SYNERGY 2018 (SYG) FUNDING SCHEME - AGNES KULCSAR, UNIT B2 CALL AND PROJECT FOLLOW-UP COORDINATION LEEDS, 14 JUNE 2017 - WHITE ROSE BRUSSELS
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Synergy 2018 (SyG)
funding scheme
Agnes Kulcsar, Unit B2
Call and Project Follow-up
Coordination
Leeds, 14 June 2017
Content
• Overview of the 2012-2013 Synergy Pilot scheme
assessment
• Overview of the re-launched Synergy 2018 grant
scheme
│2
Background
• 2012-2013: two pilot Synergy grant calls
1,5-3% success rate: 24 projects selected
• 2014: the ad-hoc Synergy Working Group of the
Scientific Council decided to assess the pilot
funding scheme
Assessment report delivered – December 2015
• 2016: the Scientific Council decided to re-launch
the scheme
Implementation: 2018 Work Programme
│3
Synergy grant assessment report -
outcome
• Synergy grant scheme would be a valuable addition to the
current ERC frontier schemes because of:
Its high international recognition - putting European
research on the global map, often in leading position;
The highly ambitious research goals it will trigger –
that cannot be achieved by a single PI;
The complementarity of PIs/teams it favours;
The cross-fertilization of disciplines and signs of new
fields emerging it generates;
The close collaboration it triggers which goes much
beyond any regular EU framework collaborative
project
│4
Synergy assessment report -
outcome - continued
• It was noted that:
'Seed' effects are visible: expanding the fields and
attracting further funding
Early career scientists team members are broadening
their expertise and opportunities
Increased and/or unconventional collaborations
between institutions are emerging
Synergy grants – are perceived as the most
prestigious ERC grant
│5
SyG 2013 results compared to
SyG 2012 results
Synergy 2012- 710 submitted Synergy 2013 – 449 submitted
proposals proposals
• 11 proposals selected for • 13 proposals selected for
funding (5 PE, 4 LS, 2 SH) funding (6 PE- 5 LS- 2 SH)
• 38 PIs (10 nationalities) (highly interdisciplinary)
• 20 Host Institutions (7 • 45 PIs (14 nationalities)
countries) • 38 institutions (12 countries)
• Success rate : 1,5% • Success rate : 3%
• Average budget requested:
• Average budget requested:
€ 11.5m €12.5 m
SyG 2013: Host Institution distribution by country
14
12
HI
10
CORRESPONDING HI
8
10
6
4
4 4
3 3 1
2 2
3 1
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1
0
DE ES UK CH FR HU NL DK NO AT BE
7
SyG 2012-2013: Grouping of PIs of retained proposals
2012 – 11 proposals – 38 PIs
2013 – 13 proposals – 45 PIs
70%
62%
60%
55%
50%
40% 36%
30%
23% 6 8
20% 15%
4
9% 3
10% 2
1
0%
2 PI 3 PI 4 PI
2012 2013
SyG 2012-2013: Grouping of proposals by Host
Institutions (HIs)
70%
62%
60%
50%
40% 36%
30% 27%
23%
20% 18% 18%
15%
10%
4
2 8 3 3 2 2
0%
0%
1 HI 2 HIs 3 HIs 4 HIs
2012 2013
│9
Example of Synergy projects
• HELMHOLTZ – "Holistic evaluation of light and multiwave
applications to high resolution imaging in ophthalmic
translational research revisiting the helmholtzian synergies"
José-Alain SAHEL Fondation Voir et Entendre FR
Mathias FINK Fondation Pierre-Gilles de Gennes FR
AMD, retinal
dystrophies:
OPTICS photoreceptor-
The eye, a 'small brain' with
"
RPE interaction
ULTRASOUND
easily accessible structures,
at the crossroad of human Diabetes:
capillary flow
diseases"
Glaucoma:
11 861 923 € axons / blood 1
flow 0Example of Synergy projects
• IMBALANCE-P – "Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life,
Earth system and Society"
Josep Penuelas Centro de Investigacion Ecologica y Aplicaciones Forestales ES
Michael Obersteiner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis AT
Ivan Janssens Universiteit Antwerpen BE
Philippe Ciais Université de Versailles Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines FR
Natural
ecosystem
"Quantify the responses of s
ecosystems and society in a world responses
Earth
increasingly rich in N and C but system &
