ENIAC ETP & JTI
ENIAC European Technology Platform (ETP)
ENIAC Joint Technology Initiative (JTI)
- Latest news
- What is a JTI
- Why a JTI on nanoelectronics?
- What will the JTI Research Agenda look like?
- How will the ENIAC JTI work?
- Which activities are planned?
- Who will be involved?
- When?
- Reporting documents
ENIAC European Technology Platform (ETP)
The principal mission of ENIAC is to:
- Provide a strategic research agenda for the nanoelectronics sector, with respect to R&D;
- Set out strategies and roadmaps to achieve this vision through the Strategic Research Agenda and other associated documents;
- Stimulate increased and more effective and coherent public and private investment in R&D in the nanoelectronics sector;
- Contribute to improving convergence between EC, national, regional and private R&D actions on nanoelectronics within the European Research Area Framework;
- Enhance networking and clustering of the R&D capacity in Europe;
- Promote European commitment to R&D thus ensuring Europe as an attractive location for researchers;
- Interact with other policies and actors at all levels that influence the competitiveness of the sector such as education and training, competition, IPR, finance and investment, etc.
- For more information and ENIAC events, visit ENIAC web site
How to express your interest
Any requests, questions or applications for participating in ENIAC should be addressed to the ENIAC office via the ENIAC web site.
ENIAC Joint Technology Initiative (JTI)
Latest news
On the 20th of December the European Council approved the Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 setting up the 'ENIAC Joint Undertaking'. With the publication of this decision in the Official Journal, the ENIAC Joint Undertaking is established as an independent legal entity as from the seventh of February 2008.
The Council Regulation is available in all Community languages at:
Formal meetings were organized for both the Governing Board and the Public Authorities Board on the 11th of March 2008 and the 3rd of April 2008. In the meeting of the 3rd of April all documents, necessary to launch a call, were formally adopted. The first call will be launched in the April-May timeframe
What is a JTI?
A Joint Technology Initiative is a public-private partnership using the 'Joint Undertaking' model. The European Commission has identified JTIs as a new strategy of implementing the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) to support, in a limited number of cases, large scale initiatives that could not be implemented efficiently, using the other R&D funding mechanisms. A JTI focuses on one specific industrial area, has a well defined objective, addresses a market failure and is funded by a combination of private and public investments.
Why a JTI on nanoelectronics?
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are of increasing economic and social importance, underpinning productivity, innovation and growth. They are key to the EU's ambitions under the Lisbon strategy to become the world's most dynamic knowledge-based society and economy.
Today electronics is the leader amongst manufacturing industries. All services and most industrial products rely on electronics to some extent. In the electronics sector, the semiconductor industry (manufacturing 'chips') underpins a pyramid of value, through its pervasive nature, making it a key enabler of innovation, growth and jobs. The shift from the past era of microelectronics (1 millionth of a metre) to nanoelectronics (1 billionth of a metre) will make electronics even more pervasive and strategic than it is today.
The European Technology Platform dealing with nanoelectronics is called ENIAC. It is a large scale, application-driven initiative mobilising all European efforts in this innovation- and technology-intensive nanoelectronics sector. The main goal of the nanoelectronics JTI will be to carry out pre-competitive collaborative research and development (R&D) addressing two objectives which are a substantial part of the Strategic Research Agenda of the ENIAC Technology Platform: enhancing the further integration and miniaturisation of devices and increasing their functionalities. It may also realize other activities related to industrial strategies, including encouraging innovation, standardisation, international cooperation, education and training, and promoting SMEs.
The need for this JTI is high for several reasons:
- the exploding R&D and manufacturing costs for the next generations of components
- the need to mobilise more and different competences in a multi-disciplinary and more coordinated manner to address the growing complexity of technology
- the high risks (technical and financial) to be shared among the different actors
- the necessity to react flexibly and timely, given the cyclical and rapidly changing nature of the involved industry
- the importance of addressing the research in a holistic manner, building strategic partnerships between the manufacturers and their customers, linking technology with manufacturing, design and application development
- the opportunity offered by the vibrant network of SMEs and the emerging 'regions of knowledge' in this field
- the global and fierce competition
- the current fragmented funding situation in Europe (the Framework Programme, EUREKA, the various 'pôles de compétitivité', industry's R&D and national funds)
For all these reasons, Europe needs one visionary project, one integrated Joint Technology Initiative. If nothing would be done, all the above factors will lead to a loss of competitiveness for Europe.
What will the JTI Research Agenda (RA) look like?
In the statutes of the ENIAC JU, a Multi-Annual Strategic Plan (MASP) is foreseen, which defines the strategy that the JU will follow to ensure that the Research Agenda can be executed under the most favourable conditions: how the ReA can be supported, how it will be financed, and how it will be managed. The AENEAS association is chartered by the IRC to draft this MASP that outlines the JU strategy and plan as it evolves over time as a function of research priorities and stakeholder commitments.
Mapping the JU RA on the SRA technology domains
The selection of topics within the MASP is primarily along the axis of long-term societal needs and lead markets. The six societal segments identified in the ENIAC SRA are Health & Wellness, Transport & Mobility, Security & Safety, Energy & Environment, Communication, and Infotainment, leading to segmentation in six application-specific Sub-Programmes in the MASP (respectively SP1 to SP6). Many of the challenges listed in the ENIAC SRA technology domains can be mapped on the applications in these lead markets, notably topics from More Moore, More than Moore, and Heterogeneous Integration. It should be recognized that commonalities continue to exist in many basic technologies underlying the various application-specific Sub-Programmes. Also the priorities within these technologies can be the same, the difference being the timing or the level of maturity needed. However, in the technology domains Design Methods and Tools, and Equipment and Materials, cross-domain and cross-application aspects are dominant. Challenges in these domains can be better handled as generic enablers, serving all ENIAC societal needs and lead markets. Therefore, the application specific Sub-Programmes SP1 to SP6 in the MASP to cover the RA are complemented with two Sub-Programmes SP7 and SP8 that are technology-specific, bringing the total to eight. The mixture of technology- and application-driven Sub-Programmes, seeking maximum synergy between the various application Sub-Programmes while at the same time recognizing their individual socio-economic value and their capability to drive wider technological progress, will guarantee an efficient set-up of the entire programme.
