Freia Van HeeNCP Joint Programming and ERA-Nets

Presentation of 8 March 2012

Fund for Scientific Research - FNRS

ULB

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTSF.R.S.-FNRS: INTERNATIONALISATIONF.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMINGCULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH IN FWB

OUR MISSIONS Develop basic research (bottom-up!)

What? : individual researchers (PhD, post-docs, permanent), research projects, equipment, international mobility

Criterion: scientific excellence

Support all fields of science: exact sciences, life sciences, human and social sciences

Promote scientific excellence: ~20 prizes a year

Range of funding programmes

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTS (1)

3 CALLS/ YEAR January – February: Call for ‘mandates’: fellowships at PhD and post-doc level, permanent contracts

June-July: Call for collaborative research projects and grants

September-November: Call for research infrastructure

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTS (2)

~160 M€ in 2011; 91,6 % of public funding

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTS (3)

66%

23%

3%5% French CommunityFederal Walloon regionTeleviePhilanthropyOther

Funding ~ 151 M€ for research in 2011~2500 Researchers hosted in universities

( PhD, Post-docs, senior )

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTS (4)

79%

7%

12%

2%Researchers

Equipment

Operating costs

Networks, public-ations, exchanges

Distribution of our researchers in the different fields of science

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTS (5)

Physics Sciences

Earth Sciences

Life & Biomedical Sciences

Ingineering Sciences

socio-economic sciences & humanities

0 20 40 60 80 100

PhD StudentPost-doctPermanent Researcher

%

Success Rates (%)

137

104

232

99

189

# Grants

Physics SciencesEarth SciencesLife & Biomedical SciencesIngineering Sciencessocio-economic sciences & humanities

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTS (6)

137

104

23299

189

A transparent two-step ex-ante evaluation procedure; database of 2450 experts (2/3 out of WBF); 14

international scientific panels

In average, 3,5 individuals experts per proposal (1st step: remote evaluations)

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTSF.R.S.-FNRS: INTERNATIONALISATIONF.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMINGCULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH IN FWB

A range of instruments to support researchers’ international activities

F.R.S.-FNRS: INTERNATIONALISATION (1)

137

104

23299

189# Grants

Funding instruments for mobility

Financial support for transnational research

ESF instruments ERA-NET (+) calls JPIs

« Administrative » support for EU actions

ESFRI (infrastructures) ERA-NET (+), JPI ERC calls Euraxess

International bi-trilateral agreements

F.R.S.-FNRS: INTERNATIONALISATION (2)

137

104

23299

189# Grants

Name Domain CallsASPERA 1ASPERA 2

Astrophysique des particules

ASTRONET Astronomie

CHIST-ERACHIST-ERA2

ICT 2010 - 2 projets : 200,000€

Complexity-Net Science de la complexité 2009 - 1 projet: 140,000€

ERA-CAPS Biologie moléculaire des plantes

ERA-Chemistry Chimie 2008 - 1 projet :371,500€2010 - 1 projet  197,500€

E-Rare 1E-Rare 2

Maladies rares2011 - 3 projets :330,000€

ERASysBio Biologie des systèmes 2010 - 1 projet/réseautage : 10,000€

EUROPOLAR Sciences polaires 2009 : 1 projet 173,000€

HERA JRPHERA Cultural Encounters

Sciences humaines

2012 – 1 projet : 200.000 €*NuP-NET Physique nucléaire

Total : 1,622,000€ - 8 projets

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTSF.R.S.-FNRS: INTERNATIONALISATIONF.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMINGCULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH IN FWB

Identification of scientific experts, mapping exercices

Study on the scientific potential of the FWB

Participation in the CIS-GPC

Dissemination of information and answering of questions

F.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMING (1)ACTIVITIES OF F.R.S.-FNRS IN JOINT PROGRAMMING

Monitoring of 10 JPIs

Participation in joint calls:JNDP: « A call for European research projects for the optimisation of biomarkers and harmonisation of their use between clinical centres », budget: 200.000 EUR/3 years

FACCE JPI Knowledge Hub: « A detailed climate change risk assessment for European agriculture and food security », budget: 37.500 EUR/3 years

F.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMING (2)ACTIVITIES OF F.R.S.-FNRS IN JOINT PROGRAMMING

Participation in a call, e.g. JPI is subject to criteria:

criticall mass of researchers in FWBcompatibility with the portfolio of the F.R.S.-FNRS (basic research in all scientific domains)

compatibility with the rules and regulations of F.R.S.-FNRS (international peer review, virtual common pot)

availability of funding

Budget: generally 200.000 EUR/project for 3-4 years: staff, equipment, consumables, travel

Eligibility: researcher affiliated to a FWB university and with a permanent contract

F.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMING (3)

F.R.S.-FNRS: KEY POINTSF.R.S.-FNRS: INTERNATIONALISATIONF.R.S.-FNRS & JOINT PROGRAMMINGCULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH IN FWB

5 universitiesULgULBUMonsUCLFUNDP

tangible and intangible cultural heritage research

CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH IN FWB (1)

> 10 research units:

CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH IN FWB (2)

Université centres d'expertise chercheurs identifiésUniversité de Liège Centre européen d'Archéométrie Mathis François

David Strivay Patrick Hoffsummer

Architecture, Géologie, Environnement et Constructions Jacques Teller

Histoire de l'art, archéologie et ethnoarchéologie africaines Pierre De Maret

MAIRESSE FrançoisLaboratoire Interdisciplinaire Tourisme, Territoires, Sociétés Jean-Michel Decroly, Anya

Diekmann

Architecture, Développement et patrimoine et Villes, Territoires et Paysages

Robert Yves, Francis METZGER

Crea patrimoine, Centre de Recherches Archéologiques Laurent Bavay

Service d'Architecture civile, Histoire de l'Architecture, Composition architectonique

Hugues Wilquin

Faculté d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme Vincent BECUEUniversité catholique de Louvain Faculté d'Architecture, D'Ingénierie architecturale, d'Urbanisme

(SST/LOCI)André de Herde

Facultés universitaires Notre -Dame de la Paix, Namur

ACANTHUM (Traces matérielles - Création - Patrimoine) Mathieu PIAVAUX, Claire DE RUYT, Isabelle PARMENTIER

Département d'Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie Michel LEFFTZ

Université libre de Bruxelles

Université de Mons

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freia.vanhee@frs-fnrs.be