limited in Phosphorus" climate
responses
Societal
13 600 580 € responses
1Synergy Grant – Objectives 2018 Work Programme text pending the adoption of the ERC Work Programme 2018 in July 2017 ERC Synergy Grants are intended to enable minimum two to maximum four Principal Investigators and their teams to bring together complementary skills, knowledge, and resources in new ways, in order to jointly address ambitious research problems. The aim is to promote substantial advances at the frontiers of knowledge, to cross-fertilize scientific fields, and to encourage new productive lines of enquiry and new methods and techniques, including unconventional approaches and investigations at the interface between established disciplines. This should enable transformative research not only at the forefront of European science but also to become a benchmark on a global scale. Applicants Principal Investigators must demonstrate the synergies, complementarities and added value that could lead to breakthroughs that would not be possible by the individual Principal Investigators working alone.
Profile of the ERC Synergy Grant Principal Investigators 2018 Work programme text pending the adoption of the ERC Work Programme 2018 in July 2017 Groups applying for the ERC Synergy Grant must be made up of a minimum of two and a maximum of four Principal Investigators and, as necessary, their teams. One of the Principal Investigators must be designated as the Corresponding Principal Investigator. Applications are expected from a group of innovative and active Principal Investigators and must present an early achievement track-record or a 10- year track-record whichever is most appropriate for their career stage (see Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grant profiles above). There is little prospect of an application succeeding in the absence of such a record. ERC Synergy Grants are designed to foster research at the intellectual frontiers. New types of joint effort may be needed that allow for new combinations of skills and disciplines, or the bringing together of researchers from different institutions, sectors or countries.
Synergy Grant – Restrictions 2018 Work Programme text pending the adoption of the ERC Work Programme 2018 in July 2017 Restrictions that Scientific Council intends to apply A Principal Investigator whose proposal was evaluated as category B at step 1 or step 2 in the Synergy Grant call for proposals under Work Programme 2018 may not submit a proposal to the Synergy Grant calls for proposals made under Work Programme 2019. A Principal Investigator whose proposal was evaluated as category C at step 1 in the Synergy Grant call for proposals under Work Programme 2018 may not submit a proposal to any ERC research grant calls for proposals made under Work Programme 2019 or for the Synergy Grant call in 2020. All Principal Investigators whose proposal was rejected on the grounds of a breach of research integrity in the Synergy Grant calls for proposals under Work Programme 2018 may not submit a proposal to the calls for proposals made under Work Programme 2019.
Design of the 2018 Synergy call
pending the adoption of the ERC Work Programme 2018 in July 2017
• Indicative budget foreseen for 2018: 250 M€
To select 25-30 projects
• 2 or 3 or 4 Principal Investigators
• No restrictions on location of PIs
PI can come from the same corridor in one HI, different HIs
within one country, or from different countries (within EU or AC)
• Indicative call opening: 19 July 2017
• Indicative call closure: 14 November 2017
• More streamlined evaluation process
• Proposals to be evaluated between November 2017
and September 2018.
│ 16Design of the 2018 Synergy call – continued
pending the adoption of the ERC Work Programme 2018 in July 2017
• PIs to be considered as equal, but a corresponding PI to be
designated who will be the administrative contact for the
duration of the project.
