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ESF greets and welcomes you in Obergurgl !

ESF greets and welcomes you in Obergurgl !. ESF and its instruments ESF Conference “Quantum Engineering of States and Devices” Obergurgl , Austria, 5 - 10 June 2010. Dr. Aigars Ekers ESF-EUROCORES Coordinator PESC - Physical and Engineering Sciences Unit. Outline. What is ESF?

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ESF greets and welcomes you in Obergurgl !

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  1. ESF greets and welcomes you in Obergurgl!

  2. ESF and its instruments ESF Conference “Quantum Engineering of States and Devices” Obergurgl, Austria, 5 - 10 June 2010 Dr. Aigars Ekers ESF-EUROCORES Coordinator PESC - Physicaland Engineering Sciences Unit

  3. Outline • Whatis ESF? • What are the ESF instruments?

  4. ESF in Setting Science Agendas for Europe European Science Foundation provides a common platform to its Member Organisationsin order to: • advance European research • explore new directions for research at the European level ESF’s purpose to serve the needs of European research community in a global context through a range of activities ESF’s values: excellence, openness, responsiveness, pan-European, ethical awareness and human values.

  5. ESF Member Organisations ESF is an independent association of 79 Member Organisations  research funding organisations  research performing organisations  academies and learned societies in 30 countries

  6. About ESF • Established in 1974 • Offices in Strasbourg, Brussels, Ostend • ESF budget: 58M€ in 2009 including COST • Staff: equivalent to 170 full time in 2009 including COST Office ESF headquarters, Strasbourg Marine Board, Ostend Research Conferences Unit,15th floor and COST, 21st floor, Tour Generali, Brussels

  7. ESF covers all scientific domains Standing Committee domains • Humanities • Social Sciences • Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences • Medical Sciences • Physical and Engineering Sciences Expert Board/Committee domains • Marine Sciences • Polar Sciences • Space Sciences • Radio Astronomy • Nuclear Physics • Materials Science and Engineering

  8. ESF Activities Strategic Plan 2006-2010 SCIENCE STRATEGY SCIENCE SYNERGY SCIENCE MANAGEMENT Forward Looks EUROCORES Research Programmes Peer Reviewsupport Science PolicyBriefings Research Networking Programmes Coordination ofEUROHORCsprojects ExploratoryWorkshops ResearchConferences Coordination ofERA projects Implementing agent for the COST office through EC contract Member Organisation Fora

  9. Open Calls for Proposals ESF issues annual calls for proposals for: • Exploratory Workshops • Research Conferences • Research Networking Programmes • EUROCORES themes and projects www.esf.org/calls

  10. Range of InstrumentsFunding available to researchers EUROCORES 1 m€ RNPs Funding level 100 k€ Conferences ExploratoryWorkshops 15 k€ 10 30 100 Number of researchersper instrument

  11. Forward Looks • Medium to long-term scientific perspectives • Multidisciplinary topics viewed at a European level • Bring together scientists with policy makers • Wide consultation • Result in major reports and actionplans www.esf.org/flooks

  12. Science Policy Briefings • Address science policy issues of key concern to the ESF Member Organisations and the wider scientificcommunity • Draw on the advice and expertise of researchers • Provide consensus on strategy recommendations to policy makers www.esf.org/spb

  13. Exploratory Workshops • Small specialist ‘think-tank’ meetings • ‘Bottom-up’ topics based on open calls • To determine next necessary steps in the development of new topics • Should catalyse significant and/or strategic activities • 25-30 scientists involved • ESF grant per event: 15k€ • Annual calls open beginning of March with deadline end of April www.esf.org/workshops

  14. Research Networking Programmes • Networking to enable major scientific endeavours over a four- to five-year period • Supported by Member Organisations according to interest • Typically include workshops, conferences,exchange visits, summer schools and dissemination • Can link to other initiatives, including the EC Framework Programme • Financing in the range of 100k€-130k€ per year • 6,500 participants per year in 45-50 programmes • For new programmes starting January 2012 call opens on July 1, 2010 with deadline on October 14 www.esf.org/programmes

  15. Research Conferences • Cover the latest topics, proposed by the scientific community and aimed at its benefit • Stimulate dialogue between early-stage researchers and established scientists • Full organisational support by ESF conference organisers • 4-5 day events, 20-25 invited speakers, up to 120 selected participants • Grants of 20-60k€ per conference, including support earmarked for early-stage researchers • Conference Chairs select participants and may distribute grants to young researchers www.esf.org/conferences

  16. Research Conferences 25-45 conferences per year in 10 scientific domains: ● Basic Science ● Global Change Research ● Biomedicine ● Humanities & Social Sciences ● Chemistry ● Life Sciences: Biology+ ● Mathematics ● Environmental Sciences ● Global Health ● Physics/Biophysics & Environmental Sciences Calls for 2012 conferences is open with deadline 15 September www.esf.org/conferences

  17. EUROCORES(European Collaborative Research Programmes) • European-scale bottom-up collaborative research scheme in all scientific disciplines • Topics for new EUROCORES submitted by scientists, peer-reviewed and recommended by ESF standing committees • Topics with sufficient support from national funding agencies developed in new EUROCORES programmes in an open call procedure • Research funding remains national, networking & coordination via ESF • Typical EUROCORE: up to 80 research groups arranged in 5-15 collaborative research projects; budget 5–10M€ over 3 years • Annual calls for new topics (called Themes) open 1 March with deadlineend of May www.esf.org/eurocores

  18. EUROCORES Vision Objective: to achieve major advances of cutting-edge topics and ensure a leading position of European research Topics: bottom-up, all disciplines Preconditions: hot topics and critical mass of researchers to achieve a breakthrough Selection criteria: scientific quality, strategic importance Mechanism: synchronous launch of national projects; reinforced collaboration and networking No EUROCORES: spontaneous national research events EUROCORES: coherent transnational research effort

  19. EUROCORES structure(in ideal case a complete graph) Individual researchgroups nationalfunding Research and networkingactivitieswithinCRPs individual projectbudget Programmecoordination and networkingacrosstheCRPs ESF (programme N&C budget) CRP1 EUROCORES Programme CRP5 CRP2 CRP4 CRP3 EUROCORES-widenetworking:conferences, workshops, schools, exchangevisits, dissemination

  20. ESF wishes you a productive event and welcomes future applications!

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