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Date: in 12 ptsEducation and Culture
Marie (Skłodowska) Curie ActionsFP7 and Horizon 2020 opportunities
Kyiv, 12 April 2013
Kamila PartykaEuropean Commission DG Education and Culture
Education and Culture
• Career moves within and outside Europe
• International cooperation
• Networking
• Industry-academia partnerships
M(S)CA Features
Date: in 12 ptsEducation and Culture
Global reachMobilityRequirement in all projects 130 nationalities, 80 countries
MCA in FP7
Life Sciences27%
Information Science and Engineering
19%
Physics11%
Environmental and Geo-sciences
11%
Chemistry10%
Social Sciences and Humanities
9%
Mathematics2%
Economics 2%
COFUND9%
Education and Culture
Bottom-up nature
Topics
Education and Culture
UA participation in MCA
• 4.1 million EUR allocated to Ukrainian institutes
• Participation in 63 projects
• 121 researchers supported (MCA projects without IRSES)
• Researcher-months in IRSES:
Education and Culture
FP7 MC Actions
ITN (Initial Training Networks)
IEF (Intra-European Fellowships)
IOF (International Outgoing Fellowships)
IIF (International Incoming Fellowships)
CIG (Career Integration Grants)
IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways)
IRSES (International Research Staff Exchange Scheme)
COFUND (Co-funding of regional, national, international programmes)
Research networks supporting doctoral training; 40% of FP7 MCA budget; low success rate
Support for researchers moving inside Europe
Support for researchers moving away from Europe
Support for researchers moving to Europe
Support for researchers starting a permanent position in Europe
Industry-Academia cooperation through exchange of staff
International cooperation between MS/AC & other third countries through exchange of staff
Co-funding of regional, national and international research funding programmes for experienced researchers
Education and Culture
Applicants
Who can apply to what?
Pro
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searc
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Post-graduates (ESR*)
< 4 years + no PhD
Post-docs (ER*)
> 4 years or PhD
Senior Post-docs (MER*)
> 10 years
COFUND
Research funding bodies
Applicants
Individual researchers
Research Organisations
IEF
IOF
IIF
CIG
ITN
IAPP
IRSES
Education and Culture
2013 Open Calls
Call identifier Deadline in 2013 Budget
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF 14 August 134 M€
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF 14 August 44,5M€
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF 14 August 44,5M€
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG 7 March18 September 40 M€
Education and Culture
IEF (1)
Objectives To support the best and most promising researchers in their Europe-
wide career To enhance and maximise their contribution to the knowledge-based
economy and society
Expected impact Career development of experienced researchers Competence diversification – skills acquisition at multi-disciplinary level
and/or inter-sector level Attain a leading independent position Resume a career in research after a break (Career Restart Panel- CAR)
Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)
Education and Culture
IEF (2)
Eligibility
Nationality
Mobility rule
Duration
Topic
Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience
Researchers of any nationality
Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline
1-2 years
Open to all fields of research
Career Development through the funding of a research project undertaken in an EU Member State of an Associated Country
Education and Culture
IEF (3)
CAREER RESTART PANEL (only IEF)
• Encouraging researchers to return to research after a career break
• No fellowship or employment in research for at least 12 months immediately prior to the call deadline
• Modified mobility rule (3 years out of 5)
• Multidisciplinary panel (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF, MAT, PHY)
Success rates in IEF (2012 call)16 %
No of proposals: 3708
Education and Culture
IOF (1)
Objectives To reinforce the international dimension of researchers’ careers To transfer acquired knowledge to Member States (MS) and Associated
Countries (AC)
Expected impact Significant advances in researchers' careers Acquisition of complementary research competences Reach a position of professional maturity
International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)
Education and Culture
IOF (2)
Eligibility
Nationality
Mobility rule
Duration
Topic
Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience
Researchers with the nationality of an EU Member State or Associated Country; OTC nationals active in Europe
Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline
1-2 years + 1 year obligatory reintegration phase
Open to all fields of research
Career Development through the funding of a research project undertaken in a Third Country
Education and Culture
IOF (3)
Fellowships of 2 phases:
- initial outgoing phase in a Third Country (1-2 years)
- mandatory re-integration phase in EU or AC (1 year – return host)
