Riitta Maijala Chair of the Finnish Infrastructure Committee

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1 Riitta Maijala Chair of the Finnish Infrastructure Committee

2 1. The Finland s Strategy of Research Infrastructures Interim evaluation

3 The short history of research infrastructure actions in Finland The Prime Minister chaired Research and Innovation Council recommended in 2011 that a body should be established to govern development of research infrastructure policy and its implementation Ministry of Education and Culture assigned the Academy of Finland with the task of setting up the Expert committee for research infrastructures and it was appointed in April In Dec 2013, the Expert Committee approved the Finnish Research Infrastructure Strategy and Roadmap At the same time, significant part of OKM research infrastructure actions and funds were transferred to peer review process of Academy of Finland (FIRI-Funding) New Act on the Academy of Finland (2014) mandated Academy to appoint the new body, designated National Finnish Research Infrastructure (FIRI) Committee 3

4 Tasks of the National Research Infrastructure Committee (FIRI) as laid down by the law of Academy of Finland Monitor and develop Finnish and international research infrastructure activity Develop a long term plan for research infrastructures for the board of the Academy of Finland Govern allocation of annual FIRI grants and monitor funded infrastructures Take care of other infrastructure tasks as assigned to it by the Academy Board 4

5 Finland s research infrastructure ecosystem In addition to the infrastructures on the national roadmap, the Finnish research infrastructure ecosystem comprises several international infrastructures that Finland has joined through (state) agreements as well as local infrastructures. NATIONAL 32 INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 27 LOCAL FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

6 Finland s memberships in international Ris (27) Environmental sciences (6) Social sciences and humanities (3) Biological and medical sciences (5) Energy (3) Physical sciences and engineering (7) e-infrastructures and mathematics (3) EISCAT (+3D) European Incoherent Scatter Association CESSDA Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, TEM CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research IML Mittag-Leffler Institute GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility CLARIN Common Language Resource and Technology Infrastructure EATRIS European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure EFDA-JET Joint European Torus, TEM ESA European Space Agency, TEM NeIC Nordic e-infrastructure Collaboration ICDP International Continental, Scientific Drilling Program ESS European Social Survey BBMRI Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources RI JHR MTR Jules Horowitz Materials Testing Reactor, TEM ESO European Southern Observatory PRACE Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling Program ELIXIR European life science infrastructure for biological information ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ICOS Integrated carbon observation system Hosting country EURO-ARGO European contribution to the ARGO Program, LVM INFRAFRONTIER The European Infrastructure for phenotyping and archiving of model mammalian genomes FAIR Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research MAX IV Synchrotron Radiation Facility NOT Nordic Optical Telescope 6 FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

7 Three key features of the FIRI Committee Aims to improve the strategic nature and cooperation of research infrastructure (RI) actions for instance by: Accepting applications only from an organisation or from a consortium of organisations Promoting cooperation between infrastructures from the same field Highlighting the importance of quality and international relations Implementing research infrastructure surveys Establishing an open data bank for research infrastructures in collaboration with the Open Science and Research initiative Gives recommendations of Finland s memberships in international infrastructure (like ESFRIs) The composition of the FIRI Committee is large and representative including Rectors of universities, Director Generals of national research institutes, representatives from 3 ministries (Min. of Education and Culture, Min. Of Economic Affairs and Employment and Min. Of Social Affairs and Health), representatives from 4 research councils of Academy of Finland and 7 from Unifi and Arene.

8 The main objectives of Finnish research Infrastructure Strategy for The topicality of the research infrastructure strategy and its procedures? 1 Long-term development of all research infrastructures 2 Improving the openness and collaborative use of research infrastructures 3 Shoring up of the funding base of research infrastructures 4 Provision of a firm basis, by the roadmap, for the systematic development of research infrastructures 5 Evaluation of the impact and significance of research infrastructures 8 FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

9 Objective 1: Long-term development of all research infrastructures (RIs) Measures taken in Principles for identifying and prioritising of RIs developed Strategic planning of RIs development and integration by research performing organizations supported Coordination of international infrastructure activities improved Measures planned for Further developing principles for identifying and prioritising of RIs Developing the evaluation and increasing the visibility of RIs Organising FIRI seminars in order to develop operations and to share good practices Overall picture on the Finnish infrastructure ecosystem expanded 9

