FP6 in 2004: The second joint call IST-NMP Andrea Gentili Directorate Industrial Technologies Research Directorate-general - European Commission andrea.gentili@cec.eu.int These pages do not represent any commitment on behalf of the European Commission. Please refer to official documents.see, e.g.: http://www.cordis.lu/fp6; http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html; http://www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology 1 You may well remember that we had already a joint call between the IST and the NMP thematic priorities 2 1
The joint call in 2003 was devoted to Manufacturing, services and products engineering in 2010 IST : Services and Products engineering in 2010 NMP : The creation of Knowledge Communities in production technologies Proposals could address elements in a single domain or in both domains, as appropriate 3 Evaluation process in 2003 in two stages for the IP & NoE instruments single stage evaluation of CA & SSA proposals joint IST/NMP moderators team Indicative budget: 60M in 2003 25 M (of which 20 M for the new instruments) from priority 2 35 M (of which 25 M for the new instruments) from priority 3 4 2
stage 1 702 M 70 Prop Retained stage 1 212 M 17 Prop Evaluation process (IP+NoE) Retained stage 2 137 M 11 Prop Indicative budget 50 M 10% success rate Average = 12 M Funding of 7 proposals (IST +NMP) possible with appropriate reductions? CA and SSA were also selected for funding 5 Lessons learned Pros Common call domain + cross cutting issues result in efficient coverage of research domain & effective projects (fill gaps, avoid overlaps) Coordination & collaboration are fundamental concepts in ERA joint call is a showcase Joint call is a very efficient method of coordination Allows further harmonisation of rules and procedures; exchange of best practices; synergies staff, experts 6 3
Lessons learned Cons Administrative overhead Additional complexity to the proposers (2 domain descriptions in the first call) Limited funding, high interest problem with oversubscription Ownership of tasks Complexity of internal decision making - no joint funding pot 7 Overall balance nevertheless clearly positive! For the next call(s): Call domain needs more focus and identical wording in all WPs A single budget Continuing in research of best-practices, more harmonisation and simplification of processes, procedures and decisions 8 4
Conclusions The rationale for the Joint Call is manifold: an opportunity to create synergies within FP6 a need to collaborate in international contexts (IMS projects) New focus areas of converging technologies: nano-electronics & nano-photonics bio-sensors & smart/hybrid materials Manufacturing area: need to put emphasis on International relevant projects (mainly STREPs/SSAs) need to gain synergies between IST and NMP competences in manufacturing 9 2nd Joint Call between the IST and the NMP Priorities A working group of the NMP Programme Committee met on 11 February to clarify principles. The NMP Committee met on 4th and 30th March to discuss the principles of joint calls as well as the contents of the 2004 call. The IST Programme Committee also discussed this. 10 5
Joint call for proposals under FP6... the next call opens normally, end of May, with a closing date on October 14 11 Reminder of Thematic Priority 3 Overall approach and objectives Transformation of EU industry with a view to sustainable development From resource-based to knowledge-based Promote real breakthroughs rather than incremental research Integrated approaches Not only research: integration of education and skills development 12 6
Thematic Priority 3 concentrates on: i) Nanotechnology, as a flagship of the next industrial revolution ii) Multi-functional knowledge-based materials, as critical drivers of innovation iii)new Production processes and devices, as the key to sustainable development 13 Joint call for proposals under FP6... the next call opens background: the first NMP call very large participation need for focusing and concentration, and selective use of instruments In the 1st call for proposals, NMP had the highest number of participations (almost 22,000) under FP6 in 2003 over all Thematic Priorites: 20% of the entire participation! 14 7
Areas and instruments for the 2nd JOINT CALL Integrating Technologies for the Fast and Flexible Manufacturing Enterprise Biosensing Systems for Health Materials, Processes, Design of Nanophotonics and Nanoelectronics Indicative budget: up to 180 M Balance of budget distribution among areas About 10 IPs, 25-30 STREPs, 10 SSAs 15 Instruments Only 3 Instruments (types of project) are open in this call: IP, STREP, SSA please pay attention when choosing! IP: breakthrough R&D projects with significant industrial participation Integrated Projects (IP) 2004 Networks of Excellence (NE) Not open Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP) Research at the frontier of knowledge Accompanying measures: roadmaps, etc. Specific Support Actions (SSA) Coordination Actions (CA) Not open 16 8
