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Multilateral co-operation between funding organisations: FWF's perspective & involvement

Multilateral co-operation between funding organisations: FWF's perspective & involvement Reinhard Belocky, FWF. Austrian Science Day Bratislava, 5.12.2005. Mission. The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) is Austria‘s central body for the promotion of basic research.

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Multilateral co-operation between funding organisations: FWF's perspective & involvement

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  1. Multilateral co-operation between funding organisations: FWF's perspective & involvement Reinhard Belocky, FWF Austrian Science Day Bratislava, 5.12.2005

  2. Mission The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) is Austria‘s central body for the promotion of basic research. The FWF invests in new ideas that contribute to an advancein knowledge and thereby to further developments. The FWF is equally committed to all branches of science and the humanities and is guided in its operations solely by the standards of the international scientific community.

  3. Responsibilities & Aims • Promotion of: • High-quality scientific research • Education and training through research • Knowledge transfer and the establishment of a science-friendly culture • continued improvement of science in Austria and an increase of its international competitiveness. • enhancement of the qualification of young scientists. • strengthening of the awareness that science represents a significant aspect of our culture.

  4. Co-operation between research funding organisations • WHY? • excellent science is internationally connected • fragmentation of the European funding systems is a barrier for co-operation • particularly problematic for smaller countries • co-operation between funding organisations to overcome this obstacle • GOAL: • Scientists should be able to apply for and to carry out joint research projects together with co-operation partners from abroad without (severe) administrative limitations

  5. Co-operation between research funding organisations • OBSTACLES (non-exhaustive) • fundamental differences in national systems (existence of comparable funding structures, investigator-based vs. institution-based funding, …) • difference in funding instruments (e.g. thematic calls vs. bottom-up approach) • different quality assessments (e.g. national panels vs. international peer-review, conflict of interest standards, …) • different application and reviewing guidelines • different decision timelines

  6. Modes of Co-operation • informal administrative co-ordination, (MoU, ad hoc, ECRP) • joint programme, national funding (CERC3, ESF EUROCORES) • joint programme, (partially) common-pot funding (EURYI, ERA-Nets) • opening of national programmes,cross-border funding (DACH-MfCL)

  7. FWF Programme Participation

  8. Informal administrative Co-operation • „ad hoc“ administative co-operation • Bilateral Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) • European Collaborative Research Projects Social Sciences (ECRP) • thematically open • high degree of flexibility • high administration effort • limited added value for the applicants

  9. Joint procedures, national funding • CERC3 Transnational Projects (since 2002) • ESF European Collaborative Research Projects (EUROCORES) • thematic calls • quality of procedures & decision • duration of procedures • reservation of (national) financial resources • security of funding

  10. Joint procedures, common-pot funding • EURYI Award (since 2003) • thematically open, age restriction • national pre-selection • limited common-pot risk • fixed maximal financial contribution per project • funding according national regulations

  11. Joint procedures, partial common-pot • ERA-Chemistry Call for Proposals (2005) • thematic call, age restriction • partial common-pot • flexible financing scheme • reservation of national budget • joint application and reviewing procedures • funding according national regulations

  12. Opening of national programmes • Money follows Co-operation Line (since 2003) • (Money follows Researcher) • thematically open • reviewing and funding of project partners from abroad according to national procedures • high flexibility • compatibility of organizations involved

  13. Transnational Funding Models • National Funding • Financial volume unknown but flexible (under/oversubscription) • national priorities & earmarked budgets • Common-pot funding • Fixed financial volume (under-/oversubscription?) • No juste retour • Adequate inpayment key unknown • Call topics selection nationally motivated (=ERA?) • Cross-border funding • Money follows Cooperation Line • Money follows Researcher

  14. Thank you for your attention! http://www.fwf.ac.at/belocky@fwf.ac.at

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