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Information sessionon Research Infrastructures
October 27, 2006
Welcome
Robert-Jan SMITS, Director DG RTD Ulf DAHLSTEN, Director DG INFSO
FP7 2007 - 2013
Capacities4097
JRC1751
Ideas7510
Euratom4062
People4750
Cooperation32413
FP7 budget (M€) Source: revised FP7 agreed by Council +
Parliament in October 2006
FP7: What will be new ?
Evolution, not revolutionIncrease in duration and budgetNew Structure: 4 Specific Programmes European Research CouncilJoint Technology InitiativesNew infrastructures and RSFFSimplification & externalisation of management
Research Infrastructures in FP7
Hervé PéroEuropean Commission
Research DGHead of Unit – Research Infrastructures
Specific ProgrammeCapacities
Dev. of policies1,5% - 70 M€
INCO4,5% - 180 M€
Science in Society8% - 330 M€
Research Infrastructures42% - 1715 M€
SMEs33% - 1336 M€ Research Potential
8% - 340 M€
Regions of Knowledge
3% - 126 M€
Definition of Research
Infrastructures
Facilities, resources, and related services usedby the scientific community for
Conducting leading-edge researchKnowledge transmission, knowledge exchangesand knowledge preservation
IncludesMajor scientific equipmentScientific collections, archives and structured informationICT-based infrastructuresEntities of a unique nature, used for research
Considering the increased relations between scientists,
experiments, data and e-science…
MIDDLEWARE
Experiment
Experiment
Computing
Computing
Computing
Storage
Storage
Storage
Analysis
Analysis
Scientist
… Research Infrastructures are at the core of the
knowledge Triangle
ResearchResearch EducationEducation
InnovationInnovation
Researchinfrastructures
A continuous increase of budget over successive FPs
100
0
50
150
200
300
LIP (FP2)
HCM (FP3)
TMR (FP4)
IHP (FP5)
FP6
New InfrastructuresIntegrated InitiativesNetworks / CARTD ProjectsAccess
eRI
eRI
FP7
eRI
+ 30%M€ / year
Some information on Research Infrastructures in FP6
Facts and Figures:
Total budget: 735 M€of which 222 for GRID + GEANT
Number of projects 143Number of RIs supported 248Expected number of users >20000(2004-2010)
Objectives of the CommunityResearch Infrastructures action
Optimising the use and development of the best existing research infrastructures in EuropeHelping to create in all fields of S & T new research infrastructures of pan-European interest needed by the European scientific communitySupporting programme implementation and policy development (e.g. international cooperation)
FP7 will continue supporting existing Research Infrastructures
Integrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field, implemented through:
A bottom-up approach for proposals open to all fields of scienceTargeted approach with topics defined in cooperation with the FP7 thematic areas
ICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research
FP7 will also increase support to new research infrastructures
Design studies: to support the conceptual design for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear European dimension and interest
through bottom-up calls
Support to the Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing ones
the list of projects to be supported will be based on the work conducted by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI roadmap)
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures ESFRI
Roadmap
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Planning of calls and indicative budget
Total operational budget 1630 M€
Call 12007
Call 22008
Call 32010
Call 42012
x x
x
Construction – Support to the Implementation Phase RSFF (200 M€) + 100 M€
x
x
x
x
x
Integrating activities 275
e-Infrastructures 89 115
Design studies 35
Construction – Support to the Preparatory Phase 135
Policy Development and Programme Implementation 25 5
Total per call (M€) 284 395
… in summary, an improved FP7 action for Research Infrastructures
An increased budget for FP7 (+30%)Better consistency within FP7 (targeted calls)Tackling better fragmentation (Integrating Activities) Catalysing effect towards the construction or major upgrade of Research InfrastructuresA vision for the next 10-20 years fostering capacity building and excellence
Useful links
FP7 Proposal and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm
Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/rn/
ESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research Infrastr.) http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html
e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG)http://www.e-irg.org
Research Infrastructures in Europa (on-line soon)http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures
Support to existing infrastructures
Jean-Emmanuel Faure European Commission
Research DGResearch Infrastructures
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures ESFRI
Roadmap
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Integrating Activities and e-infrastructures
To optimise the use and development of existing research infrastructures
Based on the continuation of the successful FP6 instrument “Integrated Infrastructure Initiative”(I3s)
Within one single contract: Networking activitiesTransnational access and/or service activitiesJoint research activities
Networking Activities
To foster a culture of co-operation between the participants and the scientific communities benefiting from the research infrastructures
