RISE and COST Paul Knobbs European Funding Manager

RISE and COST Paul Knobbs European Funding Manager Research Support Office Aston University

What we’ll cover. . . The Research Support Office, Introduction Structure of Horizon 2020, briefly… • Focus on Marie Sklodowsha Curie (MSC) RISE • Prof Griffiths experience • COST Questions

I’ll start with tips. Become an expert reviewer. DO IT. http: //ec. europa. eu/research/horizon 2020/index_en. cfm? pg=h 2020 -experts Register on UKRO website, receive regular quality information http: //www. ukro. ac. uk/Pages/UKRO. aspx Save the H 2020 and Participant Portal website to your favourite http: //ec. europa. eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home. ht ml Down load the Work Programmes and read them http: //ec. europa. eu/programmes/horizon 2020/ Never be afraid to ask, it is sometimes confusing

Tips – its collaborative, where do I find partners? Typically, your network comes from your own personal network of international contacts - conference acquaintances, previous colleagues and academic peers. Remember that you can mine your networks network and your colleagues networks (plus their network) There are opportunities to grow your European Network via EC routes (links at the end of the presentation): Attend EC Conferences Attend H 2020 events in Brussels Sign up on the EC partner searches

Partner searches H 2020 partner search https: //cordis. europa. eu/partners/web/towards-horizon 2020/members IDEALIST - http: //www. ideal-ist. eu/ Linked in

General points for H 2020 Three member states required to form an eligible consortium Industry (or - non-academic) participation is strongly recommended Single application form structure across all elements of H 2020 Scientific Excellence Impact Implementation Bi annual work programmes All Work Programmes will be available on an enormous searchable database on the H 2020 portal

Horizon 2020 Structure Pillar 1 Excellent Science ERC – No structural change to FP 7 FET – Contains the most interesting change of the new programme. Will explain. Bottom up Marie Curie – Subtle changes. Will explain Research Infrastructure Pillar 2 Industrial Leadership in enabling. Top and Down industrial technologies ICT; micro- and nanoelectronics, photonics; nanotechnology; biotechnology; advanced materials and advanced manufacturing systems Innovation for SME’s European Institute of Technology. Euratom. JRC’s Pillar 3 Societal Challenges 1. Health, demographic change and well-being 2. Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research, and the Top bioeconomy. Down 3. Secure, clean and efficient energy 4. Smart, green and integrated transport 5. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials 6. Inclusive, innovative societies 7. Secure societies

Pillar 1: Excellent Science - MC

Individual Fellowships (IF) SME Fellow. Host Uni of x The Rules Fellow can be within EU or outside of EU. Nationality is not an issue. Must not have spend more than 12 months in previous 3 years in host country. Must have a Ph. D, or more than 4 years research experience. Hosts responsibilities Provide a home for 2 years for IF Training and Knowledge Transfer IF can spend up to 30% away from host at partners to undertake research

Research and Innovation Exchange Scheme RISE The RISE scheme will promote international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa) for the advancement of science and the development of innovation. The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products, services or processes. From the Work Programme

RISE - Scope RISE involves organisations from the academic and nonacademic sectors (in particular SMEs), based in Europe (EU Member States and Associated Countries) and outside Europe (third countries). Support is provided joint research and innovation activities between the participants, to facilitate knowledge sharing via international as well as intersectoral mobility, based on secondments of research and innovation staff (exchanges). Including: - networking activities, organisation of workshops and conferences to facilitate sharing of knowledge, new skills acquisition and career development for research and innovation staff members.

Eligible Countries EU Member States and Associated Countries Third Countries may be granted on equal terms…depends… Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Buissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan etc… See Annex http: //ec. europa. eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h 2020/c ommon/1587809 -18. _general_annexes_wp 2014 -2015_en. pdf

RISE – Eligibility 1 The overall European Union contribution for RISE is limited to the secondment of a maximum 540 person-months. Duration up to 4 years. Participating staff can be Early Stage Researchers (no Ph. D, less than 4 years experience) or Experienced Researchers (Ph. D or more than 4 years experience) Secondments may be split into several stays not exceeding 12 months in total and not going beyond the project duration

RISE – Eligibility 2 At least 3 participants in 3 different countries. At least 2 participants from 2 different Member States(MS)/Associated Countries(AC). If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 nonacademic There are restrictions on certain exchanges, so read the Guide for Applicants very carefully, for example: Exchanges between institutions in the EU Member States and Associated Countries covers only inter-sectoral secondments. No secondments between institutions located in third countries or within the same EU Member State or Associated Country can be supported.

RISE - Funding Regime Monthly top-up allowance - € 2, 000 Monthly research, training and networking cost - € 1, 800 Monthly management and indirect costs - € 700

Research and innovation Exchange Scheme Partner 2 – Uni (UK) Partner 1 – Uni (Germany) Problem Partner 4 – SME (Spain) Partner 3 – Uni (Nigeria) Must address a problem germane to all partners Replaces IRSES and IAPP from FP 7

Marie Curie Timings MSC Action 2015 Open Close ITN 02 September 2014 13 January 2015 IF 12 March 2015 10 September 2015 RISE 06 January 2015 28 April 2015 Co Fund 14 April 2015 01 October 2015

Nuts and bolts How to apply – do it though me. I’ll make your life easier. • Part A – Admin • Part B – Application form Part A - Admin Earlier the better All beneficiaries need a PIC…if they don’t have one and you want them in, they’ll need to get one – I can help. If Part A isn’t done and dusted, you cannot submit.

