WP 2010 Gunnar Sandberg European Research Council WP

WP 2010 Gunnar Sandberg

European Research Council WP 2010, structure a) Stable and complementary grant schemes: St. G, Ad. G. • • • b) Funding. • • c) Investigator driven (“bottom-up”) actions. Highest quality research at the frontiers of knowledge with particular encouragement of interdisciplinarity. Evaluation of proposals on the basis of the sole criterion of excellence. Targeting investigators at two different career stages. Multiple, sliding stage opportunities over 7 years of FP 7. Continuously increasing budget. Calls’ cumulative budget surpassing for the first time the € 1 bn mark! Complementing Member States’ activities towards full spectrum coverage (SP Ideas-consistent). Accompanying measures/actions (CSA) for the timely monitoring/assessment of the ERC activities. NCP meeting Brussels, 26/06/2009 │2

European Research Council WP 2010, general adjustments 1. Significant budgetary strengthening of St. G (St. G/Ad. G ca. 1/1). 2. Measure to increase attractiveness of EU and associated countries to researchers from third countries. 3. Further addressing of justified research career gaps and/or unconventional research career paths (especially for women researchers). 4. Slight simplification of proposal structure (no self-evaluation). 5. Clearer indications of expected commitment to the ERC-funded activity by a PI of a St. G and Ad. G project (previously only specified in the Guide for Applicants). NCP meeting Brussels, 26/06/2009 │3

European Research Council WP 2010, St. G specific adjustments Targeting PI populations: Ø Extension of “eligibility window” in view of the budgetary strengthening of the action: 2 -10 year post Ph. D. Ø Increased extension of eligibility window for maternity leave (18 months per child born before or after Ph. D award). Ø Recognition of two streams of applicants: “starters” (2 to 6 years post-Ph. D) and “consolidators” (over 6 and up to 10 years post-Ph. D) during evaluation. Ø Indicative budget separation for the two streams on the basis of respective budgetary demand per panel (ensuring comparable success rate). Ø Introduction of “€ 0. 5 M incentive” (within the “up to € 2. 0 M for 5 years”) to increase attractiveness for PIs from third countries. Ø Minor “fine tuning”: Re-application rule (from ERC-2010 -St. G call and on!): every other call unless proposal evaluated over quality threshold at step-1. and Step-1 cut-off level (slight increase to “normally 2. 5 x” indicative panel budget). NCP meeting Brussels, 26/06/2009 │4

European Research Council WP 2010, Ad. G specific adjustments Ø No change in content (high quality applications by excellent established PIs). Ø Re-application rule (from ERC-2010 -Ad. G and on): every other call unless proposal evaluated over quality threshold at step-2 but not funded. Ø Re-application rule that links applicants of either ERC-2008 -Ad. G or ERC 2009 -Ad. G calls with the ERC-2010 -Ad. G still holds. NCP meeting Brussels, 26/06/2009 │5

European Research Council Timetable 2009 -10 Target period for new WP publication (adoption by the Commission): Publication of the second St. G call, ERC-2010 -St. G * These dates should be considered provisional and are pending the adoption of the Work Programme by the Commission. Publication of the second Ad. G call, ERC-2010 -Ad. G * These dates should be considered provisional and are pending the adoption of the Work Programme by the Commission. NCP meeting Brussels, 26/06/2009 End of July 2009 Tentative deadlines* PE: 28/10/09 LS: 18/11/09 SH: 09/12/09 End of October 2009 Tentative deadlines* PE: 24/02/10 LS: 17/03/10 SH: 07/04/10 │6

European Research Council Major Changes compared to St. G 2 • Increase in budget to € 528 M from € 296 M (78% increase) è Big increase in number of interviews! • Division in to two streams (“starters” and “consolidators”) • More generous time allowance for children: è Maternity leave: Automatic 1. 5 years for any children, before for children born before or after Ph. D è Paternity leave: accumulation of time taken (documented), for children born before or after Ph. D. • Maximum cumulative time: 14. 5 years │7