Forms of activities:Towards the users: training, studies, feedback, coordination…Towards good practice: exchange of personnel and visits, standards and quality…Towards virtual infrastructures: Web-sites, common softwares, databases, data management…Technical workshops, forums, working groups and studies…
Trans-national Access and/or Service activities
Provide trans-national access to researchers or research teams to one or more infrastructures among those operated by the participants
"Hands on" accessRemote access: sending of samples, sample analysis…
Managed by the contractors
Provide research infrastructures related servicesto the scientific communityRemote access to distributed infrastructuresServices provided through electronic means ; Data and resources managementUpgrading communication infrastructureSupport of Grid infrastructure; support of middlewarecomponent repositories
Joint Research Activities
Explore new fundamental technologies or techniques underpinning the efficient and joint use of the participating research infrastructures To improve the services provided by the infrastructures (in quality and/or quantity)
Forms of activities:Prototype development Development of methods, protocols, standards…Development of software, middleware, algorithm; Database creation, upgrade, curation…Development and curation of samples
Integrating Activities
Objectives of an Integrating Activity project
Structure better and integrate, on a European scale, the way research infrastructures operate and develop, in a given class:
By opening and optimising the access to and the use of the existing research infrastructures in the different Member States and Associated States
By better structuring and integrating, on a European scale, the operation(s) of research infrastructures, and by fostering their joint development (qualitative and quantitative)
Participation
At least 3 independent legal entities established in 3 different Member States or Associated States. At least 1 of these legal entities must operate a research infrastructure providing access
Operators of research infrastructures, universities and other public research organisations as well as industry, for example equipment manufacturers
Developing a pan-European research infrastructure for the measurements of atmospheric propertiesEC contribution: 5.1 M€
TA (~0.2 M€):11 ground-based stations for atmospheric research
NA (~3.2 M€):• Standards and exchange of good practices on
sampling, measurement and analysis of aerosol parameters
• Training on aerosol sampling and measurements• Web portal and Database on aerosol products
JRA (1.7 M€):• Methodology for determining aerosol optical density• Standard procedures for aerosol hygroscopic growth
determination• A real time data collection of aerosol measurements
A network of research stations exploiting the diversity of regional backgrounds
EUSAAR (Environment)
Refinement, Reduction, Replacement
EC contribution: ~4.7 M€
TA (~1.3 M€):• Gene, tissue, cell, gamete and serum banks• Experimental animals
NA (~1.7 M€):• Standards (SOPs for quarantine and experiments)• Training on handling (blood sampling, injections…)• Courses and textbook (primate behaviour,
husbandry, nutrition…)
JRA (~1.7 M€):• Molecular typing methods• Pathogen detection assays • Telemetry prototyping
Developing a pan-European researchinfrastructure of primate centres
EUPRIM-Net (Biomedical Sciences)
TA (~19 M€):• 15 installations, with 4000 users from a very broad
spectrum of disciplines
NA (~2 M€):• Specialized workshops, conferences and schools
(support areas of transnational cooperation)• Exchange of scientists
JRA (~6 M€):• European platform for Protein Crystallography• Development of:
• Instrumentation for Femtosecond Pulses• Diffractive x-ray optics• Superconducting Undulator• Photoinjector for X-ray Free Electron Lasers
EC contribution: 27 M€
Developing a pan-European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser research infrastructure
IA-SFS (Analytical Facilities)
Offering a common access platform and triggering coherent future developments
Main characteristics of an average Integrating
Activity under FP6
Average number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access
Typical duration of 4 years
Average EC contribution: ~10 M€Management: ~ 6%Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 36% Joint Research Activities: ~ 43%
List of funded projects (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects.htm
Implementation of the Integrating Activities under FP7
Bottom up approach for proposals in all fields of science (successful in FP6, to be continued in FP7)
Targeted approach for clearly defined infrastructure needs for Europe, coordinated with the thematic priorities (new)
FP7 Call N°2 (closing March 2008)
Targeted approach
Brigitte WeissEuropean Commission
Research DGResearch Infrastructures
What is the targeted approach?
For existing Research Infrastructures
A list of topics for classes of infrastructures to be supported, listed in the work programme
Topics defined in line with the Cooperation Programme
Revisions of topics: list can be amended A sufficient basis of RI’s to be networked
Complementary to other FP7 funding schemes used in the thematic priorities (Collaborative Projects, NoE’s)
Why a targeted approach?
