the Principal Investigator can be active at any time. In addition, applications by researchers who have successfully applied for a similar type of funding will not be normally accepted unless the objectives of the proposed project are clearly distinct. However, it will be possible for ERC Starting grantees to compete for an Advanced Investigator Grant to allow for uninterrupted funding of their project/activity.


Slide16: Evaluation criteria for ERC Starting Grants Principal Investigator: Potential to perform world class research Quality of research output Intellectual capacity and creativity Quality of the proposed research project Ground-breaking nature of the research Potential impact Methodology Research Environment (to be assessed only during stage 2 evaluation) Transition to independence Hosting institution (normally applicant legal entity) Participation of other legal entities


Slide17: ~ 200-300 grants committed each year 3-5 years ~ € 2-3 mln / proposal overhead ≤ 20 % The ERC Advanced Investigators Grant Scheme (AdG): ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant scheme is designed to support excellent investigator-initiated research projects by established investigators


Slide18: Physical Sciences and Engineering PE1 MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS : All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical aspects of theoretical computer science, and mathematical physics. PE2 FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUENTS OF MATTER : High energy, particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics. PE3 CONDENSED MATTER IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY: Condensed matter (structure, electronic properties, fluids,…), statistical physics, nano-sciences, reactions. PE4 MATERIAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES : Material sciences, molecular architecture, chemical theory, analysis and synthesis (organic and inorganic), physical and environmental chemistry, method development. PE5 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION : Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, communication technology, intelligent systems. PE6 ENGINEERING SCIENCES : Electronics, product design, process design and control, construction methods, fluid and solid mechanics, energy systems, bio-engineering. PE7 UNIVERSE SCIENCE: Astro-physics/chemistry/biology/geology; solar system; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space science, instrumentation. PE8 EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE: Physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, solar planets, natural resources management.


Slide19: PE1 MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS : All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical aspects of theoretical computer science, and mathematical physics. Foundations of mathematics and logic Algorithms Number theory Combinatorial analysis Algebra Geometry Topology Analysis Computational mathematics Theoretical computer science Numerical analysis Probability and statistics Applied mathematics Operations research Mathematical physics Other areas of mathematics


Slide20: PE2 FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUENTS OF MATTER : High energy, particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics. High energy physics Fundamental interactions and particles Particle physics Nuclear physics Gas and plasma physics Atomic, molecular physics Optics and quantum optics Relativity Classical physics Thermodynamics Non-linear physics General physics Metrology


Slide21: PE3 CONDENSED MATTER IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY: Condensed matter (structure, electronic properties, fluids,…), statistical physics, nano-sciences, reactions. Biophysics Condensed matter and solid state physics Statistical physics Phase transitions Structural properties of materials Electronic properties of materials andamp; transport Magnetism Superconductivity Semiconductors Material sciences (physics related) Nano-sciences and nanotechnology (physics related) Reaction mechanisms Chemical reactions Reaction dynamics Theoretical and computational chemistry of condensed matter Supramolecular structures Chemical physics, physical chemistry of condensed matter Nano-chemistry


Slide22: PE4 MATERIAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES : Material sciences, molecular architecture, chemical theory, analysis and synthesis (organic and inorganic), physical and environmental chemistry, method development. Physical chemistry of molecules Environment chemistry Homogeneous andamp; inhomogeneous catalysis Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques Molecular architecture Molecular chemistry Analytical chemistry Organic chemistry Inorganic chemistry Instrumental techniques Macromolecular chemistry, polymer chemistry Solid state chemistry Synthesis (organic and inorganic) Material science (chemistry related) Surface science Colloid science Combinatorial chemistry Theoretical and computational chemistry of molecules Method development Supramolecular chemistry Chemistry of biological systems (biological chemistry)


Slide23: PE5 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION : Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, communication technology, intelligent systems. Computer architecture Database management Formal methods Graphics Human computer interaction and interface Informatics and information systems Theoretical computer science Intelligent systems Scientific Computing Modelling tools Multimedia Networks Parallel and Distributed Computing Robotics Signals, Speech and Image Processing Systems and software


Slide24: PE6 ENGINEERING SCIENCES : Electronics, product design, process design andamp; control, construction methods, fluid and solid mechanics, energy systems, bio-engineering. Aerospace engineering Biomedical engineering and technology Chemical engineering Civil engineering Control engineering Electrical andamp; electronic engineering Computational engineering Fluid dynamics Energy systems Maritime engineering Micro-engineering Mechanical engineering Materials Engineering Nuclear engineering Process engineering Product design Simulation engineering andamp; modelling Systems engineering


