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www.intas.be – [email protected] February 2004

INTAS – International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists from

the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS)

Established in 1993 to:preserve the best NIS scientific capabilitiesfoster social & economic progresssupport international scientific collaboration for mutual benefit

INTAS


Members & Partners

15 European Union member statesEuropean CommunityBulgariaRepublic of Cyprus Czech RepublicEstoniaHungaryIcelandIsraelLatvia LithuaniaMaltaNorwayPolandRomaniaSlovak RepublicSloveniaSwitzerlandTurkey

33 Members

12 Partner Countries

ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistan


INTAS Structure

Council of Scientists

Scientific advisory bodyNIS & MS

General Assembly

Decision making body MS

INTAS Secretariat

Executive body

Scientific conmmunities of NIS and INTAS members


Budget 1998-2002: € 75 million

Budget 2003-2006: € 70+ million

contribution from the European Community payments from member states & in-kind

contributions

additional resources through co-funding partners

INTAS Budget


Agreements

INTAS Agreements on Scientific Cooperation with:

ArmeniaBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussian Federation: Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Foundation for the HumanitiesTajikistanUkraineUzbekistan


"framework" agreements

tax exemptions of INTAS grants

duty-free import of INTAS-funded scientific equipment

official contact person in ministry / state committee

Agreements

INTAS Agreements on Scientific Cooperation for:


INTAS Activities

Calls for proposals for research and network projects: open calls, thematic & jointly funded calls

Pre-/Post PhD Fellowships for young NIS scientists Accompanying Measures : Summer Schools,

Infrastructure Actions, Strategic Scientific Workshops Innovation Grants ININ (INTAS FP6 NIS Information Network): Promotion

of NIS participation in FP6 & ERA

A newly developed IT platform = submission + evaluation + management ON-LINE


INTAS Priorities

• Search for scientific excellence

• Cover all scientific areas

• Include fundamental and applied research

• Support international scientific collaboration

• Select proposals on the basis of independent evaluations

• Allocate min. 75% of the funds to NIS teams

• Focus on young scientist initiatives

• Encourage NIS partners to participate in FP6

INTAS does not fund military research and abstains from any political and commercial activities

All participants in INTAS funded projects must comply with ALL applicable national laws. If in doubt (e.g. field trips), check with the relevant authorities


OWNERSHIP: team who generates the results

Other teams: non-exclusive, non-transferable access rights

Remuneration required:* exclusive licenses* commercial exploitation

Background: remains with original owner

Ownership of Results


Open callsCo-operative calls with: Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, RFBR (1995, 1997),

RFH (1997), Ukraine CERN, CNES, CNRS, DFG, ESA Airbus IndustriesThematic calls: Aral Sea Basin, Food, Information, Nano-scale structures, Polluted Environment

1992-2002

27 calls for research proposals including:


Impact of INTAS Funding 1992-2002

Impact

165 million Euro have provided funding for: 2555 projects ~15000 teams of scientists

INTAS has also funded: 562 young scientists fellowships 227 young scientists conference grants 198 monitoring conferences 21 infrastructure actions


1. INTAS Open Call 19.2 M € (closed)

2. INTAS - Belarus Call 1 M € (closed)

3. INTAS – CERN all 1 M € (closed)

4. INTAS – CNES Call 1 M € (closed)

5. INTAS – GSI Call 1 M € (closed)

6. INTAS Young Scientist Fellowships 2.5 M €

(ongoing)

7. INTAS Innovation Grants 500,000 €

(ongoing)

8. INTAS Accompanying Measures 1 M € (ongoing)

INTAS Calls 2003


INTAS Calls 2004

• 2004: thematic calls for proposals financed by INTAS and in collaboration with co-funding partners (Budget ~6,3 M Euro)

• 2005: open call for proposals and calls in collaboration with co-funding partners (Budget ~22 M Euro)

Deadlines: will be published on www.intas.be

• INTAS Summer Schools (25,000 Euro max.)• INTAS Infrastructure Actions (50,000 Euro max.)• INTAS Strategic Scientific Workshops (25,000 Euro

max.)

Fixed deadlines: 30 April and 31 October 2004, 2005, 2006 at

13h00 (Brussels time).


