NanoSci-ERA Nanoscience in the European Research Area

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1 NanoSci-ERA Nanoscience in the European Research Area

2 OECD WPN POLICY ROUNDTABLE ON INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN NANOTECHNOLOGY BRAGA, June 22 and 23, 2009 Coordination of the national policies in fundamental research at the nanometric scale Perspectives ERANET «NanoSci-ERA» JL Robert

3 NanoSci-ERA NanoSci-ERA (Nanoscience in the European Research Area) is a Consortium of 17 national organisations from 12 countries. All organisations are carrying out national programmes in support of Nanoscience of similar size and orientation representing the majority of the activity in Europe and a significant fraction of world research NanoSci-ERA is focusing on fundamental research in Nanoscience.. Nanoscience is pivotal to further development in the field of nanotechnology.. Nanoscience addresses many of the problems we face as a society.

NanoSci-ERA [7] Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [A1] Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) [10] Stichting FOM [11] Technologiestichting STW [13] Engineering and Phys.

4 NanoSci-ERA [7] Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [A1] Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) [10] Stichting FOM [11] Technologiestichting STW [13] Engineering and Phys. Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [1] Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) [2] Ministère Délégué à la Recherche (MDR) [3] Commissariat à l Energie Atomique (CEA) [4] Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [A4] Fundaçao para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) [12] Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) [A5] Comunidad de Madrid (CDM) [6] Academy of Finland (AKA) [A3] Polish Ministry Science and Higher Education (MSHE) [A2] Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) [5] Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) [9] Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) [8] Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 18 members (13 Partners / 5 Associates) 12 countries

5 NanoSci-ERA: Workprogramme WP1 WP2 Developing relations among the Partners T1.1 Building a consolidated view of the research landscape T1.2 Steering the Consortium T1.3 Contractual management Implementing transnational research T2.1 Definition of the contours T2.2 Inciting cooperation T2.3 Transnational evaluation WP4 WP5 Extending cooperation T4.1 ERA contacts T4.2 European institutions T4.3 Extra-EU programmes Embedding Nanoscience research in society T5.1 Potential benefits and risks T5.2 Public information T5.3 Attracting the young WP3 Tending to the needs of the research T3.1 Sharing tools T3.2 Linking people T3.3 Training Launched in 2005, the project was initially planned for 3 years, but was extended for 2 additional years.

Running Consortium actions (1) Building a consolidated view of the European research landscape (WP1) Mapping of researchers and institutions evaluate European research potential.

6 Running Consortium actions (1) Building a consolidated view of the European research landscape (WP1) Mapping of researchers and institutions evaluate European research potential. Ready at the end of the year. Indicators and comparisons among partners identify convergences, complementarities and areas of optimal cooperation. Example : Publications over period (Nano-objects and nano-materials) To be analyzed with a lot of caution

7 China S.Korea Germany Japan England Canada France India Spain Italy Australia Taiwan Singapore Russia Sweden Mexico Switzerland Brazil Israel Turkey Running Consortium actions (2) Indicators and comparisons extra-eu Example: Results of a bibliometric study performed by NanoSci-ERA Joint publications between U.S. researchers & researchers from other countries U.S.A. collaborative NST publications

8 Running Consortium actions (3) Inventory of specialized research infrastructures and facilities Specificities Activities Mode of interaction with local nanoscience research community Terms and conditions Expected results Increased visibility by disclosing research infrastructures information to a wider public Database on available facilities accessible to all researchers in EU Developed access for non-resident researchers Present status Operational database Website: European Nano institutes contacted in order to get an important amount of information to construct a viable database

9 Consortium actions (4) Organisation of regular meetings with the Research Community contribute to structuring the community at the European level Ex. 1: Assembly of the Nanoscience Research Community Format: Conference of 32 delegates from the 12 participating countries Held in Amsterdam on March 6-7, 2006 Aims: 1) relay the proposals of the Consortium to the national communities 2) induce collaborations for the Transnational Call 3) promote mutual knowledge and contacts of the national communities 4) provide feedback to the Consortium (needs/wishes of the community) Ex. 2: Workshop on Key challenges in Nanoscience Format: Workshop with 25 international prominent nanoscientists Held in Berlin on May 2-3, 2007 Aims: 1) help the consortium define the scientific topics for a 2nd call for proposals in ) have brain-storming discussions about the future of nanoscience research 3) develop a vision of the major challenges and opportunities in nanoscience