Slide25: PE7 UNIVERSE SCIENCE: Astro-physics/chemistry/biology/geology; solar system; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space science, instrumentation. Solar and interplanetary physics Planetary systems sciences Interstellar medium Formation of stars and planets Astrobiology Stars and stellar systems The Galaxy Formation and evolution of galaxies Clusters of galaxies and large scale structures High energy and particles astronomy – X-rays, cosmic rays, gamma rays, neutrinos Relativistic Astrophysics Dark matter, dark enery Gravitational astronomy Cosmology Space Sciences Very large data bases: archiving, handling and analysis Instrumentation – telescopes, detectors and techniques


Slide26: PE8 EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE: Physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, solar planets, natural resources management. Atmospheric chemistry and aeronomy Meteorology and atmospheric sciences Climatology (incl. paleo-climatology), climate modeling Ecology, environmental chemistry, water, air and soil pollution Geography, geology, geochemistry Global environmental change Geophysics, seismology, volcanology Oceanography/marine sciences (physical, chemical, biological) Biogeochemistry Geophysics, geochemistry, mineralogy Solar planetology Petrology, sedimentology Physical geography Earth observations from space/remote sensing Geomagnetism, paleomagnetism Ozone and atmospheric composition Soil science, tectonics Waste disposal, water science


Slide27: Biological and Life Sciences LS1 MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY: Molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, cell physiology, signal transduction and pattern formation in plants and animals. LS2 GENETICS, GENOMICS, BIOINFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: Molecular and cell genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling and stimulation, systems biology. LS3 ORGANISMIC PHYSIOLOGY, INCLUDING INFECTION AND IMMUNITY: Organogenesis, organ physiology, endocrinology, ageing, regeneration, metabolism, immunobiology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, toxicology. LS4 NEUROSCIENCES: Neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, systems neuroscience, psychiatry. LS5 EVOLUTIONARY, POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY: Evolution, ecology, animal behaviour, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography, marine biology, ecotoxicology. LS6 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE RESEARCH: Aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease, public health, epidemiology, pharmacology, regenerative medicine, veterinary medicine, medical ethics. LS7 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING: Agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology and remediation; bioethics.


Slide28: LS1 Molecular, cellular and developmental biology: Molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, cell physiology, signal transduction and pattern formation in plants and animals. Molecular biology and interactions General biochemistry and metabolism Nucleic acid biosynthesis, modification and degradation RNA processing and modification Protein synthesis, modification and turnover Biophysics Structural biology (crystallography, NMR, EM) Morphology and functional imaging of cells Cell biology and molecular transport mechanisms Cell cycle and division Apoptosis Cell differentiation, physiology and dynamics Organelle biology Cell signalling and cellular interactions Signal transduction Development, developmental genetics, pattern formation and embryology Molecular evolution


Slide29: LS2 Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology: Molecular and cell genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling and simulation, systems biology. Molecular genetics Epigenetics and gene regulation Quantitative genetics Cell genetics Comparative genetics Human genetics Reverse genetics and RNAi Genomics, comparative genomics, functional genomics Proteomics Transcriptomics Metabolomics Glycomics Bioinformatics Computational biology Biostatistics Systems biology Biological systems analysis, modelling and simulation


Slide30: LS3 Organismic physiology, including infection and immunity: Organogenesis, organ physiology, endocrinology, ageing, regeneration, metabolism, immunobiology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, toxicology. Organ physiology Comparative physiology Endocrinology Ageing Metabolism, biological basis of metabolism related disorders Toxicology Parasite biology Microbiology, microbial genetics Virology, viral genetics Innate immunity Adaptive immunity Phagocytosis and cellular immunity Immunosignalling Immunological memory and tolerance Immunogenetics Biological basis of immunity related disorders


Slide31: LS4 Neurosciences: Neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, systems neuroscience, psychiatry. Neurobiology Neuroanatomy Neurophysiology Neurochemistry and neuropharmacology Systems neuroscience Cognition Behaviour Brain and neuroimaging Biological basis of neural and psychiatric disorders


