Research Infrastructuresin Horizon 2020

INDRIDI BENEDIKTSSONEuropean Commission – DG Research & Innovation

Industrial leadershipSocietal challenges Health, demographic change, wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture,

marine -maritime research, bio-economy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green, integrated transport Climate action, resource efficiency, raw

materials Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Secure societies

- Spreading excellence & Widening Participation

- Science with and For Society

European Research Council Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Curie actions European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) –

2.488 M€

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology)

Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs

Excellent science

Horizon 2020– Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)

Research Infrastructures• Research infrastructures are facilities, resources and services that are used by the

research communities to conduct research and foster innovation.

Major scientific equipmentsKnowledge-based resources

e-infrastructures

Why an EU approach forResearch Infrastructures?

To address collectively the complexity and cost of the design and development of new world class research infrastructures

To open access to the research infrastructures existing in the individual Member State to all European researchers

To avoid duplication of efforts and to coordinate and rationalise the use of these research infrastructures

To trigger the exchange of best practice, develop interoperability of facilities and resources, develop the training of the next generation of researchers

To connect national research communities and increase the overall quality of the research and innovation

To help pooling resources so that the Union can also develop and operate research infrastructures globally

Research Infrastructures in Horizon 2020

1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyond Developing new world-class RIs Integrating and opening national and regional RIs of European interest Development, deployment and operation of ICT based e-Infrastructures

2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs and their human resources

3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international cooperation

Examples of projects supported by FP7 & H2020

PAERIP - 'Promoting African European Research Infrastructure Partnerships'

•Dedicated initiative to promote research infrastructure partnerships between Europe and Africa;

•Following a political drive on promoting science and technology partnerships between the European Union and Africa - The Joint Africa-European Union (EU) Strategy, adopted at Dec.2007 Lisbon Summit, including a dedicated Science, Information Society and Space initiative; •PAERIP focused on RI and contributing to policy dialogue and cooperation promotion events.

7th Framework Programme

COOPEUS

• Building a Framework for a Sustainable, Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Research Infrastructures

• Pivotal element for data harmonisation, curation, interoperability tasks;

• Design of a new generation of interconnected infrastructures

to provide a sustainable platform

for data, information and

knowledge sharing

7th Framework Programme

• SESAME is a cooperative venture by scientists & governments of the Middle-East set-up and Europe, on the model of CERN

• A science for peace initiative, science diplomacy - 3rd generation synchrotron particle accelerator

• EC has contributed more than 10 M€ & has an observer status in SESAME Council;

• Used for a wide scope of applications:assessing archaeological artefacts,infrared imaging of diseases, designing pharmaceuticals, solar cells enhancement, soil pollution measurements,CO2 capture, etc.

SESAME - Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East

7th Framework Programme (RTD – C and B4)

• EC strategically follows SKA and the European endeavours towards this next generation multi‐purpose radio telescope;

• PrepSKA coordinated and integrated R&D work in order to develop the fully‐costed design for Phase 1 of the SKA - a deployment plan for the full instrument;

• GoSKA and NextSKA supported policy actions to further engage the global radio astronomy community

and policy stakeholders in the development of the system design for SKA.

7th Framework Programme

SKA - Square Kilometre Array

ODIP 2 - Extending the Ocean Data Interoperability Platform

• Development of a common global framework for marine data management to address grand challenges as climate change and conservation of marine resources;

• Support prototype interoperability solutions to be implemented by the regional data infrastructures,

in order to provide users open access to quality multidisciplinary data and services;

Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

USA

Regional Data Infrastructures

USAUSA

USAAustralia

USAEurope

InternationalInfrastructure Initiatives

GLOBIS-B - GLOBal Infrastructures for Supporting Biodiversity research

Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

Aims:•Support global cooperation between research infrastructures focused on predicting the biosphere and measuring the indicators of biodiversity change; •Process big and massive datasets;•Develop interoperability and infrastructure services underpinning the concept of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) - a prerequisite for understanding biodiversity and ecosystem change.

This interaction with national, supranational and global policy bodies contributes to potential refinements of general policies and supports legal interoperability.

IPAD-MD Cooperation & coordination between the pan-European INFRAFRONTIER Research Infrastructure and complementary research infrastructures in America, Asia and Australia, contributing to the global effort of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC).

Aims: •development of innovative technology solutions;•development of high quality standards established in INFRAFRONTIER and in the IMPC, to ensure the reproducibility of results;•improve the global accessibility of high-quality resources and services enabling the biomedical research community to tackle health challenges. Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

CREMLIN - Connecting Russian and European Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures

Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

CREMLIN is a first and path finding step to identify, build and enhance scientificcooperation and strong enduring networks between European research infrastructures and the mega-science facilities to maximize scientific returns.

Aims: •contribute to better connect Russian RIs to the European Research Area;•foster scientific cooperation between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the development and scientific exploitation of large-scale research infrastructures; •develop a common best practice and policies on internationalisation and Opening;

EVAg

Mobilisation of an International network around EVA to collect, amplify, characterise, standardise, authenticate, distribute and track, mammalian and other exotic viruses. The network of EVAg laboratories includes 25 institutions, representing an extensive range of virological disciplines.•16 partners from Europe; •Non-European Partners from USA, South Africa, Russia, Australia; •Associated institutions: Japan, Turkey, Jordan, India(prep.)