RTD focus: - Intelligent industrial systems and working environment; dynamic reconfiguration of complex systems Instruments: - IP, SSA, STREP Funding: - around 60 M Joint Call 1st area To support European leadership in fast and flexible manufacturing int l R&D collaboration 17 Joint Call 1st area Integrated research objectives for fast and flexible manufacturing Advanced Control and networking of embedded systems for dynamic reconfiguration of processes Multidisciplinary and dynamic work environments facilitating multi-stakeholders involvement and life cycle management Innovative approaches to customisation fulfilment, logistic, maintenance via miniature, wireless devices or smart tags 18 9
IP: focus on cost efficiency, performance and robustness of new concepts modularity and intelligence cross sectorial industrial participation life-cycle approach STREP: radical technological innovation international RTD collaboration SSA: Joint Call 1st area about 4 IPs, 4-6 Streps, 2-3 SSA better research, innovation, education for the future of agile manufacturing in intern l context 19 RTD focus: - Bio-sensing for Diagnosis & Healthcare Instruments: - IP, SSA, STREP (STREP s focus on the nano approach) Funding: - around 60 M Joint Call 2nd area Integration of bio-sensors & smart/hybrid materials for innovative bio-medical sensing & intelligent devices No drug screening included 20 10
Joint Call 2nd area Bio-sensors for Diagnosis and Healthcare Development of technological demonstrators offering enhanced diagnostic capabilities meeting requirements of cost and disposability Radical improvement of sensitivity, accuracy, precision, stability, selectivity, reproducibility, cost Molecular biology for increasing molecular (MR) anc cellular recognition (CR) capacities Holistic approach and/or including bio-sensorbased integrated systems towards Ambient Intelligence 21 Joint Call 2nd area IP: focus on bio-sensors integrated systems, technological demonstrators and life-cycle approach safety aspects and standards contributions to provide services to the bio-medical research communities and industry societal and ethical issues to be tackled STREP: radical technological innovation for acquisition of accurate data for healthcare or new concepts for nanotechnology biosensors based integrated systems SSA: RTD roadmap, benchmarks in intern l context 22 11
RTD focus: - Materials, equipment & processes for production of nano-photonics & nanoelectronics devices Instruments: - IP, SSA, STREP Funding: - around 60 M Joint Call 3rd area To develop nanoelectronics & nanophotonics for low-cost mass production No spintronics, but molecular electronics is included 23 Joint Call 3rd area Materials, Equipment and Processes for Production of Nano-Photonic and Nano-Electronic Devices Focus on developing S&T needed for low cost industrial production of advanced nano-electronic and nano-photonic circuitry including materials, processes, lithography, devices Nano-electronic and nano-photonic and materials, device fabrication processes, validation in devices Non-conventional nano-mos logic and memory devices and photonics/nano-electronics integration technologies and related production technologies Nano-structuring and nano-patterning technologies 24 12
Joint Call 3rd area IP: High industry participation Participation from all the stakeholders across the industrial supply chain Critical mass to facilitate a possible future market introduction and widespread adoption of results STREP: research at the frontiers oif the knowledge aiming at radical innovation in the long term nanotechnology interdisciplinary work SSA: RTD roadmaps, benchmarks in intern l context, dissemination activities in the most innovatives domains 25 Planning (to be confirmed) Call text agreed upon Call opening: 1 June 2004 (?) Closure date: 14 October 2004 Evaluation procedure: one stage Nov. 2004 hearings Dec. 2004 (all proposals > threshold) Drawing on the 2005 commitment budget 26 13
NSF-EC Cooperative Activity in Computational Materials Research Following an NSF-EC workshop, April 2004, San Francisco Areas covered include: crystal growth, suface absorption, structural defects, microstructural evolution, crack formation and propagation, spintronics, molecular & nano-eclectronics, quantum dots European research teams to send proposals to EC and US research teams to NSF 27 Recommendations for your future proposals Choose the right instrument Check if your objective is open in the call For the IPs, ensure critical mass, involve SMEs if possible, try to combine financial resources, include supporting modules for RTD actions, e.g. training, TT, spin-offs, IPR, ethics, etc. Develop an ambitious plan of activities Ensure pragmatic management (e.g. board of management, permanent secretariat) Remind possible international cooperation 28 14
For more information on EU funded research About the FP6 NMP calls About the FP6 NMP calls www.fp6.cordis.lu/nmp/calls.cfm General information on EU research www.cordis.lu/fp6/europa.eu.int/comm/research/ FP6 Thematic Priority 3 - NMP www.cordis.lu/fp6/nmp.htm Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies www.cordis.lu/nanotechnology Horizontal specific SME activities www.cordis.lu/fp6/sme.htm 29 15