European Research Council Major Changes compared to St. G 2 • Reduction in maximum amount applicants can apply for to € 1. 5 M except for: è establishment of a new research activity in the EU or AC │8

European Research Council Starter and Consolidator Stream • By default: è Starters: 2 -6 years past Ph. D è Consolidators: 6 -10 years past Ph. D. è Applicants will be asked to elaborate on their stage in a special (short) subsection of part B 1 è No box on the A 1 page to tick. è Up to panels to assess and make final decision │9

European Research Council Some planned changes… • Plan is not to use A 1 T Form for this Call • Plan for the possibility to exclude one reviewer • Request possibility to use Title and Abstract for contacting potential reviewers │ 10

European Research Council Remember Resubmission rules! • Spelled out in the Work Programme • For St. G 3, applicants need to have reached Step 2 of the St. G 2 evaluation, and not be funded due to budget limitations (not failed) • Applicants that are eliminated at St. G-2 Step 1 cannot apply. • The plan is to relax these rules for following Call so that only those who fail (i. e. below threshold) in Step 1 cannot re-apply │ 11

European Research Council Approximate Calendar/ Deadlines • PE: 28 October • LS: 18 November • SH: 9 December • Step 1 Panel Meetings: January March 2010 • Interviews: April – May 2010 • Final Panel Chair Meeting: June 2010 │ 12

European Research Council Results 2009 Where do we stand? • All Step 1 and Step 2 (interviews) panel meetings concluded • Granting has started and results have been sent out for PE 2 - PE 10 and all SH panels • Small delay in PE 1 for technical reasons • LS Domain results has started the internal Interservice Consultation process • Expect to send out results July

European Research Council Final Panel Chair Meeting • Had Final Panel Chair meeting June 18 and 19) • Resulted in 16 proposals accepted by Panel Chairs to funded from ID budget. • Reserve list have been formed by domain by the panel chairs • Expect to be able to fund 219 main list proposals • Expect o have up to € 29€ available in Associated Country contributions for this Call, which should allow some ~25 addional proposal to be funded

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submitted and mainlist proposals by domain Submitted proposals Life Sciences Physical Sciences & Engineering Social Sciences & Humanities Mainlist 927 (37%) 69 (31. 5%) 1112 (44. 4%) 93 (42. 5%) 464 (18. 6%) 41 (18. 7%) Interdisciplinary Domain 16 (7. 3%) ∑ = 2503 ∑ = 219

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant 2009 – Mainlist Profile of Principal Investigator • Age: mean: 37. 2, min: 30, max: 52 • Gender: 24. 2% women • Ph. D: 100% • Years after Ph. D: mean: 6. 7, min: 4, max: 11 • Prof: 22. 5% (11. 4% for all applicants)

European Research Council ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007, 2008 & 2009 Submitted proposals by domain Number of proposals Proposals by domain │ 17

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by panel & gender

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant 2009 Mainlist proposals by panel & gender

European Research Council St. G 2009 Submitted proposals by country of host institution (2503) 86 49 30 2 29 2 47 347 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-09: 2503, 17. 12. 2008

ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submissions from nationals of third countries European Research Council Russia Canada 3 Ukraine Moldova Kazakhistan 1 Armenia China 14 Lebano 1 31 2 2 8 2 USA Mexico 30 1 Belarus Algeria 1 Cuba Egypt 1 1 Japan Korea 6 3 Iran 1 Taiwan Bangladesh 2 1 India 14 Viet Nam 1 Sri Lanka Singapore Malaysia 2 1 2 Brasil Peru 7 1 Chile 1 Uruguay Argentinia 2 Source: St. G-09: 2503 submitted proposals 1 South Africa 2 Australia 7 New Zealand 2

ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submissions from researchers with a residence outside of ERA European Research Council 1 ERA 3 1 56 5 1 1 1 4

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by country of host institution & gender