• Normal maximum budget of 10 M€ per grant
With additional 4 M€ more in case:
a) "start-up' costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or AC
and/or
b) the purchase of major equipment and/or
c) access to large facilities
• Time commitment: ≥50% of working time in EU or AC and
≥30% of working time on the ERC project
│ 17SyG 2018 evaluation process
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
5 panels dynamically max 5 interview panels
Single panel
formed dynamically formed
≤~700 proposals
~130-170 proposals ~60 proposals
Remote evaluation of full PMs reassess the retained
Remote evaluation of short proposals
proposals proposals
• based on step 2 reports + interviews
•SyG PMs + external specialized
•SyG PMs + PEVs (PMs of other calls) • Interviews: all PIs of all proposals in
reviewers
step 3 to be present in Brussels
SyG panel chairs meet:
Panels meet: preselect Panels rank the fundable
preselect proposals for full
proposals for interview proposals
review
•No of proposals: ~60, up ~3x call
•No of proposals: 130-170, up to ~7x •~30 proposals
budget
call budget
│ 18Take home messages
• ERC foresees to be a highly competitive call
only exceptional proposals are likely to be funded that will
demonstrate that the truly ambitious research questions could lead
to breakthroughs only through the joint effort of the
complementary and synergistic group of PIs.
• ‘Synergy’ is not simply a successful collaboration
The interaction would yield something more than just the sum of the
individual parts.
To yield possibly either unforeseen, completely new science, to
cross fertilize disciplines or to solve important research problems
that until now could not be dreamt of solving.
• Tough future restrictions on submissions planned
applicants to think twice before applying: PIs evaluated with a C
score in 2018 will not be able to apply to any ERC call in 2019.
│ 19Thank you!
│ 20Extra slides
│ 21SyG 2013: Age of Grantees
9
8
7
PI
6 CORRESPONDING PI
5
4
3
2
1
0
34 35 38 40 41 42 43 46 47 48 49 52 54 55 56 57 58 60 62 68 69 71 74
22SyG 2013: % of evaluated proposals versus
success rate of country of Host Institution
14%
CZ
12%
10%
CH
Success Rate
NO
DK
8%
HU
6% ES
DE
AT NL
4%
BE general success rate: 3%
UK
FR
2%
IE FI EL
0% IT
0% ILPT PL SE 5% 10% 15% 20%
% submitted proposals
23SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• IMBALANCE-P – "Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life,
Earth system and Society"
Josep Penuelas Centro de Investigacion Ecologica y Aplicaciones Forestales ES
Michael Obersteiner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis AT
Ivan Janssens Universiteit Antwerpen BE
Philippe Ciais Université de Versailles Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines FR
Natural
ecosystems
"Quantify the responses of ecosystems responses
and society in a world increasingly rich in Earth
N and C but limited in Phosphorus" system &
climate
responses
Societal
13 600 580 € responses
24SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• Ice2Ice – "Arctic Sea Ice and Greenland Ice Sheet Sensitivity"
Eystein Jansen University of Bergen NO
Kerim Nisancioglu University of Bergen NO
Jens Christensen Danish Meteorological Institute DK
Bo Møllesøe Vinther University of Copenhagen DK
12 500 000 €
Determine the impact of Artic
sea ice melting on climate and
possible melting of Greenland
ice sheet'
25SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• HELMHOLTZ – "Holistic evaluation of light and multiwave
applications to high resolution imaging in ophthalmic
translational research revisiting the helmholtzian synergies"
José-Alain SAHEL Fondation Voir et Entendre FR
Mathias FINK Fondation Pierre-Gilles de Gennes FR
AMD, retinal
dystrophies:
OPTICS photoreceptor-
The eye, a 'small brain' with
"
RPE interaction
ULTRASOUND
easily accessible structures,
at the crossroad of human Diabetes:
capillary flow
diseases"
Glaucoma:
11 861 923 € axons / blood 26
flowSyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• MODELCELL – " Building a Model Cell to Achieve Control
of Cellular Organization "
Marileen Dogterom Stichting Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) NL
Anna Akhmanova Universiteit Utrecht NL
'Understand the self-organizing
Microtubule
principles of cells'
Dividing cell
'Reconstitute, understand, and control Actin
the self-organization of
functional cytoskeletal systems'
7 150 840 €
27
Moving cellSyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• AXSIS – "Frontiers in Attosecond X-ray Science: Imaging and
Spectroscopy"
Franz Xaver Kaertner Universitaet Hamburg DE
Ralph W. Assmann Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DE
Henry Nicholas Chapman Universitaet Hamburg DE
Petra Fromme Arizona State University- moving from US to DESY Hamburg DE
Design and construct new X-Ray
sources to perform attosecond
diffraction and spectroscopy of
biomolecules and apply to
imaging photosynthesis
processes
13 884 200 €
28SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• MERiC – " Mechanisms of Evasive Resistance in Cancer
Michael N. Hall University of Basel CH
Niko Beerenwinkel Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) CH
Gerhard Christofori University of Basel CH
Markus Heim University Hospital of Basel CH
'Why do certain cancerous tumours develop
resistance to targeted therapies?'
