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EURONS

EURONS. The EURO pean Integrated Infrastructure Initiative in N uclear S tructure within FP6 Present status..... .....and remarks to NuPECC. Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003. EURONS: overview. Project Coordinator: Alex C. Mueller (Orsay)

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EURONS

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  1. EURONS • The EUROpean Integrated Infrastructure Initiative in Nuclear Structure within FP6 • Present status..... • .....and remarks to NuPECC Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  2. EURONS: overview • Project Coordinator: Alex C. Mueller (Orsay) • Managing Institution: GSI Darmstadt • 83 participating institutions from 27 countries • The Project comprises:- 13 JRAs(Joint Research Activities)- 11 TNAs(TransNational Access)- 9 Networks • Requested Budget: 34,1 M€ • Expected duration of the contract: 5 years • All information is available from the GSI docu-ment serverhttp://www-new.gsi.de -> Information -> EURONS Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  3. Members of the Writing Committee Rafal Broda (Krakow, Poland) Graziano Fortuna (Legnaro, Italy) Brian Fulton (York, GB) Dominique Goutte (GANIL, France) Muhsin Harakeh (KVI, Netherlands) Walter Henning (GSI, Germany) Jean Vervier (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  4. Milestones • May/June 2002: Information to the European nuclear structure community by FINUPHY • FINUPHY Meeting at Trento (28 Oct.2002)Presentation of ideas for JRAs • FINUPHY Meeting of the Writing Committee at Mainz (7 Dec.2002)Selection of JRAs, suggestion of fundings for JRAs, TNAs, and Networks • FINUPHY Meeting of Writing Committee, Coordinator, and Managing Institution at the occasion of the NuPECC Town Meeting at Darmstadt (31 Jan.2003) Status and follow-ups of former decisions • FINUPHY Meeting at Catania (27/28 Feb.2003)Presentation of status, assignment of individual and overall budgets • 14 April: submission to the EC • August 2003: Evaluation Report Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  5. Result of Evaluation Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  6. Evaluation Summary Report Overall Ranking of EURONS: position 25 (of more than 150 proposals) present funding up to position 24 ! In general: Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  7. Jülich Catania Uppsala Evaluation Summary Report (II) In detail: Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  8. Adjusted budget Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC, Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  9. Conclusion • Present situation: Difficult: no contract negotiations possible Reason: weaknesses of the proposal Improvements needed (near and mid-term future) • Two possible ways to contract negotiations:Spring 2004: Letter to the Commission: „Fulfillment of recommendations.....“ Fall 2004: Re-submission of the proposal (intermediate network????) • Our Proposal in either case: Strengths and weaknesses need to be evaluatedDetailed concerns (Networks etc.) need to be dispelled Who should be involved (NuPECC, Writing committee, EURONS and Activity coordinators, External referees….)? Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  10. Questions to NuPECC: • How to deal with the present situation? any suggestion or novel idea • What can NuPECC do now? Push "politicians"?Concerted action of the „big“ laboratories or of countries? • What to do in future? (Design study, FP7,...)Restriction to top quality (evaluation and selection process) Define and express priorities Clearer statements to the EC Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  11. JRAs - Overview Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  12. TNAs - Overview Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  13. Networks - Overview Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

  14. Management structure General Assembly One representative of each laboratory Feedback from and to community, monitor progress Project Coordination Committee All project leaders and the managing teamSupport of Coordinator in all management issues, surveys the overall coherence of the activities -> elects an executive board (6 members) for rapid interaction with the Coordinator on pressing issues Administrative Project Controlling Administrative personsKeep track of financial situation, control „cash flow“ Project Coordinator The sole contact person for the EC, responsible for all scientific and administrative coordination of the project Activity Coordinator One person of each activityManages the activity and represents it in the PCC Alex C. Mueller, NuPECC , Frascati (Italy) 5.-6. December 2003

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