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The European Research Council Thierry Prost ERC Executive Agency Head of Unit "Advanced Grants"
Grant Management, Key ERC Statistics & Horizon 2020 ERCEA Grant Management HI Workshop Lyon, 7 May 2014
Presentation Overview
Agenda Background/Objectives of Today's Event ERCEA Organigramme/Grant Management Department ERC Achievements/Funding Key French Statistics ERC in Horizon 2020
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Agenda 09:30 10:00
Welcome / Presentation - Thierry Prost Host Institutions presentations:
- Magali Bayssiere – Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – Lyon Ingénierie Projets - Nicolas Stefanni – MSH Ange Guépin Nantes
10:45 11:00 11:45 12:30 13:30 14:15 15:00 15:15 16:00 16:30
Coffee Break Grant Preparation + Q&A - Pierre Dubosc Financial Reports/Payments + Q&A – Gabriel Karajian Lunch (with fixed "Help Desks") Amendments + Q&A – Veronica Williams Audit + Q&A – Toni Amanda Skeen Coffee Break Scientific Reporting/Open Access – Pascal Dissard Sharing of Beneficiary experiences/open question session Wrap-up │3
Background/Objectives of Today's event BACKGROUND Since 2010: 21 Grant Management HI events Two types: Standard event e.g. today (4 planned in 2014) Case-study/hands-on approach events piloted in January in Brussels and another one planned end of year
OBJECTIVE Provide grant management & scientific reporting information/guidance Point out some FP7 problematic areas Provide best practice examples Highlight H2020 novelties
ULTIMATE GOAL: Help you improve efficiency and help you avoid errors │4
ERCEA Organigramme
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Grant Management Department C Grant Management Department
C0 Management of operational budget, financial reporting and analysis
C1
C2
C3
C4
Starting Grants
Consolidator Grants (+ PoC and SyG)
Advanced Grants
Audit and ex-post controls
Each Unit deals with the full project life-cycle : •Granting •Payments •Amendments Management of audits on-the-spot remains with Unit C.4 + Communication activities, information Campaigns [Trainings and outreach events (for HI and PIs)] │6
Grant Management Department Our mission
"" -Based on a funding decision taken by the President of the ERC, after peer review evaluation of a call, Department C takes charge of the financial and contractual requirements, for the research to happen. -The Department is a service provider making sure that the PIs have the legal security and financial means to carry out their research in optimal conditions, keeping the administrative burden as low as possible.
ERC achievements Time line
Adoption of FP7 and IDEAS Programme Appointment of 22 Scientific Council Members
1st AdG call
Launch of ERC & 1st StG call
3rd StG and AdG calls
2nd StG and AdG calls
6th StG, AdG calls 3nd PoC call th 5 StG, AdG calls 2st SyG call & 2nd PoC call & 1st CoG call st 1 SyG call
4th StG, AdG calls & 1st PoC call
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
H2020 │8
ERC achievements After 7 years of existence… Established by the European Commission
Highly recognised by the research community 4 300 top researchers funded (65% are at an early-career stage); 64 nationalities represented Highly competitive (average success rate 12%) Working in almost 600 different institutions in 29 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
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ERC achievements Portfolio Established by the European Commission
By the end of the programme more than 4.500 Grants will have been funded for a total of 7,7bn€
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ERC funding funds committed / funds paid Established by the European Commission
About half of the budget committed for grants remains to be paid under IDEAS until 2021
*) L1 commitments signed │ 11
ERC funding FP7 legacy Established by the European Commission
Peak of Payments expected in 2015 │ 12
Success rates by country of Host Institution Established by the European Commission
based on: ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013 ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013
ERC grant distribution to countries of HI Established by the European Commission
based on: ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013 ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013
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Nationals at home and abroad Established by the European Commission
based on: ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013 ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013
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Mobility of researchers 40
Established by the European
Foreign PIs in FR 30 20
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StG/CoGCommission AdG
24 17
10
5
5
8
8
153
6 5
0
IT
6 4 3 7 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 DE UK US BE ES PT NL RU RO EL CA Other 7
4
30
French PIs abroad
417
20
StG/CoG AdG
14 18
10 13 6
0 UK
1 NL
6 5 2
1 2
4
DE
SE
Other
80
CH
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Current host institutions: data as of 11/02/2014
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Country
Higher-Education Institution
No
StG/CoG
AdG
Total
LS
PE
SH
UK University of Oxford
1
63
58
121
37
51
33
UK University of Cambridge
2
69
49
118
40
57
21
UK University College London
3
55
30
85
34
18
33
CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
4
35
46
81
25
53
3
CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
5
44
36
80
23
55
2
IL Weizmann Institute
6
51
28
79
45
33
1
