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Added value through Added value through Nordic Cooperation: Cooperation: Nordic Centres Centres of Excellence Senior adviser Susanna Sepponen Senior adviser Susanna Sepponen Centre of Excellence Programmes Programmes Annual Seminar 27.11.2012 27.11.2012 Academy of Finland

NordForsk is a platform for joint Nordic researc c research and research policy development in the Nordic countries. It was established by the Nordic Council of Mi dic Council of Ministers – the forum for governmental cooperation between the Nor e Nordic countries – in 2005. The aim of the organisation is to facilitate tate cooperation in all fields of research when this adds value to work being conducted ork being conducted nationally. Its main stakeholders are the national resear are the national research financing bodies in the five Nordic Countries. Basic funding is provided by the Nordic Council of Mi ded by the Nordic Council of Ministers (around 15 MEUR) and additional funding by stakeholders, especi takeholders, especially the Research Councils in the different countries.

Programme in Global Change 2003 2003-2007 Programme in Molecular Medicine 2004 2004-2008 Programme in Humanities and Social Social Sciences 2005-2010 Programme in Welfare Research 2007 Research 2007-2012 Programme on Food, Nutrition and Health 2007 and Health 2007-2012

NordForsk’s main instrument for instrument for supporting research Established within large-scale joint Nordic joint Nordic programmes Top-level Research Initiativ Research Initiative on Climate, Energy and the the Environment Nordic eScience Globalisation Globalisation Initiative NeGI Education for Tomorrow: Joint N : Joint Nordic initiative on educational research and dissemination dissemination New Nordic Joint Programme Programme on Health and Welfare

Aims Nordic Centres of Excellence are e lence are established to strengthen cooperation between strengthen cooperation between outstanding researchers, research groups and research groups and research institutions within areas of priority for the Nordi for the Nordic countries. Nordic Centres of Excellence add value to add value to research done in the countries and increase the impact increase the impact of Nordic research in Europe and worl Nordic research in Europe and worldwide.

an outstanding, innovative and efficient and efficient multi-site or single-site research environment with a joint research agenda joint management coordinated researcher training training coordinated communication oordinated communication research infrastructure collabo ure collaboration Institutional commitment from at lea mitment from at least three Nordic countries International cooperation outside Nor International cooperation outside Nordic countries encouraged

• Status and funding usually for fiv for five years • Nordic funding goes to Nordic research funding goes to Nordic research cooperation, as outlined in the proposal • Levels of Nordic funding vary, usually betw vary, usually between 0.5-1 MEUR per year • National funding and in kind contributions funding and in kind contributions essential

• Established within large-scale Nordic joint scale Nordic joint programmes on prioritized topics, such as grand itized topics, such as grand societal challenges • Based on open calls and peer ased on open calls and peer review of scientific excellence, evaluated according to Excellence of according to Excellence of research plan, people, and environment research plan, people, and environment • Flexible scheme with budget evaluation r lexible scheme with budget evaluation replacing fixed funding rules; focus on expected results and n expected results and added value through Nordic cooperation ic cooperation

New knowledge through scientific results ledge through scientific results New cooperation platforms: joint use and establishment of research infrastructures oint use and establishment of research infrastructures training of new generation researchers w generation researchers cooperation with knowledge users in different sectors of society ledge users in different sectors of society Increased researcher mobility w researcher mobility within the Nordic region and between regions; new work opportunities ork opportunities

Case: TRI Source: DAMVAD, 2011 Old links Secondary partners iating node-partner New link e.g. Aarhus University Initiating “node”- partner, S econdary partner Old link Secondary Initiating partners partner arallel snowballing g. Oslo University, NTNU New links Old link Secondary Initiating partners partner Old link Old link Old link Secondary node-partners atoil, Chalmers University Initiating T ertiary Secondary “node”- partner, partner partners New link

The Top-level Research Initiative level Research Initiative within Climate, Energy and the Climate, Energy and the Environment

NCoE CRAICC • Cryosphere-Atmosphere Interactions tmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate rctic Climate focuses on the role of s es on the role of short-lived pollutants and aerosol-cloud interactions and their links to cryospheric ospheric changes; including the roles of society and associated human activities iated human activities as part of the interactions and feedback mechanisms acting on the Arctic climate acting on the Arctic climate system Participating institutions: • University of Helsinki • Norwegian Polar Institute • Finnish Meteorological Institute • Norwegian Meteorological Institute • University of Eastern Finland • Norwegian Institute for Air Research • University of Stockholm • Centre for International Climate and • University of Uppsala Environmental • University of Gothenburg Research (CICERO) • Lund University • Institute of Earth Sciences – University of • University of Copenhagen Iceland. • Aarhus University • University of Oslo Project leader: Professor Markku Kulmala,

NCoE SVALI LI • Stability and V Stability and Variations of Arctic Land Ice studies changes in land ice volume in the Arctic and North- studies changes in land Atlantic area; the consequences Atlantic area; the consequences of these changes for sea level and ocean circulat and ocean circulation; and the implications for society • • Finnish Meteorological Institute ticipating institutions: • Icelandic Meteorological Office • Norwegian Polar Institute • Institut • Institute of Earth Sciences - University of Iceland • CSC - IT Centre for Science Ltd • University of Lapland • University of Copenhagen • Climate Research Centre in Greenland • Centre for Ice and Climate NBI • Norwegian Water Resources and Energy • No Danish Meteorological Institute Administrat Administration • DTU – Space • • University of Stockholm. • GEUS Uppsala University Project leader: Project l Norwegian University of Life Sciences Professor Jon Ove Hagen, Prof University of Oslo Univ University of Oslo, Norway • UNIS - University Centre in Svalbard

NCoE DEFROST • Impacts of a changing cry of a changing cryosphere: depicting ecosystem climate feedbacks from permafrost, snow and ice feedbacks from permafrost, snow and ice Seeks to understand how changes erstand how changes in the cryosphere caused by climate change influence the ecosystem/geospheric em/geospheric processes which directly affect climate; bridging existing gaps between climate modelling, cryospheric science, and bridging existing gaps between clima Arctic ecosystem science. Arctic ecosystem science. • Aarhus University Participating institutions: • Lund University • Greenland Institute of Natural Resources • University of Helsinki • SMHI • University of Eastern Finland • Danish Meteorological Institute. • Stockholm University • the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) Project leader: • Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological drological Professor Torben R. Christensen, Institute Lund University, Sweden.

NCoE NORD-ST STAR • Nordic Strategic Nordic Strategic Adaptation Research Pursuing innovative science, sound economic analysis and effec Pursuing innovative science, sound economic analysis and effective communication, the goal the goal of NORD-STAR is to enable Nordic stakeholders to design and impleme design and implement successful adaptation policy and practice. Participating institutions • Aalto University (FI • Aarhus University (DK) • Chalmers University of Technology (SE) • Linköping University (SE) • Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) • Norwegian • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO) • Stockholm Environment institute (SEI) • ProjectZero (DK) • University of Iceland (IS) Project leader: Professor Michael Goodsite Aarhus University, Denmark