10 Transnational Call for Collaborative Proposals (1) Scope of call: Frontier research in nanoscience where the fabrication, study and/or control of INDIVIDUAL nano-objects is a core aspect of the project Target community: Young researchers (PhD defended less than 8 years ago) Experienced researchers whose excellence and implication in national research policy was recognized through the funding of a nanoscience project at the national level A collaboration between at least 3 countries required (max: 5) Budget: 8.7 M Funding: 200k /team over 3 years for the collaborations vectors (e.g. exchanges of post-docs or PhD students) Participating countries : 12 (FR, DE, UK, FI, IT, NL, AT, IL, ES, PL, PT, SK) Submission / Evaluation: 2 stages (Letters of Intent and Full Proposals) Reviewing by an international panel of experts (all outside the Consortium).

11 Transnational Call for Collaborative Proposals (2) Stage I 251 Letters of Intents received 1% 994 applicants (research teams) 728 applicants PT 2% SK 185 Eligible projects NL 9% PL 3% UK 12% Other 1% AT 4% DE 24% IT 11% July 3-4, 2006: Evaluation panel meeting (Paris) 36 projects selected IL 5% FR 17% FI 3% ES 8% Stage II 12 projects funded 47 applicants Funding: 8.7 M

12 NanoSci-ERA: List of funded projects CHENANOM: Characterization of electronic nanodevices by noise measurements NAWACS: Nanowire Arrays for Multifunctional Chemical Sensors MOLIMEN: Molecules and light in individual metal nanostructures NEDQIT: NanoEngineered Diamond for Quantum Information Technology NanoEPR: Deterministic single quantum dot Nano-sources of Entangled Photons pairs NANOFRIDGE: Thermal effects in nanoscale superconducting junctions OMINISIC: Observation and manipulation of individual type I interferon signalling complexes S-five: Sort Single Single-wall-nanotubes of Specific Sizes nanolicht: Engineering Light Induced CHarge Transfer: a first step towards inorganic photosyntesis NaPhoD: Nano-Hybrids for Photonic Devices Single Nano-Hybrid: Properties and optical response of single hybrid semiconductor-metal nanoparticles SMMTRANS: Three-terminal transport through single-molecule magnets

13 Transnational Call for collaborative proposals (3) Follow-up of the 12 funded projects Mid-term conference in Madrid (June 2008): Presentation of the projects by the project leaders 3 independent evaluators: 2 from the US, 1 from Europe Scientific assessment of the projects, but also of the NanoSci-ERA programme. A very positive feedback: light administrative constraints ambitious and/or high-risk research projects A success A strong involvement of the research community: high level of submission (3 times more than the expected level) with many new collaborations High quality of projects highlighted by the evaluation panel The participating agencies unanimously approved the selection procedure An important milestone towards the ERANET-Plus

14 NanoSci-E+ 2007: Submission of an ERA-Net Plus The coordination mechanisms and implementation modalities created for the first call have made possible the creation of the NanoSci-E+ consortium. Objective: implementation and follow-up of a second transnational call, launched on January 9, Expected results: Consolidate and continue the work of the Consortium Increase support to nanoscience research by working together with the European Commission

15 NanoSci-E+: Call for Proposals TOPIC: Interfacing functional nano-objects or nano-materials This thematic focus is strategic, multidisciplinary and complementary to activities of FP7 STRUCTURE of the call: Initiated within NanoSci-ERA in March 2007 Participation of 13 countries : NanoSci-ERA (12 countries) + SFI (Ireland) Overall Budget: 13 M + 6 M (agencies) (EC) Collaborative projects with criteria comparable to the Nanosci-ERA call: Participants from at least 3 partner countries (5 max.) At least one «Young Researcher» by project Possible participation of researchers outside the Consortium without funding Funding: 220 k /partner for 3 years Submission/evaluation of projects in 2 stages

