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Research Infrastructures for Robotics
30 October 2013
Bernhard Fabianek – RTD.B.3 Research Infrastructure
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
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Research Infrastructures
Research infrastructures are facilities, resources and services that are used by the
research communities to conduct research and foster innovation in their fields. Where
relevant, they may be used beyond research, e.g. for education or public services.
They include: major scientific equipment (or sets of instruments); knowledge-based
resources such as collections, archives or scientific data; e-infrastructures, such as data
and computing systems and communication networks and any other infrastructure of a
unique nature essential to achieve excellence in research and innovation.
Such infrastructures may be 'single-sited', ‘virtual’ or 'distributed'.
Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
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The Knowledge Triangle at Work
To be a genuinely competitive in the knowledge economy, one must be better:
in producing knowledge through research
in diffusing it through education
in applying it through innovation
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Why an EU Approach for 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 acquire and operate research infrastructures globally
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ESFRI(European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) and ESFRI Roadmap for new or upgraded European research infrastructures
Set up by the EU Council of Research Ministers in 2002: Representatives of Ministers of the 27 Member States, 10 Associated States, and of the European Commission
To support the development of a European policy for Research Infrastructure and discuss a long term vision at European level
Mandated by the EU Council of Research Ministers of November 2004 to develop a strategic roadmap identifying new pan-European Research Infrastructures or major up-grades to existing ones
First Roadmap published in 2006, followed by two updates in 2008 and 2010
Now contains 48 projects - Requiring major financial investment (~20 B€) and long term commitment for operations (~2 B€/year)
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10+38 new - or major upgrade of - Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest
(+ 3 additional projects from the CERN Council strategic roadmap for particle physics*)
ESFRI roadmap 2010
Social Sc. & Hum.
( 5 )
Life Sciences ( 13 )
Environmental Sciences ( 9 )
Energy ( 7 )
Material and
Analytical Facilities
( 6 )
Physics and Astronomy ( 10 )
e-Infra- structures
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SHARE BBMRI ELIXIR ICOS EURO-ARGO ECCSEL EUROFEL ELI TIARA* PRACE
E SS Survey
ECRIN INFRA
FRONTIER LIFEWATCH IAGOS Windscanner EMFL KM3NeT CTA
CESSDA INSTRUCT EATRIS EMSO EPOS EU-SOLARIS European
XFEL E-ELT SKA
CLARIN EU-
OPENSCREEN EMBRC SIAEOS
EISCAT_3D
JHR ESRF
Upgrade SPIRAL2 FAIR
DARIAH Euro
BioImaging ERINHA
BSL4 Lab COPAL IFMIF
NEUTRON ESS
SLHC-PP* ILC-
HIGRADE*
ISBE MIRRI HiPER ILL20/20 Upgrade
ANAEE MYRRHA Distributed research infrastructures
Single sited research infrastructures
RIs in the implementation phase
ERIC in preparation ERIC established
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The ESFRI Process
• Finalise concept and design • RI Organisation • Legal framework • Business plan • Finance model
ESFRI Road-map
EC Funding of Preparatory
Phase
Member States Funding of
Implementation Phase and Operation
Support from EC
Structural Funds
ESFRI Incubator
Role
Support from EC
Horizon2020
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ESFRI Research
Infrastructures
under construction
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Scoreboard 2012
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ERIC - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009)
A legal instrument at EU level, to facilitate the joint establishment and operation of RI of European interest.
Legal personality recognized in all Member States
Qualifies as an international organization for the purposes of VAT (exemption under certain limits and conditions from VAT and excise duties) and Public Procurement Directives
The Commission has awarded the ERIC status to SHARE and CLARIN
Three more ERIC applications examined: EURO-ARGO, ECRIN and ESSurvey; about fifteen ERICs are expected to be launched by 2015
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RIs in the Europe 2020- Innovation Union Flagship Initiave
Innovation Union commitment: By 2015, to complete or to have launched the construction of 60% of the priority European research infrastructures currently identified by ESFRI. (Member States + Commission)
Opening of Member State operated research infrastructures to the full European user community
The European Union should step up its cooperation on the roll-out of the global research infrastructures
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Industrial leadership Societal 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 secure societies
European Research Council Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Curie actions European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures)
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)
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Horizon 2020 RI Toolbox of Activities
Implementation Concept Preparation Operation
Design Study
Grant Preparatory
Phase
Grant
ESFRI & Other World Class RI (OWCRI)
of pan European interest Integrating
Activities Grant
Support to Implementation & Operation
Grant, loan, PCP-PPI
Innovation &
Human potential Grant
EU Structural Funds & National Funding
Policy support actions - Grant
International Cooperation - Grant
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Funding for Research Infrastructures
Indicative list of expenditure items
ERDF ESF H2020
1. Infrastructure (in a broad sense, for multiannual use)
1.1. Construction: buildings, roads, laboratories, testing facilities X
1.2. "Heavy" equipment: ICT, non ICT X
1.3. "Light" equipment and material: ICT, non ICT… X
2. Consumable products and services
2.1. Different categories of products used during activities X
2.2. Different categories of services (maintenance, cleaning…) X
3. Labour costs
3.1. Full time workers committed in the project X
3.2. Part time workers committed in the project X
3.3. Fellowship, traineeship, incoming / outgoing mobility… X
3.3. Ad-hoc experts costs for specific activities / consultancy X
4. Training costs
4. Different categories of trainings and of trainees X
5. Meetings, seminars, conferences
5. Different categories of meetings, seminars and conferences X
6. Travel costs (transport, subsistence, per diem allowance)
6. Different categories of travels X
7. Overheads : material and human resources that cannot be attributed separately to
this project, such as: administrative costs, heating, electricity, water supply, rent for the
areas used
X
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Things Still To Do
The ERA Progress Report states:
A need for more transparency of the conditions for transnational access to RIs;
Member States should address financial, management and political barriers for the development and implementation of research infrastructures; they should align research infrastructures roadmaps and coordinate their development;
The European Commission will develop a Charter for cross border access to, and use of, research infrastructures;
Harmonised access and usage policies for e-infrastructures and digital research services in order to enable collaborations by multinational research consortia with both public and private partners.
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Thank you
Any Question?