Introduction to M-ERA.NET and M-ERA.NET Call 2015

Introduction to
M-ERA.NET and
M-ERA.NET Call 2015
Sao Paulo, 16 April 2015
Roland Brandenburg
FFG, Austria
Dina Carrilho
FCT, Portugal
Stefan Scherr
KIT-PTKA, Germany
• a network of public funding organisations = “ERA-NET”
• a thematic “ERA-NET”:
“From materials science and engineering to innovation for Europe” …
micro-nano technologies, production technologies
• a very large network:
25 European countries, 36 funding organisations
• 4-year project (networking funded by the EU):
2/2012-1/2016, coordinator FFG (Austria)
• a basis for a long-term partnership beyond 2016
EU-contract partners: Austria; Belgium;
Cyprus; Estonia; Finland; France;
Germany; Hungary; Israel; Iceland;
Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia;
Netherlands; Poland; Portugal;
Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain;
Sweden; Turkey; United Kingdom
+ additional partners (“observers”) who participate in activities &
calls by their own means
(examples: Brazil-Sao Paulo, Korea, Switzerland, Russia, Taiwan)
Basic and
Applied
research; 10
only Basic
research; 6
only Applied
Research; 20
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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call 2012
M-ERA.NET
call 2013
call 2014
call 2015
2 step procedure:
1. Pre-proposal phase
(eligibility check, national/regional selection in some cases)
2. Full Proposal phase
(international central evaluation, ranking list)
Funding Contract signing
Consortium Agreement
Average project:
• 3-5 partners
• 2-3 countries
• 2-3 years
• average project costs 1 Mio EUR (3.3 Mio BRL)
1st Call 2012
2nd Call 2013
3rd Call 2014
4th Call 2015
Integrated
Integrated Computational Integrated Computational Integrated Computational
Computational
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Design of new
Interfaces, Surfaces and
New Surfaces and
New Surfaces and Coatings
interfaces, surfaces
Coatings
Coatings
and coatings
Hybrid composites
Composite Technology
Materials for Sustainable
Materials for energy
and Affordable Low Carbon
systems
Energy Technologies
Materials for Health
Composite Technology
Composite Technology /
biobased materials
Materials for Sustainable
Materials for Sustainable
and Affordable Low
and Affordable Low Carbon
Carbon Energy
Energy Technologies
Technologies
Materials for Health
Functional Materials
Focusing on Sensors
Materials for Health
Materials science for
additive manufacturing
Secondary raw
materials
250
rejected pre-proposals
rejected full-proposal
selected full proposal
150
100
number of participations
200
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78
0
16
16
6
12
Integrated
Interfaces, Surfaces Composite Technology Materials for Health
Materials for
Computational
and Coatings
Sustainable and
Materials Engineering
Affordable Low Carbon
Energy Technologies
3; 0%
42; 6%
University
285; 38%
192; 25%
Research org.
SME
Large industry
Other
231; 31%
committed funding
pre-proposals submitted
requesting funding
Call 2012
30 mio €
Call 2013
33 mio €
Call 2014
30 mio €
124
166
173
90 mio €
128 mio € 158 mio €
Full proposals submitted
69
90
105
passed the central evaluation
47
58
62
funded projects
requested funding
23
26
16.4 mio € 22.9 mio €
https://www.m-era.net/joint-calls
Call 2012:
30 funding orgs.
23 European countries
+ Taiwan
124 pre-proposals
72 full proposals
23 funded projects
Call 2013:
32 funding orgs.
22 European countries
+ Russia + Taiwan
166 pre-proposals
90 full proposals
26 funded projects
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Call 2014:
36 funding orgs.
22 European countries
+ Russia + Taiwan
Call 2015:
35 funding orgs.
