European Research Council The European Research Council Call

European Research Council The European Research Council Call comparison: St. G 2007 & Ad. G 2008

ERC calls Submitted proposals by domain Number of proposals European Research Council Percentage by domain 9167 2503 │2

ERC St. G 2007 and Ad. G 2008 Host institutions in Hungary European Research Council Source: 299 St. G and top 275 Ad. G proposals Starting grant call 2007 (299 selected grants) Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Advanced grant call 2008 (275 top projects) Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Interdisciplinary Projects

ERC St. G 2007 & ERC Ad. G 2008 Selected projects: Age of the grantees European Research Council │4

European Research Council ERC St. G 2007 & ERC Ad. G 2008 Selected projects: Years after Ph. D No Ph. D: 15 men, Ad. G-08 │5

ERC St. G 2007 & ERC Ad. G 2008 Selected projects: Nationality of grantees European Research Council HU St. G-07: 299; Ad. G-08: 275 │6

ERC St. G 2007 & ERC Ad. G 2008 Selected projects: Repatriation and Recruitment European Research Council Starting Grant 2007 Advanced Grant 2008 Argentina Japan Australia │7

ERC St. G 2007 & ERC Ad. G 2008 Mobility: Incoming & staying candidates HU European Research Council

European Research Council ERC St. G 2007 & ERC Ad. G 2008 Success rate by country of host institution ERC Starting Grant 2007 HU ERC Advanced Grant 2008 HU

European Research Council Conclusions I 1. ERC has succeeded in gaining European & worldwide recognition as a world-class research-funding agency 2. ERC has made pioneering steps towards research innovation (e. g. , interdisciplinarity) & attracted many very-high-quality proposals 3. Success rate of applicants is limited by the current funding level 4. Several national funding agencies decided to fund the researchers listed in the reserve list. This underpins the confidence on ERC as a pan-European funding agency that sets standards of excellence. 5. Individual excellence requires excellent "infrastructures and framework conditions" provided by the organisation which hosts the individual researcher. 6. Countries that systematically invest large funds into their own R&D are more successful in creating research environments that attract outstanding investigators.

European Research Council Conclusions II 7. 8. 9. Countries and host institutions should establish framework conditions that guarantee the sustainability of the ERC incentives, e. g. by offering long-term contracts (tenure track positions) or dual career programmes etc. Wide variations exist within EU/AC in research, research support & institutional reputation Hungary was successful in the ERC calls under highly competitive conditions. Measures to encourage researchers to establish further activities in Hungary are possible, e. g. : è è è Joint appointments at HU research institutions for researchers working abroad, Tenure Track positions and dual career measures for successful St. G grantholder, Complementary measures to support ERC applications in-depth marketing measures in specific scientific areas which are strong in Hungary; Implementation of the Charter & Code to show the stimulating and favourable working environment for researchers (European Charter for Researchers & Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers)

European Research Council The European Research Council Starting Grants call 2009: Submission data

ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submitted and selected proposals by domain Submitted proposals Life Sciences 927 (37%) LS Finland 19 (38. 8%) Physical Sciences & Engineering 1112 (44. 4%) PE Finland 26 (53%) Social Sciences & Humanities 464 (18. 6%) SH Finland 4 (8. 2%) ∑ = 2503 European Research Council Selected proposals ? ? ?

European Research Council 86 49 30 2 29 2 47 347 ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by country of host institution (2503) 4 134 95 256 34 28 228 52 19 6 61 434 42 4 26 26 1 227 90 1 7 43 9 80 Source: St. G 2009: 2503, 17. 12. 2008

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant: 2009 call Submitted proposals by country of host institution & domain Source: 2503 submitted proposals HU

ERC Starting Grant: 2009 call Submissions from researchers with a residence outside ERA European Research Council Source: 2503 submitted proposals 1 ERA 3 1 56 5 1 1 1 4

ERC Starting Grants 2007 & 2009: Call comparison: Submissions by country of host institution European Research Council Source: 9167 (St. G 2007) and 2503 (St. G 2009) submitted proposals HU

European Research Council The European Research Council Information on the current Advanced Grants call 2009

ERC Grant schemes Who can apply? – General requirements European Research Council 1. Principal Investigator Nationality, age or current place of work not relevant 2. Host organisation To be located in MS or AS 2. Frontier Research Project All fields of science, engineering and scholarship are eligible (investigator-driven, bottom-up) 4. Individual research team PI has freedom to choose National or trans-national character, if scientific added value proven │ 19

ERC Grant schemes All fields, budget pre-allocation in 3 + 1 areas European Research Council § ERC covers all fields of science, engineering and scholarship § For operational reasons the Sc. C agreed on 3 main research domains + 1 horizontal domain: Ø Physical Sciences & Engineering – 10 Panels Ø Life Sciences (incl. medical) – 9 Panels Ø Social Sciences & Humanities – 6 Panels Ø Interdisciplinary Research (cross-panel / crossdomain) – Panel Chairs § The call budget will be pre-allocated to these areas as follows: Ø 39% - 34% - 13% │ 20

