Building Europe Knowledge
The 7th Framework
Programme “2007-2013”.
Patrice Millet
European Commission
Research DG
CNRS, Lille – 18 May 2006
Disclaimer: Note that these slides are not legally binding and do not
represent any commitment on behalf of the European Commission
The FP and the Specific Programmes
 The Framework Programme is the strategic instrument for RTD policy
(Chapter XVIII of the Treaty):
– General principles, objectives, financial means
– Co-decision (Council and Parliament)
 The FP is implemented by Specific Programmes:
– Detailed research content
– Types of activities and where they apply
– More detailed budget
Budgets of the EU
Framework Programmes
80
€ Billion
70
Approx 50 Billion €
60
Council December 2005
68,3
50
40
30
20
10
13,12
3,27
5,36
14,96
17,5
6,6
0
1984-1987 1987-1991 1990-1994 1994-1998 1998-2002 2002-2006 2007-2013
R&D – European weaknesses
EU-25
US
Japan
R&D intensity (% of GDP) (3)
1.97
2.59
3.12
Share of R&D financed by industry (%) (2)
55.9
63.1
73.9
5.5
9.0
9.7
38.3
31.1
9.6
Scientific publications per million population (3)
639
809
569
Share of world triadic patents (%) (1)
31.5
34.3
26.9
Triadic patents per million population (1)
30.5
53.1
92.6
19.7
28.5
26.5
16.7
20.0
10.6
Researchers per thousand labour force (FTE)
Share of world scientific publications (%)
(3)
(3)
High-tech exports as a share of total manufacturing exports (%)
(3)
Share of world high-tech exports (%) (2)
Note:
(1)
2000 data
(2)
2002 data
(3)
2003 data
Why double the FP7 budget?

Tackle under-investment by exerting leverage on national
and private investment
– Increase EU spending on R&D : 1.97% of GDP vs 2.59%
(US)
– Help leverage business R&D (EU wide projects, solutions
and market)
– Brings EU public R&D spending to 0.96% of GDP (close to
1% target)
– Encourage Member States

Tackle fragmentation of research effort in the EU and
enhance its efficiency and effectiveness
– Achieve critical mass, share knowledge and facilities
– Better dissemination across the EU
– More excellence through EU wide competition
– Less fragmentation through stronger coordination
Why double the FP7 budget?

Widen the scope of the FP
– Launch essential new initiatives (ERC)
– Reinforce existing successful actions

Help to meet new S&T challenges
– Rising costs of research mean that higher funding is
needed to produce same impacts
– New research fields are emerging (hydrogen economy etc)

Reinvigorate the Lisbon strategy
– Objective: to become the most dynamic knowledge-based
economy
– Supports the integration and attractiveness of the ERA
– Contributes to increased competitiveness
– Contributes to sustainable development
FP7 - What’s new ?
Main new elements compared to FP6:

Annual budget strongly increased (€ 5 billion ►8.5 billion)

Basic research (~ € 1 billion per year)

