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National Delegate & NCP for European Research InfrastructuresNational Delegate to ESFRI

Research Infrastructuresin Horizon 2020,WP 2016 & 2017

Dr. Michael RyanHead of EU AffairsScience Foundation IrelandSlide2

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 reflective societies

Secure societies

Spreading excellence & widening ParticipationScience with and For Society

European Research CouncilFuture and Emerging TechnologiesMarie Curie actions European Research Infrastructures (including e-infrastructures) – 2.488 B€

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (ICT, space, nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, biotechnology)Access to risk financeInnovation in SMEs

Excellent science

Horizon 2020– Framework Programme

for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)Slide3

Principal aims

1. Developing the European RIs for 2020 and beyondDeveloping new world-class RIs

Integrating and

opening

national and regional RIs of European interestDevelopment, deployment and operation of ICT based

e-Infrastructures2. Fostering the innovation potential of RIs and their human resources3. Reinforcing European RI policy and international cooperationSlide4

Research Infrastructures – Calls 2016/17

Developing Long-term Sustainability of New Pan-European RIIntegrating and Opening RI of European Interest

e-Infrastructures

Fostering the Innovation Potential of RI

Support to Policy and International cooperation

Work programme70-page document

2016 and 2017 only. (2 year blocks after that)This webinar provides a brief overview (with some extra supplementary info)5 Calls - 15 topics in totalSlide5

Call 1 - Developing new world-class research infrastructures “INFRADEV”

INFRADEV-01-2017 (RIA) - Design StudiesSupport the conceptual and technical design of new research infrastructures

with clear European dimensionSupport major upgrades of existing infrastructures also possible

BUDGET: €20M DEADLINE: 29 March 2017

To facilitate and support: Implementation; Long-term sustainability; Efficient operation of research infrastructures

4 Calls INFRADEV-02-2016

(CSA) - Preparatory Phase of ESFRI projectsSupport to bring projects identified on the ESFRI roadmap to a sufficiently legal, financial and/or technical level required to implement the projectBUDGET: €40M DEADLINE: 22 June 2016INFRADEV-03-2016-2017 (CSA) – Individual Support to ESFRI and Other World-class Research InfrastructuresTarget long-term sustainability of new RIs, ESFRI and other world-class RIs in EuropeSpecial attention given to the interaction with industry and SMEsBUDGET: €30M (+ €40M) DEADLINE: 30 March 2016INFRADEV-4-2016

(RIA)- European Open Science Cloud for ResearchSupport for the launch of a pilot action in availability of scientific data and data-analysis via cloud infrastructureProposals should address federation, networking, co-ordination of existing research infrastructuresBUDGET: €10 DEADLINE: 22 June 2016- For details on each: see pages 6 to 13 of the work programmeSlide6

Design studies (InfraDev-01) – Specific features

Technical, legal and financial feasibility of new or upgraded facilities, leading to a conceptual or technical design report Scientific and technical work

drafting of concepts, architecture and engineering plans for the construction

taking into account resource efficiency and environmental impacts during creation of prototypes

implementation plans to ensure uptake of new facility by science community at a high efficiency

Conceptual work

integration of the new RI into the European RI landscape identification of the best possible site(s) design of a workable legal (e.g. an ERIC) and governance structureplanning of research services to be provided at international levelestimation of budget for construction and operationCall 1 - Developing new world-class research infrastructures “INFRADEV”Slide7

EU Open Science Cloud for Research (InfraDev-04) – Specific features

Pilot action to demonstrate how availability of data & services for EU researchers can be ensured through a cloud infrastructure Aim is to: help deal with the significant data being generated by WCRI/ESFRIs

address the federation, networking, and coordination of existing RIsBuild on existing RIs & design a governance framework with appropriate stakeholders to ensure sustainability

Attention to be paid to storage, access, and reuse needs for data accruing from H2020 projects

Establish links with initiatives (national and EU) and with projects selected under

EINFRA-12-2017Likelihood – 1 proposal

Call 1 - Developing new world-class research infrastructures “INFRADEV”Slide8

INFRAIA-01-2016/2017 (RIA) - Integrating Activities for Advance Communities –

Targeted, Themed CallTo support effective and convenient access to research infrastructures/facilities.To bring together/open up key national and regional research infrastructures to all European researchers, from both academia and industry, ensuring their optimal use and joint development.

