FET Open in Horizon 2020 51214 Roumen Borissov Scientific/Technical Project Officer Future and Emerging Technologies, DG CONNECT European Commission
FET Open in FP7 a portfolio snapshot Evolutionary microfluidix Bacterial Computing with Engineered Populations Artificial Wet Neuronal Networks from Compartmentalised Excitable Chemical Media Innovative Robotic Artefacts Inspired by Plant Roots for Soil Monitoring Enhance environmental awareness through social information technologies A closed-loop neural prosthesis for dizziness suppression ICT challenges of mineral extraction under extreme geo-environmental conditions Optogenetic Neural stimulation platform A theoretical framework for swarms of GRN-controlled agents which display adaptive tissue-like organisation Body on a Chip Hyper Interaction Viability Experiments Social Interaction and Entrainment using Music PeRformance Experimentation Curved Artificial Compound Eyes Similarity-Based Pattern Analysis and Recognition Linking biological and artificial neuronal assemblies to restore lost brain functions: towards the design of innovative bi-directional neuroprostheses Electronic Chemical Cell 3
FET Open + Popular FET-hallmark scheme + Attracts new disciplines and actors, including many young ones and SMEs + Numerous success stories + A source of new directions and early signals + Largely academic, with some high-tech industry and SME participation - Highly competitive 8
From FP7 to H2020 A new level of ambition - New mandate, going beyond ICT - Pathfinding Europe s technological future - Bootstrapping new R&I eco-systems - New large-scale partnering initiatives complementing small and medium scale activities - FET Flagships - High-Performance Computing (ETP4HPC) - A much larger intervention budget FET: a new actor in the S&T funding landscape 9
FET in Horizon 2020 Excellent Science pillar in H2020 European Research Council (13B ) Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (6,1B ) Future and Emerging Technologies Research infrastructures programme (2,4B ) FET: 2,7 B "Future and emerging technologies shall support collaborative research in order to extend Europe s capacity for advanced and paradigm-changing innovation. It shall foster scientific collaboration across disciplines on radically new, high-risk ideas and accelerate development of the most promising emerging areas of science and technology as well as the Union wide structuring of the corresponding scientific communities." HORIZON 2020 - THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (2014-2020) Pathfinding Europe's technological future(s) 10
FET funding schemes Open, light and agile Roadmap based research FET-Open FET Proactive FET Flagships Early Ideas Individual research projects Exploration and Incubation Topical clusters of research projects Large-Scale Partnering Initiatives Common research agendas Exploring Developing Addressing novel ideas topics & communities grand challenges R&I: Only collaborative projects! 11
FET Open in WP2014-15 Call FET-Open : novel ideas for radically new technologies 'Open is open' All technologies, no thematic restriction FET gatekeepers define the kind of research that FET is looking for Scope defined by the 6 gatekeepers Bottom-up, but targeted - not blue sky research Collaborative research Seeds of future industrial leadership and potential solutions for societal challenges by: Fostering the emergence of radically new technology areas Building innovation eco-systems around them Total budget: 160M in 2014-15 Will grow steeply in the following years Instrument Research and Innovation Action (RIA) - 154M Coordination and Support actions (CSA) 6M Interdisciplinary Novelty Long-term vision FET Foundational S&T targeted High-Risk 12
FET Gatekeepers Long-term vision Long-term vision: a new, original or radical long-term vision of technology-enabled possibilities going far beyond the state of the art Breakthrough S&T target: scientifically ambitious and technologically concrete breakthroughs plausibly attainable within the life-time of the project. Interdisciplinary Novelty Foundational: the breakthroughs must be foundational in the sense that they can establish a basis for a new line of technology not currently anticipated. Novelty: new ideas and concepts, rather than the application or incremental refinement of existing ones. High-risk: the potential of a new technological direction depends on a whole range of factors that cannot be apprehended from a single disciplinary viewpoint. Interdisciplinary: the proposed collaborations must go beyond current mainstream collaboration configurations in joint S&T research, and must aim to advance different scientific and technological disciplines together and in synergy towards a breakthrough. 13 FET Foundational S&T targeted High-Risk
FET Open in WP2014-15 FETOPEN 1: FET-Open research projects Specific challenge Supporting a large set of early stage, high risk visionary science and technology collaborative research projects is necessary for the successful exploration of new foundations for radically new future technologies. Nurturing fragile ideas requires an agile, risk-friendly and highly interdisciplinary research approach, expanding well beyond the strictly technological disciplines. Recognising and stimulating the driving role of new high-potential actors in research and innovation, such as women, young researchers and high-tech SMEs, is also important for nurturing the scientific and industrial leaders of the future. Project size: 2 to 4M 1 step submission and evaluation of a 16 pages proposal Proposals are not anonymous Budget: 154M Deadlines 30/09/2014 31/03/2015 29/09/2015 Budget 77 M 38,5 M 38,5M 14