Simplification of procedures

Logistical and administrative tasks transferred to external
structures (proposition)
FP7 2007 - 2013
Specific Programmes
Cooperation – Collaborative research
Ideas – Frontier Research
People – Human Potential
Capacities – Research Capacity
+
JRC (non-nuclear)
JRC (nuclear)
Euratom
FP7 budget
(EUR billion, 2004 constant prices)
Euratom
4,193
JRC
1,617
Cooperation
39,134
Capacities
6,594
People
6,279
Ideas
10,447
Towards the Seventh Framework
Programme
2007-2013 (“co-decision”)
Commission opinion
on EP amendments
Direct approval if agreement with EP
New !
Consultations (online etc)
Council 2
CREST
4
5
(within 3 months)
Commission
Proposal
Opinion
Common
position
Amendments
(approval within
6 weeks)
Conciliation:
joint text
Adoption
(absolute majority
of members)
FP evaluations
European
Research
Advisory Board
(approval within
6 weeks)
(within 3 months)
1
3
4
European Parliament
Council decides by qualified majority except on EP amendments
not approved by the Commission
5
FP7 Timetable
6 April 2005
Commission’s proposal
September 2005 ?
Specific programmes’ proposal
December 2005 ?
First reading at EP
January 2006 ?
Common position at Council
March 2006 ?
Second reading and approval at EP
June 2006 ?
Adoption
November 2006 ?
First calls for proposals
December 2006 ?
Launch Conference
Cooperation – Collaborative research
9 Thematic Priorities
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Health
Food, agriculture and biotechnology
Information and communication technologies
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production
technologies
Energy
Environment (including climate change)
Transport (including aeronautics)
Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
Security and space
+ Euratom: Fusion energy research, nuclear fission and radiation protection
FP7 2007-2013
‘Cooperation’ budget
I. Cooperation
Budget
(€ million, 2004
constant prices)
1. Health
2. Biotechnology, food and agriculture
3. Information society
4. Nanotechnologies, materials and production
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. Socio-economic research
9. Security and space
Total
* Not including non-nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre: €1 617 million
7 325
2 163
11 159
4 256
2 581
2 232
5 232
698
3 488
39 134*
Nanosciences,
nanotechnologies, materials
and new production
technologies

Overall objective:
Improve the competitiveness of EU industry (including
SMEs) and ensure its transformation through:
– the effective transition from a resource-based to knowledgebased industry
– generation of new breakthrough, applicable, knowledge
– strengthening EU leadership in nano, materials and
production technologies
– emphasis on integrating different technologies and
disciplines across many sectors
4. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials
and new Production Technologies
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Materials
New Production
Integration of technologies for industrial applications
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
based on the presentation
The Strategy and Actions Proposed by the
European Commission
Renzo Tomellini
Head of the Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Unit
European Commission
Research DG
renzo.tomellini@cec.eu.int
Nanotechnology has an
extraordinary potential
Medicine
and
Health
Drug
delivery
Information
Technology
GMR Hard
Disk
Energy
Production
/ Storage
Hydrogen
Fuel Cells
Materials
Science
Lightweight
and strong
Food, Water
and the
Environment
Remediation
methods
•
to serve citizens and satisfy their needs
•
to support industrial competitiveness
Instruments
Tunneling
microscopy
Meeting Millennium
Development Goals

Applications where nanotechnology can help (e.g.):

Water treatment and remediation (de-pollution: visible light photocatalysed systems)

Energy production, storage and conversion (solar cells)

Disease diagnosis and screening (early prevention)

Drug delivery systems (AIDS, malaria, cancer)

Health monitoring (and prevention of illnesses: self-cleaning surfaces
and devices)

Air pollution and remediation

Food processing and storage (food safety and quality, sustainable and
intelligent packaging)

Vector and pest detection and control (targeted pesticides)

Agricultural productivity enhancement (local resources)
Source: “Innovation: applying knowledge in development”, UN
The European Commission
is engaged creating a favourable ground for the
development of nanosciences and nanotechnologies in
Europe and supporting research, so to benefit to the
quality of life of citizens and to the European society as
a whole, to strengthen the scientific and technological
bases of Community industry and to encourage it
becoming more competitive at international level, as
stated in Art. 163 of the Treaty establishing the
European Community (EC) and as it is intended within
the spirit of the “Lisbon objectives”.
“Nano-related” activities in a vast range of fields:
research, education, innovation, regulation, …
The European approach:
integrated, safe and responsible
Two Communications by the European Commission:
Towards a European strategy for nanotechnology
and the Action Plan
COM(2005) 243
COM(2004) 338
of 7.6.2005
of 12.5.2004
Societal
Issues
Health, safety,
environmental
and consumer
protection
Infrastructure
Research
and
Development
Industrial
Innovation
Human
Resources
http://cordis.europa.eu.int/nanotechnology/actionplan.htm
International
Co-operation
What does an integrated
and responsible approach imply?

