FP7 School of Informatics, LFCS

1. FP7 School of Informatics, LFCS

2. Overview • FP7 • Co-operation programme • How to get involved • Ideas (European Research Council) • Marie Curie Actions

3. Framework Programme 7 (FP7) • European Commission’s funding programme for R&D • 10 themes, health to environment and transport • Total budget of €50.5B for 7 years • Designed to enhance competitiveness of Europe through collaborative research and supporting activity

4. Co-operation Capacities Research Infrastructures Health Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Research for the Benefit Of SMEs Information and Communication Technologies Regions of Knowledge Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Research Potential Energy Science in Society Environment (including Climate Change) Activities of International Co-operation Transport Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities Coherent Development of Policies Security and Space People – Marie Curie Ideas – European Research Council (ERC) Initial Training of Researchers Lifelong Learning and Career Development Starting Independent Researcher Grants Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways The International Dimension Advanced Investigator Grants Specific Actions

5. Co-operation

6. Key aspects • Research and demonstration • Collaborative • Cost sharing (no profit) • Commission defined priorities • Innovative • European impact

7. Benefits of participation • Developing new contacts, networks and opportunities • Discovering new ideas and solutions • Learning from experiences of others • Access to facilities and knowledge • Prestige and profile • Career development for employees

8. ICT Theme Objectives • Improve the competitiveness of European industry. • Enable Europe to master and shape future developments in ICT. • Meet the demands of European society and economy. • Strengthen Europe’s scientific and technology base, ensuring its global leadership in ICT. • Help to reduce the digital divide and social exlusion.

9. 2012 Call 9 overview • Cognitive systems and robotics • Technologies for Digital Content and Languages • Digital Preservation • ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance • Virtual Physiological Human • ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources • ICT for access to cultural resources • Future and Emerging Technologies • FET Proactive

10. Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance • 5.2 Virtual Physiological Human – Patient-specific predictive computer-based models and simulation • Key points: • Either IP or STREP (IP average budget €10M, STREP average budget €2M) • One or more proposals will be selected • single-stage call • FP7-ICT-2011-9 = 17April 2012 • Focus: • Integrating medical, biological and environmental data. • Enabling the development of predictive models and simulation for understanding the evolution and progression of major diseases. • Accelerated developments of medical knowledge discovery and management through exploration of environmental factors in predictive models of diseases.

11. Challenge 8: ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources • 8.2 ICT for access to cultural resources – Technologies for creating personalised and engaging digital cultural experiences • Key points: • Either IP or STREP (IP average budget €10M, STREP average budget €2M) • One or more proposals will be selected • single-stage call • FP7-ICT-2011-9 = 17April 2012 • Focus: • Address adaptability of systems for personalised interaction with users. • Improve user engagement with cultural resources (e.g. context-aware artefacts, enhanced interfaces – with features such as story-telling, gaming and learning). • Affordability and widespread availability to a wider range of users.

12. Other ICT related EU funding sources • Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI) • ENIAC JTI in nanoelectronics on industrial application-driven developments for next generation technologies. • ARTEMIS JTI developing industrial platforms for embedded systems responding to industry requirements. • Ambient Assisted Living – market-oriented R&D on solutions for ageing-well. • Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) • Energy Efficient Buildings; Factories of the Future; Green Cars • Cooperation; Marie Curie; Ideas • Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)

13. Application to Award Process Final Work Programme Activities Application ESR Consortium Budget Ranking Decision (via EC or Coord) Consortium Agreement Authorisation Negotiation Grant Agreement Project Account Project Start Staff Recruitment Preparation of Grant Agreement Consortium Agreement

14. Newcomers to FP • Do you need to control the project? • What excellence do you have to offer? • Do the timescales fit for you? • Who needs and complements it? • Do you know existing participants?

15. How to get involved • Become an evaluator • Attend ICT related conferences and workshops • Visit EC project officers in Brussels • Hold workshops in Brussels • EC Advisory Groupshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm?pg=eag

16. Next Steps • FP7 Information Days • Work Programme • Topic • Funding scheme • Deadline • Proposal summary to EC/NCP • Activities • Partners • Electronic Submission

17. Ideas - European Research Council

18. Guiding principles • Investigator-driven frontier research • Stimulate research excellence • Best, creative scientists, scholars and engineers • Beyond established frontiers of knowledge and boundaries of disciplines

19. Starting Grants (1) • Boost excellent researchers in independent careers • Support for researchers at a critical stage of either starting or consolidating their own independent team or programme • Also, new research activity from PIs moving from third countries

20. Starting Grants (2) • €1.5M per project over 5 years • At least 2 and up to 12 years since first PhD • At least 1 important publication without supervision • 2-stage application (submitted at stage 1) • Interview

21. Advanced Grants (1) • Ground-breaking, high-risk research • Established scientists and scholars to pursue frontier research • New productive lines of enquiry, methods and techniques

22. Advanced Grants (2) • €2.5M per project over 5 years • Co-I no longer possible • 10 year track record • 2-stage application (submitted at stage 1) • No interview

23. Synergy Grants • Group of Principal Investigators • Complementary skills, knowledge and resources • Jointly address research problems • Interdisciplinary • €15M for up to 6 years • Min 2 and max 4 PIs • Single submission with 2-step evaluation

24. People - Marie Curie

25. Guiding principles • Human resource development in R&D in Europe • Numerous, well-trained, motivated researchers • Attract students to research careers • Skills and sustainable career development • Bottom-up

26. Types of grant • Individual fellowships • Intra-European Fellowships • Outgoing International fellowships • International Incoming fellowship • Career Integration Grants • Industry/Research Institutions • Initial Training Networks • Multi-ITNs • Innovative Doctoral Programmes • European Industrial Doctorates

27. Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) • Aimed at ‘experienced researchers’ • Researchers must be based in EU, must move from one EU country to another • Project duration 12-24 months • Resuming a career in research • Attaining or strengthening professional independence • Skills diversification

28. International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) • Must be a national of an EU member state of Associated country • Project duration 24-36 months a total of which (12-24 months) is spent in a third country with a mandatory return phase • Acquiring new knowledge in third country – bringing it back to EU • Contract is between European host and the Commission

29. International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) • Open to researchers who are based in third countries • Project duration is 12 to 24 months • Optional reintegration phase for nationals of International cooperation partner countries • Knowledge-sharing • Mutually-beneficial research co-operation

30. FP7: The Application Process & University Support Gordon Marshall Research Support Advisor Tel: 51 43 86 Email: gordon.marshall@ed.ac.uk www.eri.ed.ac.uk

31. Application Processing • The Application Process • Support at Edinburgh • External Support • Contacts • Questions

32. The Application Process • Call specific – check guide for applicant • Varies – some calls have two stages others just one! • Start early as possible and set a realistic start date – 12 months is usually enough. • Application – Negotiation (GPF/recosting) – Award (CA/ GA/ GA accession form – Annex 1 – Finance pack • Who submits? • The co-ordinator of the project presses the submit button rather than ERI.

33. Support @ Edinburgh • Funding opportunities and tailored seminars • How to get involved • Proposal preparation • European Application Fund • Negotiation stage • Post-award

34. External Support • UKRO • Annual Visits • Events on proposal writing, management • NCP for ERC and Marie Curie • NCPs and EC • General guidance on call topics • Review abstracts

35. Contacts • Angela Noble – Senior European Funding Advisor • Gordon Marshall – Research Support Advisor • Roshni Abedin - Research Support Assistant • Janet Taylor - European Funding Advisor

36. Any Questions?