FET Open in WP2014-15 FETOPEN 2: Coordination and Support Actions 2014 Specific challenge: The challenge is to make Europe the best place in the world for collaborative research on future and emerging technologies that will renew the basis for future European competitiveness and growth, and that will make a difference for society in the decades to come. Scope: Proposals shall address one of the following topics: FET Observatory: identifying new opportunities and directions for FET research FET Communication: communicating on FET projects and activities FET Exchange: structuring an emerging FET-relevant topic and communities FET Conference: supporting the organisation of the third FET Conference FET Prizes: identifying suitable areas for prizes and competitions in FET FET Impact: Assessing the impacts of the FET programme Project size: 0,3 to 0,5M per topic, up to 1M for FET Conference Budget & deadline: 3M -> Deadline: 30/9/2014 at 17:00:00, Brussels time 15
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Evaluation process FET-Open & FET-Pro-active Specific evaluation procedure FET-HPC Standard evaluation procedure FET-Flagship Specific evaluation procedure 17
FET-Open call Call FET- Open Continuously open Cut-off date every 6 months March & Sept, starting as of Sept 30, 2014 Submission & Evaluation 1 step submission 1 stage evaluation based on FET specific evaluation criteria High quality peer review 4 experts per proposals to best address multi-disciplinary nature of FET Grant Grant based on proposal 'as-is' -> No negotiation All information needed has to be in the proposal! Time to contract of max. 8 months from cut-off date ESR within 5 months, contracts within 3 extra months! 18
FET-Open RIA One step submission and evaluation Part A: Administrative part of the proposal Part B : Scientific part of the proposal 16 pages core proposal Cover page Section 1: S&T Excellence Section 2: Impact Section 3: Implementation Additional information Section 4: Members of the consortium E.g. legal entity, CV, subcontract, third party Section 5: Ethics and Security Ethics self-assessment & supporting documents Security checklist Cover page strictly limited to 1 page! Section 1,2 & 3 are strictly limited to 15 pages! Otherwise ineligible! Section 4 & 5 are not covered by the page limit. 19
FET-Open CSA One step submission and evaluation Part A: Administrative part of the proposal Part B : Scientific part of the proposal 50 pages core proposal Cover page Section 1: S&T Excellence Section 2: Impact Section 3: Implementation Additional information Section 4: Members of the consortium E.g. legal entity, CV, subcontract, third party Section 5: Ethics and Security Ethics self-assessment & supporting documents Security checklist Cover page strictly limited to 1 page! Section 1,2 & 3 are 'limited' to 50 pages (rest watermarked) Section 4 & 5 are not covered by the page limit. 20
Evaluation process Remote phase Panel in Brussels Individual Evaluation Report 1 Entire process monitored by independent experts Individual Evaluation Report 2 Proposal Individual 3 Evaluation Report Draft CR ESR Ranking Step 1: - Eligibility check - Assignment of experts Step 2: IER - Experts prepare Individual Evaluation Report (IER) Individual Evaluation Report 4 Step 3: - EC Quality check of IER Step 4: Draft CR - Collation of 4 IER comments per criteria - median score per criteria Step 5: Panel finalise CR: - Check IER comments - Add panel comments - Decide on final score Step 6: Ranking on: - Total score - If tied: topic overlap -> S&T score -> Impact score -> SME budget -> gender balance
Final CR=> Evaluation Summary Report Panel Comment S&T Excellence: score /5 - Expert 1 comments - Expert 2 comments - Expert 3 comments - Expert 4 comments Impact: score /5 - Expert 1 comments - Expert 2 comments - Expert 3 comments - Expert 4 comments Implementation: score /5 - Expert 1 comments - Expert 2 comments - Expert 3 comments - Expert 4 comments Remarks Total weighted score /5 22
Evaluation criteria (Research project) Excellence Impact Implementation Clarity of targeted breakthrough and its specific science and technology contributions towards a long-term vision. Novelty, level of ambition and foundational character. Range and added value from interdisciplinarity. Appropriateness of the research methods. Threshold: 4/5 Weight: 23 60% Importance of the new technological outcome with regards to its transformational impact on technology and/or society. Quality of measures for achieving impact on science, technology and/or society. Impact from empowerment of new and high potential actors towards future technological leadership. Threshold: 3,5/5 Weight: 20% Quality of the workplan and clarity of intermediate targets. Relevant expertise in the consortium. Appropriate allocation and justification of resources (personmonths, equipment, budget). Threshold: 3/5 Weight: 20%
Evaluation criteria (FET-Open CSA) Excellence Impact Implementation Clarity of objectives Contribution to the coordination and/or support of high-risk and high-impact research for new or emerging areas or horizontally Appropriateness of the coordination and/or support activities Transformational impact on the communities and/or practices for high-risk and high-impact research Appropriateness of measures for spreading excellence, use of results, and dissemination of knowledge, including engagement with stakeholders Quality of work plan and management Relevant expertise in the consortium Appropriate allocation and justification of resources (personmonths, equipment, budget). Threshold: 3/5 24 Weight: 40% Threshold: 3/5 Weight: 40% Threshold: 3/5 Weight: 20%
FET Work Programme call text: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020 /common/1587754-02._fet_wp2014-2015_en.pdf Get Inspired from our latest newsletter: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/read-our-fetnewsletter-edition-may2014 Contact for FET Open in REA: Roumen.BORISSOV@ec.europa.eu Note: All pre-proposal checks in Horizon2020 will be done by the National Contact Points! 25