Therapy Therapy
Pathway 1
Pathway 2 Tumor cell proliferation
11 197 885 €
29SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• 4D-GENOME – "Dynamics of human genome architecture
in stable and transient gene expression changes"
Miguel Beato del Rosal Fundació Privada Centre de Regulació Genòmica ES
Thomas Graf Fundació Privada Centre de Regulació Genòmica ES
Guillaume Filion Fundació Privada Centre de Regulació Genòmica ES
Marc Martí-Renom National Center for Genomic Analysis ES
'Do temporal changes in the genome 3D structure contribute to gene
regulation?' 12 272 645 €
30SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• BlackHoleCam – "Imaging the Event Horizon of Black Holes"
Heino Falcke Stichting Katholieke Universiteit / Radboud University Nijmegen NL
Micheal Kramer Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie DE
Luciano Rezzolla Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics/Albert Einstein Institute DE
'Are black holes just a theorist’s dream?'
'Prove the existence of event horizons,
one of the cornerstones of
general relativity '
13 975 744 €
31SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• NANOCOSMOS – "Gas and Dust from the Stars to the
Laboratory: Exploring the NanoCosmos"
José Cernicharo Quintanilla CSIC/Centro de Astrobiología ES
José Ángel Martín Gago CSIC/Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid ES
Christine Joblin CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier FR
nderstand the formation
cosmic dust and
hemical complexity
space and on Earth '
14 983 261 €
32SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• SC2 – "Spin-charge conversion and spin caloritronics at
hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces"
Henning Sirringhaus University of Cambridge UK
Joerg Wunderlich Hitachi Europe UK
Jairo Sinova Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz – moving from US DE
Iain McCulloch Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine UK
L
T
'Combine spintronics and organic
L
electronics to discover novel
physical phenomena and design
new materials'
Watanabe, Sirringhaus et al,
PCT/GB2013/052736
9 651 489 €
33SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• imPACT – "Privacy, Accountability, Compliance, and Trust
in Tomorrow’s Internet"
Michael Backes Universitaet des Saarlandes DE
Peter Druschel Max Planck Institute for Software Systems DE
Rupak Majumdar Max Planck Institute for Software Systems DE
Gerhard Weikum Max Planck Institut für Informatik DE
'Develop solutions to control exposure of personal information,
link all actions to responsible actors, ensure conformance with policies, assess
trustworthiness of information
Sealed user Attested app on
9 257 000 € privacy models user devices
34SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• SOMICS – "Constructing Social Minds: Coordination,
Communication, and Cultural Transmission"
Günther Knoblich Central European University HU
Josep Call MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology DE
György Gergely Central European University HU
Dan Sperber Central European University - moving from FR HU
'What makes humans capable of
developing cultures that are
uniquely richer, more complex,
and accumulative?'
9 618 294 €
35SyG 2013: Proposals selected for funding
• ASIA – "Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language
and the State"
Michael WILLIS British Museum UK
Sam Julius van SCHAIK The British Library UK
Nathan HILL School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London UK
Rethink Asian history and present a
bold picture that demonstrates how
South, Central and Southeast Asia
functioned as a cosmopolitan entity
8 053 716 €
36SyG 2012: List of proposal selected for funding
PE
• BioQ – "Diamond Quantum Devices and Biology"
– Corresponding PI : Martin Bodo Plenio
€11.2m – Corresponding HI: ULM Univ.
