Security research in ERC grants awarded during 2007–2018 under FP7 and H2020 framework programmes
Daniel B. Frank, Zdeněk Kučera · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2020
This paper aims to briefl y evaluate participation in funded and successfully implemented European Research Council (ERC) grants concerned with security research and security-related topics solved under the two EU Framework Programmes – the previous 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) and the current Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (H2020), extending over the period from 2007 until 2018. A large part of the article is devoted to a summary of the topics addressed by security-oriented ERC grants. The identifi cation and categorization of security oriented ERC grants according to research specialization are based on the information obtained from the eCORDA (External COmmon Research DAta warehouse) European Commission database. The ERC grants that support investigator-driven frontier research across all fi elds are generally considered to represent the most prestigious award available to excellent scientists. The individual character of ERC grants using an investigator-driven and “bottom-up” approach (involving an unrestricted choice of research topics by the researcher) can constitute a suitable format for solving interdisciplinary security problems mentioned mainly in European Agenda on Security published by European Commission in 2016. The paper can be used for larger-scale analyses connected with security research or as a basis for evaluation of past EU research and innovation FPs.