Identifying and addressing all factors for success,
research, infrastructure, education, patenting,
innovation, safety, communication …

Developing safe and cost-effective measures

Developing terminology, guidelines, models and
standards for risk assessment throughout the whole
life-cycle of products of nanotechnology

Examining and, where appropriate, proposing
adaptations of regulation
An Added Value:
International Co-operation

The E. Commission seeks international debate on nanotechnologyrelated issues such as public health, safety, environment, consumer
protection, risk assessment, metrology, norms, …;

The EU R&D programmes are open to the World;
Europe even funds research teams in Third Countries;

Europe promotes the monitoring and sharing at international level of
information related to the scientific, technological, economical &
social development of nanotechnology;

Europe strives for an international “code ofconduct” for the
responsible development of nanotechnology and to avoid a “nanodivide”.
Nanotechnology R&D
expenditures in 2004
Public R&D Investment (€)
R&D expenditure ( M€ )
3,000
Private
1700
2,000
Private
580
1,000
Member
States +
Associated
980
Private
1540
States
333
Private
370
Federal
910
EC
370
Public
750
Public
540
0
Europe
Source: European Commission (2005)
US
Japan
Others
EU Public Investment for
Nanotechnology in 2004
Public expenditure ( M € )
400,00
373
293
300,00
224
200,00
124
100
100,00
67
60
60
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the EU 6th FP
Infrastructure, 16.46
ERA-NET, 3.20
SMEs, 0.91
NEST, 5.06
Science and Society,
1.09
Marie Curie, 50.73
ERA-NET, 2.2
SMEs, 13.77
NEST, 8.15
Marie Curie, 39.73
NMP, 209.01
NMP, 211.61
IST, 99.57
IST, 180.03
2004
~370 € million
FP4(1994-98):
30M€/year
FP5(1998-2002):
45M€/year
2005
~470 € million
Areas Supported by the FPs
(see the increase of nanomedicine)
100%
90%
80%
70%
Health / Environment
Research Training
Nanotools
Nanoelectronics
Nanobio / Nanomedicine
Nanomaterials
Frontier Research
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
FP4
FP5
FP6
European Patents
in Nanotechnology
Source: European Patent Office, M. Scheu (2004)
Nanosciences,
nanotechnologies, materials
and new production
technologies
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (FP)

Objective:
– Increase and support the take up of knowledge generated in this
revolutionary field for all industrial sectors

Topics include:
– interface and size dependent phenomena
– materials properties at nano-scale
– self assembly
– metrology
– new concepts and approaches
– impacts on health and safety
– convergence of emerging technologies
Specific Programme
Nanosciences and nanotechnologies
The objective is to create materials and systems with pre-defined properties and behaviour,
based on increased knowledge and experience with matter at the nano scale. This will lead to a
new generation of high added-value, competitive products and services with superior
performance across a range of applications, while minimising any potential adverse
environmental and health impacts. Interdisciplinarity, integrating theoretical and experimental
approaches, will be promoted.
The focus will be new knowledge on the interactions of atoms, molecules and their aggregations
with both natural and artificial entities. The research will also address the relevant instruments,
tools, pilot lines and demonstration activities required for highly novel approaches to
nanotechnology-based manufacturing in the most promising industrial sectors.
In addition, the activity will focus on related challenges and the societal context and acceptance
of nanotechnology. This will include research on all aspects of risk assessment (e.g. nanotoxicology and -ecotoxicology), as well as safety, nomenclature, metrology and standards which
are becoming increasingly important to pave the way for industrial applications. Specific actions
will also be launched for establishing dedicated centres of knowledge and expertise as well as a
focal point to implement the Commission’s integrated and responsible approach towards
nanotechnology as outlined in the associated Action Plan[1].
[1] Commission Communication, Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: an action plan for
Europe 2005-09 - COM(2005) 243.
Nanosciences,
nanotechnologies, materials
and new production
technologies
Materials (FP)

Objective:
– generate new knowledge to enable new industrial products and
processes to be achieved, exploiting the potential of interdisciplinary
approaches in materials research.

