I'll talk a little bit
about the innovation Union.

That's a new initiative the European
Commission has launched two weeks ago

to talk about the background of the E.U.
S S M C agreement.

Give an overview of peak
of the F P seven program

that's the biggest research
program on the world then.

The corporation program is a part of it.

The people program.

I give examples of projects and
how to participate.

Now why I'm here and able to talk
to you is because that is an E.U.

agreement on Science and Technology which
was started in one thousand ninety eight

it was already two times when you and
what is new in two thousand and

nine it all seems of F P seven what
does that the seven stand for.

It's the seven framework for research and
development of the you can commission and

things is the word for
all the different areas.

How is it governed.

We have a joint constituted group
meeting with the Department of State

with the other federal
agencies it seems like and

that's asked the E.P.A. NASA know

to come together to set the priorities and
see what we can do together.

I want kind of options and
what we have and.

Now one of the things you
heard was we have now

the twenty twenty strategy we've talked
to in a nice event this morning about it.

Part of it is the innovation Union.

And one of the problem is that we you
know we have currently scientific

economic downturn it's a really
big crisis in a we have to see

what we can do concerning globalization
about building up knowledge and

the production and use also the small
medium sized enterprises to do it but

those cars currently are very
high much impacted in with.

Crisis.

So and we have no major challenges and
we don't have the means to do it.

So it's a big challenge and
we have to innovate.

That's the reason why we did
that if you look at the.

The knowledge production here and
you see beyond

the expenditure in real terms
even twenty seven is not very.

Promoting lots of R. and D.
and giving money to it.

United States and Japan.

Not so much the rest of the world is
west of the world is China India and

other countries like Brazil but
you see stagnated business R. and D..

There are if you see the graph
here you see growth of G.D.P.

and Japan South Korea and
China have a growth.

But.

E.U. does not have a growth and you see
United States is in the same league.

Unfortunately.

So how can we help the situation.

Develop what causes excellence.

I think one of the reasons why
I'm here is Georgia Tech is

an institution to create excellence and
it is a place of excellence and

is a place of course to create
partnerships of excellence.

So try to in fact investment investment
means investment from the government but

also investment from private
public from private entities and

to do private public partnerships.

But it's easier said than done.

It's difficult but
Therefore we need to establish the G.-G.

cooperation with World Com and.

Our F P seven program is open
to us part to participants and

we need the best people to work together.

Therefore I'm here to let you know about
the opportunities are about the program

and to see whether you can fit.

This is the seventh friend our program
basic outline what is interesting

is we have a seven year program
seven year we have different

seams with specific topics which
are governed by and know what programs.

And the budget allocated to it.

It is increasing.

So we have.

Fifty three billion euros allocated
to the seven from a program and

every year it gets more so
two thousand and

seven when you compare two thousand and
thirteen you get double the money.

Now we have the cooperation programme
the corporation program is a program

where we bring Critical Mass
together to tackle global problems.

We have a minimum requirement of
three different partners why do

we do that we do that because
the appropriation program was built

from the integration process of Europe so
long time ago the first second and third.

Frame a program we have developed to
bring Europe's researchers together.

That has been achieved.

Right now we are now in the process
of opening up to the world

to aggress to address
the global challenges.

Therefore three different
Pratinas from three different

countries of Europe Europe
means the European Union.

Plus as sociate states like so
it's a land Norway.

Israel Israel is not part
of the European Union.

No but they give money to
a big part of F P seven and

it's a given on a competitive basis.

So they have partners.

This cooperation program.

Has different themes I have talked
a little bit in detail about it but

it tackles all.

Areas of research.

The next one is the ideas program
the ideas program was developed

because that we faced as you're
paying commission a lot of criticism

that we did not fund basic
research that we fund

applied research apply in
the sense that we we how.

You are paid.

We have to tackle problems which
is kind of like Applied Research.

So we generated.

As a spinoff as you would say
the ideas program which is governed

by the European Research Council.

And the governance is done by.

Nobel Prize winning scientist not like me
so and they tried to reduce the paperwork.

European Commission has
it's perceived as the most.

Most complicated paperwork organizing.

Funding Agency we have a lot of paperwork
right you know we trying to reduce that

regularly but we've kind of like here.

And we would like to get it here but.

The trying to do a good job with this.

What is this.

These are two main products
that grants the R.C.

grants there is a stop in grants for
younger researchers.

That means they get a couple
of million euros to

build up a lab in Europe it's open to.

People around the world.

It's made available on
a competitive basis and

there is that it's advanced grants for
experience researchers.

The brochure.

Here's an overview of the R.C.

Grant also will guide you little bit
through the brochures I brought with me.

So again.

Then we have the people program.

Excellence of research is not.

Days done by mobility know excellent
research career is done now

staying where you are most of the people
go from A to B. for me to see being and

lots of different places in Europe but
also in the United States or elsewhere.

