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European Research Council

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Réunion des DU-INSHS30 mars 2009

Stratégie et priorités scientifiques duConseil Européen de la Recherche

(ERC)

Alain PEYRAUBEConseil scientifique de l’ERC


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FP7 (EC)FP7 (EC)

7th Framework Programme (FP7) “Family” of FP7 Specific Programmes

Co-operation IdeasIdeas People Capacities

Ideas: complementary to other FP7 supportpolicy vs. science-driven, bottom-up vs. targeted research


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FP7 FP7 IdeasIdeas Programme Programme

Creates the ERC (new “institution”): Scientific Council (ScC) Executive Agency (EA)

Provides funding: € 7.51 bn (2007-2013), around 15% of FP7 budget Average budget: € ~1 bn per year

Sets overall objectives for researchand operating principles

By 2010: review of ERC structure and mechanisms


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The AgencyThe Agency

Executes annual work programmeas established by the Scientific Council

Implements calls for proposalsand provides information and support to applicants

Organises peer review evaluation

Establishes and manages grant agreements

Administers financial aspectsand follow-up of grant agreements


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The Scientific CouncilThe Scientific CouncilMembers & RoleMembers & Role

22 most respected researchers reflecting the full scope ofEuropean research and scholarship

proposed by an independentidentification committee

appointed by the Commission(for 4 years, renewable once)

Role: Establishes overall scientific strategy

establishes annual work programmes (incl. calls for proposals, evaluation criteria);defines peer review methodology; ensures selection and accreditation of experts

Controls quality of operations and management Ensures communication with the scientific community


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The ERC BoardThe ERC BoardLinking strategy and operationsLinking strategy and operations

Prof. Fotis KafatosPresident of the ERC

Prof. Helga NowotnyDr Daniel EsteveVice-Presidents of the ERC

Prof. Ernst-Ludwig WinnackerERC Secretary-General

Jack MettheyDirector of ERC EA

(Directorate S)


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Strategic AimsStrategic AimsOverviewOverview

• ERC : first pan-European funding agency forfrontier research

• Funding directed to individual teams andprojects selected solely on the criteria ofexcellence

• Operates according to the principles ofscientific excellence, autonomy, efficiencyand transparency Autonomous scientific governance Simple, user-friendly delivery


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ERC Grants: Open to individual teamsanywhere in the world

• ERC has been the only component of the FP7-family to widely open its programs and schemes toindividual teams anywhere in the world,

• under only one condition, i.e. that funded projectswill have to be located in EU or its associatedcountries.

• Thus, PIs and team members can be of anynationality, working in almost any country.


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Two types of Grants

• ERC Starting Grants, supporting excellent earlystage independent investigators (2-9 years sincecompletion of PhD) – 2007 and 2009

• ERC Advanced Grants, supporting investigators atall subsequent stages – 2008

• Hosting institution Located in a EU Member State or Associated Country Intra-European grant portability allowed


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For operational reasons the ScC agreed on 3 mainresearch domains:

─ Domain 1: Mathematics, Physical Sciences,Information and Communication, EngineeringSciences, Universe and Earth Sciences (PE)

─ Domain 2: Life Sciences (LS)─ Domain 3: Social Sciences and Humanities (SH)

Pre-allocation of call budget for ERC Grants per domaincurrently as follows: 45% PE - 40% LS - 15% SH

Now : 39% PE – 34% LS – 14% SH

ERC Grant schemesERC Grant schemesBudget AllocationBudget Allocation


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Panels have one Panel Chair and 10-12 Panel Members, allselected by the Scientific Council members

20 Panels for the 1st Call : 8 PE, 7 LS, 5 SH 25 Panels now: 10 PE, 9 LS, 6 SH

Panel Chair oversees evaluation process for the proposalsassigned to his/her Panel in collaboration with ERC staff

Panel Chair gives high level stamp of credibility and visibilityto the whole evaluation process

ERC Grant schemesERC Grant schemesPanel StructurePanel Structure


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ERC Grant SchemesERC Grant SchemesEvaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole criterionEvaluation: Scientific Excellence is the sole criterion

1. Principal Investigator2. Research Project3. Research Environment

Referees and panels evaluate and score criteria 1 and 2numerically, which will result in the ranking of the proposals

Criteria 3 will be considered as "pass/fail" and commentedupon but not scored


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proposals

151,363Social Sciences & Humanities

9,167Total

454,408Physical Sciences & Engineering

403,396Life Sciences

%of budget

pre-allocated*

Numberof

proposalsDomain

ERC-2007-StGERC-2007-StGSubmission (stage 1): Massive response!Submission (stage 1): Massive response!