Topics include:
– high performance, sustainable and knowledge-based materials
– design and simulation
– nano-, bio- and hybrid materials and their processing
– chemical technologies
– materials processing industries
Specific Programme
Materials
New advanced materials with higher knowledge content, new functionalities and improved
performance are increasingly critical for industrial competitiveness and sustainable
development. According to the new models of manufacturing industry, it is the materials
themselves which are becoming the first step in increasing the value of products and their
performance, rather than the processing steps.
Research will focus on developing new knowledge-based materials with tailored properties.
This requires an intelligent control of intrinsic properties, processing and production, and
taking into account potential impacts on health and the environment throughout their entire
life-cycle. Emphasis will be placed on new advanced materials obtained using the potential of
nanotechnologies and biotechnologies and/or “learning from nature”, in particular higher
performance nano-materials, bio-materials and hybrid materials.
A multidisciplinary approach will be fostered, involving chemistry, physics and increasingly
the biological sciences. Materials characterisation, design and simulation are also essential
to better understand materials phenomena, in particular the structure–property relationships
at different scales; to improve materials assessment and reliability, and to extend the concept
of virtual materials for materials design. The integration of nano-molecular-macro levels in
chemical and materials technologies will be supported for developing new concepts and
processes such as in catalysis, and process intensification and optimisation.
Nanosciences,
nanotechnologies, materials
and new production
technologies
New production (FP)

Objective:
– create continuously innovating production capabilities to achieve
leadership in industrial products & processes in the global
marketplace.

Topics include:
– Knowledge-intensive production
– new paradigms for emerging industrial needs
– adaptive, networked and knowledge-based production
– convergence of technologies for next generation of high value-added
products (nano, bio, info, cognitive..)
Specific Programme
New Production Technologies
A new approach to manufacturing is required for the transformation of EU industry from a
resource intensive to a knowledge-based industrial environment and will depend on the
adoption of totally new attitudes towards the continued acquisition, deployment,
protection and funding of new knowledge and its use, including towards sustainable
production and consumption patterns. This entails creating the right conditions for
continuous innovation (in industrial activities and production systems, including
construction, devices, and services) and for developing generic production “assets”
(technologies, organisation and production facilities) while also meeting safety and
environmental requirements.
The research will focus on a number of strands: the development and validation of new
industrial models and strategies covering all aspects of product and process life-cycle;
adaptive production systems that overcome existing process limitations and enable new
manufacturing and processing methods; networked production to develop tools and
methods for co-operative and value-added operations at a global scale; tools for the rapid
transfer and integration of new technologies into the design and operation of
manufacturing processes; and the exploitation of the convergence of the nano-, bio-, infoand cognitive technologies to develop new products and engineering concepts and the
possibility of new industries.
Nanosciences,
nanotechnologies, materials
and new production
technologies
Integration of technologies for industrial applications (FP)

Objective:
– accelerate the rate of industrial transformation by exploiting the
application potential and integration of new technologies.

Topics include:
– Integration of nano, materials and production technologies in
sectoral and cross-sectoral applications (e.g. health, construction,
transport, energy, chemistry, environment, textiles & clothing, pulp &
paper, mechanical engineering)
Specific Programme
Integration of technologies for industrial applications
The integration of knowledge and technologies of the three areas of research above is essential
in order to speed up the transformation of European industry and its economy, while adopting a
safe, socially responsible and sustainable approach.
The research will focus on new applications and novel, step-change solutions responding to
major challenges, as well as to the RTD needs identified by the different European Technology
Platforms. The integration of new knowledge and nano-, materials-, and production-technologies
will be supported in sectoral and cross-sectoral applications such as health, construction, space
industry, transport, energy, chemistry, environment, textiles and clothing, pulp and paper, and
mechanical engineering, as well as in the generic subject of industrial safety.
Importance of Technology Platforms
to help establish common
research priorities and targets
Strategic Research Agendas
Extracted from the communication
COM(2005) 118 final
page 8
“The 7th Framework Programme is tailored to
better meet industry’s needs.
Where industrially relevant, the definition of work
programmes will draw on the strategic research
agendas developed by industry-led technology
platforms. These strategic research agendas, presenting
the European dimension of research challenges, also
influence national research programmes. Furthermore, by
always looking at the market potential of new inventions,
they help to overcome Europe’s weakness in
commercialising the results of research.”
Cooperation – Collaborative research