What I'm trying to say is
that we are developing ways

to get the people away and come back.

So we're not really promoting brain drain.

Promoting brain circulation so
we have products where you go from

here to United's from the United States to
Europe and back all the other way around.

I will talk a little bit about it later
the capacities program is a program

where we fund research infrastructures.

And have the means.

So that the.

Researchers can use those
infrastructures for their research and

we have the you worked on program.

As their nuclear program and the J R C We
have five European joint research

centers these five research centers are
European Commission Directorate generals.

They do research for
support for the support of

policy of the European Commission and
their independent.

The corporation program is open
to international partners in

all themes that means open
to the whole planet Earth.

And open to all themes we do
not include exclude anybody.

And there are specific programs which
include specific international corporation

action stickers.

But these are more geared
towards developing countries.

Ideas program is grants for
individuals our teams

of individuals but
you can apply as a U.S. participant.

But you have to go to Europe.

Research has to be done in Europe.

So we are open.

Also in that respect to people from
outside Iraq and the people program.

I said we are moving people around
on the individual basis but

also to do an international
staff next to exchange scheme

that is a program where institutions come
together on both sides of the Atlantic and

develop a two to four year old.

Long.

Exchange program paid by the European
Commission and paid by us from the agency.

Again funding of the capacities
program we do bilateral and

by regional international cooperation.

Area.

How do we do it.

We do it by coordinated calls.

Diane said in the beginning I was
doing the first coordinated call on

advanced materials to simulate
a simulation with N.S.F..

That means getting people across the
Atlantic a funding agencies to agree on

a topic have a common part of X.
funds have a common part of.

Should I say a common group of.

Evaluators and
have also a common ranking and do.

The.

The evaluation of the projects
in the harmonized way.

We do training and

clustering that means bringing people
projects together two or more.

We have organize workshops and
seminars try to exchange scientists and

technical experts we do open our peer
reviews for evaluations from outside.

So you are all invited to come and
prepare a C.V. We have a call for.

Form evaluators on this for sure.

Here you the last page has lots
of interesting weapon things and

this one is where you can put your C.V.
in and there.

Some people or something and then the
people of my program officer colleagues in

Brussels will look at the right
people to invite your review.

So you're welcome to participate.

What we have also is called Aero link USA

that is that network of European
researcher here in the United States.

What we do is we it's and it's for free.

We get a newsletter every month with

updated calls where what's happening
in United States and Europe.

You'll be invited for events we
are going nice and that's a very good.

And networking opportunity.

Now back to the corporation program.

Just to give you an idea
what are the funding

opportunities here you see clearly that
the cooperation program to bring teams

together to tackle really problems
gets the most fun day and

then the ideas program for
the basic research for researchers.

Now I want to talk a little bit about.

The funding opportunity is there
again the F P seven program is open

to right to suppose for outside Europe
United States participants are welcome.

Now then you say what about funding.

You as participants are generally
expected to bring their own funding

that might get funded by
the European Commission.

So I need to explain this not to you.

There are couple of ways of doing this
you have to apply it when you are U.S.

researcher with your three
at least three European

colleagues to that
consortium to a proposal.

At that time you have to
say I have money already.

If you have money and you say OK I
have money for the project we just.

Say it fine but most of the time people
want to have extra funding for the money.

So you need it to get it somewhere.

People from the United States will
not as a rule get funding be hers.

So it is a rich country such as Japan.

So you have to go to funding agencies.

So you take the F P seven proposal and say
you know I want to get some extra funding

how do you do that you contact my
colleague that is a GREAT him Harrison

from N.S.F. at the international
cooperation Directorate there and I'll

tell you where are the opportunities to
get some extra funding for your project.

And do that.

The same time and the European colleagues.

Use your proposal to get the funding.

The other option would
be your very special.

And you say I'm essential for
the project and

you can get funding from
the European Commission.

If you have to put in the proposal and
then.

The peer reviewers will have a look and
say I have a special are you essential for

the project and you what if you
are essential for the project.

You may get funding from
the European Commission.

That's the exception but
there are exceptions to the rule.

So I don't want to say it's not
possible but you can do it.

Yes.

I think the plan was to
ask questions later.

Right.
Yes.

Yes.

OK So the so
I'm I'm very I'm very happy to to

have your answer your question and
hopefully be able to answer it.

So and not call is currently open
I'm talking about the corporation

program we have a core of
the corporation program and

no call work program
which is currently all.

Open.

Is open from the end of some are to
the beginning off the winter.

Depends on the different things.

And what you need to have
is part of course and

then you can apply for the people
program has a different timeline.

They just opened the COS and
they will be closed in March.

So the reason why I'm here now is because

we have primary the corporation program
open and the people program open.

So you have all
the opportunities to apply now.

But again you have also the opportunity
to apply next year because it's

an annual call.