To help integrating research infrastructures for European R&D needs, defined in a priority setting process
To create synergies and ensure consistency with the Cooperation Programme
Topics are in line with R&D topics under the Cooperation Programme
To stimulate RI actions in specific fields that are currently not well covered under our actions
How will it work?
Bottom up and targeted approaches will be under the same calls
Same Project type for both approaches:Integrating activities: I3s with Transnational Access/Service, Networking, Joint Research activities
Same evaluation procedures (by independent experts), criteria, forms…
Possible topics for RI’s under the targeted approach
About 30 priority topics for RI’s in 8 of the “Cooperation” thematic areas
Health (6)Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology (3)Information and Communication Technologies (3)Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies and Materials (2)Energy (5)Environment (3)Transport (2)Socioeconomic Sciences and Humanities (3)
Synergies that can be expected: one Example
Priority topic for RI:To bring together existing research infrastructures for servicing research on Smart Energy networks
Link with the Cooperation programme:Smart Energy networks, Activity Energy 2007.7 .1 – 7.3
Typical existing RI relevant to the topic:ISET Test and certification Centre, D; CEA/CENEC/LSEC Labs for storage technologies, FR; KEMA High Power and High Voltage Laboratories, NL…
Call for proposals N°2 – closing early 2008
For both bottom up and targeted approachIndicative budget of 275 M€
25 to 30 projects to be selected
Closure: March 2008Single stage procedure for evaluation
remote + panel evaluation
Results within 4 months after closure dateFirst contracts will come into force before the end of 2008
ICT based e-Infrastructures
Kyriakos BaxevanidisEuropean Commission
Infso DGDeputy Head of Unit –
Research Infrastructures
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
ESFRIRoadmap
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
e-infrastructures
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Objectives
Promote an ICT-based environment, in which all researchers have an easy-to-use controlled access to unique or distributed scientific facilities, regardless of their type and location in the world
Strengthen collaboration between research centres and their researchers in virtual research communities, enabling worldwide sustainable partnerships in all e-Science fields
Infrastructure layer more transparent and adequately serving cross-disciplinary needs
Main orientations
Support the further evolution and deployment of grid and networking infrastructures
Support emergence of new organisational models for service provisioning in the domain of grid and data infrastructures
Foster adoption of e-Infrastructures by user communities
Support resource sharing policy initiatives (e-IRG…)
Promote international cooperation
Foster creation of a new generation of HPC facilities in Europe
(petaflop scale)
Procurement mechanism
Promote a coordinated and federated approach in the
deployment of data infrastructures
FP7FP5
GÉANT
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
FP6
GÉANT2
Grid infrastructures
Supercomputer grid
New users
… upgrade
… upgrade
… reinforce
Repositories
Org, policy, intern
Data infrastructure
… upgrade
An evolutionary path
Call for proposalsN°1 – launched early 2007
Topics:1. Scientific Digital Repositories (€15m)2. Deployment of e-Infrastructures for new
Scientific Communities (€24m)3. e-Science Grid Infrastructures (€50m)
Call for proposalsN°1 – launched early 2007
Topics:1. Scientific Digital Repositories (€15m)2. Deployment of e-Infrastructures for new
Scientific Communities (€24m)3. e-Science Grid Infrastructures (€50m)
•Support deployment of digital repositories for scientific communities by pooling existing resources at European level and supporting data storage, archiving, access, interpretation, interoperability, management & curation activities
•Enable scientists to effectively aggregate and combine information to generate and share knowledge, profiting from a transparent underlying data infrastructure across communities, institutions & geographic boundaries
Call for proposalsN°1 – launched early 2007
Topics:1. Scientific Digital Repositories (€15m)2. Deployment of e-Infrastructures for new
Scientific Communities (€24m)3. e-Science Grid Infrastructures (€50m)•Reinforce impact, adoption and global relevance of e-
Infrastructure across various areas of science & engineering; •Support continuous consolidation & expansion of e-Infrastr.•Provide advanced applications and capabilities to more researchers, capturing commonalities, fostering interoperability, promoting open standards and federating approaches across disciplines
Call for proposalsN°1 – launched early 2007
Topics:1. Scientific Digital Repositories (€15m)2. Deployment of e-Infrastructures for new
Scientific Communities (€24m)3. e-Science Grid Infrastructures (€50m)