Under each theme there will be sufficient flexibility to address both Emerging
needs and Unforeseen policy needs

Dissemination of knowledge and transfer of results will be supported in all
thematic areas

Support will be implemented across all themes through:
Collaborative research
(Collaborative projects; Networks of Excellence; Coordination/support actions)
Joint Technology Initiatives
Coordination of non-Community research programmes
(ERA-NET; ERA-NET+; Article 169)
International Cooperation
Research Infrastructures
European Community
FP7 Participation Rules
(Commission proposal adopted 23.12.05)
Minimum conditions
for participation

General:

Three independent participants from three different
Member States (MS) or Associated countries (Ac)

Natural persons may participate

JRC may participate and is deemed to be from a
different MS or associated country (same principles
for international European interest organisations and
entities established under Community law)

Additional conditions can be established by the work
programme or specific programme (i.e. re number of
participants, place of establishment, type of
participant)

Sole participants composed of members that meet
the criteria above can participate
Minimum conditions
for participation

Specific:

Frontier research actions (ERC): – at least one legal entity
established in a Member State or Associated country

Coordination and support actions and actions in favour of
training and career development of researchers – minimum of
one legal entity (no limit on place of establishment)

Collaborative projects addressing the participation of
international cooperation partner countries in parity with MS
or Ac – minimum is four participants of which 2 in MS or Ac
and 2 in INCO countries

Participation of international organisations and participants
from third countries if in addition to minima
Submission
and Evaluation

Commission to adopt and publish rules on the procedures for proposal
submission, evaluation, selection and award
– Including two-stage submission and two-step evaluation

Commission to adopt and publish rules to ensure consistent
verification of the legal status and financial capacity of participants

Evaluation criteria established in Specific Programmes and work
programmes

Irregularity and violation of fundamental ethical principles are grounds
for exclusion from evaluation and selection

Transparent, fair and impartial evaluation procedures with help of
independent experts
Maximum
funding rates
•
Research and technological activities – 50% of eligible costs except
that for:
▫
Public bodies – 75%
▫
Secondary and higher education establishments – 75%
▫
Research organisations (non-profit) – 75%
▫
SMEs – 75%
•
Demonstration activities – 50% of eligible costs
•
Other activities – 100% of eligible costs
•
Frontier research actions – 100%
•
Coordination and support actions – 100%
•
Training and career development of researchers actions – 100%
Community
financial contribution

Eligibility for Funding :
– Legal entities from Member States and Associated countries or
created under Community law (and JRC)
– International European interest organisations
– Legal entities established in international cooperation partner (INCO)
countries
and
– International organisations, third countries other than INCO, if
provided for in specific programme or work programme; or essential
for carrying out action; or provision for funding is provided for in a
bilateral agreement between Community and the third country

Basis for Funding:
– Reimbursement of eligible costs
– Flat rates, including scale of unit costs
– Lump sum amounts
Reimbursement
of eligible costs
•
Co-financing, no profit
•
May be combined with the pre-set lump sums
•
and/or flat rates for certain items of a project
•
Cost reporting models eliminated
•
Participants charge direct and indirect costs (option of flat rate for those
who do not or can not charge real indirect costs)
•
Costs must be actual; incurred during the project; determined according
to the usual accounting and management principles/practices and used
only to achieve project objectives, and consistent with principles of
economy, efficiency and effectiveness; recorded in accounts and paid
(or the accounts of third parties); exclusive of non-eligible costs
•
Average personnel costs may be used if consistent with above and do
not differ significantly from actual
•
Audit certificates continued but rationalised
Lump sum and flat rate
financing
•
Lump sum and/or flat rate financing (scale of unit costs) could be used
for the whole action, or
•
Flat-rates/lump sums for certain costs can be combined with
reimbursement of eligible costs
•
A specific lump sum is identified for Networks of Excellence (NoEs)
(unless otherwise provided for in work programme),
– calculated according to the number of researchers to be integrated
(€ 23,500 / year / researcher)
– payment of which is based on attainment of progress
•
Lump sums and flat rates do not require justification of eligible costs
Ideas – the background*

