Sapienza University of Rome EU Research Programmes and

Sapienza University of Rome EU Research Programmes and visiting Professors Sapienza University of Rome a short presentation ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes and Visiting Professors • EU Research Programmes ü ü 7 FP in brief The Specific Programmes of 7 FP The Sapienza’s participation in 7 FP The Activities of International Relation Office • Visiting Professors ü Who can apply? ü Calls for proposals 2010 ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes FP 7 in brief 7 th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (2007 -2013) is the main financial tool through which the European Union supports research and development activities, covering almost all scientific disciplines. The overall amount for Community financial participation in the 7 FP is EUR 50 521 million for the period 2007 - 2013 FP 7 is organised in four programmes corresponding to four basic components of European research: • • COOPERATION IDEAS PEOPLE CAPACITIES ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes FP 7 in brief - COOPERATION Cooperation is the core of FP 7, representing two thirds of the overall budget. It fosters collaborative research across Europe and other partner countries through transnational projects carried out in ten key thematic areas: • • • Health Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology Information and communication technologies Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production techn. Energy Environment (including climate change) Transport (including aeronautics) Socio-economic sciences and the humanities Space Security ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes FP 7 in brief - IDEAS Ideas programme supports “frontier research” on the basis of scientific excellence. Research may be carried out in any area of science or technology and there is no obligation for crossborder partnerships, including engineering, socio-economic sciences and the humanities. In contrast with the Cooperation programme, there is no obligation for cross-border partnerships. Projects are implemented by “individual teams” around a “principal investigator”. The programme is implemented via the new European Research Council (ERC) ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes FP 7 in brief - PEOPLE The People programme provides support for researcher mobility and career development for researchers inside the European Union and internationally. It is implemented via a set of Marie Curie actions, providing fellowships and other measures to help researchers build their skills and competences throughout their careers: • • • Initial training of researchers - Marie Curie Networks Industry-academia partnerships Co-funding of regional, national and international mobility programmes Intra-European fellowships International dimension - outgoing and incoming fellowships, International cooperation scheme, reintegration grants ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes FP 7 in brief - CAPACITIES Capacities programme strengthens the research capacities that Europe needs to become “the most dynamic competitive knowledge-based economy in the world”. It covers the following activities: • • • Research infrastructures Research for the benefit of SMEs Regions of Knowledge Research Potential Science in Society Specific activities of international cooperation ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes Sapienza’s participation in FP 7 Sapienza’s participation in figures: • 118 projects (137 including projects in negotiation) ü ü 10 under IDEAS, 21 under PEOPLE ü ü ü Computer Science and Systemics, Physics, Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, etc • 23 projects as Coordinator (28 including projects in negotiation) • 33 Departments involved (49, 2 %) • • 6 Research Centres involved Several thematic areas (ICT, Health, Transport) 92 Scientific Representatives More than 1. 000 partners ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes Sapienza’s participation in FP 7 The “Regulation of the activities carried out under European and International Programmes” (2009) provides how Faculties, Departments or Research Centres can participate in 7 FP or in other programmes projects. Faculties, Departments and Research Centres are financially autonomous. They are in charge with the administrative, financial and scientific management of projects Heads of Departments are allowed to sign Grant Agreements and all other documents required (such us Consortium Agreement or Cost Statement). They manage projects and they are responsible for their correct execution. ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes Sapienza’s participation in FP 7 The Central Administration (and the International Relations Office in particular) has the following taskes: • • Supporting Faculties, Departments and Research Centres; Disseminating informations about programmes or new calls for proposals (F 1 RST, mailing list); Being the correspondent towards the EU institutions on all issues related to the legal status of the entity (i. e: LEAR, PIC, etc. . ); Adopting the administrative and accounting instructions for participation in EU programmes (i. e. reporting and accounting rules); Organizing meeting or training course for Sapienza’s staff about EU or International programmes issues; Setting up of the 7 FP projects data base; Participating in national and international networks and working groups (Unica, Apre, …) ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

EU Research Programmes FP 7 in brief - CAPACITIES ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

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Visiting Professors a short presentation Sapienza University of Rome promotes incoming mobility of foreign scholars as "visiting professors” • 2 Calls for proposals (teaching or researching activities) per year; • The applicants are Sapienza’s teachers and researchers interested in hosting a foreign scholar; • The monthly contribution, before taxes, amounts to 3. 000, 00 €, 4. 000, 00 € or 5. 000, 00 € and it depends on the “scientific quality” of the visiting professor and the type of his activity (teaching or researching). 10% of the amount is cofinanced by the Department of the applicant. • The applications are evaluated by a Committee designed by the Rector on the basis of the following criteria: the CV of the visiting professor, the rank of the institution, the quality of activities and objectives foreseen, the financing of previous applications ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

Visiting Professors Calls for proposals 2010 in figures: • Date of pubblication: 10 June 2010 (Teaching Activities) and 19 July 2010 (Researching Activities) • Deadline: 16 September 2010 (T. A. ) and 23 September 2010 (R. A. ) • Budget: EUR 95. 000, 00 (T. A. ) and EUR 450. 00, 00 (R. A. ) • Applicants: 16 (T. A. ) and 63 (R. A. ) • Proposals financed: 8 (T. A. ) and 42 (R. A. ) For further information about visiting professors, please visit: http: //www. uniroma 1. it/internazionale/docenti/visite_e. php ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011

Thank you for your attention! Emanuele Gennuso emanuele. gennuso@uniroma 1. it http: //www. uniroma 1. it/internazionale/docenti/ricerca/default. php Sapienza Università di Roma Rip. IX - Relazioni Internazionali Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, nr. 244 tel. 06 49910359 int. 20359 ERASMUS STAFF MOBILITY WEEK 2011