•Support the further evolution and deployment of grid infrastructures and foster the pooling of more resources (across multiple scientific disciplines) in the grid
•Emphasize on provision of persistent, cross-disciplinary services with increased levels of interoperability, trust and security
Call for proposalsN°2 – launched end 2007
Topics:1. GÉANT (€95m)2. Scientific Data Infrastructures (€20m)
Call for proposalsN°2 – launched end 2007
Topics:1. GÉANT (€95m)2. Scientific Data Infrastructures (€20m)•Support the further development and evolution of GÉANT in close articulation with the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)
•Reinforce the provision of end-to-end connectivity and services (user-to-user)
•GÉANT to represent an instantiation of the “Internet of the future” by making timely use of state-of-the-art communication technologies
Call for proposalsN°2 – launched end 2007
Topics:1. GÉANT (€95m)2. Scientific Data Infrastructures (€20m)
•Support the deployment of standardised mechanisms to store, archive, authenticate, access, transfer, preserve, curate, certify, interpret scientific data
•Provide an integrated set of services exploiting the middleware and grid capabilities to federate data in an ecosystem of digital resources
•Support the deployment of a broad European multidisciplinary scientific data infrastructure able to be easily federated with knowledge infrastructures in other parts of the world
Pan-European Research Network
Access to 12 000 km of dark fiber/ unlimited capacity
IPv6 enabled
400+ active elements
Hybrid Network: Photonics + IP
3700 institutes
Global dimension
GÉANT (network)
GÉANT (global dimension)
GÉANT
SPONGE SEERENALICEEUMEDCONNECT TEIN2
North America/Japan
S. Africa IndiaChina Australia
~ 500 sites in 40 countries> 60 Virtual Organisations~ 24 000 CPUs > 5 PB storage> 10 000 concurrent jobs/day
Scientific communitiesHigh Energy Physics BiomedicsAstrophysics Earth Sciences Computational Chemistry Finance Fusion GeophysicsLife Sciences Multimedia…
EGEE (grids)
LINUX Power-PCLINUX Power-PC
LINUX SGILINUX SGIAIX IBM domainAIX IBM domain
High Performance Common Global File
System
High Performance Common Global File
System
SARA (NL) LRZ (DE)
CINECA (IT) FZJ (DE)
ECMWF (UK)
IDRIS (FR)RZG (DE)
BSC (ES)CSC (FI)
21.900 processors and 145 TF in 2006, more than 190 TF in 2007
DEISA cluster of supercomputers (grids)
Design Studies and Construction of new
Research Infrastructures
Hervé PéroEuropean Commission
Research DGHead of Unit – Research Infrastructures
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures ESFRI
Roadmap
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
FP7 will support the design of new research infrastructures
(or major upgrades)
Design studies aiming at the conceptual design for new infrastructures with clear European dimension and interest, not at a detailed designCase of e-Infrastructures: to foster new organisational models in domains of grids & dataEC support likely to be smaller than under FP6, i.e. less than 5 M€bottom-up call…Useful to feed the ESFRI roadmap process
FP7 will support the construction of new Infrastructures
(or major upgrades)
The list of projects to be supported will be based on the work conducted by ESFRI
A two-stage process:The preparatory phase: to check the commitment of
the Member States and reach a (draft) agreementbetween Member States and stakeholders for the construction
The implementation phase: the actual construction
The Preparatory phase
Tasks focusing on:Strategy developmentTechnical work (e.g. final prototypes)Governance and logistical work Financial arrangementsLegal issues
The first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap
Direct EC (average) contribution around 5 M€
Participation to the Preparatory phase
Project consortia should involve, as appropriate :
Public authorities or funding agencies at national and/or regional levelResearch and development agenciesOperators of research facilitiesResearch centres, universities, industry
The European Commission may act as a “facilitator”
The Implementation phase
Direct Community financial support will be very limited
The European Commission may again act as a “facilitator”
The challenge: an increased use of financial engineering
Financial engineering for new research infrastructures
Inclusion in Specific RTD
Programme(s)
Inclusion in FEDER
RELEX strategicplans
Stakeholdersincl. EIROs
Member states European Commission
Inclusion in national
Programmes
Projects
EIBRSFF
Risk-Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)
An innovative financing instrument, developed jointly by the EIB and the Commission to:
Foster increased investment in research by improving access to EIB finance, thus helping overcome market deficiencyGenerate a leveraging effect so that the volume of extra lending is expected to be a multiple 4 to 6 of the Community and EIB funds allocated to the instrument
Risk-sharing with EIB to allow:Larger volume of risky lending for researchFinancing of riskier, but creditworthy research activities