Horizon 2020 – Grant under preparation

Work Programme 2014-2015

Research Infrastructures – WP 2014-15

4 Calls - 22 topics in total

1.Developing new world-class Research Infrastructures

2.Integrating and Opening RI of European Interest

3.e-Infrastructures

4.Support to Innovation, Human resources, Policy and International cooperation

Research InfrastructureWork Programme 2014-2015

CALL 1Developing new

world class infrastructures

CALL 2Integrating and opening research infrastructures

of European interest

CALL 3e-Infrastructures

CALL 4Support to innovation,

human resources, policy and international

cooperation for research infrastructures

Design Studies

Support to Preparatory Phase of

ESFRI projects

Support to the individual implementation

and operation of ESFRI projects

Support to the implementation of cross-cutting Infrastructure services and

solutions for cluster of ESFRI and other rElevant ReseaRch Infrastructure initiatives

in a given thematic area

Integrating and opening existing national and regional

research infrastructures of European interest

Managing, preserving and computing With big

reserach data

e-Infrastructures for Open Access

TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA E-INFRASTRUCTURES:

RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE

Pan-European High Performance Computing

infrastructure and services

Centres of Excellence

for Computing applications

Network of HPC Competence Centres for SMEs

Provision of core services across

e-Infrastructures

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

NETWORKING – GEANT

e-Infrastructures for virtual Research environments

(VRE)

Innovation Support

measures

Innovative procurement pilot action in the field of scientific instrumentation

Strengthening the human capital of research

infrastructures

New professions and skills

for e-InfrAstructures

Policy measures for research

Infrastructures

International cooperation for research infrastructures

e-Infrastructure policy development and

international cooperation

Network of National Contact Points

WP 2014-15 – Evaluation outcome

• 5 Design Studies

• 6 Clusters

• 10 Integrating Activities

• 1 policy support action (ESFRI)

• 1 support action for training of RI managers

• 4 INCO support actions for the internationalisation of

ESFRI projects and cooperation with strategic partners

Work Programme 2016-2017

The European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures

Process led by the European Strategy Forum on RI (ESFRI)

Currently elaborating Roadmap Update (2016)

Needs to take stock of international landscape

Will offer new possibilities for international

cooperation

Strategic orientations for the RI WP 2016-2017

Fostering long term sustainability of Research Infrastructures

Expanding the role of research infrastructures in the innovation chain

Optimising the management and the exploitation of research data produced or collected by research infrastructures, included e-infrastructures

Harmonising evaluation procedures of Research Infrastructures

Fostering long term sustainability of Research Infrastructures II

H2020 WP 2016-2017 will support actions:

to facilitate and support the preparation, implementation, long-term sustainability and efficient operation of the research infrastructures identified by ESFRI and of other world-class research infrastructures such as ERICs.

to support to the coordination, integration of and trans-national access to the existing national RIs with a long lasting effect in term of harmonisation, structuring and optimisation of the services to users, essential to foster users' and stakeholders' trust in the services and to ensure a long term sustainability.

Expanding the role of research infrastructures in the innovation chain

H2020 WP 2016-2017 will support:Customised services to increase participation of industry and, in particular of SMEs as users of RI. Support PCP/PPI or, as appropriate, to any other financial co-funding scheme that would effectively enable synergies amongst the RI, academia and industry.Support technology transfer and joint development of high-tech components and solutions in the integrating activities and in the activities supporting the implementation and operation of ESFRI projects and e-infrastructures. Coordination and networking of technological infrastructures, which provide R&D platforms on key technology for Research Infrastructures so as to develop a partnership with industry and SMEs and set strategic priorities for each key technology.

Evaluation procedures

Challenge: building an effective RI landscape in Europe requires long-term commitments by funders, efficient decision making processes and well-conceived governance and management practises for research infrastructures

H2020 WP 2016-2017 will support:coordination of national bodies/agencies involved in the evaluation of RIs, promotion of joint work to harmonise their ex-post evaluation and monitoring mechanisms as well as joint evaluation exercises.

Update of the ESFRI roadmap

ESFRI Roadmap• Roadmap identifies new pan-European Research

Infrastructures or major upgrades to existing ones, to meet the needs of European research communities in the next 10 to 20 years, in all fields of research

• First Roadmap published in 2006

• Followed by two updates in 2008 and 2010

• Now contains 48 projects

• Requires major financial investment (~20 B€) and long term commitment for operation (~2 b€/year)

Moving forward

Build on success:

•Go further in setting priorities

•A much more focused, shorter roadmap for 2016

•Look much more broadly at the research infrastructure landscape across Europe

• Landscape Analysis in 2016 roadmap

• Neutron scattering working group

• Activities to promote coordination in specific areas e.g. PRACE, working with e-IRG

Rules for new Roadmap

Much shorter – only ~25 Projects on the new Roadmap Projects that have been on the roadmap and not

implemented will automatically roll off after 10 years Any project that wants to be considered again after

10 years must reapply, either in a different form or with bottlenecks resolved

Room for 8-10 new projects on the 2016 roadmap Entry level projects will be at a more mature level

conceptual design and feasibility done supported by at least three MS (1 + 2)

Every 2-3 years audit of the project by ESFRI Implementation WG

Opportunities to add more projects in 2018, 2020 as others roll off

Evaluation of Projects• Proposals will be screened for eligibility and

assigned to one of ESFRI’s strategic working groups

Scientific merit and pan European relevance (based on ESFRI criteria) will be assessed by the SWG, using the advice of independent peer reviewers

e-science aspects will be coordinated with e-IRG

Project and governance maturity will be assessed by the Implementation working group, again using advice from external experts, based on the approach used by the Assessment Expert group in 2012

Key dates

• 25 September 2014: Roadmap update launch (Trieste)

• Open for applications from national delegations and EIROforum(Most countries will have their own internal selection process)

• 31 March 2015: Deadline for new project proposals

• January 2016: New roadmap presented

Thank you for your Attention!