IL Hebrew University of Jerusalem
7
43
30
73
33
26
14
UK Imperial College
8
34
27
61
23
38
UK University of Edinburgh
9
24
21
45
10
21
14
BE University of Leuven
9
30
15
45
12
23
10
UK University of Bristol
10
18
21
39
8
25
6
DE University of Munich (LMU)
11
14
24
38
16
16
6
NL University of Amsterdam
11
21
17
38
3
11
24
NL Radboud University Nijmegen
12
25
12
37
14
11
12
NL Leiden University
13
21
15
36
1
17
18
NL Utrecht University
14
20
13
33
8
17
8
14
25
8
33
9
23
1
CH University of Zurich
14
18
15
33
21
5
7
UK King's College London
15
22
9
31
12
5
14
IL Tel Aviv University
15
17
14
31
11
17
3
CH University of Geneva
15
14
17
31
19
9
3
FI University of Helsinki
16
16
14
30
21
7
2
16
18
12
30
28
No
StG
AdG
Total
LS
PE
SH
FR National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
1
143
66
209
59
119
31
DE Max Planck Society
2
65
45
110
58
45
7
FR National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
3
39
18
57
54
1
2
FR French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
4
34
9
43
7
35
1
ES Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
5
25
15
40
15
20
5
FR National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic Control (INRIA)
6
19
12
31
IL Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
SE Karolinska Institute Country
Research Organisation
2
31
Top European Institutions hosting at least 30 ERC Grantees by funding Schemes Established by the European Commission
StG/CoG 2007-2013 AdG 2008-2013
First legal signatories of the grant agreement Data as of 11/02/2014
Top host institutions in France based on: ERC Starting and Consolidator grant calls 2007-2013 ERC Advanced grant calls 2008-2013 ERC Proof of Concept 2011-2013
• CNRS - 216 ERC grants:
Current host institutions; data as of 11/02/2014
Established by the European Commission
66 AdG, 144 StG/CoG, and 6 PoC
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Proof-of-Concept grants by country of Host Institution Established by the European Commission
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HORIZON 2020 The ERC under H2020 and the novelties in grant management
ERC in the H2020 structure Established by the European Commission
The HORIZON 2020 main components: Excellent Science World class science is foundation of technologies, jobs, well-being Europe needs to develop, attract, retain research talent Researchers need access to the best infrastructures
Industrial leadership Societal challenges
Excellent Science: European Research Council Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Sklodoswka Curie Actions Research Infrastructures │ 21
ERC budget almost doubled Established by the European Commission
FP7 budget € 50.5 billion ERC budget € 7.5 billion
JRC nonnuclear (3 %) Co-operation (65 %)
Capacities (8 %) People (9 %)
H2020 budget € 77 billion ERC budget € 13.1 billion
Ideas (15 %)
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ERC yearly budget Established by the European Commission
Phasing out of FP7 and phasing in of H2020 Established by the European Commission
Important active Grant portfolio, which will double from 2013 till 2021
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ERC in H2020 : Changes and continuity Established by the European Commission
Essential features maintained: Same schemes, same principles, same selection procedures/criteria Independent Scientific Council with full authority over funding strategy Executive Agency with autonomous operation
Increased budget (13 Bio € in current prices for 2014-2020): More opportunities than ever for top research talents
Strengthening the Scientific Governance of the European Research Council: Strengthening the links between the Scientific Council and the Executive Agency Merging positions of President of ERC and Secretary General Full-time President based in Brussels 3 Vice-Chairs elected from amongst the Scientific Council members
Novelties in Grant management Paperless exchanges …at last! Established by the European Commission
Electronic signature Of the Grant Agreement Of the Amendments Financial Statements and reports
Communication between the EC and the beneficiaries Through the Participant Portal Electronic-only submission of reports as a general rule
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Novelties in Grant management The new Model Grant Agreement Established by the European Commission
A single document with all provisions:
Core text
General conditions
FP7
Specific provisions Annexes III
Novelties in Grant management Key simplifications planned Established by the European Commission
-Successful PIs to get working more quickly: reduced time to grant -Less requirements for time records -Less audits and audit Certificates -Wider use of IT tools │ 28
ERC in H2020 Work program 2014, summary of main features Established by the European Commission
Publication date of first calls : December 11, 2013 Three ERC frontier research grants will be available under Work Programme 2014: Starting; Consolidator; and Advanced Grants The Scientific Council will analyse the pilot phase of the ERC Synergy Grant (calls were made under Work Programmes 2012 and 2013) before deciding on the scope and timing of future calls. No SyG call under Work Programme 2014 Extension of restrictions on applications will apply to the 2015 calls based on the outcome of the evaluation of the 2014 calls ERC Principal Investigators will also continue to be able to apply for the Proof of Concept Grant, first introduced in 2011 Overhead: 25% Indicative budget for 2015 to help the research community to plan applications │ 29
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