Grant Agreement to be concluded with the host institution located in the MS or AC (return institution)
Success rates in IOF (2012 call)16 %
No of proposals: 955
Education and Culture
IIF (1)
Objectives To attract top-class researchers active in a third country To transfer knowledge through mutual beneficial research cooperation
Expected impact Significant advances in researchers' careers Acquisition of complementary research competences Attain a leading independent position
International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)
Success rates in IIF (2012 call)13 %
No of proposals: 1447
Education and Culture
IIF (2)
Eligibility
Nationality
Mobility rule
Duration
Topic
Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience
Researchers of any nationality, active in a Third Country
Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline
1-2 years + 1 year optional reintegration for researchers from ICPC
Open to all fields of research
Career Development through the funding of a research project undertaken in an EU Member State of an Associated Country
Education and Culture
Funding rates IEF, IOF, IIF
• Salary (58 500 / 87 500 € year)
• Mobility allowance (700/1000 € month)
• Contribution to Training and research costs (800 € month)
• Overheads (max. 700 € month)
• IIF – possible return phase – flat rate 15 000 € year
• Country coefficients applicable to salaries and mobility allowance
Education and Culture
CIG (1)
Objectives To reinforce the ERA by encouraging researchers to establish
themselves in a MS or AC To attract and retain the best researchers in Europe
Expected impact Provide researchers with opportunities for long term research position
in Europe Reinforcement of the human research potential in the ERA Increase knowledge transfer and trans-national cooperation for EU
research organisations
Career Integration Grants (CIG)
Education and Culture
CIG (2)
Eligibility
Nationality
Mobility rule
Duration
Topic
Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience
Researchers of any nationality
Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline
24-48 months; host organisation must offer full time research post for at least the duration of the CIG grant
Open to all fields of research
Education and Culture
CIG (3)
CIG cannot be combined with
other Marie Curie Grants
other ”personal grants” (e.g. ERC grants)
CIG funding as lump sum: 25 000€/year => for any type of costs of the proposed project
Part of salary of Researcher (or other people working on project)
Equipment, consumables, travel
Overhead, management costs
Success rates in CIG (2012 call)25 %
No of proposals: 1645 (both cut-off dates)
Education and Culture
Evaluation criteriaWP People
Research Executive Agency (REA) / External evaluators
Criteria:- S&T Quality Threshold 3, Weighting 25%- Training (IEF & IOF only) Threshold 3, Weighting 15%- Transfer of knowledge (IIF only) Weighting 15%- Researcher Threshold 4, Weighting 25%- Implementation Weighting 15%- Impact Threshold 3.5, Weighting 20%
Education and Culture
ITN
• Opportunities for PhD candidates (employment contracts)
• Currently there are 233 ITN running projects
• More than 200 jobs for Early Stage Researchers now (April 2013) published in Euraxess
• More opportunities with the 2013 projects that have been recently evaluated
Education and Culture
IAPP
• Opportunities for Experienced Researchers (employment contracts)
• Currently there are 101 IAPP running projects
• Jobs vacancies published in Euraxess
• More opportunities with the 2013 projects that are to start this year or later on
Education and Culture
COFUND
• Regional, national or international programmes
• Opportunities for Experienced Researchers• COFUND beneficiaries: only from Member
States and Associated countries• Most of the COFUND programmes are open to
all nationalities• More information on MC website (map of
projects) and Euraxess
MSCA in Horizon 2020
Education and Culture
Innovative Training Networks
ITN Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, Joint Doctorates
Individual Fellowships
IF Support for experienced researchers undertaking international and inter-sector mobility
Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
RISE International and inter-sector cooperation through the exchange of staff
Co-funding of programmes
COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes: - doctoral programmes- fellowship programmes
MSCA in Horizon 2020
Education and Culture
• MCA will continue as the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)
• Funding levels ~maintained
• Broad schemes ~maintained
• Simplification in Implementation
• Bi-Annual Work programmes
Education and Culture
Useful links
Participant portal (calls, submission…)
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people
Marie Curie Actionshttp://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions/
FAQ: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/faq_en.cfm
Jobs supported - Euraxess:http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jvSearchData/mc/add/1
Horizon 2020http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020