# Presentation: 924149

## Recent Evolution at CERN

-  Input from CERN:- reiteration on the concept of hard deliverables- formal progress reporting based on updates of task sheets- executive summary of collaboration meeting
-  Safety at CERN
-  FP7 – upcoming European Framework Program
-  PAF- Future Proton Accelerators (at CERN)

## Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) 

- Commission’s proposal: 6 April 2005
- 	→	*Now debated by Member States (Council )*
*         **and European Parliament*
* **	**→**	**adoption June 2006 ?  *
- Duration: 	7 years ( 2007 to 2013 )
- Budget:	72,7 billion euro
- Organised in 4 specific programmes

**1. Cooperation***** ******→******	******Collaborative trans-national research***
***	******activities***

**3. People***** ******	******	******→***** *****	******Marie Curie actions and other initiatives***

**2.****	****Ideas***** ******	******→***** ****	*****Basic research implemented through ***
***	******	******	******	******a European Research Council (ERC)***

**Capacities***** ******	******→ ******	******Research infrastructures, regions of  ***
***knowledge, science and society, international cooperation,...****** ***

- FP7 2007 – 2013
**Specific Programmes**

## 4. Capacities programme

- Strengthen the research potential of European regions,
- Develop the research potential in the EU’s convergence regions,
- Science and Society issues,
- International cooperation,
- Support to SMEs (small and medium size enterprises), ...

***4. Capacities ******programme***

## FP7 Budget  

- presently (Jan 2006) proposed budget: 48000 M€

- originally proposed budget: ~73000 M€

## Research Infrastructures 

## Existing research infrastructuresin FP7 

_**Existing**_** research infrastructures****in FP7 **

**Objective: ***To optimise their use, performance and integration *
- Transnational Access : *To support opportunities of access to individual major infrastructures  for **transnational user groups *
- Integrating Activities : *To integrate the European infrastructures of a specific scientific community, promoting their coherent use and development (networking + transnational access + joint research activities) *
- ICT based e-infrastructures : *To foster the development high-capacity **	**and high-performance communication (GÉANT) and grid  infrastructures**** ***

## New research infrastructuresin FP7 

_**New**_** research infrastructures****in FP7 **

**Objective :***To promote the creation of new research infrastructures (or major upgrades of existing ones)**** ****of pan-European interest *
* *
**Design studies:**** ***To support exploratory awards and feasibility studies for new infrastructures (bottom-up) *
* *
**Construction of new infrastructures****: ***To promote the creation of **	**new research infrastructures based on the work conducted by ESFRI * on **	**the development of a European roadmap for new research infrastructures** *
* *
-  * 	ESFRI - European Strategy Forum for Research 	Infrastructures, **http://www.cordis.lu/esfri**** **

## FP7 Timetable

- Call for DS (potential budget: 1-3 M€)* *and CNI: fall 2006
- Submission of proposals: spring 2007 ( start of funding beginning 2008)
- Call for I3: fall 2007
- Submission of proposals: spring 2008 ( start of funding beginning 2009)

## Submission Process

- Complicated interaction between several evaluation or strategy defining bodies:ESGARD, ESFRI...
- ESGARD collects first LOIs during 2006.
- 18 LOIs generated at CERN (14 in AB department) in April 2006.
- Participation of US collaborations possible as “non-contracting” institutes.
- FP7 projects have to be complementary and not competitive to US-LARP projects. Coordination needed.