22 European countries +
Brazil (Sao Paulo) + Korea
+ Russia + Taiwan
172 pre-proposals
105 full proposals
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M-ERA.NET Joint Call 2015
• M-ERA.NET is complementing the portfolio of other funding instruments
• M-ERA.NET combines advantages of large transnational network with
advantages of local administration:
– access to leading knowledge world-wide
– close cooperation between researchers and funding agencies
– existing nat/reg programmes and regulations
– low additional administrative barriers to enter transnational
cooperation  especially attractive for newcomers & SMEs
1st Call 2012
2nd Call 2013
3rd Call 2014
4th Call 2015
Integrated
Integrated Computational Integrated Computational Integrated Computational
Computational
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
Design of new
Interfaces, Surfaces and
New Surfaces and
New Surfaces and Coatings
interfaces, surfaces
Coatings
Coatings
and coatings
Hybrid composites
Composite Technology
Materials for Sustainable
Materials for energy
and Affordable Low Carbon
systems
Energy Technologies
Materials for Health
Composite Technology
Composite Technology /
biobased materials
Materials for Sustainable Materials for Sustainable
and Affordable Low
and Affordable Low
Carbon Energy
Carbon Energy
Technologies
Technologies
Materials for Health
Functional Materials
Focusing on Sensors
Materials for Health
Materials science for
additive manufacturing
Secondary raw
materials
Call documents for download:
• Call announcement
• Guide for proposers
• FAQ
• mandatory pre-proposal form
• Full proposal form (available June 2015)
• Date and time of receipt of Pre-proposal on or before deadline.
• Presence of requested M-ERA.NET Pre-Proposal form in English.
• Minimum of 3 partners requesting funding from 2 different participating
countries (min. 1 European) participating in the M-ERA.NET Call 2015.
• At National/regional level:
– Eligibility of the applicants according to national/regional rules and
regulations
– If applicable, presence of requested national/regional proposal forms
– Relevant to the national/regional funding programme.
All applicants are requested to contact their respective national/regional
funding organisation for national/regional programme details.
national
M-ERA.NET
Evaluators
call start
call promotion & consultation
Pre-proposal
deadline
Pre-proposal
Schedule
Feb 2015
identification
invitation &
registration
eligibility check
9 June 2015
September 2015
coordination
meeting (WG)
Full Proposal
deadline
central evaluation
assign eligible
Pre-proposals to
registered experts
expert list endorsed (SB)
individual written
assessments & scoring
online discussion
& compilation
peer review reports &
ranking list to agencies
10 Nov 2015
online funding
commitment
selection meeting
(SB)
final funding decision
Jan 2016
• The NMPTeAm2 offers a partner search tool for the MERA.NET Call 2015.
http://www.nmpteam.com/
• The EEN (Enterprise Europe Network) offers a general partner
search tool.
http://een.ec.europa.eu/
M-ERA.NET
other activities
Survey 2014 among partner countries at national/regional level:
In the thematic areas adressed by M-ERA.NET we identified:
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Clusters (38)
Competence Center (17)
Excellence Center (27)
Research Center (18)
Technical Center (2)
Research Institute (5)
Research/Excellence/Competence Center of Universities (9)
Network, Initiative ( 25)
Spin-off (1)
Science and/or Technologic Park (3)
Public Authorities (3)
Web pages of various entities
Blanck
Materials for
sustainable and
affordable low
carbon energy
technologies
Integrated
Computational
Materials
Engineering (ICME)
Composite
Technology
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Design of New
Interfaces, Surfaces
and Coatings
Materials for
Health
Secondary raw
materials
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2012: Industrial Technologies 2012 (Aarhus, DK)
2012: Taiwan Nano Week 2012 (Taipei, TW)
2013: EuroNanoForum 2013 (Dublin, IE).
2013: Taiwan Nano Week 2013 (Taipei, TW)
2014: Industrial Technologies 2014 (Athens, GR)
2014: E-MRS 2014 (Lille, FR)
2014: Taiwan Nano Week 2014 (Taipei, TW)
2015 EuroNanoForum 2015 (Riga, LV).
2015 E-MRS 2015 (Warsaw, PL): M-ERA.NET final conf.
M-ERA.NET outlook
call 2016
1/2016
1/2017
call 2017
1/2018
call 2018
1/2019
etc.
1/2020
1/2021
www.m-era.net
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Partner details
Funding programmes
Call 2015
Events
Thank you !
CONTACTS:
M-ERA.NET: office@m-era.net
regional contact: Simone Godoi (SGodoi@fapesp.br)
www.m-era.net