Research Infrastructures for Robotics

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1 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" 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 ( ) 1

2 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 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 2

3 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 upgrades 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) new - or major upgrade of - Research Infrastructures of pan-european interest (+ 3 additional projects from the CERN Council strategic roadmap for particle physics*) Social Sc. & Hum. ( 5 ) Life Sciences ( 13 ) ESFRI roadmap 2010 Environmental Sciences ( 9 ) Energy ( 7 ) Material and Analytical Facilities ( 6 ) Physics and Astronomy ( 10 ) e-infrastructures (1) 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_3 D 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 ERIC established RIs in the implementation phase ERIC in preparation MYRRHA Distributed research infrastructures Single sited research infrastructures 3

4 The ESFRI Process ESFRI Roadmap EC Funding of Preparatory Phase ESFRI Incubator Role Member States Funding of Implementation Phase and Operation Finalise concept and design RI Organisation Legal framework Business plan Finance model Support from EC Structural Funds Support from EC Horizon2020 Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2012 ESFRI Research Infrastructures under construction 4

5 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 RIs in the Europe 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 5

6 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ( ) Excellent science European Research Council Future and Emerging Technologies Marie Curie actions European Research infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) 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 Industrial leadership Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology) Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs Horizon 2020 RI Toolbox of Activities EU Structural Funds & National Funding Concept Preparation Implementation Operation Design Study Grant Preparatory Phase Grant ESFRI & Other World Class RI (OWCRI) of pan European interest Support to Implementation & Operation Grant, loan, PCP-PPI Policy support actions - Grant International Cooperation - Grant Integrating Activities Grant Innovation & Human potential Grant 6

7 Funding for Research Infrastructures Indicative list of expenditure items 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 ERDF ESF H "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 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. 7

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