Download Priority 3 NMP

Priority 3 NMP:
generalities
Renzo TOMELLINI
Head of Unit “Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies”
Directorate “Industrial Technologies”
Research Directorate-general
European Commission
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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
[email protected]
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A changing role for the
EU’s Framework Programme
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Objective “Lisbon”:
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Objective “Göteborg”:
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to become the most dynamic and most
competitive knowledge-based economy
sustainable development
(environment, economy, employment)
Objective “Barcelona”:
education and training, innovation
ERA: …Integrating, reinforcing, structuring
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This involves ...
• Stimulating research activities
• Need to reconsider industrial products &
processes (more knowledge-based than
resource intensive)
• Adaptation of research stakeholders to
new contexts & sustainable
development (think differently)
• Support to radical innovation through
breakthrough oriented RTD
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FP6 (2002-2006)
Main principles
• A tool to support ERA and to
promote competitiveness
• concentration
on selected priority areas
• structuring
effect on research activities
• streamlining of implementation
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FP6 (2002-2006)
Integrating European Research
13345
•
2255
3625
1300
1075
685
2120
225
2060
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life sciences, genomics and biotech for health
information society technologies
nanotech, knowledge-based materials, production
aeronautics and space
food quality and safety
sustainable dev, global change and ecosystems
citizens and governance
anticipating needs (INCO, CRAFT, JRC, etc)
Structuring the ERA
2605
research & innov., human res., infrastructures, science & society
Strengthening the Foundations of ERA
EURATOM
TOTAL
€ million
320
1230
17,500
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Investing in research:
Towards 3% of GDP
R&D in % of GDP
3
2,5
2
1,5
Japan
USA
Business
funded
R&D
1
0,5
0
Public
funded
R&D
EU 2000
EU 2010 objective
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Support to SMEs
• General activities (also in TP3: Collaborative research)
At least 15% of the total budget allocated to SMEs
• Specific activities
• Co-operative research: by RTD centres for SMEs or
by high-tech SMEs in collaboration with research
centres and universities (CRAFT)
• Collective research: by RTD centres for industry
groupings in entire sectors of dominated by SMEs
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Cooperation with
Third Countries
 The European Research Area is open to the world
 Three major routes:
 Thematic Priorities are open to Third Countries, with
some substantial Community funding (~€ 30m in TP3)
 Specific measures for international cooperation
 Activities regarding Human Resources
 S&T Agreements with several countries
 Implementing Arrangements on Materials
Research with China and the United States (NSF)
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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
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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 not just
incremental research
• Integration of production and consumption
patterns
• Integration of education and
skills development
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Instruments
Instruments to implement
the thematic area and to ensure high
European impacts on selected technical and
socio-economic issues
Integrated
Projects (IP)
New Instruments
Networks of
Excellence (NE)
Specific Targeted Research
Projects (STREP)
Coordination Actions
(CA)
Traditional projects
“Stairways of excellence”
Specific Support Actions (SSA)
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New instruments
Networks of
excellence
versus
Integrated
projects
• Strengthen excellence in a
research domain
• Society problems &
competitiveness
• Aim at integration
• Aim at exploitation
• Joint programme of
activities
• Implementation plan
(pre-defined results)
• Seeking continuity
• Limited in time
• Autocatalytic knowledge
mass for excellence
• Critical mass for problem
solving
• EC funds: depending on
“integrated” resources
• EC funds: depending on
estimated costs
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Traditional instruments
Specific targeted
research projects
(STREP)
• Similar structure
as traditional
projects
• Research at
frontier of
knowledge
• EC funds for RTD
activities
Coordination
actions (CA)
Specific
support
actions
(SSA)
• Foresight
activities
• Stimulating
cooperation to
improve research
competencies
• EC funds only for
coordination
activities
• Interaction with
regulators and
public authorities
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New Instruments
- IP for SMEs
Specific conditions
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At least 50% of the partners are SME
•
SME budget participation is considerable, but
there is no specific minimum percentage of the
total budget
•
Duration recommended to be maximum 4 years
•
Size generally smaller than other IPs but still
considerable with an average estimated EC
funding around 7 M€
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