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The European Research Council ERC Funding Opportunities Alice Rajewsky 8 October 2021 ERC Webinar for Researchers in Russia
What is ERC? Established by the European Commission Afficher l'image en taille r elle The ERC supports excellence in frontier research through a bottom-up, individual-based, pan-European competition Budget: 16 billion (2021-2027) 2.3 billion /year 13 billion (2014-2020) - 1.9 billion /year 7.5 billion (2007-2013) - 1.1 billion /year Scientific governance: independent Scientific Council with 22 members including the ERC President; full authority over funding strategy Support by the ERC Executive Agency (autonomous) Excellence as the only criterion Legislation Support for the individual scientist no networks! Global peer-review No predetermined subjects (bottom-up) Support of frontier research in all fields of science and humanities Strategy 2 2
Scientific Governance by the Scientific Council Established by the European Commission 6
After More than 14 Years, a Success Story Established by the European Commission Highly recognised by the research community Over 10 000 top researchers funded during 2007-2020 67% are at an early-career stage 85 nationalities represented Highly competitive (overall success rate tending to 12%) Working in over 850 different institutions in 34 countries 50% of grantees in 50 institutions : Excellence attracts excellence Benchmarking effect: impact on national programmes and agencies; national funding for best "runners-up" Efficient and fast grant management 4
ERC Grant Schemes Established by the European Commission Advanced Grants track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years up to 2.5 Mio for 5 years Starting Grants Consolidator Grants starters consolidators (7-12 years after PhD) up to 2 Mio for 5 years (2-7 years after PhD) up to 1.5 Mio for 5 years Synergy Grants (re-launched 2018) 2 4 Principal Investigators up to 10.0 Mio for 6 years 1 PI can be based outside EU/Associated country Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage of marketable innovation lump sum 150,000 for ERC grant holders
Additional budget Established by the European Commission Major equipment, access to large facilities, + 1 Million for ( 4 Million for Synergy) major experimental / field work costs, Start-up costs (moving to EU)
Creative Freedom to Individual Grantee Established by the European Commission ERC offers independence, recognition & visibility to work on a research topic of own choice, with a team of own choice to gain financial autonomy for 5 years to negotiate with the host institution the best conditions of work to attract top team members (EU and non-EU) and collaborators Team members can be based anywhere in the world if justified to move with the grant to any place in Europe if necessary (portability of grants) to keep affiliation outside EU if desired to attract additional funding and gain recognition; ERC is a quality label 7 7
ERC Panel Structure - 2021/2022 calls https://erc.europa.eu/news/new-erc-panel-structure-2021-and-2022 Established by the European Commission Physical Sciences & Engineering PE1 Mathematics PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter PE3 Condensed Matter Physics PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials PE6 Computer Science and Informatics PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering PE8 Products and Process Engineering PE9 Universe Sciences PE10 Earth System Science PE11 Materials Engineering Life Sciences LS1 Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms, Structures and Functions LS2 Integrative Biology: From Genes and Genomes to Systems LS3 Cellular, Developmental and Regenerative Biology LS4 Physiology in Health, Disease and Ageing LS5 Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System LS6 Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy LS7 Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases LS8 Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution LS9 Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering Social Sciences and Humanities SH1 Individuals, Markets and Organisations SH2 Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems SH3 The Social World and Its Diversity SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production SH6 The Study of the Human Past SH7 Human Mobility, Environment, and Space Each panel comes with descriptors Not a classification; not exhaustive Any topic equally welcome 2021-2022: Two new panels (PE11, SH7), Contours of panels redefined, descriptors enriched (especially LS) 8
What is the ERC looking for? Established by the European Commission Frontier engineering, i.e. of science, scholarship and Multi- or interdisciplinary proposals which cross boundaries between different fields of research, or Pioneering proposals addressing new and emerging fields of research, or Proposals introducing unconventional, innovative approaches and scientific inventions. 9