*Indicative budget established by ScC (Work programme 2007)


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ERC-2007-StGERC-2007-StGSubmission (stage 1): some statistics (2)Submission (stage 1): some statistics (2)

• Out of the 9167 projects submitted:• 1610 IT, 1103 UK, 1021 DE, 699 FR, 542 SP, 516

NL, 462 SE, ...• Outside Europe: 150 USA, 23 CA, 15 Australia, 9

Japan, 6 China, 3 India, 2 Brazil, 2 Iran, 1 Taiwan,etc.

• 559 projects passed the first stage of evaluation(threshold):


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Country Country ofof host institution host institutionfor for thethe 8794 8794 evaluatedevaluated proposalsproposals

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ERC-2007-StGERC-2007-StGEvaluation (stage 1): Distribution over Scientific DomainsEvaluation (stage 1): Distribution over Scientific Domains

*Indicative budget (Scientific Council, ERC work programme 2007)


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Distribution of the 559 proposals

• 102 UK, 81 DE, 65 FR, 56 NL, 49 IT, 40 SP, 25BE, ...

• 102 (out of the 559) in HSS: 29 UK, 17 NL, 12 DE,8 FR, 6 SP, 6 IT, 5 BE, ...

• Distribution according to the panels: 26 for SH-1,22 SH-2, 26 SH-3, 11 SH-4, 17 SH-5

• For the 65 French projects, 31 in Physicalsciences and engineering, 26 in Life sciences and8 in HSS


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Proposals granted

• 302 proposals granted: 137 PE, 108 LS, 57 SH• Distribution of the 302 by host institution: 19% UK,

13% FR, 11% DE, 8.5% NL, 8.2% IT, 8% SP, 8%IL

• Distribution of the 57 SH: 17 UK, 10 NL, 6 FR, 4DE, 4 SP, 4 IT, 2 BE, 2 CY, 2 IL, 2 SE, 1 AT, 1BG, 1 CH, 1 FI

• The 6 FR: 1 SH-1 (RTRA-TSE), 2 SH-3 (CNRS), 1SH-4 (CNRS), 2 SH-5 (CNRS, MNHN)

• 3 Linguistics, 1 Anthropology, 1 Economics, 1History


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ERC Advanced GrantERC Advanced Grant(ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)(ERC Advanced Investigator Researcher Grant)

Targeting researchers who have already establishedtheir independence as team leaders and areexceptional leaders in terms of significance of theirresearch achievements (in the last 10 years)

up to 5 years,up to € 3,5 million per

grant

~2000 Starting Grantsover 7 years of FP7

(2007-2013)


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New Panel structure and descriptionPhysical sciences & Engineering (28 February 2008)

• PE1 Mathematical foundations: all areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plusmathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics

• PE2 Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic,molecular, gas, and optical physics

• PE3 Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences• PE4 Physical and analytical chemical sciences: analytical chemistry, chemical

theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics• PE5 Materials and synthesis: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations,

functional and advanced materials, molecular architecture, organic chemistry• PE6 Computer science and informatics: informatics and information systems,

computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems• PE7 Systems and communication engineering: electronic, communication, optical

and systems engineering• PE8 Products and processes engineering: product design, process design and

control, construction methods, civil engineering, energy systems, material engineering• PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar system; stellar, galactic

and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science,instrumentation

• PE10 Earth system science: physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology,oceanography, climatology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemicalcycles, natural resources management


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New Panel structure and descriptionSocial Sciences and Humanities (18 March 2008)

• SH1 Individuals, institutions and markets: economics, finance andmanagement

• SH2 Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour: sociology,social anthropology, political science, law, communication, socialstudies of science and technology

• SH3 Environment and society: environmental studies, demography,social geography, urban and regional studies

• SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology,linguistics, philosophy and education

• SH5 Cultures and cultural production: literature, visual andperforming arts, music, cultural and comparative studies

• SH6 The study of the human past: archaeology, history and memory


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New Panel structure and descriptionLife Sciences (22 April 2008)

• LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry: molecular biology, biochemistry,biophysics, structural biology, biochemistry of signal transduction

• LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: genetics, population genetics,molecular genetics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics,computational biology, biostatistics, biological modelling and simulation, systems biology, geneticepidemiology

• LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology: cell biology, cell physiology, signal transduction,organogenesis, evolution and development, developmental genetics, pattern formation in plants andanimals

• LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology: organ physiology, pathophysiology,endocrinology, metabolism, ageing, regeneration, tumorigenesis, cardiovascular disease, metabolicsyndrome

• LS5 Neurosciences and neural disorders: neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology,neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, systems neuroscience, neurological disorders,psychiatry

• LS6 Immunity and infection: immunobiology, aetiology of immune disorders, microbiology,virology, parasitology, global and other infectious diseases, population dynamics of infectiousdiseases, veterinary medicine

• LS7 Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment ofdisease, public health, epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical medicine, regenerative medicine,medical ethics

• LS8 Evolutionary, population and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, animal behaviour,population biology, biodiversity, biogeography, marine biology, ecotoxicology, prokaryotic biology

• LS9 Applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry and foodsciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrialbiosciences; environmental biotechnology and remediation


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ERC Advanced GrantERC Advanced GrantEvaluation Criteria: Excellence is the sole award criterionEvaluation Criteria: Excellence is the sole award criterion

1. Principal Investigator- Quality of research output/track-record ( 10-year track-record)- Intellectual capacity and creativity ( CV + leadership profile)

2. Research Project- Ground-breaking nature of the research- Potential impact- Methodology

3. Research Environment (assessed in Step 2 only)- Contribution of the research environment to the project- Contribution of the project to research environment- Participation of other legal entities (if clear/ substantial added value)


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ERC Advanced Grant 2ERC Advanced Grant 2

• 2167 projects submitted• 997 PE, 766 LS, 404 SH• By host institution: 301 IT, 299 UK, 205 FR, 179 DE, 141

IL, 135 SP, 107 NL, …• By PI Residency: 298 UK, 296 IT, 195 FR, 183 DE, 141 IL,

129 SP, 102 NL, …• By PI Nationality: 327 IT, 247 UK, 200 DE, 170 FR, 143 IL,

112 SP, 104 GR, 101 NL• 127 SH proposals (out of 382) passed the first stage of

evaluation


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ERC Advanced GrantERC Advanced Grant 33

• SH1 - Individuals, institutions and markets: economics,finance and management : 79 (7 FR) > 30 (5 FR) after thefirst stage of evaluation (38%)

• SH2 - Institutions, values and beliefs and behaviour:sociology, social anthropology, political science, law,communication, social studies of science and technology:82 (3 FR) > 22 (2 FR) (26.8%)

• SH3 - Environment and society: environmental studies,demography, social geography, urban and regional studies:19 (0 FR) > 6 (0 FR) (28.6%)


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• SH4 - The Human Mind and its complexity:cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy andeducation: 86 (12 FR) > 30 (5 FR) (34.9%)

• SH5 - Cultures and cultural production: literature,visual and performing arts, music, cultural andcomparative studies: 40 (4 FR) > 13 (3 FR)(33.3%)

• SH6 - The study of the human past: archaeology,history and memory: 75 (6 FR) > 26 (2 FR)(34.7%)


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• 32 French projects submitted, out of 382 =8.37 %

• 17 French projects out of 127 (13.38%) afterthe first step of evaluation

• 9 French projects granted out of 46(19.56%)

• Distribution of the 17 FR projects by HostInstitution: 5 CNRS, 4 EHESS, 3 TSE+EEP,2 ENS-Ulm, 1 MSH-Paris, 1 IEP, 1 Univ.Nantes


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• Distribution of the 9 French projects granted:3 CNRS, 3 EHESS, 1 EEP, 1 Univ. Nantes, 1 TSE3 Linguistics, 2 Economics, 2 Anthropology, 1

History, 1 Sociology


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ERC-2009-Starting GrantERC-2009-Starting Grant

• 2503 submissions: 1112 PE (44%), 927 LS (37%),464 SH (18.5%)

• Distribution by Host Institution: 434 IT, 347 UK,256 DE, 228 FR, 227 SP, 134 NL, 95 BE, …

• Distribution by PIs nationality: 513 IT, 284 DE, 213SP, 200 FR, 161 UK, 119 NL, …

• 457 proposals selected after the 1st stage ofevaluation (18.6%): 207 PE, 155 LS, 95 SH82 UK, 62 FR, 58 DE, 40 NL, 35 IT, 35 SP, 24 NL


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MerciThank you !谢谢


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Applicants Services

• ERC National Contact Pointsinform, raise awareness and provide advice on ERC fundingopportunities, application, follow-up

• ERC helpdesk

• EPSS helpdesktechnical support on electronic proposal submission

• ERC website: http://erc.europa.eu

• ERC News Alert: http://erc.europa.eu/?fuseaction=reg.edit#01

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