ERC Grant Schemes ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Ad. G 2 (Call Publication: 19 Nov 2008) European Research Council § Indicative Budget: € 490 Mio. § Single submission (1 stage, 2 steps) § Electronic submission via EPSS 9 Early (pre-)registration strongly recommended § 3 deadlines, 3 domains, 25 panels (10 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH) 9 Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE) on 25 th March 2009 9 Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) on 15 th April 2009 9 Life Sciences (LS) on 6 th May 2009

ERC Advanced Grant Profile of the PI European Research Council § Any nationality or age § Any current place of work – but: working or moving to work in Europe (EU member state, FP 7 Associated Country) § Strong leadership profile (impact, recognition) § Excellent track record (in recent years, achievements not older than 10 years) read the Guide for Applicants!

ERC Advanced Grant Proposal content and submission European Research Council • This is the first call for which re-applications rules apply. The reapplication and multiple applications rules are given in detail in the Work Programme. But specifically, please be warned that: ► Anyone who submitted an eligible proposal to the Ad. G-2008 as a PI or as a CO-I cannot apply to the Ad. G-2009

ERC Advanced Grant Call 2 EPSS Changes / Improvements • European Research Council Section A 1: Proposal and PI Information ► Linking of the 1 st Keyword (in the A 1) form to the primary panel ► Addition of a field requesting from the applicant to state whether it is a ‘Co-Investigator project’ or not ► Reduction of abstract length to 1800 characters from 2000 ► Self declaration / certification from the applicant that she/he is aware of and abides by all applicable resubmission and multiple applications rules • Section A 1 T: The 10 Year Track Record of the PI ► All A 1 T fields are no longer mandatory (which should lead to fewer submission problems) ► 2 new sections have been added: “Invitations as Keynote or Plenary Speaker at International Conferences” & “Ph. D Supervising”

ERC Advanced Grant Call 2 EPSS Changes / Improvements • European Research Council PART B & Annexes There are 3 mandatory uploads: B 1, B 2 and the HI Letter. The template for the HI letter of support is provided. Note: exact templates need to be used or proposals risk being declared ineligible - please note letterhead / signature • Differences with Ad. G 1: Separate uploading of B 1 and B 2 (to allow only B 1 to be sent to reviewers in Step 1): with their corresponding templates being provided. B 2: Inclusion of a simple Budget Table to allow description of resources. B 2: Inclusion of an Ethical Issues Table to determine if further details on Ethical Issues are needed.

ERC Advanced Grant Call 2 EPSS Changes / Improvements • European Research Council Submission ► A Validation Check can be performed: check if required attachments are included • Applicants should ensure that the proposal is “submitted” well before the call closure to allow correction of validation errors. • Applicants can re-submit the proposal, before the deadline, as many times as they like. The latest version available at the deadline is considered as the one submitted. When resubmitting, the previously submitted proposal is replaced by the new version. • Please submit ‘early and often’.

ERC Advanced Grant Call 2 The Ethical Issues declaration European Research Council If the answer to any of the questions in the Ethical Table is ‘YES’, the applicant is required to complete and upload a "B 2_Ethical Issues Annex" (template provided). In the Ethical Issues Annex, the applicant must provide a brief explanation of the ethical issues involved and how they will be dealt with appropriately. They need to specify any authorizations or permissions they already have for the proposed work and include copies which can be uploaded, along with the Ethical Issues Annex, in the 'Extra Annexes Upload' section included in the EPSS tab 'Part B & Annexes'. This will allow an efficient Ethical Review if the proposal is chosen for possible funding, hence will minimise granting delays.

European Research Council Eligibility criteria are given in the Work-programme and will be strictly enforced The deadline is a deadline Typical problems: è Unreadable, corrupted proposal files è Missing supporting documents è ‘Improvised’ host-support letter è St. G only: the Ph. D window and the extensions

ERC Grant Schemes Evaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole criterion European Research Council Evaluation of Excellence at three levels: • Quality of Principal Investigator • Quality of Research Project • Research Environment Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria under Heading 1 and Heading 2 numerically which will result in the ranking of the projects: - 1 -4 per criterion - Threshold ≥ 2 per criterion Criteria under Heading 3 will be considered as "pass/fail" and commented but not scored │ 29

ERC Advanced Grant Call 2 Guide for Applicants European Research Council • The Guide for Applicants is revised to reflect the changes and improvements implemented in EPSS. • The section ‘ERC Advanced Grant Administrative Submission Forms’ has been included in the section ‘Preparing an ERC Advanced Grant Application’ ► The section ‘Preparing an ERC Advanced Grant Application’ now gives the applicant an overview of what needs to be submitted: 1. The administrative forms (part A) 2. The research proposal (part B) 3. The supporting documentation

European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant Call (ERC-2009 -Ad. G) OVERVIEW • The Panel Meeting Schedule for 2009 has been established - Step 1 meetings will take place between June 2 nd and July 9 th 2009 - Step 2 meetings will take place between September 1 st and October 15 th 2009 - The Final Chair Consolidation Meeting will take place on 10 th and 11 th November 2009 ► The evaluation process remains unchanged compared to the Ad. G 1 ► Interdisciplinary proposals will be treated the same way