Slide32: LS5 Evolutionary, population and environmental biology: Evolution, ecology, animal behaviour, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography, marine biology, ecotoxicology. Evolutionary biology, biological adaptation Evolution and development Population biology, population dynamics, population genetics Ecology, environmental and conservation biology, biodiversity, ecotoxicology, marine biology, radiation biology Environment and health risks including radiation biology, environmental medicine and toxicology


Slide33: LS6 Medical and health science research: Aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of disease, public health, epidemiology, pharmacology, regenerative medicine, veterinary medicine, medical ethics. Biological basis of non-communicable diseases, except for neural/psychiatric, immunity-related and metabolism-related disorders. E.g. cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Diagnostics Therapies: drug therapies, gene therapy, surgery Stem cell biology, regenerative medicine Public health and epidemiology Pharmacology and pharmacogenomics Health services, health care research Veterinary medicine Ethics in medical and health sciences


Slide34: LS7 Applied Life Sciences, biotechnology and bioengineering: Agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology and remediation; bioethics. Genetic engineering, transgenic organisms, recombinant proteins, biosensors Synthetic biology and new bio-engineering concepts Chemical biology Agriculture and food: animal husbandry, dairying, livestock raising, crop production, soil biology and cultivation, applied plant biology Aquaculture, fisheries Forestry, biomass production Environmental biotechnology: bioremediation; biodegradation Industrial biotechnology: bioreactors, industrial microbiology Drug discovery, drug design Biofuels, biomimetics Biohazards, biological containment, biosafety, biosecurity Ethics in life sciences (other than medical and health sciences)


Slide35: Social Sciences and Humanities SH1 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS: Economics, management, demography, geography, urban and environmental studies. SH2 INSTITUTIONS, BEHAVIOUR, VAULES AND BELIEFS: Anthropology, sociology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology. SH3 THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY: Cognition, linguistics, psychology, philosophy and education. SH4 CULTURES AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY: Literature, visual and performing arts, music and cultural studies. SH5 THE STUDY OF THE PAST AND OF CULTURAL ARTEFACTS: Memory, history and archaeology.


Slide36: SH1 Individuals and organisations: economics, management, demography, geography, urban and environmental studies Macroeconomics, growth, development, business cycles Microeconomics, institutional economics Environment, sustainability, social and industrial ecology Econometrics, statistical methods Financial markets, banking and corporate finance Innovation, competitiveness, research and development Consumer behaviour, marketing Organization studies, strategy Human resource management, employment and earnings Public administration, public economics Income distribution, poverty International trade, economic geography Human and social geography, spatial and regional planning Population dynamics, health and population Urbanization, urban planning, transport studies


Slide37: SH2 Institutions, behaviour, values and beliefs: anthropology, sociology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology Social structure, inequalities, mobility Communication networks, media studies, information society Aging, work, social policies Globalization, migration, interethnic relations Identity, community, nation, religion Legal systems, human rights, constitutions Kinship, cultural dimensions of classification and cognition Myth, ritual, symbolic representations Ethnography Political systems, legitimacy, political support Global and transnational governance, civic participation Transformation of societies, democratization, social movements Scientific knowledge production, politics of knowledge Technosciences and societies, mutual engagement History of science and technology


Slide38: SH3 The human mind and its complexity: cognition, linguistics, psychology, philosophy and education Evolution of mind and cognitive functions Formal, cognitive and functional linguistics Neuro-, psycho-, sociolinguistics Linguistic typology, comparative and historical linguistics Human life-span development Neuro- and cognitive psychology Clinical and experimental psychology Education Philosophy Epistemology, logic Ethics and moralit


Slide39: SH4 Cultures and cultural diversity: literature, visual and performing arts, music and cultural studies Classics, classical literature, classical art Literature, literary theory, analysis and criticism Comparative literature Textual philology and textual criticism Visual arts Performing arts Museums and exhibitions Music and musicology Cultural studies, cultural diversity Ethnic and postcolonial studies Cultural heritage


Slide40: SH5 The study of the past and of cultural artefacts: memory, history and archaeology Modern and contemporary history Ancient history, ancient cultures Medieval history National, transregional and transnational history Entangled histories, global history Social, economic, cultural, political history Historiography Archeology, prehistory, protohistory Collective memories and identities, lieux de memoire History of art and architecture History of ideas, intellectual history


Slide41: Further Information Website of the ERC Scientific Council at http://erc.europa.eu