Danish EU Presidency, Funding system for research

and Research Infrastructure

Peter Sloth, Head of Division for Research InfrastructureDanish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

NuPECC meeting @ NBI Friday 15 June 2012

From ideas to solutions – H2020 principles

• Increase the focus on relevance, impact and grand societal challenges

• Promote a close link between research and innovation

• Excellence as the main criterion for EU research and innovation funding

• Major simplification• Ensure enhanced participation of SME’s• Promote effective operational links towards the

educational programmes and the structural funds

Danish Presidency conferences

Research Infrastructure conference 21-23 March 2012

• Biannual ICRI conference back-to-back with ESFRI meeting

Conference on Excellence 19-20 April

• Discussions on excellence - what, why and how

• Input to the negotiations on the Horizon 2020

Conference on Science and Society 25-26 April 2012

• How can the dialogue between R&I and the society be enhanced and lead to more sustainable and social responsible R&I agendas

• Input to the negotiations on the Horizon 2020

Informal seminar with EU Parliament, Commission on Horizon 2020 April 2012• Informel policy discussion on central topics in Horizon 2020

Opening conference on the Horizon 2020 1 February 2012

• Discussion on the Commissions proposal for Horizon 2020

• Input to the informal Council meeting

Danish memberships of larger international RIs

ESA, CERN, ESO, EMBL, ESRF total 400 M DKK a year

ILL preliminary membership 2010-11 to be decided

XFEL from 2010 12 M DKK a year for construction

ESS located in Lund, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark (on the programme of today)

The Danish programme for research infrastructures

Support

• Establishment of large, national research infrastructures

• Danish participation in international research infrastructures

• Design studies, feasibility studies etc.

Guiding principle

• All proposals will be examined with regards to both their scientific value and the possible strategic impact

• Possibility for prioritization between national and international projects within all fields of science

• Proposals will only be funded if the realization of the project is in line with the strategic planning of the possible hosting institution

The Danish roadmap

Six scientific panels1. Humanities and Social Sciences2. Energy, Climate and Environmental Sciences3. Biotech, Health and Life Sciences4. Materials Technology and Nanotechnology5. Physical Sciences6. e-Science

• Call for suggestions• Panels prioritized 3 cases each • Ministry wrote a roadmap• Direct dialogue between researchers and Ministry• Direct dialogue between managements of Universities and the Ministri• Speed: Within 1 year, 6 projects were funded

National RI investments from ministry

Up to 2009 about 800 mill. DKK in total invested for national RIs through competition

The Danish Governments “Globalization initiative” gave 2 x 120 mill. DKK in 2010/ 2011 for national RI investments through a non-competitive proces – The Roadmapnarrow (6 projects funded: Digital Humanities lab, Large Scale national Wind tunnel, EATRIS, Danish Solid state NMR instrument centre, DanSeis – national Seismic instrument centre and eScience)

In addition a decision on the ESS was taken – Political decision

Principles! Project & researcher

Competition on project level and research groups as usual – excellence

Principles! RI level

Cooperation between universities on RIs to build on excellence and to build excellence

OPEN consortia to implement RIs – Roadmap projectsOPEN means actively inviting all relevant participantsNational RI investments to benefit the total research

community - or the single university can pay by itself!Universities to commit together in financing of RI of national

interest (together with ministry)

European Strategy Forum of RI (ESFRI)

Roadmap ready

Roadmap need to be implemented:

Need to prioritize and cooperate

Need to cooperate globaly on financing

Thank you – any questions?

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