PI2: Fedor Jelezko (ULM Univ.)
PI3: Tanjia Weil (ULM Univ.)
• HETERO 2D – "Novel materials architecture
based on atomically thin crystals"
€13.3m
– Corresponding PI : Konstantin Novoselov
– Corresponding HI: Manchester Univ
PI2: Andrea Ferrari (Cambridge Univ.)
PI3: Vladimir Falko (Lancaster Univ.)
37SyG 2012: List of proposal selected for funding
PE
• QC-LAB – "Quantum Computer Lab"
– Corresponding PI : Leo Kouwenhoven
€15m
– Corresponding HI: Delft University of Technology
PI2 Caro Beenakker (Leiden Univ.)
PI3 Lieven Vandersypen (Delft Univ.)
• Q-MAC– "Frontiers in Quantum Materials Control"
– Corresponding PI : Andrea Cavalleri
€9.6m
– Corresponding HI: University of Hamburg
PI2 Antoine Louis Maurice Georges (Ecole
Polytechnique
PI3 Dieter Hans Jaksch (Oxford Univ.)
PI4 Jean-Marc Serge Thierry Triscone (Geneve Univ.)
38SyG 2012: List of proposal selected for funding
PE
• UQUAM – "Ultracold Quantum Matter"
– Corresponding PI : Immanuel Bloch
€9.8m
– Corresponding HI: Max Planck
PI2 Peter Zoller (Innsbruck Univ.)
PI3 Jean Dalibard (CNRS)
PI4 Ehud Altman (Weizmann Univ.)
39SyG 2012: List of proposal selected for funding
LS
• COMBATCANCER– "Combination therapies for
personalized cancer medicine."
– Corresponding PI : Antonius Berns
€14.6m
– Corresponding HI: Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut
PI2 Michael Rudolf Stratton (Welcome trust)
PI3 Daniel Peeper (Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut)
PI4 David Adams (Welcome trust)
• I2move – "An Intelligent Implantable MOdulator of Vagus
nervE function for treatment of Obesity"
€7.2m
– Corresponding PI : Christofer Toumazou
– Corresponding HI: Imperial College
PI2 Stephen Robert Bloom (Imperial College)
40SyG 2012: List of proposal selected for funding
LS
• dHCP– "The Developing Human Connectome Project"
– Corresponding PI : Anthony David Edwards
– Corresponding HI: King's College London
€14.9m
PI2 Joseph Hajnal (King's College )
PI3 Daniel Rueckert (Imperial College)
PI4 Stephen Smith (Oxford Univ.)
• ToPag – "Toxic protein aggregation in neurodegeneration"
– Corresponding PI : Franz Ulrich Hartl
– Corresponding HI: Max Planck
€13.9m
PI2 Matthias Mann (Max Planck)
PI3 Ruediger Klein (Max Planck)
PI4 Paul Wolfgang Baumeister (Max Planck)
41SyG 2012: List of proposal selected for funding
SH
• Dd.POP– "Domestic Devotions: The Place of Piety in the
Renaissance Italian Home"
– Corresponding PI : Mary Laven
€2.3m
– Corresponding HI: Cambridge univ.
PI2 Abigail Brundin (Cambridge univ.)
PI3 Deborah Howard (Cambridge univ.)
• NEXUS1492 – "NEXUS 1492. New World Encounters in a
Globalising World."
– Corresponding PI : Corinne Lisette Hofman
€14.8m
– Corresponding HI: Leiden Univ.
PI2 Gareth Rees Davies (Amsterdam Univ.)
PI3 Ulrik Brandes (Konstaz Univ.)
PI4 Willem Johannes Willems (Leiden Univ.) 42You can also read