16 NanoSci-E+: Call for Proposals Submissions and results DE UK FR IT ES IL NL IE AT PT PL FI SK EXT UK DE FR IT ES NL IL IE PT AT FI PL SK EXT 208 Letters of intent submitted Applicants Eligible LoIs 197 projects 819 applicants Applicants Stage II: 59 projects 250 applicants May 2008, in Berlin: 1st Evaluation Panel Meeting (EPM): 60 LoIs invited to stage II 59 submitted October 2008, in Paris: 2nd EPM and Governing Board meeting Final ranking of projects and Joint selection list of 24 funded projects The funded teams (94) belong to 11 out of the 13 participating agencies A budget of 18,962,787 necessary to fully finance the projects with a contribution to the funding of 5,935,352 from the EC (i.e. 31.3% of the total budget allocated to the projects)

17 NanoSci-E+: List of funded projects 1. NanoActuate: Nanoactuation of plasma membrane protein cluster 2. QD2D: Coupling of Single Quantum Dots to Two-Dimensional Systems 3. INOFEO: Interfacing Nano objects for Functional Electronic and Optofluidic Systems 4. SENSORS: SEmicoNducting SupramOlecular nanoscale wires and Field-Effect TransistorS 5. NANO-BLOCK: NANOdevice fabrication using BLOCK-copolymer based technology 6. MARVENE: Magnetic nanoparticles for nerve regeneration 7. Q-OptInt: Optical interface for gate-controlled quantum dots 8. FENOMENA: Femtosecond Nano-Optical Magnetic Recording and Retrieval 9. NANOTRUCK: Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticles for Gene Therapy 10. NANOSPEC: Interfacing Carbon Nanotubes with Nanoantennas for Simulataneous Multifunctional Spectroscopy and Electrical Nanocharacterization 11. MaECENAS: Nano-scale Optical-to-Mechanical Energy Conversion: Coupling Nano-objects with Light Powered Molecular Lifters 12. ACEPLAN: Active Plasmonics and Lossless Metamaterials 13. LECSIN Lasing of Erbium in Crystalline Silicon Photonic Nanostructures 14. INTERNET Interfacing single molecules via nanoparticle networks 15. INANONAK Self-Assembling Therapeutics for Specific Nanoscale Interactions with the Sodium Pump 16. MagNaSwimmers Directed and Autonomous Motion of Hybrid Magnetic Nano-objects 17. NOIs Nanofibre Optical Interfaces for Ions, Atoms and Molecules 18. Nanopore Novel force spectroscopy with nanopores 19. E2-Plas Electrically-Excited Surface Plasmon Nanosources Based on Carbon Nanotube Light Emission 20. MEMORY Interfacing Functional Nanocomposites for Non- Volatile Memory Devices 21. CUBI-HOLES Cucurbitrils for Hardwired Optical and Electronic Selfassembly 22. Nanocommunication Nanocommunication: How virus particles convince cells to let them inside 23. Mol-Machines Molecular Machines that use structured DNA for directed movement 24. Nano-Wave Nanowire based Microwave Emitters for Use in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits A wide range of subjects covering all aspects of nanoscience research

18 NanoSci-E+: Next steps The projects will start during the second quarter of 2009 An administrative and scientific follow-up of the projects during the 3-year funding period. Organisation of 2 review conferences A review of the call with respect to the procedures implemented and the interfacing of the call with the different national research funding systems and programmes In the long term, releasing a comprehensive set of guidelines and best practices relating to the design and management of a multi-partner joint call like NanoSci-E+

19 Future of the Consortium NanoSci-ERA will end in February 2010, i.e. in less than one year. There is a general consensus on the idea that the Consortium is definitely wishing to continue its activities after the end of the project. Objectives: extending cooperation in frontier research in nanosciences, generating knowledge contributing to breakthroughs in nanotechnologies and to their acceptability. Thank you for your attention JL Robert

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