Not covered in the MASP are the upstream oriented R&D priorities identified by the ENIAC SRA for the period beyond 2013 in the domain More Moore, More than Moore and Heterogeneous Integration and most of the content listed for the technology domain Beyond CMOS. These priorities are recommended for inclusion in the coming calls in the regular FP7. Also specific supporting activities related to equipment assessment, standards, international cooperation, etc. are to be covered in FP7. Furthermore some activities related to the research on the most advanced process technologies which are better executed in a wider international context are also not directly covered. Further synergy exists with the more application-oriented activities in CATRENE (EUREKA cluster project 4140) and with the embedded systems covered by the ARTEMIS JU.
It is planned to update the MASP and have it agreed by the GB in the same frequency as that of the ENIAC SRA that is every two years. A new revision is also forecasted by end of 2008.
How will the ENIAC JTI work?
The founding members are a non-profit Industrial Association called AENEAS (set up for this purpose), ENIAC member States and the European Commission. The participation of private entities (industry, research organisations) in the Joint Undertaking will take place through membership to the Industrial Association open to all actors in this field. Any EU Member State or Associated State will be able to participate.
The bodies of the Joint Undertaking shall be the Governing Board, the Industry and Research Committee, the Public Authorities Board and the Executive Director (assisted by a Secretariat). The offices from the Executive Director and his staff will be located in Brussels.
The European Community and the Industrial Association will make a cash contribution to the Joint Undertaking. Besides the cash resources, the Joint Undertaking will mobilize substantial resources in the form of projects resulting from calls for proposals. The resulting activities will be financed through a three-tier partnership in the form of industrial contributions in-kind, public funding by the ENIAC member States and Community contributions, altogether estimated at some â?¬3B until 2013. The JTI will allow to combine (add up) national and Community funding in such a way that 1€ from the Community will leverage up to 7€ of overall R&D effort. Along with the FP7, the ENIAC JTI is foreseen for the time span of 2007 to 2013.
Which activities are planned?
The Joint Undertaking will operate according to an annual work plan agreed between the R&D stakeholders and the public authorities involved. In order to fulfill the JTI Research Agenda, the Joint Undertaking will organize on a regular basis open competitive calls for cooperative research projects. An independent evaluation will select projects based on a set of eligibility criteria, defined by the Joint Undertaking, as published in the call.. A Community contribution will be awarded to participants in a project as a fixed percentage of their costs for carrying out the R&D work, if their legal entity is established in an ENIAC member State or any other EU Member States or FRP7 Associated Country. This will be on top of the separate national contributions - if any - awarded to these participants. The Joint Undertaking will establish simplified contracts and make payments directly to the participants in addition to national contracts and payments. For simplicity and to better address SMEs locally, national rules and practices will prevail. For participants located in Member States or Associated States not participating in the JTI, the Joint Undertaking will make contracts and payments following the practices of the Framework Programme.
The Joint Undertaking will monitor progress towards the objectives of the ENIAC JTI, including technical audits of projects. It will also report on an annual basis about its technical achievements and financial status. The Joint Undertaking may further establish any activities that promote the activities of the JU or necessary to support their operation including tenders for market survey, studiesâ?¦
Who will be involved?
As stated above, the ENIAC JTI will be founded by the European Commission, AENEAS and Member States. At present the ENIAC member States are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Any Member State or Associated State can join at any time. Participation of third countries will take place through special accession agreements negotiated between the Joint Undertaking and the candidate States.
The conditions for the participation of private entities (industrial as well as research) through their membership to AENEAS will be open, fair, transparent and non-discriminatory for all types and sizes of European stakeholders. Any European entity with an interest in nanoelectronics will be allowed to join AENEAS. Concerning specific professional activities, the ENIAC JTI addresses a wide variety of entities in sectors such as equipment, materials, design, manufacturing, system integration and packaging. Special conditions will be laid out for small players like SMEs.
Participation of other entities (e.g. the European Investment Bank) is possible through a special accession agreement to be negotiated with the Joint Undertaking.
The calls for proposals of the Joint Undertaking will be public and participation will be open to all organisations, also to those not member of the Industrial Association. The funding decisions are taken solely by the Public Authorities Board within the Joint Undertaking.
When?
The ENIAC JTI is an established legal entity since the 7th of February 2008. The first call for proposals will be launched in the April-May timeframe.
Eniac Joint Undertaking documents
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All documents pertaining to the ENIAC Joint Undertaking are available in CIRCA interest groups accessible at: http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/eniac/Home/main
Background documents
- Council Regulation 72/2008 (including statutes of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking)
- ENIAC SRA 2007
- ENIAC - JU operations and Calls for proposals 2008, presentation by Dirk Beernaert, Head of Unit â?? Nanoelectronics in the European Commission and Executive Director at interim for the ENIAC Joint Undertaking ( 6.640KB)
- The legislative package COM(2007)356 ( 333KB)
- The impact assessment SEC(2007)851 ( 1.595KB)
- AENEAS response to EC roadmap ( 219KB)
Last updated on: 2008-05-27