Overview of FP7 (+ other EU opportunities) 26 March 2012 Dajana Džanović

1. Overview of FP7 (+ otherEU opportunities) 26 March 2012 Dajana Džanović dajana.dzanovic@durham.ac.uk Becky Maarschalk rebekah.maarschalk@durham.ac.uk Research Office Research Office

2. Overview of FP7 (+ other EU opportunities) Research Office • Framework Programme 7 (FP7, 2007-2013, 50.5billion Euro) • Horizon2020 (from 2014-2020, 80billion Euro indicative) • FP7 Calls: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls Cooperation Ideas People Capacities

3. Cooperation Capacities Research Office • Collaborative research • EC pre-defined areas • Capacity building • EC pre-defined areas Health Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology (KBBE) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) Energy Environment (including Climate Change) Transport (including Aeronautics) Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) Security Space Research infrastructures Research for the benefit of SMEs Regions of knowledge and support for regional research-driven clusters Research potential of Convergence Regions Science in society Support to the coherent development of research policies International cooperation Call for partners/submission of expression of interest: https://cordis.europa.eu/partners/web/guest/home Normally require minimum 3 partners from 3 different EU/AC

4. Cooperation -Theme 3 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) • Objective ICT-2011.5.4 ICT for Ageing and Wellbeing • Smart and self-adaptive environments prolonging independent living: Focus is on flexible ICT • solutions able to provide early detection and adaptive support to changing individual needs • related to ageing (e.g. increased risk of falls, depression, sleep deprivation, or cognitive • decline), and support timely involvement of carers and family. The aim is to promote better • prediction, prevention and support through long-term trend analysis of basic daily behavioural • and physiological data, building on unobtrusive sensing and advanced reasoning with • humans-in-the-loop. Major challenges to be addressed include: self-learning solutions building • on open platforms, which can share contextual information with other artefacts in the • surroundings of the user; low maintenance systems capable of graceful degradation in case of • failure as well as affective and empathetic user interaction, taking into account the capabilities • of elderly users. • Expected impact: • Novel “ageing well” concepts providing convincing indication of substantial efficiency • gains24 for care provision and augmented independence and quality of life for the ageing • population. • • Improved competitiveness of EU industry through proven feasibility and impact to move • the results into downstream RTD or innovation. • • Strengthened potential for Europe to become a global leader in the field of ICT and • “ageing well”, including development of global interoperability standards in the field. • • Proven concepts for early detection of ageing-related risks, substantial reduction in costs • through standardisation and increased quality of life. • Funding scheme: Small-medium sized research project Research Office

5. Ideas Research Office European Research Council: http://erc.europa.eu/ Investigator-driven Frontier research (all areas of research) Cooperation • Starting Independent Researcher • Boosts the independent careers of excellent researchers • PI 2-12 years after PhD, up to € 1.5million for up to 5 years (pro-rata shorter) • Advanced Investigator • Substantial advances at the frontier of knowledge by leading advanced investigators • 10 year track record, up to € 2.5million for up to 5 years (pro-rata shorter) • Proof of Concept – new • Additional funding to ERC grant holders (ongoing or less than 12 months after ERC grant end date), ideas to pre-demonstration stage, up to € 150k for 1 year • Synergy – to be announced on 25 October 2011 • Enable small group of PIs and teams to jointly address research problems at frontier of knowledge • 2-4 ERC-like PIs (one lead), up to € 15million for up to 6 years (pro-rata shorter) • Durham applications limited to 3 • Eva Ideas

6. ERC Starting Independent Researcher (Starter and Consolidator) Research Office • Aim: to boost independent careers of excellent researchers • Eligibility: PI 2-12 years after PhD: • 2 ≤ Starter < 7 • 7 ≤ Consolidator ≤ 12 • Funding: up to € 1.5million for up to 5 years (pro-rata shorter) for PI and a Team of researchers • Success rate: ~10-15% • Evaluation criteria: • Excellence of PI • Excellence of proposed research • Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities • SH1 Individuals, institutions and markets • SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour • SH3 Environment, space and population • SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity • SH5 Cultures and cultural production • SH6 The study of the human past • NB Host Institution Cooperation Ideas

7. Research Executive Agency: http://ec.europa.eu/rea/index_en.htm Training, career development (or/and transfer of knowledge) and mobility All areas of research People Research Office Ideas + COFUND, + Researcher’s Night

8. Marie Curie Fellowships & Career Integration Grants • Eligibility: at the time of call deadline (16 August 2012) the fellow must have a PhD or 4 years of full time research experience, i.e. Experienced Researcher • Mobility: at the time of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline • Panels: Chemistry(CHE), Economic Sciences (ECO), Engineering & Information Science (ENG), Environment & Geosciences (ENV), Life Sciences (LIF), Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY), Social Sciences & Humanities (SOC), Career Restart (CAR) • EU country = 27 member states • Associated country (AC) = Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Faroe Islands, FYROM, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/third_country_agreements_en.pdf • Third country = country that is not an EU or AC Research Office

9. Marie Curie Fellowships (dealine 16 Aug 2012, 5PM CET) • Intra-European (Career Development) • Mobility from one EU/AC country to a different EU/AC country • From 12-24 months in duration • Must have a scientist in charge at Host Institution • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF • International Incoming (Transfer of Knowledge) • Mobility from a Third country to EU/AC country • From 12-24 months in duration, with a possible return phase of 12 months • Must have a scientist in charge at Host Institution • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF • International Outgoing (Career Development and Transfer of Knowledge) • Mobility from EU/AC country to a Third country and then back to EU/AC • From 12-24 months in duration, with a mandatory return phase of 12 months • Must have a scientist in charge at both Host Institutions (NB Partnership Agreement!) • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF • Marie Curie Career Integration Grants (deadline 18 Sep 2012, 5PM CET) • Mobility from EU/AC/Third country to a different EU/AC country • From 24-48 months (finances 25kEuro/annum) • Researchers who have been offered a “stable position” • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG Research Office

10. People Other EU opportunities Research Office • COFUNDED fellowships • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people&cofund=true • COSThttp://www.cost.esf.org/ • Actions (aka Research Networks) • Outline deadline 30 Sep 2012 • Domain: Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) • Successful Actions: http://www.cost.esf.org/domains_actions/isch/Actions • Can join an Action at any point • EURAXESS Jobs • http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/index Cooperation

11. People Research Office Thank you! Questions?