Their call topics will change
the overall seems well not.

Now let's say what all the same so
I say everything.

So I'm talking about
corporations of health.

You're talking about diabetes.

Food Culture biotechnology

example what the child obesity
agriculture for a forest.

Company information and

communication technologies Internet of
the future cybersecurity just one topic or

use of information technology
in a household or in.

And replacement of body parts and

I'm a science is not a technology
is materials and your production

technologies I will talk a little bit more
in detail how that works as an example.

It's about the safety and

environmental aspects about new
materials for specific purposes and

also about new ways of production.

We have a huge area of energy and
she is killing energy

wind energy solar energy biofuels.

In here.

Energy and all kinds of sorts and
of power smart power grids and

vom and
we have a huge shopping list of topics for

tackling our problems with the environment
and running time of change for

transport we're looking at sustainable
surface transportation but

also looking at turbines or new coatings
for to our bonds are we're looking at.

Adaptation of turbines for biofuels.

That's various.

Very very small examples we have

people say you would only be doing
math and science and science not.

You don't do anything from you for
the Humanities of course we do.

There are social economic sciences and
humanities have their own scene.

So their own projects and
own money for this.

But also they are because all these
teams have an integrated approach.

We also tried to accommodate all the
social sciences in the other themes and

to be part of the project.

Now with the new F P seven since
two thousand and seven we also have

the space research and
security or research into it.

You might say you know are we
going to be the European NASA.

No we will not.

We are not the European Space Agency
European Space Agency implements.

The.

European research initiative but
we have now a mandate with

a list from twenty two to
develop space policy and

with that we have money to also
develop operational satellites

we can also give money to Isa to do space.

Initiatives for us and
we have money to do space research.

What kind of things we do we do for
space which research.

This is like kind of stop check.

We are looking for new engines for
intergalactic travel.

We are looking for.

Ways to look at the threat of
asteroids crashing on on Earth.

We are looking at ways to have a say and
a vacuum cleaner for all the space junk.

So we're looking at ways our topics
where nobody else will give money for

because you know you have
to think about how can we

can we tackle these real
problems because they are excess.

So now the example was
the Nano Cheerios and production.

This is just an example the example
I use because my former job.

I was a program officer for
the Afghan speech Ariel's.

And I want to show you as an example
how all these things structure works.

Again all the other seams have the same
programs and have specific topics so

we see a way of trying to get from
the basic research to the market develop

new ideas and put them in the new systems
and have a deployment of knowledge that

goes directly into this knowledge based
economy and their innovations Union and.

And Europe twenty twenty but
we've gone back now how do.

Do we do research.

To research happen.

So we're trying to promote basic
research by the See that's

the European Research Council bottom up
research but then we do also plot research

demonstration of project and focus topics
with precise fields of application.

So we're looking at
Branksome of technology and

steps a change in our projects.

So now.

For the for things we have in M.P.
We have obscene downstream.

Parts.

We're looking at small and medium
scale project and also gets project.

You see small medium scale
projects will be three to

eight five people or
entities large scale can be

up to thirty entities and
also the money money is different.

You can have money or say.

A million euro up to a large scale
project ten million euro and

see nano sciences and now technologies
are tending to the smaller projects

where as the production
production technologies and

integration of big because you have
to integrate different sectors.

This is how it looks like we go
now to the nitty gritty here

is we have certain topics for
nano sciences eleven topic for

the materials and so on large small as
to me and C. is a type of proposal.

You know you say what is this large is you
get a lot of money for a lot of people.

A lot means ten or more entities small
means of course smaller than that.

S M E We have specific areas for
where we say we want to have S.

and eighty's that small or
medium sized enterprises involved.

And we have C. is a proposals.

Was he is a name means coordination and
support action.

What we do with this is getting people
together building capacities bring them

across the Atlantic bring them across.

Different disciplines to work together
see how we can work together.

Therefore this is the C. is a type where
you can fund workshops and conferences.

Yes.

Yes.

And it's a crime entity as
a legal a legal entity.

So if your company.

Or university or.

A research institution.

If you are one person company you are
entitled to as long as you are you know.

Your chambre of Commerce has your or
your your the legal background.

Yes that's an entity and so.

Now.

Now we go even a deeper level here you see
for each the activity has under activity.

You see that as a large project for
lots of people here smart and

multifunction packaging concept
use allies and not technology or

look at targeted therapy for
using non technology for

transport of market molecules
across very biological barriers.

These are very specific
it's not bottom up.

It's kind of like this is what
we want to you to approach here.

How do that come there.

We have an annual process where the
European Commission takes the initiative

that you know I'm the product program
officer writes down something and

we go to all the different so
versus all of the European Commission and

say you know what other fine
topics we want to have for

the next program we can have an advisory
board of smart people looking at that and

then the member states have to say
which topics that like because we

do not want to duplicate the things
they do in the member states.

