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The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate

Smadar HIRSH

Jerusalem, 28.12.2014

ISERD Aims at

Maximizing the benefits of participation in the Framework Program

ISERD Steering Committee:

Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Science and Technology and Space, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Ministry of Finance and the Council for Higher Education – Planning and Budgeting Committee.

Chairman of the Steering Committee – Mr. Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy.

General Manager: Mr. Marcel SHATON

Israel is an Associated Country

that allows it full participation in the

Framework RTD Programs since 1996

(mid FP4)

Submitted Participations 8969

Successful Participations 2124

Success by sector:

Industry 467

Universities 1337

Others 320

Submitted Proposals 6101

Successful Proposals 1197

Success rate 23.7 %

Value of Israeli grants:

838 M€

Industry 294.7 M€

Universities 579.5 M€

Others 63.8 M€

Overall value of projects with at least one Israeli partner 10,123 B€

Overall value of projects with at least one Israeli Industrial partner 6,6 B€

The Israeli Results in FP ( Israeli total contribution to FP7: 535 M€ )

UPDATE 01.08.2014

European Research Council (ERC)

Budget 2014-2020: 13,095 million €

European Research Council (ERC)

Designed for researchers with an excellent scientific profile and with visionary research projects.

Financing frontier research, cross disciplinary proposals and pioneering ideas in new and emerging fields which introduce unconventional and innovative approaches.

Across all fields of research.

Main ERC Principles

1 researcher; 1 host institution; 1 project; 1 selection criterion: scientific excellence. Independent researchers from anywhere in the world, of any age. The grant is ‘portable’. Research must be carried out in one of the 28 EU member states or associated countries

Sub-programs under ERC

ERC Starting Grant for young, early-career top researchers (2-7 years after PhD) - up to 2 million euro for a period of 5 years.

ERC Consolidator Grant for already independent excellent researchers 7-12 years after PhD) - up to 2.75 million euro for a period of 5 years.

ERC Advanced Grant for senior research leaders with significant research achievements in the last 10 years - up to 3.5 million euro for a period of 5 years.

ERC Proof of Concept Grants for ERC grant holders who want to check the market and/or innovation potential of research results from ERC-projects – up to 150,000 euro for a period of 12 months.

ERC Synergy Grants for small groups of individual researchers - up to 15 million euro for a period up to 6 years.

ERC Time Frame

Restrictions on Resubmissions

First eligible call 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Final outcome

of evaluation

2015 A P B X P C X X P

2016 A P B X P C X X P

2017 A P B X P C X X P

2018 A P B X P C X X

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCAs)

Budget 2014-2020: 6,162 million €

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

MSCA Sectors

Mobility Rule

At the time of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals (IF), or recruitment by the host organisation (ITN) researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Career Restart Panel and the Reintegration Panel in IF: researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of their host organisation for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline for submission of proposals. Portability of IF grants

Submission Procedure

Submission to one of the 8 scientific panels:

Chemistry (CHE),

Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC),

Economic Sciences (ECO),

Information Science and Engineering (ENG),

Environment and Geosciences (ENV),

Life Sciences (LIF),

Mathematics (MAT) and

Physics (PHY)

During the evaluation, each scientific panel will have a separate ranking list.

Individual Fellowships (IF)

Objectives

Enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers at post-doctoral level and beyond, of any nationality

Provide opportunities to acquire new knowledge by working on research projects in a European context or outside Europe

Special eligibility conditions for those resuming a career or returning to Europe

Minimum country participation in an IF

Beneficiaries Partner organisations

European Fellowships Obligatory: 1 beneficiary in

MS or AC

Optional: partner

organisation(s) in MS or

AC

Global Fellowships Obligatory: 1 beneficiary in

MS or AC

Obligatory: 1 partner

organisation in TC

Optional: partner

organisation(s) in MS or

AC

IF Schemes

EF Standard European Fellowship

EF - CAR Career Restart Panel

EF - RI Reintegration Panel

GF Global Fellowship

Financial modalities for IF

Monthly Living

Allowance

Mobility Allowance

(monthly)

Family Allowance

(monthly)

€ 4,650 * € 600 € 500

Researcher Unit Costs

Institutional Unit Costs

Research, Training and Network

Costs

Management and Overheads

€ 800 € 650

* A country correction coefficient applies to the living allowance.

COFUND

Objectives

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes to provide for

International, Inter-sectoral and Interdisciplinary research training

Transnational and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers

Foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development

COFUND

Scope

Financial modalities for COFUND

Monthly Living

Allowance

Early-stage researchers € 3,710 *

Experienced researchers € 5,250 *

Researcher Unit Costs

Institutional Unit Costs

Research, Training and Network

Costs

€ 650

* subject to a co-funding rate of 50%.

MSCAs 2014 Calls

ITN 2/09/2014 – 13/01/2015 EUR 370 million in 2015

IF 12/03/2015 – 10/09/2015 EUR 213.00 million in 2015

RISE 6/01/2015 – 28/04/2015 EUR 80.00 million in 2015

COFUND 14/04/2014 – 1/10/2015 EUR 80.00 million in 2015

NIGHT

11/12/2014 – 4/03/2014 EUR 8.00 million

Further Information

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – ISERD website

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - European Commission

Participant Portal – Open Calls

COFUND – FP7 funded projects

Euraxess Portal

Evaluation Criteria

Excellence – Weighting 50%

Impact – Weighting 30%

Implementation – Weighting 20%

For more information:

Smadar Hirsh: smadar@iserd.org.il

Orna Zohar: orna@iserd.org.il

Thank you for your attention!