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Research Opportunities Through the European Union's
7th Research Framework Programme
Indraneel Ghose
Delegation of the European Union to India
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Europe 2020:
Three mutually reinforcing priorities – five targets
• 3% of EU's GDP invested in R&D
Smart growth:
Developing an economy based on
knowledge and innovation
Sustainable growth:
Promoting a more resource efficient,
greener and more competitive economy.
Inclusive growth:
Fostering a high-employment economy
delivering social and territorial cohesion.
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• The "20/20/20" climate/energy
targets should be met
• 75 % of the population aged 2064 should be employed
• Share of early school leavers
under 10% and at least 40% of
the younger generation with a
tertiary degree
• 20 million less people should be at
risk of poverty
What is the Research Framework Programme?
 It is the main European instrument for funding research
in Europe
 It is designed to respond to Europe's needs for
competitiveness and quality of life
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FP basic principles
 Scientific Excellence
 Transnational cooperation
 Public calls, peer review, competitive selection
 Cost-sharing
 Participants own the results
 Completely open to international participation
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Framework Programme 7 (2007 – 2013)
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Cooperation Programme – Collaborative Research
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10 Thematic Priority Areas
Health
Food, Agriculture, Fisheries 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
Space
Security
6050 M€
1935 M€
9110 M€
3500 M€
2300 M€
1900 M€
4180 M€
610 M€
1430 M€
1350 M€
Activities in the Energy thematic priority area
Hydrogen and fuel cells
CO2 capture and storage
technologies for zero
emission power generation
Renewable electricity
generation
Clean coal
technologies
Renewable fuel
production
Smart energy
networks
Renewables
for heating and cooling
Energy savings
and energy efficiency
Knowledge for energy policy making
Horizontal Programme actions
http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/index_en.cfm
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/energy/home_en.html
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Energy research –
Calls for Proposals currently open
4 calls currently open
Budget: 297 M€
Deadlines: 25 October 2011; 1 December 2011; 8 March 2012
 Solar energy: cost reductions of PV systems, multifunctional PV modules; Research and
demonstration on CSP;
 Wind energy: very large off-shore wind turbines and improvement of current turbines
 Ocean energy: demonstration of ocean energy farms
 Biofuels: biofuels from algae; aviation jet fuels; demonstration of lignocellulosic ethanol;
biomass-related logistics
 Heating and cooling: medium temperature solar collectors
 CO2 Capture and Storage: Storage: field tests for CO2 geological storage; CO2 impurities
 Clean Coal Technologies: Plant integration of CO2 capture; new combustion technologies
 Smart Energy Networks: Grid integration of renewable energy sources; pan-European
energy networks; smart metering; battery safety
 Energy efficiency: Smart Cities
 Future Emerging Technologies
For more information:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/searchcalls?state=open&theme=energy
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Activities in the Environment (including climate
change) thematic priority area
Climate change, pollution and
risks
Pressures on environment and climate
Environment and health
Natural hazards
Environmental technologies
Observation, simulation, prevention,
mitigation, adaptation, remediation and
restoration of the natural and man-made
environment
Protection, conservation and enhancement
of cultural heritage including human habitat
Technology assessment, verification and
testing
Sustainable management of
resources
Conservation and sustainable management of
natural and man-made resources and
biodiversity
Management of marine environments
Earth observation and
assessment tools
Earth and ocean observation systems and
monitoring methods for the environment and
sustainable development
Forecasting methods and assessment tools
for sustainable development, taking into
account differing scales of observation
http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index_en.cfm
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/environment/home_en.html
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Environment (including climate change) research –
Calls for Proposals currently open
4 calls currently open
Budget: 265 M€
Deadlines: 20 October 2011; 1 December 2011
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Coping with climate change: climate predictions towards climate services, technoeconomic modelling tools for assessing costs and impacts of mitigation policies; Strategies,
costs and impacts of adaptation to climate change, economic instruments to achieving the
EU's greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives for 2050; geo-engineering options
Sustainable use and management of land and seas: sustainable land, water and urban
management; assessing global biological resources, assessment of Good Environmental
Status of marine waters, impacts of litter in the marine and coastal environment, mapping,
diagnosis, excavation, and security of underwater and coastal archaeological sites
Improving resource efficiency: resource efficient technologies, processes and services,
resource efficiency indicators
Protecting citizens from environmental hazards: risk-management partnerships;
monitoring of geologically active regions prone to natural hazards, role of environment in
human health and well-being
Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society: community-based
environmental monitoring and information systems, open access to primary environmental
data,
Horizontal and cross-thematic activities: EU-India cooperation in water technology and
management: research and innovation (NOTE: DST will issue a similar call in India)
For more information:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/searchcalls?state=open&theme=env
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EU-India S&T Cooperation
Some Milestones
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2001:
Signature of the Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
2007:
First India- EU Ministerial Science Conference in New Delhi
2007:
4rd Joint Steering Committee Meeting drawing the roadmap for a more
strengthened and strategic partnership
Signature of the renewed Cooperation Agreement
2007:
Coordinated Call for Proposals in Computational Materials Science
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Coordinated Call for Proposals in Food and Nutrition Research
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Coordinated Call for Proposals in Solar Energy Research
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Signature of the cooperation agreement on fusion research
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Launch of Coordinated Calls for Proposals in Water research
Indian Participation in FP7 (01/01/2007 –11/07/2011)
 In all proposals submitted (excluding Marie Curie and ERC)
 659 proposals involving 1139 Indian partners
 In the mainlist
 137 proposals involving 241 Indian partners (19.9% success rate)
 34.5 M€ EC contribution to Indian partners
 408 M€ total EC contribution to proposals involving Indian partners
INDIA IS THE FOURTH LARGEST PARTICIPANT COUNTRY IN FP7
OUTSIDE OF EUROPE
 Marie Curie Actions
 54 Fellowships offered to Indian researchers
 21 IRSES proposals involving 31 Indian partners
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Involvement of the private sector from India in FP7
16%
N=187
12%
N=29
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Information Sources
 General information on FP7: cordis.europa.eu/fp7
 General information on European research:
ec.europa.eu/research/index_en.cfm
 List and description of projects in FP7 and 6:
cordis.europa.eu/fp7/projects_en.html
cordis.europa.eu/fp6
 EU-India S&T Relations:
eeas.europa.eu/delegations/india/
 Any questions? ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries/
[email protected]
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