BUDGET: €88M (+€72M) DEADLINE: 30 March 2016INFRAIA-0202017 (RIA)– Integrating Activities for

Starting Communities

To support the trans-national and virtual access provided to European researchers

To improve infrastructure services; support co-operation between RI and the scientific community, industries and stakeholders BUDGET: €40M DEADLINE: 30 March 2016 (First stage)

Note: Advanced Communities = whose RIs currently show an advanced degree of coordination/networking (in particular awarded via a previous Framework programme) Starting Communities = whose RIs currently show a limited degree of coordination/networkingCall 2 - Integrating and opening research infrastructures of European interest “INFRAIA” An integrating activity to bring together several RIs to support: network activities + transnational and virtual access activities + joint research activities.2 Calls - For details on each: see pages 14 to 28 of the work programmeSlide9

Call 2 - Integrating and opening research infrastructures of European interest “INFRAIA”

Areas addressed for both calls – see work programme for specifics -Biological & Medical SciencesEnergyEnvironmental and Earth SciencesMathematics & ICT

Material Sciences and Analytical facilitiesPhysical SciencesSocial Sciences & Humanities

- For details on each: see pages 14 to 28 of the work programme

Advanced Community – SFI Research Infrastructures Call, late 2015Slide10

Some notes on Starting Communities…

Need for a data management plan: integrating activities (IAs) should also organise the efficient curation, preservation and provision of access to the data collected/produced under the projectOpting out of the pilot on open research data is optional but note that it will likely be mandatory in future FPs (FP9)

IAs should contribute to fostering the potential for innovation (including social innovation) of research infrastructures by reinforcing the partnership with industryIAs are expected to take into account relevant ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures to exploit synergies

2-stage Call

Awards will be up to €5M per successful proposal

With both Adv & Str communities Ireland has a number of examples. So contact me if you want to discuss specifics or get advice regarding either.

Call 1 - Developing new world-class research infrastructures “INFRADEV”Slide11

Integrating e-infrastructure resources and services across networking, computing, data, software, user interfaces.

Call 3 – e-Infrastructures“EINFRA”

E-infrastructure calls will support EU policies on

Open research data; data & computing intensive science; research & education networking; HPC; and big data innovation.

It will be implemented through:

Service orientation – all projects will contribute to a high quality catalogue of services

Maximising impact – proposal to define KPIs against operational, technical & socio-economic impactCo-design – consortia are balanced/complementary set of partners

Open research data – data producers and users will be able to benefit from access and depositing of data to make data discoverable, accessible, intelligible and useableH2020 as a catalyst for job growth – e-infra call will promote, where feasible, the combined/cumulative use of other funding sources as a means to support growth (ref. “digital game changer” on European high performance data networks)Slide12

Call 3 – e-Infrastructures“EINFRA”

The Call is structured along 2 themes.

Theme 1

– integration and consolidation of e-infra platforms supporting EU policies and research & education communities, and covers:

Coordination of regional, national, and European operations and funding

Synergies between operational e-infrastructures

Continuous upgrades of infrastructure without service disruptionMain focus of support is on servicing activities & networking activitiesTheme 2 – prototyping innovative e-infrastructure platforms and services for research and education communities, industry and citizens. 2 types of activities:

Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation (technology push, driven by the supply-side)User-driven e-infrastructure innovation (user pull, driven by the demand-side)Main focus of support is on servicing activities, networking activities & joint research activitiesSlide13

Call 3 – e-Infrastructures“EINFRA”

Integrating e-infrastructure resources and services across networking, computing, data, software, user interfaces.Theme 1 callsEINFRA-11-2016 (RIA)– Support to the Next Implementation Phase of Pan-European High Performance Computing Infrastructure and Services (PRACE)

To provide specialised computing services to promote research excellence and innovationTo advance national HPC capabilities

To ensure openness to ‘new user’ communities and promote industrial take-up of HPC services

To work in synergy with the European Technology Platform (ETP) for HPC (ETP4HPC)

EINFRA-12-2017 (RIA) – Data and Distributed Computing e-Infrastructures for Open Science

Covers two closely related topics within e-Infrastructures:BUDGET: €15M DEADLINE: 30 March 2016Slide14

Access and preservation platforms for scientific information. Aim is to support reliable and permanent open access to digital scientific records from existing “initiatives” across Europe.

