Gianpietro van de Goor, PhDDeputy Head of Unit “Strategic matters and

relations with the ERC Scientific Council”

ERC-DIS / European Commission

Kalkara/Malta, 11 September 2008

FP7 IDEAS Programme

The ERC funding schemes: Case Study StG1

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EPSS coped well with massive response First ERC call for proposals closed on 25/04 without

any significant technical issue. Total number of proposals: 9.167 (registration figure:

11.251) The peak transaction time for the reference

transaction was 1.5 seconds The system handled a peak of 36 transactions a

second

ERC-2007-StGERC-2007-StG Electronic Proposal Submission System

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ERC-2007-StG ERC-2007-StG Two step evaluation process

300 anticipated grants

Awarded budgetabout € 300 million

Stage 2 evaluation: ~ 54% success rate

559 full proposals

Requested budgetabout € 535 million

Stage 1 evaluation: ~ 6 % success rate

8794 proposalsevaluated

(9167 submitted!)

Requested budget about € 10 billion

Interviews

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ERC Starting GrantERC Starting GrantProfile of the PI

• Any nationality or age• Any current place of work – but: working or moving to work in Europe

(EU member state, FP7 Associated Country)

• 3-8 years of experience after PhD - certain types of career breaks are accepted up to a maximum of 2 years read the Guide for read the Guide for Applicants!Applicants!

• Potential for research independence and evidence of maturity at least one important publication without participation of PhD supervisor

• Track-record of early research achievements appropriate to their research field and career stage Starters vs Consolidators

• First StG callFirst StG call (300 grants, 21 host countries, 32 nationalities, 170 host institutes)(300 grants, 21 host countries, 32 nationalities, 170 host institutes)

Average Age: 35 years (spans from 28 to 44y)Average Age: 35 years (spans from 28 to 44y) Average experience: 6-7 yearsAverage experience: 6-7 years Average grant size:Average grant size: Gender: 26% women (as low as 12% in LS2 up to 71% in SH4)Gender: 26% women (as low as 12% in LS2 up to 71% in SH4)

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ERC-2007-StGERC-2007-StG Profile of researchers- Gender and domain (top 300)

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ERC-2007-StG – Stage 1ERC-2007-StG – Stage 1 Country of host institution of the 8794 evaluated proposals

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Life Sciences

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Percentage of eligible proposals by country of host institutions and domains

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ERC-2007-StG – Stage 2 Outcome ERC-2007-StG – Stage 2 Outcome Grantees by country of host institution (top 300)

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Percentage of grants by country of host institution

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ERC-2007-StGERC-2007-StG Repatriation and Recruitment to Europe

from Australia

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from Argentinia

Source: Top 300 proposals

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ERC-2007-StG ERC-2007-StG – Stage 2 Outcome– Stage 2 OutcomeIncoming & staying grantees (top 300)

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Staying: Own country

21 countries

Percentage of grants by country of host institution

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ERC Starting Grant Case StudiesERC Starting Grant Case StudiesPublished in 'Science at the service of Europe'DG-RTD‘s- a brochure based on DG-RTD‘s Annual Activity Report 2007

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ERC Starting Grant Case StudiesERC Starting Grant Case StudiesOther publications available or coming soon

• List with names of PIs and host institutions of 430 retained proposals, incl top 300 being funded http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/Listfinal.pdf

• ERC Starting Grant brochure with Case Studiesavailable end of October

• Various brochures on Starting Grant case studies produced/published by national actors (such as in DE, AT, BE, FR)

• FP7 project database (FP IDEAS projects)http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects

• ERC project databasein development

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Merci!

Thank you!

Danke!