European Research Council ERC Starting Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by country of host institution & domain

European Research Council ERC Starting Grants 2007 & 2009 Call comparison: Submissions by country of host institution

ERC Starting grant calls 2007 & 2009 Submissions from citizens of third countries European Research Council Russia 139 Canada 36 Belarus 8 Kazakhstan Ukraine 1 40 Bosnia USA Armenia 2 116 Tunisia Morocco 2 Mexico 12 7 Cuba Iran 3 8 Algeria 4 Lebanon Cisjordanie 1 Egypt 4 Japan Uzbekistan 1 3 China 2 5 Togo 4 1 Colombia Nigeria Ethiopia 1 Kenya 2 5 India 1 Peru 4 Brasilia Tanzania 5 Hong Kong 1 Thailand Viet Nam 1 2 Philippines Sri Lanka Singapore Malaysia 3 8 1 5 1 Malawi 21 1 Zimbabwe Chile 1 1 Congo Taiwan Bangladesh 53 Venezuela 10 61 Pakistan 24 Korea 1 Mauritius 1 Australia 3 Uruguay Argentina 18 3 South Africa 2 35 New Zealand 8

ERC Communication European Research Council Unit ERCEA. A. 2 (11+1 people) • Acting Head of Unit A 2: Pablo AMOR (since March 2009) • • • Promoting ERC funding opportunities: Communicating ERC-funded research: Media Relations: Organisation of events, NCPs: ERC image, benefits and publicity: Production (print, audiovisual): Internal Communications, corporate identity: Web and Database Manager Graphics Designer Support and assistance: Samantha CHRISTEY (since 1/5/2009) Catherine AUDOUZE (since 1/6/2009) Madeleine DRIELSMA (since July 2007) Béatrice THIRY (since May 2008) Hilde BAESKENS (as of 16/8/2009) Carla PALMIERI (since Mai 2006) Elina DESYLLA (since Oct 2005) Paolo BORGHESI (since 16/6/2009) to be recruited Sylvie ORIOT (since 1/12/2008) Danielle EVRARD (since 1/3/2009) • Deputy Head of Unit S 1 in charge of ERC communications , DG-RTD: Gianpietro VAN DE GOOR (since 2004/05)

European Research Council ERC Communications Current/ongoing challenges § Consolidation of communication capacities, especially to support growth of the Agency and its transition to autonomy (internal communication) § Promoting ERC-funding opportunities, especially outside of Europe: events, grantees as ambassadors (alumni culture), promote career and funding opportunities for young researchers in Europe § Communicating ERC-funded Frontier Research, including case studies, success stories, portrays of grantees, achievements of ERC-funded research § Communicating ERC achievements, including the wider benefits and impact (supported by CSAs) § Monitoring the impact of communication activities

Up-to-date Information European Research Council ERC website at http: //erc. europa. eu NEW SECTION Funded Projects │ 29

European Research Council ERC-funded Research & PIs Case studies • ERC website ‘Funded projects’ section: Ø List with names of St. G PIs and host institutions, grant size, duration, project abstracts of 299 funded projects (1 st call 2007) Ø List with names of Ad. G PIs and host institutions of 282 retained proposals Ø ERC Starting Grant brochure with Case Studies • Various brochures on Starting Grant case studies produced by national actors (e. g. in DE, AT, BE, FR) • ERC St. G event, 7 October 2008, Paris Video of presentations & 2 discussion roundtables with 10 Starting Grantees http: //www. canalc 2. tv/video. asp? id. Evenement=423 • ERC Ad. G event, 13 March 2009, Istanbul Video of presentations, incl. several Advanced Grantees: www. fp 7. org. tr/erc 2009 • FP 7 project database (FP IDEAS projects) http: //cordis. europa. eu/fp 7/projects_en. html │ 30

