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EPOS Preparatory phaseTorild van Eck (ORFEUS)
Call INFRA-2010-2.2.1Deadline: December 3, 2009
Funding: between 3 and 6 MEuroDuration: max 4 year
Call information
• Construction of new Infrastructures – preparatory phase• Funding scheme: Combination of Collaborative Projects and
Coordination and Support Actions.• Special ‘Guide for Applicants’ (http://cordis.europe.eu)• Call INFRA-2010-2.2.2 Specially dedicated to EPOS• Commitment letters from governmental agencies crucial• Not a scientific research project!
Notes:Project helps EPOS to reach the ‘technical, legal and financial
maturity required to enable the construction work to start’.This call is the first and, probably, last chance (for long) to realise
EPOS. An unsuccessful Preparatory Phase project results in removal from the ESFRI roadmap!.
Activities to be included in the proposal
• Support actions (100% coverage) – Legal work– Governance and logistical work– Strategic work– Financial work
• RTD actions (50 – 75% coverage)
• Coordination Actions (100% coverage)
Support actions
• Support actions: legal work- Setting-up, construction and operation of the RI- Draft agreement, ‘signature ready’ document for set-up and
construction of the RI
• Support action: governance and logistical work- Plans (decision making), management structure, advisory
body, IPR, access rules, etc- Planning (timing, resources) staff recruitment for EPOS- Organisation of logistic support for researchers, including
informatics, etc
Support actions
• Support action: strategic work- Socio-economic impact EPOS- .’Harmoniously’ integration EPOS to related RI in EU development- Create and consolidate ‘centres of excellence’ and/or regional partner facilities- Best possible site EPOS (less relevant in distributes RI)- Planning research services provided on international level
• Support action: financial work- Financial arrangements construction, operation, decommissioning of EPOS-Study new mechanisms, pre-commercial precurement processes, search for new and innovative financial solutions by authorities to fund the RI
Research and Technological Development actions
• RTD action: technical work- Draft engineering plans- Prototypes for key tecnologies and implementation plans for
transfer from existing prototypes to new RI.- Technical work to ensure users to exploit EPOS efficiently
from the start - including introduction of new processes and software.
Note: Informal information (EC project officers, Similar projects)
Technical work is relatively small part in the proposaland needs a very clear call-related motivation.
Coordination actions
• Coordination action: - Networking, coordination, general meetings, dissemination
• Project Management:- linking together all project componenents - maintaining communication with all relevant stakeholders
Note: Informal information (EC project officers, Similar projects
Coordination actions should engage all relevant stakeholders,i.e.country representatives, provisional EPOS management, etc.
beyond those in the consortium
ORFEUS organisation
• Non governmental Organization, founded in 1987
• Non-profit foundation registered at the Chamber of Commerce (KvK) in the Netherlands
• Goal: co-ordination and promoting digital, broadband (BB) seismology in the European-Mediterranean area
• Governance: - Board of Directors representing corporate founders (countries)- Execitive Committee: official representatives of ORFEUS (‘Bestuur’) appointed by the board- Staff: hosted by the KNMI in The Netherlands
• Participants: academic/research institutes
IUGG / IASPEI (Global)International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth
ESC (EuroMed)European Seismological Commission
FDSN (global) InternationalFederation of Digital Seismograph Networks
(EuroMed)Observatories and Research
Facilities for European Seismology
(EuroMed) European Mediterranean
Seismological Center
Board of DirectorsExecutive Committee
Participants
Assembly of all members Coordination bureau
Executive Council
GEO - Group on
Earth Observations
2009VEBSN – Virtual European Broadband Seismograph Network
Basic layout Project proposal
• 1. Scientific and/or Technical Quality1.1 Concept and objectives1.3 Scientific and Technological methodology and associated work plan [workpackages, strategy, planning, details, risks]
• 2. Implementation2.1 Management2.2 Individual participants2.3 Consortium [a.o. subcontracting, additional partners] 2.4 (project) Resources
• 3. Impact3.1 Expected impacts3.2 Dissemination, exploitation and Intellectual property
• 4. Ethical issues
Unique opportunity for EPOS
• Preparatory Phase EPOS proposal consequence of:
- ESFRI roadmap 2008
- EC priorities for large scale research Infrastructures
• Future EC funding opportunities limited:
- Infrastructure funding targeted
- severe competition with other sciences
Established coordinated structure, like EPOS, will facilitate future EC funding opportunities for our community.