ERC funding schemes Principal investigator and commitment Established by the European Commission PI Profile: Any current place of work but working or moving to work in Europe (EU member state or H2020/HE Associated Country) Any nationality or age StG: 2-7; CoG: 7-12 years of experience after PhD; AdG: no constraints Potential (StG) / evidence (CoG) for independence and maturity; strong leadership (AdG) Good track-record appropriate to their research field and career stage PI Commitment: Minimum 50% (StG), 40% (CoG), 30% (AdG) of PI working time on ERC project Minimum 50% of PI working time in an EU Member State or Associated Country 10
ERC funding schemes Role of host institution Established by the European Commission Located in an EU Member State or Associated Country Hosts the PI for the duration of the project Is a legal entity: university, research center, business research unit, etc. Is committed to ensure that the PI may: o Apply for funding independently o Manage research and funding project o Publish independently as senior author o Have access to reasonable space and facilities Signs Grant Agreement Overhead: 25% 11
Elements of an ERC application Established by the European Commission Extended synopsis 5 pages 2+2 pages CV & track record 14 pages Scientific Proposal 2 pages Resources 12
Evaluation of proposals Excellence is the sole evaluation criterion Established by the European Commission Excellence of the Research Proposal Ground breaking nature Ambition High-risk high-gain Feasibility (step 1) / methodology (step 2) Synergy Grants: goes beyond what PIs could do alone? Combination of scientific elements crucial to address scope and complexity of problem? Excellence of the Principal Investigator Intellectual capacity Creativity Synergy Grants: Group brings together necessary elements? 13
Evaluation process (2 Steps) (StG, CoG, AdG) Established by the European Commission STEP 1 STEP 2 Remote assessment by Panel members (generalists) of Part B1 Remote assessment by Panel members and Remote Reviewers (specialists) of full proposal (Part B1+B2) Panel meeting Panel meeting (with interview now also for AdG) A Proposals retained for step 2 B Feedback to applicants Ranked list of proposals A C B 14
Clarifying common misconceptions Established by the European Commission ERC funds frontier research, also in applied sciences Inter-/multidisciplinarity is not a must Publication record (i.e. h-index) is not an evaluation criterion as such The host institution is not evaluated Quality/potential of applicant is evaluated in view of concrete career stage and local conditions (access to facilities etc.) Societal impact is not an evaluation criterion Budget distribution across panels is based on demand (bottom-up) Projects shorter than 5 years or below max. budget also welcome The project needs determine the budget Each applicant is treated equally (irrespective of age, gender, previous ERC grant, previous submission, etc.) 15
Call Calendar 2022 calls Established by the European Commission Grant Call Opening Submission Deadline 23 September 2021 13 January 2022 Starting 19 October 2021 17 March 2022 Consolidator 20 January 2022 28 April 2022 Advanced 15 July 2021 10 November 2021 Synergy 16
48 Non-EU/AC Nationalities Established by the European Commission Over 8% of all ERC grants to principal investigators of non-EU/AC nationality
Country of host institution of Russian grantees Established by the European Commission 18
FP7 ERC 2007-2013 Evaluated Proposals from non-EU/AC Nationals Established by the European Commission
H2020 ERC Calls 2014-2020 Evaluated Proposals from non-EU/AC Nationals Established by the European Commission 20
Russian Researchers in ERC calls Established by the European Commission ERC evaluated proposals from Russian nationals ERC grants to Russian nationals 21
Country of residence of Russian PI at application (*) Established by the European Commission 79 PI resided in Russia at application time, of whom 3 were successful * Only countries with more than 10 applicants are included 22
Grantees outside EU/AC at Application Mainly European researchers moving/returning from the US Established by the European Commission Note: ERC grantees residing outside EU/AC at the time of application
ERC team members of Russian nationality Established by the European Commission Nationality of ERC project teams (PIs not included) Analysis of 1,901 Starting and Advanced Grants Estimate: around 800 Russian team members EU: 71% Assoc. Countries: 10% non-EU/AC: 17% unknown: 2% In all ERC grants over 10,000 non-ERA team members most from China, US, India, and Russia 24
ERC Panel Members by Country of HI and Gender Established by the European Commission Experts based in Russia participated 23 times in ERC evaluation panels 25 * Number of instances that experts based in a certain country contributed to the ERC peer review
The European Research Council Established by the European Commission More information: erc.europa.eu Tip: ERC Classes National Contact Point: erc.europa.eu/national-contact- points Sign up for news alerts: erc.europa.eu/keep-updated-erc Follow us on www.facebook.com/EuropeanResearchCouncil twitter.com/ERC_Research www.linkedin.com/company/european-research-council 26
