EC Horizon 2020 Update

November 2014

Katie Lambert (STFC International, UK National Contact Point for Research Infrastructures Programme)

Alexandra Berry (UK Research Office)

STFC: European Programme Support Officer

• Regular update meetings with departments • Secretariat to the Horizon 2020 Process Group• Legal Entity Appointed Representative Assistant to Gillian Carr

(Legal and Commercial)• One on one pre bid admin support, including EC participant

portal (forms etc)• Maintenance of Horizon 2020 Staff Sharepoint, including bids

in preparation/submitted list• Staff Horizon 2020 e-bulletins • Building relationships with UK Research Office and EC• Work Programme development via UK NCP Network

Katie Lambert: Roles

UK National Contact Point for EC H2020 Research Infrastructures Programme Support to Peter Fletcher as the UK lead on the Programme

Committee and ERIC Committee Answer queries from the UK research community across all

RCUK remits Hold national information sessions Attend Programme Management Committee meetings and

collect/collate feedback from UK community Maintain RI Webpage on the Horizon 2020 UK Website Maintain UK mailing list

Katie Lambert: Roles Cont

Consultation with stakeholder community, e.g. through:• Expert Advisory Groups

• ETPs, EIPs, JPIs, cPPPs, etc

Second half 2014: Exchange with Member States

First half 2015: Development of content of 2016-2017 Work Programmes - includes advisory groups' input into the content followed by exchanges with the member states through the configurations of the programme committee

Not earlier than summer 2015: The formal opinion will then be expected at the beginning of the summer 2015 leading to the adoption of the 2016-2017 Work Programmes in the third quarter of 2015 and publication of calls for proposals

(Subject to change)

Towards Work Programme 2016-2017

Integrated activities:

• Open 2 stage call for starting communities• Targeted approach to advanced communities TBC

INFRADEV support to ESFRI projects to be defined early next year

E-infrastructures focus on big data and open data continues and more focus on training e-scientists

2016-2017 RI Work Programme

Strategic orientations for the WP 2016-2017

Fostering long term sustainability of Research Infrastructures

Expanding the role of research infrastructures in the innovation chain, supporting Open Digital Science (widening access to scientific information – publications and data), improving skills and human capital

Optimising the management and the exploitation of research data produced or collected by research infrastructures, including e-infrastructures (networking, high-performance and distributed computing, supporting research communities embracing data-intensive science paradigms)

Harmonising evaluation procedures of Research Infrastructures

Detailed programming process

•

2014

End of Aug Draft scoping papers

17 Sept Identification of candidate focus areas

End September Finalisation of scoping papers

16 October Discussion with PC strategic configuration on overarching strategic document

From 17 Oct until first week of Dec

Discussions with PC thematic configurations on scoping papers; including inviting the Advisory Group Chairs to the first meeting to present their findings

December Presentation of proposed strategic programming document to new Commissioner(s)

2015

Jan-July Preparation of detailed work programme 2016/17 content, prepared on basis of strategic programming document

Summer Opinions of Programme Committee configurations

Third quarter Adoption of work programme by Commission; publication of calls for 2016

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Excellent Science

European Research Council (ERC)

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Research Infrastructures

Industrial Leadership

Leadership in Enabling and Industrial

Technologies (LEIT) - ICT, KETs, Space

Access to Risk Finance

Innovation in SMEs

Societal Challenges

Health and Wellbeing

Food security

Energy

Transport

Climate action

Societies

Security

Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Science with and for Society, Fast Track to Innovation

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

(EIT)

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

EURATOM

Horizon 2020 structure

Objectives: Make Europe more attractive to researchers

Structuring effect on the European Research Area

through trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility in

order to create a European labour market for

researchers Strengthen human potential by:

• Encouraging people to become researchers

• Encouraging researchers to carry out their research

in Europe Trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Operates in a ‘bottom-up’ basis, open to all research and innovation areas

Mobility is a key requirement Key areas supported:

• Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers

• Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

• Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge

• Contributing to a strong partnership with Member States via the co-funding of activities

MSCA in Horizon 2020

Definitions

Early Stage Researcher (ESR)At the time of recruitment (ITN) or secondment (RISE) by the host organisation, be in the first 4 years (full-time research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree

Experienced Researcher (ER)At the time of the call deadline (IF) or secondment (RISE) by the host organisation, be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience

Academic sectorIncludes universities (public and private), higher education institutions (public and private), non-profit research institutions (public and private), research foundations, research institutions associated to foundations, international European interest organisations

Non-academic sectorIncludes any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector

FP7 Horizon 2020

ITN ITN Innovative Training Networks (Early Stage Researchers)