24, 30 or 36 months duration Min of 4 teams: min. 2 different INTAS members

+ 2 different NIS organizations CO from INTAS member state Max. 20,000 Euro/year X number of NIS teams Max. <300,000 Euro for duration of project Min. 75% of budget to NIS teams. Max.25% to INTAS Members

Basic contract modalities (open call)

Example: a 24-months project with 5 NIS teams will receive a max. total grant of 200,000 Euro, with min. 150,000 Euro for the NIS teams

Research Projects


Research Projects

Basic eligible costs (open call)

Consumables

Labourteam leader-up to 500€, senior scientist-up to 400€, scientist, engineer & PhD students-up to 300€, technical/other staff-up to 200€

Travel & subsistence

Overheads and other costs

€Equipment

100€/day2000€/month5000€ - 3 monthsOutside NIS & INTAS MS

If > 3000 €-> justify

Repair/maintenance of equipment. If more than 3000€ -> justify

i.e. Publication, dissemination, patenting, field trips, bank feesOverhead MS: 2000€ or 20%Overhead NIS: <10%


ONLY research projects

Rules & modalities may be different from Open Calls

Eligibility criteria may be different from Open Calls

Modifications can occur AND will be specified in the respective call announcements

Example: duration, minimum partnership, funding rules

Read CAREFULLY the calls announcements !!!

Research Projects

in case of collaborative / thematic call :


3 evaluators per proposal Give marks for each group of criteria Give comments on each group of criteria

Evaluationof projects

Peer review system with independent scientific experts On-line via INTAS web based system

1. Research objectives

2. Research programme & exploitation of results

3. Consortium

4. Project management

To evaluate the merit of


Fellowships

PhD fellowships

Duration

Post PhD fellowships

* 35 years or less at deadline, citizen and permanent resident of NIS

Working towards PhD & Continue for 2 years from beginning of fellowship

Be in full time research position at NIS organisation during the fellowship

Eligibility

2 years

Funding

2 years, 2 visits (4-8 months)

Funding up to 16 400€ (300€ - 1200€)

2 years, 2 visits (4-8 months)

up to 20 400€ (400€ - 1500€)

Objective encourage young NIS scientists * to remain in science (advance their career, research in NIS, establish international contacts)

Instruments 2 types of fellowships


Evaluationof fellowships

2 evaluators per proposal Give marks for each group of criteria Give comments on each group of criteria

Peer review system with independent scientific experts On-line via INTAS web based system

1. Proposed research

2. Institutions involved

3. Applicant

To evaluate the merit of


Accompanying

Measures - Summer Schools

ObjectiveStimulate a larger particpation of young scientists from the NIS in internationally acknowledged summer schools

Duration1-4 weeks taking place any time throughout the year

FundingAverage 2,500 € per young scientist with max. 25,000 € per year and per school.

Allowable costs •Travel costs•Costs for accommodation and subsistence•Summer school fees


Accompanying Measures –

Strategic Scientific Conferences

ObjectiveBring together the scientific community (of both INTAS and the NIS) and representatives of national and international organisations in science and industry. Develop strategic plans (research steps and scope, team and instrument involvement, time schedule, funding scenarios).

Funding Max. 25,000 €

Allowable costs •Workshop costs •Overheads•Travel and subsistence•Conference fees for INTAS invited participants


ININ Concept

ININ

Activities

Information dissemination & networking Scientific community-targeted activities /

events Support to NIS FP6 NIS National Information

Points (NIPs)


National Contact / Information Points (NCP/NIP)

ININ

Typical tasks: modelled on the European NCPs

Information & awareness raising about ERA, FP6 & international S&T co-operation

Advice, assistance & trainingFeed-back & reporting

Monitoring of domestic research communitiesNCP/NIP capacity building training coursesNCP/NIP continuing advice


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Teams 11 6 25

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Teams 22 80 78 81 72 50 22 21

1A 1B 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Teams 5 47

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Space research institute (IKI)

STEKLOV Institute (Moscow)

Lomonosov University (MSU)

Dubna

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Teams 44 57 2 3 1

1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (Dubna)

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Teams 24 1 2

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Protvino

High Energy Physics Institute Protvino (130 km SW of Moscow)

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Teams 3 1 2 16 64 10

1 1B 2 3 4 5 6 7

Pushchino

Institute of Biology(Pushino, 120km SW of Moscow)

Moscow

Expertise clé - Moscou et sa région


Ten years of solid experience in scientific partnership between EU and NIS

Publicity in the scientific communities in EU and in NIS

A set of approved tools, flexible and of easy access: Networks and projects, bourses, schools and

conferences, specifiques actions Variable type: open, thematic, regional, with and

without co-financing

Provision of the complete procedure: submission/evaluation/execution of the contracts

Partnership with science, funding on scientific demands, collaboration with scientific institutions

INTAS towards FP7 Strong Points


Round table discussion

• Collect critical comments to the topics presented in the workshop (don‘t repeat what has already been said)

• Try to identify the main directions of future technical and scientific needs and development

• Try to identify schedules, milestones and risks• Discuss financial including funding scenarios• Try to form cooperation for a complementary use of expertise and

instruments to address the next to be solved steps• Define points of reference in the larger scientific/ technical

environment • Consider if a co-operative action in the form of a Collaborative Call

with INTAS might be of help (enlarged and focused budget, synergy)

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