European Research Council The review process § The review process is relatively complex: § 3 deadlines per call to spread the load – asynchronous work § 2 step process within each panel plus an inter-panel consolidation § Proceed to granting any retained as fast as possible § The panels are autonomous within their indicative budgets § Step-1 is carried out amongst members of all panels § For step-2 external referees are also consulted § Proposals retained in step-2 and within domain budget go to immediate granting § Panels define proposals as ‘pending’ for the subsequent consolidation, in three classes: § P = within competence of panel § D = Inter-disciplinary, within domain § CD = Inter-disciplinary, across domains

European Research Council The review process - II § After all domains finished step-2, the Inter-panel consolidation is carried out by the panel chair-persons. It concerns: § The decisions on ‘pending’ proposals to be retained in the IDdomain (classed D and CD only) § The decision on how much of the ID-domain budget to utilise. Unutilised budget is distributed over the domains § The construction of reserve lists for each domain § The reserve list covers un-utilised ID-domain budget plus financial contributions to the call from countries associated to the Framework Programme

ERC Grant schemes Proposal evaluation Submission Part - A Form A 1 T Form A 2 Form A 3 + Annexes Eligibility Check European Research Council Step 1 Part – B Step 2 Part – B Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Evaluation - Indiv. Assessments - PANEL MEETINGS - Ranking Evaluation - Indiv. assessments - Interdisciplinary flag - Interviews (St. G only) - PANEL MEETINGS - Ranking

European Research Council Inter-disciplinarity § Sc. C recognises that novel inter-disciplinary approaches have a potential for opening up new fields of science. They can contribute to the excellence of a proposal. § Sc. C also recognises that traditional, discipline-based review systems have a potential weakness in fairly evaluating interdisciplinary proposals § Hence, ERC opts for a specific approach: Ø Mainstreaming: ERC panels only loosely follow disciplinary lines. Ø Best-match expertise: ID proposals can be assigned to members of other panels – and to freely-chosen referees. Ø Second-instance: a maximum budget of 13% is allocated to an ‘Interdisciplinary domain’ under the discretion of the panel chairpersons at the end of the review process

ERC Grant Schemes Peer Review Evaluation Panels European Research Council § 25 Panels covering all fields of science, technology and scholarship § 3 sets of Panels: 1 St. G Panels, 2 Ad. G Panels § Each Panel consists of the Panel Chair and 10 -15 Panel Members § Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposals assigned to his/her panel in collaboration with the ERC staff § The Panel Chair gives high level credibility stamp and visibility to the whole evaluation process │ 36

ERC Advanced Grant Panel structure European Research Council Social Sciences and Humanities Life Sciences § § § § § LS 1 Molecular & Structural Biology & Biochemistry LS 2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology LS 3 Cellular and Developmental Biology LS 4 Physiology, Pathophysiology & Endocrinology LS 5 Neurosciences & neural disorders LS 6 Immunity & infection LS 7 Diagnostic tools, therapies & public health LS 8 Evolutionary, population & environmental biology LS 9 Applied life sciences & biotechnology § § § SH 1 Individuals, institutions & markets SH 2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour SH 3 Environment & society SH 4 The Human Mind and its complexity SH 5 Cultures & cultural production SH 6 The study of the human past Physical Sciences & Engineering § § § § § PE 1 Mathematical foundations PE 2 Fundamental constituents of matter PE 3 Condensed matter physics PE 4 Physical & Analytical Chemical sciences PE 5 Materials & Synthesis PE 6 Computer science & informatics PE 7 Systems & communication engineering PE 8 Products & process engineering PE 9 Universe sciences PE 10 Earth system science │ 37

European Research Council Starting Grant Advanced Grant 10+7 6+6 7+9 26+55 25+55 6+4 11+16 Australia = 1+12 Japan = 7 8+10 29+52 6+5 4+17 USA = 7+62 1 10+19 8+15 Non-European 1+1 1 8+23 5+3 ERC St. G & Ad. G Grants Panel Members 4+12 Canada = 3 4 India = 1 9+12 1+2 20+33 5+8 8 1+1 4+10 │ 38

Up-to-date Information European Research Council ERC website at http: //erc. europa. eu │ 39

Applicants Services Information and helpdesks European Research Council § ERC News Alert http: //erc. europa. eu/? fuseaction=reg. edit#01 § ERC National Contact Points in the Nordic Countries inform, raise awareness and provide advice on ERC funding opportunities, application, follow-up The Academy of Finland in Helsinki è VINNOVA & Vetenskapsrådet in Stockholm è The Research Council of Norway in Oslo è Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation & Euro. Center in Copenhagen § http: //erc. europa. eu/index. cfm? fuseaction=page. ncp. List § ERC helpdesk https: //www. epss-fp 7. org/epss/helpdesk. jsp │ 40