IEF

IF Individual Fellowships(Experienced Researchers)

IOF

IIF

CIG

IAPPRISE

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

(Exchange of Staff)IRSES

COFUND COFUND Cofunding or regional, national and international programmes

MSCA – 4 Schemes

Also Researchers’ Night

MSCA calls – 2015 timetable

Call identifier Publication date Deadline Call budget, €M

MSCA-ITN-2015 02 September 2014 13 January 2015 370

MSCA-RISE-2015 06 January 2015 28 April 2015 80

MSCA-IF-2015 12 March 2015 10 September 2015 213

MSCA-COFUND-2015

14 April 2015 01 October 2015 80

• UKRO portal article with presentations from ITN training event: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/subscriber/Pages/141024_ncp_itn.aspx

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsInnovative Training Networks

Participants defined as ‘academic’ and ‘non-academic’

Early stage researchers (ESRs) only The ITN scheme consists of 3 strands:

• European Training Networks (minimum of three participants)

• Joint Doctorates (at least three academic participants who can deliver a doctoral degree)

• European Industrial Doctorates (minimum one academic and one non-academic participant)

Innovative Training Networks

European Training Network (ETN)

European Industrial

Doctorate (EID)

European Joint Doctorate (EJD)

Beneficiaries(Level 1)

min 3 in 3 different MS/AC

(6-10 beneficiaries recommended)

min 2, one academic, one non-academic in 2

different MS/AC

min 3 entitled to award doctoral degrees in 3

different MS/AC

Partner organisations(Level 2)

Unlimited(any country/sector)

Unlimited(any country/sector)

Unlimited(any country/sector)

ESR contracts 3-36 months 3-36 months 3-36 months

Recruitment All beneficiaries must recruit and host at least

one ESR

Two options: 100% employment by one

beneficiary, then sent to other

beneficiaries/partner organisations; or

researcher recruited separately by each

beneficiary

Two options: 100% employment by one

beneficiary, then sent to other

beneficiaries/partner organisations; or

researcher recruited separately by each

beneficiary

ITN – 3 modes

European Training Network (ETN)

European Industrial

Doctorate (EID)

European Joint Doctorate (EJD)

PhD enrolment Typical Mandatory enrolment in programme provided by

beneficiary; joint supervision

Mandatory provision of joint, double or multiple

degrees; joint supervision and joint governance structure

Other aspects Secondments to other beneficiaries/partner organisations ≤30%

Min 50% in non-academic sector;

secondments to other beneficiaries/partner organisations ≤30% (over and above min

requirement)

Secondments to other beneficiaries/partner organisations ≤30%

(over and above requirements of joint

programme

Researcher months per project

max 540 max 180(with ≥ 3 beneficiaries:

max 540)

max 540

Duration 48 months 48 months 48 months

ITN – 3 modes (cont.)

ITN – results of 2013 call

Evaluated proposals Main listSuccess

Rate

LIF 299 37 12.4%

ENG 259 30 11.6%

PHY 103 12 11.7%

CHE 137 15 10.9%

ENV 116 14 12.1%

SOC 80 9 11.3%

MAT 9 1 11.1%

ECO 17 2 11.8%

EID 145 30 20.7%

TOTAL 1,165 150 12.9%

• UK co-ordinators submitted 255 apps

• 38 successful (14.9% success rate)

• UK participated in 1325 applications

• 182 successful (13.7% success rate)

ITN – indicative results of 2014 call

Evaluated proposals

Retain List Threshold

Reserve List Threshold

Success Rate

LIF 93.2 92 9.2%

ENG 92.6 92 9.6%

PHY 93.8 92.4 8.8%

CHE 91.6 91 10.3%

ENV 91 90.6 9.5%

SOC 94.8 93.2 9.2%

MAT 90 87.4 6.3%

ECO 95 84.2 9.1%

EID 87 86 18.8%

EJD 85.2 83.8 15.4%

Average 10.62%

Innovative Training Networks – initial information from 2014 call

MSCA - Statistics

Implementation mode

No. of proposals submitted

No. of ineligible/inadmissible proposals

Above threshold

Budget request above threshold

ETN 1,003 3 834 €2.884,728,716

EID 105 4 76 €95,492,560

EJD 53 1 35 €116,502,293

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsResearch and Innovation Staff Exchange

“Aim to promote international and intersectoral collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market”

Should involve institutions from the academic and non-academic sectors based in MS/AC and/or third countries