10 Objective 2: Improving the openness and collaborative use of research infrastructures Measures taken in Cooperation between infrastructures encouraged in funding calls Openness of the infrastructures included in the evaluations Development of data policies according to open science principles Measures planned for Further developing usage policies cooperation openness innovation activities Participating in open science and data management development initiatives Open-access Research Infrastructure Database established 10

11 Objective 3: Shoring up of the funding base of research infrastructures Measures taken in Annual funding application rounds organized Strategic planning and prioritization by host organisations emphazised Measures planned for Organising annual calls Exploring possibilites to expand the funding base of Ris Supporting RIs to strenghten their funding base for the whole lifespan 11

12 Objective 4: Provision of a firm basis, by the roadmap, for the systematic development of research infrastructures Measures taken in A significant amount of annual funding targeted for roadmap RIs Interim review of the strategy and roadmap completed in 2018 Measures planned for Reinforcing international (including Nordic) research infrastructure activities and collaboration Establishing principles to lay the foundation for the new research infrastructure strategy and roadmap, to be devised in

13 Objective 5: Evaluation of the impact and significance of research infrastructures Measures taken in Industry- and discipline-specific discussion panels organized Monitoring of scientific impact and significance included in the reporting of Ris funded by the FIRI Committee Measures planned for Supporting broader commercial and societal utilisation of Ris Further developing the evaluation methods of the scientific impact and significance of RIs Developing an evaluation method for the international RI memberships 13

14 The main objectives of Finnish research Infrastructure Strategy for Long-term development of all research infrastructures 2 Improving the openness and collaborative use of research infrastructures 3 Shoring up of the funding base of research infrastructures 4 Provision of a firm basis, by the roadmap, for the systematic development of research infrastructures 5 Evaluation of the impact and significance of research infrastructures 14 FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

15 2. The Finland s Roadmap of Research Infrastructures Interim evaluation

16 Objectives of interim evaluation of Finland s roadmap for research infrastructures To assess the progress, in terms of scientific quality and organizational development of infrastructures that were included on the roadmap or are not included but have received funding from the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee (FIRI Committee) 16

17 Evaluation and decision-making process in the interim review of the roadmap for FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

18 Which research infrastrucutres (RIs) should we support? 1. Does the RI enable frontier research and provide added value? 2. Does the RI have data and access policies for openess? 3. Do the hosting institutions have a long term plan to support the RI? 4. Does the RI have national and international relevance for researchers and beyond academia? 5. Are the technical, institutional and personnel requirements feasible and sustainable throughout the whole life cycle of the RI? 18

19 Research infrastructures on the roadmap and their grouping based on the interim review in 2018 ROADMAP 32 A: VERY ADVANCED 10 B: ADVANCED 14 C: PROMISING 4 D: UNDER OBSERVATION 4 BBMRI Finland* CESSDA Finland* Aalto Ice Tank EATRIS Finland* Biocenter Finland EISCAT-3D (Finland*) FinBIF FGCI BIOECONOMY EPOS Finland ogiir Finna CLARIN Finland* ESS Finland* RAMI MAX IV Finland* CSC RI Euclid Finland* ELIXIR Finland* EU-OPENSCREEN Finland EuBI Finland FinELib FINMARI FMAS INAR RI** INFRAFRONTIER Finland* PRACE Finland* INSTRUCT Finland JYFL-ACCLAB NaPPI Finland NVVL * Membership of international research infrastructure ** Membership and headquarters (ICOS) in Finland Otanano 19 FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

20 How the Category of the Roadmap affects to FIRI funding calls and the evaluation procedures? Review target in FIRI calls RIs on the roadmap A. Very advanced B. Advanced C. Promising D. Under observation E. Other international memberships F. Outside roadmap Level of a advancement Promotion of science Development needs identified during the interim review Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Funding in FIRI call Roadmap call Eligible Eligible Eligible Eligible Eligible Ineligible New initiatives call Ineligible Ineligible Ineligible Ineligible Ineligible Eligible 20 FINLAND S STRATEGY AND ROADMAP FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Interim review report 2018

21 Conclusions of the strategy and roadmap interim review 2018 The strategic development of research infrastructures plays an important role in the optimal direction of resources in order to achieve goals Through the FIRI funding calls, the Committee has supported high-level scientific research encouraged infrastructures to openness in usage policies and systematic data management encouraged broader cooperation between actors Avenues for future development To further develop the principles to identify key infrastructures To enhance cooperative activities internationally, nationally, with the private sector and other societal actors To enhance the long term sustainability 21

22 22 THANK YOU!