Basic research has an important impact on
economic performance

Europe is not making the most of its research
capabilities

A new funding mechanism is needed at
European level
– to reinforce excellence
– based on competitive support to individual teams
– sole criterion for selection should be scientific excellence

European added value through impact of
Europe-scale funding
The “Ideas” programme in the
FP7 proposal

Frontier research

Support to individual teams, to promote
excellence through Europe-wide competition

Dedicated implementation structure (Executive
Agency)

Independent scientific governance (Scientific
Council)

Simplified grant mechanism
Individual teams

European added value through Europe-wide
competition:

Encouraging and supporting the finest talent

Selecting the most promising research areas

Giving European visibility to research leaders

Catalysing the creation of a more efficient
European research system
ERC Scientific Council

Independent; respected personalities, reflecting
the full scope of European research

Responsible for scientific strategy, oversight and
guarantee of quality in scientific decision-making

Prior to FP7 decision, would act as advisory
body in the development of the “Ideas”
programme
The ERC Launch Strategy

In the start up phase, priority will be given to an
ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant
scheme (ERC Starting Grant)
(to provide adequate support to the independent careers of excellent
researchers who are at the stage of establishing their first research
team or program)

A second funding stream, the ERC Advanced
Investigator Grant scheme (ERC Advanced
Grant) will be established
(for projects led by Investigators at all subsequent career stages)
Technology Platforms

Industry-Driven, Competitiveness-Focused

European Technology Platforms - Concept

Stakeholders, led by industry, get together to
define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number
of strategically important issues with high
societal relevance where achieving Europe’s
future growth, competitiveness and sustainable
objectives is dependent upon major research
and technological advances in the medium to
long term.
Technology Platforms

Bottom-Up Approach with Industry in Lead

Wide Stakeholder Involvement

Flexibility: No “One Size Fits All”

EU Role: Facilitating and Guiding but not
Leading or Owning

Majority of Strategic Research Agendas, where
Appropriate, Taken into Account in Thematic
Priorities of FP7

Minority of Strategic Research Agendas
Identified through Dialogue with Industry as
Potential “Joint Technology Initiatives”
Joint Technology Initiatives

May Take the Form of Joint Undertakings –
Article 171 of the Treaty
– “The Community may set up joint undertakings or any other
structure necessary for the efficient execution of Community
research, technological development and demonstration
programmes”
Joint Technology Initiatives

Identification criteria include:

Added value of European-level intervention

Degree and clarity of definition of objective

Strength of commitment from industry

Scale of impact on industrial competitiveness and growth

Importance of contribution to broader policy objectives

Capacity to attract additional national support and
leverage industry funding

Inability of existing instruments to achieve objective
Joint Technology Initiatives

Firmly Anchored in Thematic Areas of the
Cooperation Programme

In Fields of Major European Public Interest

Six Fields Envisaged at this Stage
– innovative medicines
– nanoelectronics
– embedded systems
– aeronautics and air traffic management
– hydrogen and fuel cells
– global monitoring for environment and security

Other Fields Possible Subsequently
More info:
Patrice MILLET

European Commission - DG Research

Industrial technologies - Materials

Mail: CDMA 4/64 B-1049 Brussels - Belgium

Visit Address: Rue du Champ de Mars ,
B-1050 Brussels Belgium

Phone Direct line: +32 (2) 298 51 40

Fax: +32 (2) 296 05 50

E-mail: patrice.millet@cec.eu.int

New e-mail: patrice.millet@ec.europa.eu
Further Information

EU research:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/resear
ch

Seventh Framework
Programme:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/resear
ch/future/index_en.cfm

Information on research
programmes and projects:
http://www.cordis.lu

RTD info magazine:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/resear
ch/rtdinfo/

Information requests:
research@cec.eu.int