The European program is a program
complementing the funding of the member

states so there is only the topics
where everybody says this is useful for

walking on the European
global level in this program.

Therefore we have those
specific civic topics.

And they change every year.

So the top.

Here change the nano technology for
benefiting every woman House energy and

health will not change that
will come back next year.

So.

Again here I want to show you what we
do have a the topics are different and

also we fund things like as a C.S.A.

European platform on now I
know outreach and dialogue but

then we have very broad ones
like an art scare green and

economical synthesis amount of
particles and nanostructures.

As an example for working together as
a coordinated call here is got the know.

Well to scan modeling as a tool for

virtual technology experimental and
coordinate calls with Russia.

So this is a call where we work together
with Russia all those calls here are open

for collaboration including us.

People and it is so.

This goes on what reason
I'm showing this here is.

The.

There are topics where we say
we want to work with also other

entities in Europe like call with it and
the envy means environment.

So we work together with environment to
write the right topics to put in here and

looking things like Japan is currently
very very active and working with us.

So our.

I want to show you a little bit what
comes out of those projects we're trying

to have a lot of projects where we
can bring you things to the market.

One of the examples here in the United
was working in words materials for

skin substitutions and
repair to treat burns and also US and

this is now on the market and it's.

Biodegradable scuffle to be implanted.

We have the first cancer treatment for

brain time spur cancer
which is not nano particle

which is not a particle based which
is also currently on the market.

There are currently.

Animal experiments with the bio

the OP deficient pancreas
which is very promising.

To get those people who have
to inject themselves with

insulin and with those diets off so.

That is very promising.

To show you the Bratz of a whole thing
will be the cures for electronic labels.

We do.

Flexible and tonic labeling.

We have what's one of my
projects I followed was is

called Angus for aerospace engines.

Which are canned.

I can survive.

High temperatures.

And currently the manufacturers
of the aerospace

engines in all of the world using
are trying to put those coatings.

In those engines to lower the consumption
edge of energy and that's very good.

Now the next topic I want to
talk briefly about is the.

And vitamins just the same thing to say OK
this is boring because this is the same

thing but just to give you an idea what
we're doing in the environmentalists and

we have a shopping list here.

All these things are topics where we fund.

It's looking at climate change
mitigation at adaptation natural hazards

earthquakes hurricanes so Nagel's
flooding all these things look at praja.

It's for
the environment environment we look at

urban management Earth observation.

And of course also looking at
environmental technologies including for

their cultural heritage.

So you can get an idea all main call for
environment is a red one.

There it is for this year hundred
fifty five million euros and

we have a coordinator called
in the environment with.

The ocean off tomorrow that's how

to do ocean management in
a sustainable way in the future.

And that has sixteen
million euros this year.

These topics look like
that India Reiman theme.

They are brought but very focused like
improvement of the representation of

critical client processes in climate and
our system models or

impacts of climate and
land use changes in the Amazon.

Now I will say why is that Amazon because
the people in the five report and

the member staff agreed.

It took right now look at the Amazon.

Next year they can say we will look at and

talk to CA or something else but
this year it's it's the Amazon so.

Our ocean observation
system are important.

So we're also support that these
are the topics from the also looking

at forestry management in Africa.

So we're looking also with people from
other countries at third countries.

What they're doing and
helping those those states.

Now the types of projects
explain a little bit.

What kind of problem projects we have but
what is the funding scheme for

this for the coordination and support
actions you get one hundred percent

funding that means for getting capacity
building getting people around the table.

Research and development projects some.

All and large well get fifty or
seventy five percent so

we do cost sharing what does it mean for
university you go get twenty five

seventy five percent of the money from
the European Commission and twenty five

percent have to go come out swear if
you're a company you get fifty percent.

And we have special infrastructure
project which have different rules but

you know is that as the main
way of giving funding.

That's correct.

Yes.

That's why.

This is implying.

If a European part not or

you're applying as a US partner
folk to get European funding.

So.

Yes it's a different story that yes.

Yeah they are you can't you can be.

What you do is you first of all you have
to talk to your European colleagues and

say we want to work together.

Secondly you say what's giving what kind
of money if you have money by yourself.

They will tell you comforting your money.

If you don't have the money
you will get you know get

the money from the European Commission but

it will also be good if you bring
your own money be it from N.S.F..

Be it from other sources.

But again you know you'll be getting ten
hundred percent of the money not armed.

Now how do you know we're perfect
can you purchase a print.

I said there and your calls for
all these themes.

And got published on the web it's own.

Courtis apologize for their website.

My colleagues did the fine
job putting everything and

it's everything back the problem is if you
want to find something you can find it.

At the Portland thing is
there's a front page and

said find a call you can find a call find
a partner or you can find partner and

find a document where you kind documents
of your work you have to look at.

But then find a project you're so you can
see who is currently in projects and who.