Proposals needto deploy and maintain service driven knowledge e-infrastructureto support global interoperability of open access data e-infrastructuresto promote a limited set of bibliometric and webometric data that reflect open access policies

Secure and agile data and distributed computing e-infrastructures. Aim is to enable the integration of a secure, permanent, on-demand service-driven, privacy-compliant and sustainable e-infrastructure incorporating distributed databases, computing resources and software.

Proposals need

to address privacy, cybersecurity, and information assurance supporting data protection public, private or industrial entities

to adopt standards-based common interfaces, open source components and processing of underlying datato support the preservation and curation of data and associated software

BUDGET: €10-15M/proposal (1-2 proposals) DEADLINE: 29 March 2017BUDGET: €8-10M/proposal (1-2 proposals) DEADLINE: 29 March 2017- For details on each: see pages 29 to 45 of the work programmeSlide15

Call 3 – e-Infrastructures“EINFRA”

Integrating e-infrastructure resources and services across networking, computing, data, software, user interfaces.Theme 2 calls 1. EINFRA-21-2017 (PPI) - Platform-driven e-Infrastructure Innovation

To procure innovative HPC solutions and support EU deployment of world-class HPC infrastructure capability

With the aim of reinforcing EU access to EU leading-edge supercomputing Tier-0 infrastructures and services i.e. associated with PRACE

BUDGET: €26M DEADLINE: 20 September 2016

- For details on each: see pages 29 to 45 of the work programme

EINFRA-21-2017 is in two partsTo support public procurement of innovative HPC systemsTo support RIA for e-infrastructure prototypesSlide16

2. EINFRA-21-2017 - Research and Innovation Actions for e-Infrastructures Prototypes

Covers 2 areas (proposals to address one):“Universal discoverability of data objects and provenance”Prototyping an e-infrastructure service, based on standards and best-practices, for the uptake of a Digital Identifier e-infrastructure for digital objects (articles, datasets, collections, software, nomenclature, etc.).

Linked with the Research Data Alliance (RDA)BUDGET: €4-5M, one proposal DEADLINE: 29 March 2017

2) “Computing e-infrastructure with extreme large datasets”

Develop service prototypes to cope with very large data resources. It should include the basis software layers supporting applications such as modelling, simulation, pattern recognition, visualisation, etc.

Prototypes to follow an open source approach

BUDGET: €2.2-3M, 4-5 proposals DEADLINE: 29 March 2017Slide17

EINFRA-22-2016 – User-driven e-Infrastructure InnovationTo support user-driven design and prototyping of innovative e-infrastructure services and applications.

Proposals to address one of the following areas:1) to support, through open e-infrastructure resources, specific requirements of European initiatives addressing societal challenges (e.g. on environment and marine sustainability, agriculture and biodiversity, health and human brain etc.).BUDGET: €2-3M/proposal DEADLINE: 30 March 2016

2) to stimulate the innovation potential of innovative actors, SMEs in particular, either as suppliers of technologies and services for e-infrastructures or as users of e-infrastructures to improve their own product and service offering

Successful applicants will launch “mini-calls” to provide support to SMEs (for ca. €60,000)

BUDGET: €5-6M. One proposal DEADLINE: 30 March 2016

3) To development a pan-European identity federation of services for researchers, educators and students, in compliance with existing identity inter-federation efforts (including Eduroam and Edugain)BUDGET: €2.5-3M. One proposal DEADLINE: 30 March 2016

4) Reuse and improve (performance, quality, reputation, etc) the open access repository and publishing platform infrastructure for prototyping new infrastructure services in support of open science (e.g. new forms of publishing, machine-assisted knowledge extraction services from heterogeneous data resources and strengthening of machine readability and other discovery services)BUDGET: €1-2M/proposal DEADLINE: 30 March 2016Slide18

e-Infrastructures – points to remember

Proposals should be structured around

Networking Activities, Service Activities and Joint Research Activities

The

Software

to be developed needs to be

open sourceA Data Management Plan to be developed enabling data preservation, on-line discoverability, authorisation and re-use of dataClear Metrics (KPIs) to be proposed and usedOpen Access to Publications resulting from the project (where appropriate)Usefulness of services to the end user community and financial sustainability to be ensured

