The European Research Council Implementing Arrangements an opportunity

The European Research Council Implementing Arrangements: an opportunity to join ERC teams Davide Innocenti ERC Executive Agency 15 th – 16 th September 2020 EURAXESS-ERC Webinar Series

Implementing Arrangements • Promotes opportunity for scientists to visit and collaborate with ERC research teams, partially supported by foreign agencies • 14 IAs signed with funding agencies from 12 different countries • 400+ non-European researchers visited an ERC project since 2012 • November 2020 – Next call for Expression of Interest from ERC PIs AUS 10/18 02/19 │ 2│ 2

All the Implementing Arrangements Promotes opportunity for non-European researchers to visit ERC research teams, supported by foreign agencies. • USA, National Science Foundation (NSF) • Republic of Korea, National Research Foundation (NRF) • Argentina, Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT) • China, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) • Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) • • South Africa, National Research Foundation (NRF) Mexico, Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) Brazil, Brazilian National Council of the State funding agencies (CONFAP) Canada, Canadian Tri-Agency Institutional Programmes Secretariat (TIPS) • India, Scientific Engineering Research Board (SERB) • Australia, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC); Australian Research Council (ARC) • Singapore, National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) 3

IA - ERC PIs Participation 2012 -2019 Number of ERC grantees expressed interest to host non-European researchers Country 201 2 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 USA 789 676 372 507 380 312 423 730 4189 South Korea PI 492 351 358 319 256 341 570 2687 China 402 293 249 332 566 1842 Japan JSPS 453 345 287 377 634 2096 Argentina 378 296 245 322 542 1783 South Africa 358 279 240 312 539 1728 Brazil 303 249 329 545 1426 Mexico 294 242 316 534 1386 Canada 353 289 392 660 1694 India Early 224 301 514 1039 Japan JST 370 625 995 369 610 979 Australia NHMRC Total │4

Research Visits to ERC projects 2012 -2019 Number of non-EU research visitors by year and by country Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018* Total 2019* Japan JST 6 6 India 5 5 Canada 3 3 1 7 Mexico 5 4 9 Brazil 12 22 37 71 Argentina 5 5 10 China 11 12 7 8 38 Japan JSPS 3 13 2 11 13** 42 South Africa 5 2 10 South Korea 31 28 30 30 35 32 186 USA 12 23 11 Total 12 54 28 65 82 *Preliminary data for 2018 and 2019 calls 3 49 ** These visits will start on late 2020 – early 2021 79 100 13 428 │5

IA procedures Principal Investigator ERC launches a call for expression of interest Visiting Scientist contacts the ERC PIs to seek agreement on a possible research visit expresses interest in hosting one or more scientists supported by a national funding agency Principal Investigator accepts or not the research visit; If accepted, the Principal Investigator and the Host Institution provide a letter of support ERC sends the list of interested PIs to the national funding agencies National based funding agency evaluates the proposals and funds the successful ones National based funding agency launches a call for proposals to their eligible scientists Visiting Scientist plans an executes the research visit in agreement with the Principal Investigator Action taken by ERC grantee Funding agency abroad Visiting scientist │6

IA participation processes and conditions Common to all agreements ERC does not intervene in the communication between the ERC PIs and potential visitors. Selection of the non-European scientists is done by xx each non-EU funding agency without any intervention of the ERC. Processes & Conditions xx xx The visit xx should take place within the lifetime of the ERC project. It is expected that collaborations will occur in similar xx areas of scientific pursuit or on topics of mutual interest. xx researchers may xx Visiting be incorporated into the research │7 teams of the ERC-funded PIs for the duration of the visit.

Where can you find more information? Next ERC call for Expression of Interest for ERC PIs: November 2020 Next internal calls for Expression of Interest for visiting scientist: Early 2021 Support and information: erc-implementing-arrangements@ec. europa. eu https: //erc. europa. eu/funding/additional-opportunities#International │8

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IA - General State-of-play 2012 -2019 Destination countries of visiting researchers from 2012 -2019* (by scientific domain) 80 Sy. G SH PE LS 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 ay Cr oa rw ni a No to m Es lg iu nd Be a Po la tri Au s la nd s Ne th er la nd nd Fin la l Ire ae Isr ar k Po rtu ga l nm la nd De en Sw itz er ed m Sw lg iu nd s Be la er Ita ly th Ne an ce n Fr Sp ai tia Hu ng ar y Gr Cz e ec ec e h Re pu bl ic Un ite d Ki ng do m Ge rm an y 0 * Preliminary data for 2018 and 2019 calls │ 10

IA funding details ERC Funding -The ERC grant covers any relevant expenses occurred during the visit within the terms of the grant. -No additional funding is provided by the ERC. -Eligible costs include subsistence costs on a per diem basis, in accordance with the national law and regulation applicable on the HI. Exceptions Non-European agency -The agency will continue to pay the researchers' salary and/or scholarship according to their institutional, grant and fellowship terms and condition. -The agency will cover the international travel expenses. Some of the agencies can also cover travel expenses of the accompanying family members. - For South Korea (NRF), India (SERB) and Australia (NHMRC): in case the salary (and health insurance) of Doctoral and Postdoctoral fellows is suspended during the visit, the xx ERC grant can cover these costs, always in accordance with the national law and regulation applicable on the HI and ERC grants agreement. │ 11

Most asked questions from… …ERC grantees If I express my interest in ho sting a researcher from a specific country, then should I accept a collaboration that I do not f ind suitable or in case I do not agree on the de tails of the visit? Are ERC extra funds available in order to cover the visit costs? pected to pay the ex I am e te an gr C ER n As a ientist or merely the sc g tin isi v he f t o ry la sa ociated with the visit? ss a es ns pe ex g in at er op …potential visitors by my e ERC list provided th ot n is I) P RC (E Dr XYZ ill eligible then? funding body, is it st What are the ERC selection criteria for applicants? How ERC is involved in the selection process? I am a researcher from ABC (ABC in one of the participating countries), am I eligible? What are the eligibility criteria? │ 12

Where can you find more information? Our website: Our social media channels: erc. europa. eu National Contact Points (NCP): https: //erc. europa. eu/funding/national-contact-points Funding & Tender Opportunities: https: //ec. europa. eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home │ 13