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A NNUAL R EPORT 2004COOPERATION ABROADBasic research – a new focus of theEuropean research support programsThe Max Planck Society has been calling on European institutions to implement key policies:to foster excellence in European grant programs, to give particular support to basic research,to establish an autonomous European Research Council for Basic Research, to expand theEU fellowship programs, and to considerably reduce EU bureaucracy at all levels.The head of the Research Directorate General,Dr. Achilleas Mitsos, emphasized theimportance of the Max Planck Society as asource of ideas and a critical observer of theEU research framework programs. At aninaugural event for the 7th EU FrameworkProgram hosted by the Max Planck Societyon 22 November 2004 in the Representationof the Free State of Bavaria in Brussels,the President of the Max Planck Society,Prof. Peter Gruss, and numerous MaxPlanck directors presented their conceptsfor the structure and contents of EUresearch from 2007 onwards to around 400guests from European institutions and thefields of science and business. The keypoints put forward by the Max Planck Societyand the specific recommendations of theindividual institutes have been published ina booklet BUILDING EXCELLENCE – RECOM-MENDATIONS OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETYTOWARDS FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 7:http://www.mpg.de/pdf/brussels/ buildingExcellence.pdfEU Funding for Max Planck institutesThe increased involvement of Max Planck institutesin Europe has led to a considerable increasein the level of acquired EU third-party funding:1995 to 1998: € 13.50m per year1999 to 2002: € 20.75m per year2003 to 2004: € 38.72m per yearThe long-standing influence of the MaxPlanck Society on European institutions isbearing fruit: the 7th EU Framework Programenvisages the foundation of a EuropeanResearch Council for Basic Research.From 2007 onwards this would allow basicresearch to be conducted for the first timevia EU research programs according to internationalstandards. Scientific excellence,the free choice of subjects and independencefrom political influence are the keyelements of the demands President PeterGruss put forward in personal consultationswith EU research commissioners, membersof the European Parliament and representativesof the member states, and of Europeanresearch funding and support organizations.The EU Research Commissioner JanezPotocnik is in favor of establishing aResearch Council where the science worldwould form a majority. Parliamentarians –including Dr. Angelika Niebler and ErikaMann – have also welcomed this proposaland wish to continue discussing this conceptwith the scientific community. Therewas agreement that the excessive bureaucracyof the EU funding programs has to be dismantled.“The Max Planck institutes canserve as models for the European Union ofhow research could be put into practice in anon-bureaucratic manner in future EU programs,”the Vice-President of the EuropeanParliament, Dr. Ingo Friedrich, said at theceremony.14
P OLITICAL G UIDELINESOverview of the Sections in the 6th EU Framework ProgramAccording to the European Commission, the success rate for applications by Max Planck institutes isparticularly high:Projects Projects Projects Projects Success Third-partysubmitted approved rejected pending rate funding in EURBMS 258 95 135 28 41.30% 39,124,453CPTS 341 114 202 25 36.08% 34,970,285GSHS 39 17 19 3 47.22% 3.,347,671MPG total 638 226 356 56 38.83% 77,442,409Selected projectsA big boost for European zebra fishresearchIn recent years, the zebra fish has becomeone of the most important model organismsfor both basic research and the biotechnologyindustry. Its genome is currently beingcompletely sequenced. In view of strongcompetition from across the Atlantic, theEuropean Commission has decided to considerablybolster European zebra fishresearch. From 2004 to 2009, a consortiumof 15 European research institutes headedby the Tübingen-based Max Planck Institutefor Developmental Biology will be givena total of N12m for further research intothe zebra fish. This is one of the most extensiveapprovals of funding for developmentaland cellular biological research that haveever been granted by Brussels. The researchconsortium, called ZF-Models, is planningto use the zebra fish to develop models forstudying important human diseases, tosearch for new and more effective drug targets,and to gain fundamental insights intothe development of the human organismfrom conception to old age.http://www.zf-models.org/The zebra fish, a popular modelorganism15
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