European Research Council Publications Communicating Frontier Research § ERC-dedicated Supplement Edition of “research*eu” available in EN, FR, ES, DE, CZ § Guide for Applicants, revision July 2009 § Leaflet on ERC grant schemes (pocket size), pdf: July 2009; print: fall 2009 § § ERC Annual Report 2008, July/August 2009 ERC fact sheets, being updated and re-printed (fall 2009) ERC Scientific Council Brochure fall 2009 Brochure on ERC Starting Grant with Case Studies reprint all 2009 § Promotional video on ERC Starting Grantees, fall 2009

European Research Council Events in 2009 & 2010 with active role of the ERC • • The Nobel Laureate meetings, Lindau, 28 June-3 July The Source event, London, 25 Sept, Berlin 4 Dec European Career Fair, Boston, Jan/Feb AAAS Annual Meeting 2010, San Diego, February International Career Fair, San Francisco, Feb/March ESOF 2010, Torino, 2 -7 July NCP National Information days, if staff available

European Research Council För mer Information • www. vr. se • www. vinnova. se NCPs Ana Beramendi Ana. Beramendiheine@vr. se Gunnar Sandberg Gunnar. Sandberg@vinnova. se NCP meeting Brussels, 26/06/2009 │ 33

European Research Council ERC emblematic posters

European Research Council Advanced Grant 2009 State of Play • Proposals checks è Performed • Eligibility • Re-application rule è è è Information sent to PE and SH applicants On-going for LS applicants Requests for redress received from PE applicants • On re-application rule • Step 1 evaluation è è è Completed for PE and SH panels On-going for LS panels (panel meetings until mid-July) Results will be communicated to all applicants (July-August) • Step 2 evaluation è September-October

European Research Council ERC Starting & Advanced grant calls 2007, 2008 & 2009 Submitted proposals by domain Number of proposals Proposals by domain │ 36

European Research Council Advanced Grant 2009 Number of submitted proposals Selected proposals Life Sciences 513 ? Physical Sciences & Engineering 736 ? Social Sciences & Humanities 335 ? Interdisciplinary research ? ∑ = 1584

European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Overview

European Research Council 3 18 Ad. G 2009 Submitted proposals by country of host institution (1584) 22 64 3 16 1 31 1 307 GE: 1 80 36 1 14 146 RU: 1 11 161 102 221 10 96 37 8 CN: 1 4 18 21 3 1 7 1 31 17 2 79 Source: Ad. G 2009: 1584, 27. 05. 2009

ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Submissions from nationals of third countries European Research Council Russia 13 Canada 8 Ukraine Georgia 1 1 USA Japan 39 Morroco 4 Lebanon 1 1 India 2 Australia 6 South Africa 2 Argentinia 2 New Zealand 4

European Research Council Advanced Grant 2009 Profile of Principal Investigator • Age: mean: 52. 7, min: 30, max: 81 • Gender: 14% women • Ph. D: 99. 4% • Years after Ph. D: mean: 23. 5, min: 1, max: 56 • Prof: 79. 2%

European Research Council Advanced Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by panel and gender (%)

European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by host country & domain

European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by host country & gender

European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Submitted proposals by nationality & gender

ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Submitted proposals – mobility European Research Council

European Research Council 5 3 Ad. G 2008/2009 Submitted proposals by country of host organisation 70 29 65 18 64 22 4 3 16 30 299 2 2 107 306 1 0 206 159 23 179 29 11 145 96 42 102 37 17 10 135 95 Ad. G-09 1 71 80 63 36 Ad. G-08 1 301 220 4 4 28 15 8 32 21 18 2 4 0 3 22 7 2 43 1 17 92 31 ME AL 0 1 1 0 7 2 141 79

ERC Advanced Grant 2009 Eligibility check for Principal Investigators Status 1) PE SH LS European Research Council Total Withdrawn 1 1 0 2 Test proposals 2 2 4 8 Ineligible 3 3 52) 11 Not in compliance with resubmission rules 23 4 13 40 Total 29 10 22 61 1) 2) Status as of 2 June 2009 Whereof 4 still in Committee