Activities of the programme

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

Networking

New skills acquisition

Workshops

Conferences

Career development

of staff

Joint research

and innovation

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

Amalgamation of IAPP and IRSES with numerous changes

• Project to be based on new or existing ‘joint research project’ • Supports ESRs, ERs and administrative/managerial/technical staff• Covers intersectoral or international exchanges, as well as a

combination of the two• For intersectoral stream - minimum 1 academic +1 non-academic

participant from 2 different MS/AC• For international stream – minimum 2 participants from 2 different

MS/AC and 1 participant from a third country• No exchanges between institutions located in third countries or within

the same MS/AC will be supported• Secondment period - 1 to 12 months- doesn’t need to be continuous • One simplified funding system- ‘unit cost’ with country co-efficient

factors • Maximum 540 research months • Duration – 48 months

Number of proposals submitted: 203 Number of ineligible proposals: 3 Number of proposals receiving an evaluation

score above the applicable threshold: 111 Total budget requested from these above-

threshold proposals: EUR 98.217 million Total budget in Work Programme EUR 70 million Final results mid-October.

2014 RISE call information

Panel 'Retained' list threshold Reserve list threshold Success rateCHE 82.6 76.2 50.0%ECO 70.6 70 33.3%ENG 78.6 75.6 40.7%ENV 78.4 75.8 45.8%LIF 78.2 76.4 45.5%

MAT 76.4 n/a 25.0%PHY 81.4 79 32.0%SOC 77.2 75.2 47.6%

RISE – indicative results of 2014 call

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsEvaluation and Funding

Proposals are allocated to one of 8 evaluation panels:

Evaluation procedure

Evaluation panels

• Chemistry (CHE)• Social Sciences and

Humanities (SOC)• Economic Sciences

(ECO)• Information Science

and Engineering (ENG)

• Environment and Geosciences (ENV)

• Life Sciences (LIF)• Mathematics (MAT)• Physics (PHY)

Additional multidisciplinary panels

for ITNs

• European Industrial Doctorates (EID)

• European Joint Doctorates (EJD)

Additional multidisciplinary panel

for IFs

• Career Re-start Panel

• Reintegration Panel

Evaluation scores awarded for each criteria from 0 to 5 Each award criterion has a weighting Total score is subject to a threshold of 70%

Proposals ranked Proposals funded in ranking order Evaluation summary reports provided No restrictions on re-application

Award Criteria

Excellence(50%)

Impact(30%)

Implementation

(20%)

Excellence• Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research programme

• Quality and innovative aspects of the training programme

• Quality of supervision

• Quality of the proposed interaction between participating organisations Impact

• Enhancing research and innovation related human resources, skills and working conditions to realise the potential of individuals and provide new career perspectives

• Contribution to structuring doctoral/ESR training at the European level and to strengthening European innovation capacity

• Effectiveness of proposed measures for communication and dissemination of results Implementation

• Overall coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources

• Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures including quality management and risk management

• Appropriateness of infrastructure and operational capacity of participating organisations

• Competences, experience and complementarity of participating organisations and their commitment to the programme

ITN evaluation criteria

Excellence

• Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research

• Clarity and quality of knowledge sharing among the participants

• Quality of the interaction between the participating organisations

Impact

• Enhancing research and innovation related human resources, skills and working conditions to realise the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives

• To develop new and lasting research collaborations, to achieve transfer of knowledge

• Effectiveness of proposed measures for communication and results dissemination

Implementation

• Overall coherence and effectiveness of work plan

• Appropriateness of management structures and procedures

• Appropriateness of the institutional environment

• Competences, experiences and complementarity of participating organisations and institutional commitment

RISE evaluation criteria

Researcher unit cost [person/month] Institutional unit cost [person/month]

Scheme Living allowance*

Mobility allowance

Family allowance

Research, training and networking costs

Management and overheads

ITN 3110 600 500 1800 1200

IF 4650 600 500 800 650

RISE 2000 1800 700

COFUND

ESRs 3710650

ERs 5250

Commission contributions

* A correction co-efficient will apply to these costs (see MSCA Work Programme table 4)

For COFUND: Unit costs are subject to a co-funding rate of 50% as established in the grant agreement. Unit costs are reduced by 50% in case researchers are recruited under fixed-amount fellowships.