Can can participate in
one of the projects.

So then there's a participant
supports what I said and

then you look at what kind of
topics you want to be involved and.

They are very specific.

So if you have your U.S.
apartment and the E.U. part.

You can really focus on one or two topics
but don't try to squeeze in as it all.

K. I want to be there but you know
it doesn't really fit don't apply.

It's very competitive.

It's not doesn't mean that you will
not get funding but the chance

of putting a poll which does not really
hit the nail on the head on the topic.

Well will not be considered.

For their minimum requirements you
have to have at least three different

entities from Europe that means E.U.
partners are associated countries.

That's the minimum requirement if you want
to participate that will be the force.

And to do it.

You have to establish or close to
being two of you or you consortium.

So by yourself.

You cannot apply.

So you have to apply it
with a team of people.

Now how do you do that we don't
have what is called the P I at P I.

The brain of the.

Of the project but.

We have always called the coordinator.

The coordinator in most cases is
also the P.R.I. it's the coordinator

is the link to the European Commission
to make the proposal happen.

Means this person puts
in all the paperwork and

all the legal things and
all the proposals things in the press

in the software you have to have
a unique registration facility.

You have to register with the unique
facility gives you a participant.

Then if you cation cone.

The bad news is you have to do it.

The good news is if you've done it
once you don't have to do it again.

You just put in the number and that's it.

But all these pick stuff is
done by the porn in Asia.

And then the drafting and submission in
this electronic proposed submission system

is also done by the E.U. coordinator.

But your job is to get your

part of the of the of the proposal
in with a coordinator and

do a nice proposal and
then you prepare a joint text.

What is important and this is funny.

I'm not so funny.

You have to make sure that your
coordinator pushes the button

before the deadline.

That's sometimes very
difficult because our server.

Even though we're bigger
bigger bigger bigger.

We sometimes question is
the hour before the deadline.

So make sure that you know
have time to prepare and

not do last minute changes before but
usually it's the most important

thing to really do their joint tax
preparation and support the core nature.

Yes.

We say we do a two step procedure.

Two step procedure means you get
the technical description as a little

paragraph and then you have minimum all
maximum sorry ten pages as an outline.

Then you'd be evaluated.

Yes or no you go to the second stage and
then to only the promising ones.

Well then go to the full stage and
say please prepare for

proposal with one hundred pages and
get rid of the poor people who.

You know it's a lot of work
to one hundred pages for.

Yes.

Depending on the scene.

There seems which have
a success right off.

Say twenty percent.

There are themes which
have a success rate off.

A certain percent and

there are some topics where you
have fifteen percent success rate.

Yes.

About.

So.

The evaluation is done performed
by independent penalty gathered by

the commission by us.

We don't do a day about
the nation we do it with.

People.

Experts.

We do the individual
assessment first then it's

done a consensual consensus
system point each proposal.

And there will be as the rankings go
they have a ranking of all the proposals

that get sent of the commission and

we just send OK here's the money
here are the proposals and

then we give out the money according to
the ranking until the money runs out.

He had a valuation here
teria the first and

fourth important one is
the essence of quality.

It's a concept object and the work plan.

But we look also at the implementation
at the participants and

the consolidation as a whole whether
we have the right people on the.

That means you have to put
in a complimentary chain.

It's not so much getting one from
northern and southern Europe and

one from the new member states and
all number States.

That's not the case as it is now to
look at who is the best equipped

to do the job and now we're looking
at impact impact on impact.

What is the outcome of
your project what can we

do with this looking at plans for
dissemination and exploitation.

Here are some examples.

This is an example of
a European Commission

environment project is a large scale one.

It's looking at the ocean as sort of
vacation a very hot topic right now

it has twenty seven partners from Europe.

And the partners get and six point
five million euros for this project.

Here's another one called High Noon.

All I'll probably have
acronyms catchy ones and

they have a website and
you can google all these projects.

On and find websites for this.

This is a small medium sized project
as ten partners from Europe and

gets three point three million euros and
has two international partners.

One is India and the other one
is Japan and they're looking at

you know the assessment of impact of
the remote I and gracious retreat

looking at forest fires this is
a very international project its.

Forest fires are unfortunately everywhere.

Looking at a future Mon the boat
row in their abilities and and

has twenty one partners from Europe.

Plus partners from South Africa
Tunisia Turkey and the United States.

We're looking also at.

How the environment affects you.

My house.
This is so cold hard study for

air pollution effects.

And this kind of project.

Has a partner is tired from.

Outside of Europe and
has twenty four partners from Europe and

their contribution often nearly six months
now I want to talk a little bit about it.

See what I think it's the capacities
of the people I think it's

the people program.

I'm talking to people program.

So the people program as I said
is focusing on the research or

on developing knowledge in all
the different stages of the career for

research or so we start with
initial training networks for

researchers in Europe to build their early
stage networks which they can build upon

their research group in the future
also looking at working

in different disciplines to learn
multidisciplinary research.