Nuts and bolts Part B Evaluation based on performance in 3 sections Excellence – 50% Impact – 30% Implementation – 20% Consult the scheme specific Guide for Applicants http: //ec. europa. eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportu nities/h 2020/index. html

Indicative timetable Call opens – 06 -01 -2015 Deadline - 28 -04 -2015 Evaluation – Beginning June 2015 Information on outcome – Sept 2015 Grant agreement signed – Nov 2015

Success rates from the first RISE call. 'Retained' list threshold Reserve list threshold Success rate 82. 6 76. 2 50. 00% Economic Sciences 70. 6 70 33. 30% Information Science 78. 6 and Engineering 75. 6 40. 70% Environment and Geosciences 78. 4 75. 8 45. 80% Life Sciences Mathematics Physics 78. 2 76. 4 81. 4 76. 4 n/a 79 45. 50% 25. 00% 32. 00% Social Sciences and 77. 2 Humanities 75. 2 47. 60% Chemistry

Questions

COST….

COST is an EU funded initiative. Now sits within H 2020. Supports EU collaborative proposals, not hard R and D…it is a scheme to co-ordinate dialogue within the European academic community…giant travel grant There are opportunities to develop and submit your own application - http: //www. cost. eu/participate. I’ll cover this shortly …and to join existing COST actions I’ll concentrate on joining existing Actions in the next few slides, then I’ll go through the new programme…

COST – Domains and Actions Domains http: //www. cost. eu/domains_actions

COST - Domains Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS) Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST) Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) Food and Agriculture (FA) Forests, their Products and Services (FPS) Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS) Transport and Urban Development (TUD) Trans-Domain Proposals

COST - Actions Select a Domain Once selected you get access to the Actions… http: //www. cost. eu/ domains_actions/c mst/Actions

An Actions in detail

How to get involved in an Action You need to go through the existing open Actions (check the close dates, project close) and let me know the ones you would like to join…don’t choose too many. I then contact the UK rep, to recommend you; the rep will check to see what the current UK membership situation for the Action is. If there is a space, and the Action team like the look of you, you can join the Action…or you become a substitute member. You may also be invited to join the Action Working Groups

CMST COST Action CM 1306 In the Action on the previous slide, there is space for a substitute: http: //www. cost. eu/domains_actions/cmst/Actions/CM 1306? ma nagement United Kingdom Prof Peter RICH Dr Pierre THIBAULT MC Member University College London. Dept of Structural and Molecular Biology , Darwin Building, Gower Street. WC 1 E 6 BT London. United Kingdom MC Substitute University College London. Department of physics and astronomy, University College London, Gower street. WC 1 E 6 BT London. United Kingdom prr@ucl. ac. uk p. thibault@ucl. ac. uk Dr Stuart CONWAY MC Substitute University of Oxford. Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford. OX 1 3 TA Oxford. United Kingdom stuart. conway@chem. ox. ac. uk

Does it work? Yes. Dr Buckingham was invited into an Action last month. I need to you let me know which Actions looks relevant and I will do the rest…I will also need your CV, to nominate you.

COST in H 2020 The new Action Proposal Submission, Evaluation and Selection procedure is fully science and technology-driven, emphasising the bottom-up nature of COST. The procedure is transparent, simple and fast. Solely Science and Technology-driven Open to all science and technology fields, focusing on excellence No prior categorisation in domains of Action proposals Equal opportunities to succeed for all scientists and topics From the website

COST Open Call, details Continuous Open Call (ability to submit proposal anytime throughout the year). http: //www. cost. eu/participate/open_call Two collection dates per year. Proposals can be submitted as of January 2015. Duration of an Action is typically 4 years. Average support is 130. 000 EUR per annum (based on typical participation of 22 COST countries). Minimum eligibility is 5 COST Member Countries

COST Open Call, more details 2 representatives have to be appointed from each country. Only one submission stage. Maximum 15 pages If you’re interested, do your homework - make sure there are no existing Actions with the same topic. If there are, lets see if you can join someone else's Action.

COST, selection process 1. Evaluation Driven by renowned international experts, based on excellence, impact and implementation criteria (H 2020) Peer review: each proposal anonymously and remotely evaluated by three independent External Experts in the science and technology field(s) indicated by the proposers 2. Revision Driven by Review Panels reporting to the Scientific Committee, quality checks and resolution of eventual discrepancies 3. Selection Driven by the Scientific Committee (SC), reporting to the CSO. High-level experts, one per COST Member Country. The SC selects the top-ranked proposals to be recommended for approval by the CSO

COST – Opening a proposal http: //www. cost. eu/participate/open_call

COST Information Day 06/02/2015 11. 00 until 15. 00 in London Speakers at the event: Wendy Simpson, UK CNC Christer Halen, Senior Administrator, Science Operations, COST Office, Brussels Dr David Coates, Acadaemia Europaea and long-term supporter of COST Antoine Mercier, former French CNC, Research Grant Team Leader, University of Bedfordshire To attend e-mail Edward. santos@bis. gsi. gov. uk with your name, position and institution, e-mail address and telephone number.

…any more questions?