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Useful Links

Horizon 2020European Research Council

ERC calls since 2007: a few statistics

• The UK was the most successful country in applying to the ERC in FP7:Over 880 grants

based in around 85 different UK institutions

Around 15% success rate for proposals submitted by UK

institutions (about 11% average overall)

Around 20% of all ERC grants based in the

UK

8 of the 24 Synergy Grants projects

funded in 2012 and 2013 feature at least

one UK-based PI

• See here for the details of funded projects: http://erc.europa.eu/erc-funded-projects

• And here for more statistics: http://erc.europa.eu/statistics-0

• And also http://www.ukro.ac.uk/subscriber/Pages/140827_erc_stats.aspx

ERC in H2020 – Calls 2015

2015 Calls StG CoG AdG PoC

Published 7 Oct 2014 13 Nov 2014 10 Feb 2015 7 Nov 2014

Deadline 3 Feb 2015 12 Mar 2015 2 June 20155 Feb 2015, 28 May 2015, 1 Oct 2015

Budget EUR 430m (c. 330 grants)

EUR 585m (c. 330 grants

EUR 630m (c. 280 grants)

EUR 20m(c. 130 grants)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsEvaluation and Funding

Proposals are allocated to one of 8 evaluation panels:

Evaluation procedure

Evaluation panels

• Chemistry (CHE)• Social Sciences and

Humanities (SOC)• Economic Sciences

(ECO)• Information Science

and Engineering (ENG)

• Environment and Geosciences (ENV)

• Life Sciences (LIF)• Mathematics (MAT)• Physics (PHY)

Additional multidisciplinary panels

for ITNs

• European Industrial Doctorates (EID)

• European Joint Doctorates (EJD)

Additional multidisciplinary panel

for IFs

• Career Re-start Panel

• Reintegration Panel

Evaluation scores awarded for each criteria from 0 to 5 Each award criterion has a weighting Total score is subject to a threshold of 70%

Proposals ranked Proposals funded in ranking order Evaluation summary reports provided No restrictions on re-application

Award Criteria

Excellence(50%)

Impact(30%)

Implementation

(20%)

Excellence• Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research programme

• Quality and innovative aspects of the training programme

• Quality of supervision

• Quality of the proposed interaction between participating organisations Impact

• Enhancing research and innovation related human resources, skills and working conditions to realise the potential of individuals and provide new career perspectives

• Contribution to structuring doctoral/ESR training at the European level and to strengthening European innovation capacity

• Effectiveness of proposed measures for communication and dissemination of results Implementation

• Overall coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources

• Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures including quality management and risk management

• Appropriateness of infrastructure and operational capacity of participating organisations

• Competences, experience and complementarity of participating organisations and their commitment to the programme

ITN evaluation criteria

Excellence

• Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research

• Clarity and quality of knowledge sharing among the participants

• Quality of the interaction between the participating organisations

Impact

• Enhancing research and innovation related human resources, skills and working conditions to realise the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives

• To develop new and lasting research collaborations, to achieve transfer of knowledge

• Effectiveness of proposed measures for communication and results dissemination

Implementation

• Overall coherence and effectiveness of work plan

• Appropriateness of management structures and procedures

• Appropriateness of the institutional environment

• Competences, experiences and complementarity of participating organisations and institutional commitment

RISE evaluation criteria

Researcher unit cost [person/month] Institutional unit cost [person/month]

Scheme Living allowance*

Mobility allowance

Family allowance

Research, training and networking costs

Management and overheads

ITN 3110 600 500 1800 1200

IF 4650 600 500 800 650

RISE 2000 1800 700

COFUND

ESRs 3710650

ERs 5250

Commission contributions

* A correction co-efficient will apply to these costs (see MSCA Work Programme table 4)

For COFUND: Unit costs are subject to a co-funding rate of 50% as established in the grant agreement. Unit costs are reduced by 50% in case researchers are recruited under fixed-amount fellowships.

Horizon 2020European Research Council

ERC calls since 2007: a few statistics

• The UK was the most successful country in applying to the ERC in FP7:Over 880 grants

based in around 85 different UK institutions

Around 15% success rate for proposals submitted by UK

institutions (about 11% average overall)

Around 20% of all ERC grants based in the

UK

8 of the 24 Synergy Grants projects

funded in 2012 and 2013 feature at least

one UK-based PI

• See here for the details of funded projects: http://erc.europa.eu/erc-funded-projects

• And here for more statistics: http://erc.europa.eu/statistics-0

• And also http://www.ukro.ac.uk/subscriber/Pages/140827_erc_stats.aspx

ERC in H2020 – Calls 2015

2015 Calls StG CoG AdG PoC

Published 7 Oct 2014 13 Nov 2014 10 Feb 2015 7 Nov 2014

Deadline 3 Feb 2015 12 Mar 2015 2 June 20155 Feb 2015, 28 May 2015, 1 Oct 2015

Budget EUR 430m (c. 330 grants)

EUR 585m (c. 330 grants

EUR 630m (c. 280 grants)

EUR 20m(c. 130 grants)