You know in your intro
European Polish ships and

Co fun with national programs we do too.

What we also do is called great with
industry get people the experience to

work on their work on their specific
problem in industry environment and

I cut them off our
research institutions and

we do specific outreach actions
like researchers night and

are going to museums but we also have.

Awards and we have networking off and
C.P.S. You might say what is an N.C.P.

under Unfortunately we don't have in
C.P.S. here in the United States.

And C.P.S. experts in F P seven and
can help you with setting up those also.

There are for all different things for
health for space for

technology and then all countries and

there are also in the corridors website so
these people can help you.

So what is important to let you know is
we healthy international dimension here

we're trying to get people across.

Yes borders and
across the Atlantic and then take and

to have research experience elsewhere.

So we do outgoing fellowships we
do incoming fellowships outgoing

fellowships is when you
have people from Europe.

Go for year abroad and come back.

Ninety percent of those people I have
one person here I'm twenty one and.

Go to United States incoming fellowships
will be the other way around people from

outside mostly from India China United
States and other places come to

Europe go over there for a couple of years
and go back but you have to go back so.

Then the international staff exchange
scheme I talked about it earlier.

So here are the outgoing fellowships.

You see that you have a personal
career development plan.

And you have a mandatory return face.

So you have to go back.

We don't want to export
people to other countries but

we want to give them the experience
to go to other countries.

Here are the incoming
fellowships same thing.

It's for
one to two years to go to Europe and

there is a return phase accompanied to it.

Reintegration is something
we developed for

people who were outside
of the European Union and

wish to come back to start
a research career in Europe.

So they had funding all for
twenty five thousand euros

a year to start up their research in
a host institution back in Europe.

Yes.

Read better make sure
you know things I am.

I'm here in the United States and

sometimes things happen in Europe where I
find out months later that that happened.

So maybe they have decreased it
again because of the I can see.

Yes.

I just want to say please check you
know what I'm saying you know it may

have changed again.

What my message is that trying to treat
the researchers fairly So you know so

OK now this is the program for
our institutional relations.

You have twenty four to forty eight

months partnerships to try to develop
partnerships across the Atlantic.

What is interesting and
I think that's kind of I would say unique.

We try not to foster only
the research the research exchange.

We want to get Also the research at
Ministre term across the Atlantic.

Why because they are doing all this
paperwork with a grant agreement and and

IP are issues and
usually these things are huge obstacle.

And it makes sense to find
out how to work together.

Therefore it's also open to that.

Also we're trying to promote exchange
of technical staff technical

stuff is where you have infrastructure big
instruments the research just go abroad

but the research is usually how good
their instruments and are stuck there but

they should also get a glimpse of
the international experience so and no.

The last thing is
the capacities program to build

infrastructure to be used by
the researchers example here is a top was

fairly acknowledged to do
tropospheric research.

We have in two thousand and twelve.

It will have.

At Craft two people put it in from with

instrumentation packages for
Atmospheric Research.

This is raw gas.

This is an interesting thing
how to observe the Earth.

There will be commercial passenger
planes having some space available for

our instrument package of to observe the
Earth while they're circling the globe.

I think that that's a very neat project.

I said earlier we're now into
this space space agency also.

D.M. me as stands for global monitoring
for environment and security.

We have developed a developing satellites
together with the European Space Agency.

And these five sangomas
are currently on the planning.

These are weather satellites looking for
and also.

Lights for emplacing Landsat looking
at oceans and vegetation and so on.

As far as I know is that it's planned that
access will be available for researchers

to use the data for their research and
I think that's a very good strategy.

Now we have currently
already some place some big

integrated projects running with more than
thirty partners each on these topics.

And usually they do also workshops and
if you want to be part and

where you can just look cool them and

connect with the coordinators
too to be part of the project.

So.

And I would like to thank you for
the attention but

before I just want to explain
a little bit what I have here.

Important for you is all the programs
here is in the what is in them for you.

Bush or as all the projects here.

Also education projects where we try
to foster trying to grease for for

research institutions for for education
like the Atlantis program or a program.

If you want to.

To work on a proposal for
a corporation program this has

guided how to set up a proposal and
also expresses the.

The legal issues involved and that.

This is the bush about our
European York says Lang's

they European network of broad.

Here is the brochure for the European
Research Council for the start up for the.

Young researchers and
experience research and so forth.

If you look at cooperation for

higher education we have of
course your four best practices.

And then for the memory for me.

We have currently this brochure
of all the back and forth.

Measures and

here is the wonderful annual newsletter
all of this center of excellence.

And I would like to thank you.

So now.

So maybe you can say a little bit
about first of all question and

then it's a splendid little bit.

How you know how how you are Marie Curie.

And all the little.

Personal shame.

That's the word.