Call 3 – e-Infrastructures“EINFRA” Slide19

Call 4 – Fostering the Innovation Potential of Research Infrastructures. “INFRAINNOV”

To develop the innovation potential of research infrastructures. To better exploit component instruments, services and knowledge for the implementation and upgrade of research infrastructures2 Calls INFRAINNOV-01-2017 (RIA) – Fostering Co-innovation for Future Detection and Imaging Technologies

A pilot initiative: to address the development of future detection and imaging technologies, which have applications in the fields of medicine, manufacturing industry, aerospace, ICT, engineering, environmental sciencesTo be a driver enabling the transfer of fundamental research towards industrial application

BUDGET: €20M/proposal . One proposal. DEADLINE: 29 March 2017

INFRAINNOV- 02-2016

(CSA)

– Support to Technological Infrastructures T-infrastructures provide RIs with advanced key technologies and integration services.Proposals need:to define key techniques and trends which are crucial for the development of RIs, in close partnership with industrial partnersto identify domains of societal applications and potential markets beyond RIsto facilitate the creation of both large and viable marketsto support the integration of RIs into local, regional and global innovation systems BUDGET: €10M (€2M/proposal) DEADLINE: 30 March 2016- For details on each: see pages 46 to 51 of the work programmeSlide20

Call 5 - Support to policy and International Co-operation. “INFRASUPP”

To develop the human resources of RIs especially in areas that suffer from shortages in supply or where new skills and professions are required.3 Calls INFRASUPP-1-2016 (CSA)

– Policy and International Co-operation Measures for Research Infrastructures. 4 separate topics:Support development of RI research policy that facilitates Roadmap drafting and evaluation procedures

Develop the role of the Union in international organisations and multilateral fora

Aid bilateral co-operation on RIs with Africa

Support training needs of the Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications (SESAME) facility located in JordanBUDGET: €2M/topic DEADLINE: 30 March 2016

INFRASUPP-02-2017 (CSA) – Policy and International Co-operation Measures for Research Infrastructures Support co-operation between the EU and international strategic partners. 3 separate topics:Develop a model describing the socio-economic leverage of RIs in terms of impact of the financial investment for the different types of InfrastructuresSupport the cooperation between the EU and international strategic partners for the development of global RIs or an enhancement of the current interaction among RIs in the global arenaAid the Research Data Alliance (RDA) through supporting development of global interoperable research data infrastructuresBUDGET: €1.5M/topics 1 & 2; €3.5M/topic 3 DEADLINE: 29 March 2017- For details on each: see pages 52 to 61 of the work programmeSlide21

INFRASUPP-03-2016 (RIA) – Support to Policies and International Co-operation Infrastructures

1) To define and test high-speed networking e-infrastructure architecture for the forthcoming SKA RIBUDGET: €3M DEADLINE: 30 March 20162) International Co-operation on e-Infrastructure Supporting Major Societal ChallengesCo-operation with third countries on interoperability of e-infrastructures for networking, computing and data in order to support joint-efforts on one or more major societal challenges (e.g.: health, agriculture, education/skills, etc.)

BUDGET: €1M DEADLINE: 30 March 20163) Policy Support to e-Infrastructure Programme

Support of the e-IRG secretariat

BUDGET: €1M DEADLINE: 30 March 2016

4) Support to dissemination for the e-infrastructure programmeBUDGET: €1.5M DEADLINE: 30 March 2016

5) Support to small-size foresight roadmaps for the e-infrastructure programmeto define long-term requirements, community-building and identification of potential collaboration from stakeholders across different geographic areas and scientific domains.BUDGET: €400.000 DEADLINE: 30 March 2016 Call 5 - Support to policy and International Co-operation. “INFRASUPP” - For details on each: see pages 52 to 61 of the work programmeSlide22

The work programme, which details all of the Calls including the expected impact from funded projects, can be found here:http://www.sfi.ie/international/research-infrastructures.html

Thank you for your Attention!

Contact Details

Michael Ryan

National Delegate & NCP Research Infrastructures

Head of EU Affairs SFIeu-infrastructures@sfi.ie

www.sfi.ieHorizon 2020EU Research Infrastructures