Call for proposals N°1 – closing in spring 2007
For design studies and preparatory phaseIndicative budget for design studies: 35 M€
7 to 10 projects to be selected
Indicative budget for preparatory phase: 135 M€34 projects
Closure: April 2007Single stage procedure for evaluation
remote + panel evaluation, with possible hearings
Results within 4 months after closure dateFirst contracts will come into force before the end of 2007
Support to policy development and
programme implementation
Daniel PasiniEuropean Commission
Research DGResearch Infrastructures
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures ESFRI
Roadmap
FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Policy development and Programme implementation
1. ERA-NETs for research infrastructures
2. Studies, conferences and coordination actions for policy development, including international cooperation
3. Coordination actions to support emerging needs
4. Network of National Contact Points (NCP)
5. Other Support actions, as appropriate
Calls 1, 2, 3, 4
To step up the cooperation and coordination of national and/or regional programmes/activitiestowards their mutual opening and implementation of joint activities
To contribute to the development of the European Research Area by improving coherence across Europe of such programmes/activities
1. ERA-NET for Research Infrastructures
1. ERA-NET for Research Infrastructures
Participants: Public authorities and agencies responsible for financing or managing research infrastructure programmes at national or regional level (e.g. ministries, research councils or funding agencies)
Activities may include:Information exchangeDefinition and preparation of joint activitiesImplementation of joint activitiesFunding of joint transnational activities
ERA-NET may be specific to a type of research infrastructures or more generic
2. Studies/conferences/coordination actions
for policy development
To support the work of ESFRI and e-IRG
To promote international cooperation
3. Coordination actions to support emerging needs
For research infrastructures in areas where a culture of cooperation is less developed
Support for Networking activities such as:Development of common standards, Protocols and interoperabilityBenchmarkingForesight studies for new instrumentation, methods, concepts and/or technologies
4. Trans-national co-operation among NCPs
To reinforce the network of National Contact Points (NCPs)
improving the services provided to potential applicants
facilitating access to FP7 calls
helping to raise the quality of submitted proposals
Call for proposals N°1 – closing in spring 2007
For:ERA-NETsStudies, conferences, coordination actions for policy development (e-infrastructures)NCPs and other Support actions, as appropriate
Indicative budget of 25 M€15 to 20 projects to be selected
Closure: April 2007Single stage procedure for evaluation
remote + panel evaluation
First contracts will come into force before the end of 2007
For:Studies, conferences, coordination actions for policy development (not for e-infrastructures)Coordination actions to support emerging needs
Indicative budget of 5 M€Around 5 projects to be selected
Closure: March 2008Single stage procedure for evaluation
remote + panel evaluation
First contracts will come into force before the end of 2007
Call for proposals N°2 – closing early 2008
Funding schemes and evaluation criteria
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures
Funding schemes
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
A combination of Collaborative projects and Coordination and support actions (I3s)
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures
Funding schemes
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Collaborative projects or Coordination and support actions (whenever appropriate)
Existing Infrastructures
Design studies
New Infrastructures
Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)
Integrating activities
e-infrastructures
Funding schemes
Policy Development and Programme Implementation
Coordination and support actions
Evaluation criteria
S&T quality: excellence of the overall project and of the specific activities
Impact: contribution of the project at the European level
Implementation: management, partnership, implementation plan and allocation of resources
Evaluation by independent experts
An overview of the first two calls
Call 1closing
April 2007
Call 2closing
March 2008
Integrating activities (Bottom-up and targeted) 275 M€- Scientific Digital Repositories- Deployment of e-Infrastructures- e-Science Grid infrastructures
89 M€E-Infrastructures
Policy Development and Programme Implementation - Studies, conferences …
(other than for e-infra.)- Coordination actions to support emerging needs
5 M€
- GÉANT- Scientific Data Infrastructures 115 M€
Design studies 35 M€Construction – Support to the Preparatory Phase
135 M€
- ERA-NETs- Studies, conferences…
(for e-infrastructures)- NCPs and other support actions
25 M€
Final Discussion
Ulf DAHLSTEN, Director DG INFSO Robert-Jan SMITS, Director DG RTD