We got one of the challenges that

we have Mary Cary operation.

But of course the most violent crime here.

I guess for me here in the US.

One of the things that I'm really
trying to say is first of all or else

our rights.

But also our stand ways people have to ask

us to be nice if we have
to I guess people around us

again write letters.

So we get to talk to people that you know.

Georgia Tech has a lot of success
story already like John McIntyre and

they buy proposals and they usually
get plenty of very good stuff.

So yeah that's one thing I
hear people are Catholic.

Think about.

Yeah I think so yes.

Now I think what will work will do
is the center of excellence will

send it around to everybody who
gives them their business card.

Plus I think you might put
that on the website right.

Yeah.
So you know no problem.

Otherwise you'd also can contact me but

I think it's best thing to be and
also start the networking with Diane.

Fortunately she will get more or less.

Yes thanks for the question.

Yes.

I did not talk in my talk
because I asked before.

Whether you were in which area you were.

There is an exception
concerning the funding.

With the hell's fame.

A couple of years ago.

I simply years ago now there
was a discussion with.

The former and I age director Mr SO WHO me
and Al former commissioner Mr pitot snake.

About the funding of the and I H.
researchers and European researchers.

And the funds go all out
to European researchers and

it was not the case with the European.

The US researchers in Europe.

So they made an agreement that for
the famous was a prostitute agreement.

So and this is unfortunately the only
see which is a good example.

But we're trying to use that now as
a precedent for all the other theme but

it's not there yet.

So what does this current
status quo because.

One state has is if you
are your pain researcher.

In the U.S. proposal going to and I H.

And it's positively evaluated you will
get funding from and I H and B U S.

And the E.U.

researcher European researcher
will also get funding from and I.

If you apply to
the European Commission house seen

in a consortium with European
researchers and U.S. researcher.

And it's positively evaluated.

It's funded fully by the European
Commission that means funding of the E.U.

researchers and funding by the U.S.

researchers you don't need to fund things
from and less from N.S.F. onto you.

Because we will in out
a medically fund you.

Yes.

I've been to couple of evaluations and
I want.

I would like to tell you is we do
not have margins when you say OK

you have to shoot this year for
discussing the success right

there as they are sometimes years where
you have a lot of really good polls and

you say should we have to
agree on the first three.

We'll get the funding but
sometimes you have love.

OK proposals and you know we're talking
about European taxpayers' money and

the evaluators tend to say you know
we're not sure that you know this

needs to be tweaked here and this is
missing there or whatever that at the end.

You have only very few passing.

So if you can if there is every year.

But we are trying to get them.

We tried to say it the there
are different kind of topics

we try to get at least
one topic funded in each.

One proposal funding each topic because
sometimes you kind of think not.

So when they found this and this is
the only one who merits funding so and

it's we're trying to do that that we have
at least one one topic one proposal so

on which is not policy.

You know it makes sense I guess.

Yes.

Yes No E.R.C..

Doesn't work.

OK.

Here C. will be YOU WANT TO ONE
do a wonderful research

on this space vacuum cleaner and
you want to work that in the.

University in Rome and you can apply and

say go to Rome and
say you know I want to do work on the.

Space vacuum cleaner and they say
yeah we would like to host you if you

get the money so you will write a proposal
and then you can go to Europe and work for

the next five years with the money
you've got on the space vacuum cleaner.

That will be YOU that is you and
you were the researcher.

OK that is the cooperation program.

Yes OK.

Yes and you want to be part of the day.

Yes You know so.

He is the one.

Yes here.

Yes that's correct.

It makes sense that you know these people.

But you know it doesn't
mean that you need to be.

Existing project but if you know these
people say OK we want to work on this

might have our thing you wanted
to work on you can create that.

Yes but you have to convince the poor
guy and Dolls him to say you know your

record nectar and he has to say yes
I'm going to be the coordinator.

Maybe he will have an assistant or

someone you call the paperwork because
that's needed a person alone there P.

I cannot do all the paperwork and
I would recommend also

to to get the services of a I don't
want to say a lawyer but somebody

who knows about those intellectual
property things because you need to do it

through a consortium agreement that's an
agreement with all the partners to agree.

You know what to do with you know
all the knowledge you recreated

make sure that you have
something in place.

Who does the patenting who
will do the dissemination.

I have to say that we fund.

Patent lawyers refund audits
we fund all these things but

you have to put that in
the in the proposal.

So yes it's not for

you but here for you.

Are you can you.

You know I'm just to find out
a way how you could do it

you know if you're not really.

If confident are you working
all the paper work you can

get those people together and U.K..

And have a companies I don't want to
endorse just now I just want to say

this is an opportunity that companies
are saying I'm doing the service and

doing the paperwork for your project
a small me your sized enterprises do

that and go to that services and
say you know we're part of the team and

we're doing now
the coordination paperwork.

You have to coordinate up but

you know you have a partner who does
the cordon and the paperwork for you.

Yes yes.

That's your risk that they're.

You know yes.

It's brand management usually.

Yes yes sometimes they
do deals like you know

if it's funded you give us a small if it's
not funded you get us a small amount and

you know if it's fun that
you'll be the partner or

someone that I want to endorse that but
I don't want to say no you can't do it.

Of course you as one person will
not be able to coordinate and

do all things you need people
to help you but it's doable.

Yes yes.

And I really need.

Even though she's back.

OK one level ration card
would you want to do

this is there for us.

I mean.

You might buy it would you.

Yeah.

Usually as I want to say it's first of all
the problem when people post see that.

OK we need some additional funding how
to do that in a coordinated way because

the the deadlines are different and

you know sometimes you have to weigh
half a year maybe a couple of months or

maybe a year hopefully not but
that's usually a problem I have to say and

what is the main problem is that
if you have that we have gone to

two cases siding where US
entities applied with E.U.

entities on F P seven proposal and
they said Great Lao That's

wait until it's evaluated of course
the people who are evaluated positively.

But the people in the United States would
not even ask for money from N.S.F. and

that takes now our year or so and
now the people and in the European Union.

Have a problem because they can start
because the US profit has money so

what they do about it.

I don't know but what I try to emphasize
when you talk to people say please contact

your an S F program officer
you want your huff and

say I'm trying to work with
the European entities.

I'm trying to would
like to get more money.

Please help me to get the money and
do that in a homicide way with.

Which is in the time line awfully of
P seven proposal that usually works.

You call it.

You're right.

They're all wrong.

I would love to but it's you know

I you know I I for one boss and the other
one is me so I it's not going to happen.

What I do is N.S.F.

because most of the research grants
the people here have in the United said.

Either with N.S.F.
or with the U.A.E. or with NASA so.

I currently.

Prioritize on most of those efforts
have a good relationship with them and

to have an opportunity for
them to for the United States

researchers to get funding from them to
have awareness that this is happening and

they're very supportive and promote.

The collaboration.

Yes you know.

All.

We have.

General rules about IP issues and
the gen and the knowledge

gained by the proposal by the project
is owned by the participants.

So it's own jointly usually.

Where you have foreground and background
that means foreground is all the knowledge

again and background is what you're
bringing in a poll it's more a.

Managed so
you can have access rights to each other.

You should be open and have a.

You know give each other.

Access to to the things
you need to know but

these things I need to be done
in the consortium agreement.

And the consortium agreement is
something where the commission thousand.

You know we try not to
interfere because all.

Consortia are different.

And there are different issues but
we just give guidelines.

What to address like I.P.O.
issues dissemination

ISSUES exclusive licensing all
these things need to be addressed.

And we have guidelines like this.

Cloe are you know dissemination
whether it yes or

no is forty five days you can change that.

Your agreement if it's true needs for
the needs of your your colleagues and

the proposal.

I say.

The good ones people with

have looked at it before
sending a proposal or before.

Signing the grant agreement to
have a thing and place and.

Look at what what if what if one doesn't

deliver what if we generate wonderful
results that need to be patented.

What if one wants to patent it the other
one wants to disseminate the knowledge in

their part paper.

If you do that.

Those kind of project will
have no problem at all.

It's something to be discussed
between sending your proposal and

signing the grant agreement after
a successful evaluation you have at least

one and half years or so to build that up.

People who are false coming and open and
discuss and do have no problems.

The other one saying OK I didn't talk
about IP are issues quite a problem.

Now you know these have a problem.

You know a week or so before signing.

Yes and that's a problem
the problem was we cannot saw

solve the Walt Carnegie President Obama
has this effort

in simplifying the export control
because and the end it hurts.

American part of partners because you
know you can't really deliver and

that's a problem.

So we would just wait for
you know the simplified rules and

try all of us wave the flag and
say it would really help to work together.

If that's issue been resolved because
this has been grown to a bigger bigger

bigger problem.

But I'm currently trying
to get around it and.

Don't worry about this things.

Here.

But yes.

Yes that's that's a problem but
in I must say that the space

area is a quiet young area for
F.P. seven so.

Carney we having.

Yeah yeah so.

They find out about it now.

And now they have to you know
the people in Brussels have to say OK

how can we make this happen.

And again we discussed this
morning with people who are we.

Policy oriented all do we feel action of
course we are a big policy institution we

think new ways of doing things but
we tried to make life easier for

researchers to get together to
work together and to you know have

good research and have now new projects in
the future and so on but it takes a while

to get this thing going coordination
working together is a problem.

You know is a challenge and

second is specially when you
have different cultures and

you know and you have to travel through
the pond are so makes it especially.

Difficult but also when it happens we
warding because people are happy and

say great you know.

These joint projects I'm talking about
you know just also because they're

the top of the pack.

So.