funding opportunities for career development
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Talk delivered at the midterm review of the Dendreamers Initial Training Network as part of the training offered to the Marie Curie early stage researchers working within the networkTRANSCRIPT
POSSIBILITIES OF FINANCINGCAREER DEVELOPMENT
David SayagoZaragoza, 30.09.10
• Where do we stand?1
• Research career2
• Where is my funding?3
Today’s Overview
Where do we stand?
• Who are you?
• Who do you want to be?
• Did you want to be a researcher in the first place?
• Do you still want to be a researcher?
• What does it take to become one?
To answer this question we may need
to make some considerations about the research career
Some considerations about the
Research career
Academic career path
PhD
Academic career path
First PostdocPhD
Academic career path
First Postdoc
SecondPostdocPhD
Academic career path
First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc …PhD
Academic career path
First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc …PhD nth
Postdoc
Academic career path
First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc …PhD nth
Postdoc
Short term scholarships/contracts
Mobility is almost a must(transnational / institutional)
3 – 10 years
Academic career path
First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc …PhD nth
Postdoc
Short term scholarships/contracts
Tenuretrack
Tenure
Mobility is almost a must(transnational / institutional)
Stable position
You move onlyif you want to
3 – 10 years
The first will be the first
PhD
We need to catch the right train
First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc
Tenuretrack
Tenure
3 – 5 years
Catching the right train
• Plan your career steps in advance
• Look for the best research groups and join them
• The best research groups are not only those that publish in Nature and Science, but those who will care about your career
• When doing research, try to be creative, take some risks, fight for your independence
• Do not follow your heart, but your brain
Money is the key
Getting funded
First step
• Top research groups have money
• If this does not work, you will need to identify the funding that fits your needs best
• Ask directly if they can fund you to work with them
• Good news is that there is plenty of money out there. Look for regional, national, international funding
First postdoc
• European• National• …
European funding
• Marie Curie actions are one the best schemes to fund postdoctoral positions
• In your current situation you would be interest it in the following opportunities:
• they fund salary and research costs
• get an ER position in another ITN
• Intra-European fellowships (IEF)
• International outgoing fellowships (IOF)
ER position in an ITN
• If you are still in your first 5 years of your research career, you are eligible to be hired as an ER in an ITN
• Funding can be for 2 to 24 months
• gross for 2011 around 58.500 €/year• Attractive salary
• Opportunities available continuously at EURAXESS• No need to wait for a call
Intra-European fellowship
• For experienced researchers
• To move within EU27 or FP7 associated countries
• gross salary for 2011 around 58.500 €/year• mobility allowance (1000/700 €/month)• Research costs (800 € / month)
• Funding for 12 to 24 months
Intra-European fellowship
• Application of an individual researcher in liaison with a host institution located in EU27 or AC
• The proposal must contain a research project to be carried out during the duration of the fellowship• You need to plan this well in advance
• One call per year opening in March, closing in August• 2011 call open on the 16.03.11 and close on the 11.08.11
International outgoingfellowship• For experienced researchers
• To move from EU27/AC to a third country, with a return phase in EU27/AC
• gross salary for 2011 around 58.500 €/year• mobility allowance around 1000/700 €/month• Research costs (800 €/month)
• Funding for outgoing phase (12 to 24 months) and for the return phase (12 months)
International outgoingfellowship• One call per year opening in March, closing in
August• 2011 call open on the 16.03.11 and close on the 11.08.11
• Application of an individual researcher in liaison with a 2 hosts institutions (1 in EU27/AC, 1 in third country)
• The proposal must contain a research project to be carried out during the duration of the fellowship• You need to plan this well in advance
For both IEF and IOF
• Support from National Contact Points
These calls can be found in:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ncp_en.html
National funding
• Marie Curie actions are being cloned at regional and national level (Spanish institutions lead this European initiative with 19 programmes)
• Spanish Ministry for Science and innovation offer both outgoing and incoming postdoctoral fellowships
• Spanish Autonomous Regions offer a variety of funding opportunities
Cofund
MC actions are being cloned!
• European commission co-funds Marie Curie cloning
• National, regional and institutional postdoctoral programmes are being co-funded by the EC with the sole condition they have to resemble MC actions
Cofund
MC actions are being cloned!Status Institution Location
running IDIBAPS Barcelona
running IMDEA Madrid
running Centre for Genomic Regulation
Barcelona
running Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Madrid
About to start Generalitat de Catalunya Catalonia
About to start Fundación Ikerbasque Basque Country
About to start Fundación ARAID Aragon
About to start Universidad de Málaga Málaga
About to start Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Barcelona
CofundMC actions are being cloned!
Status Institution Location
In negotiation CNIC Madrid
In negotiation Universidad de Murcia Murcia
In negotiation Xunta de Galicia Galicia
In negotiation Hospital Vall D’Hebron Barcelona
In negotiation Talentia Andalusia
In negotiation Fundación Ikerbasque Basque Country
In negotiation Tecnalia Basque Country
In negotiation ICFO Barcelona
In negotiation CIBER Diabetes y enfermedades metabólicas
Barcelona
In negotiation Bizkaia sede Biscay
CofundMC actions are being cloned!
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people/cofund_en.html
• Open positions under co-funded programmes can be found in:
Spain
Other National funding• For outgoing mobility:
Becas postdoctorales MICINNBecas de especialización en organismos
internacionales MICINN
• Several regional programmes:http://www.euraxess.es/eng
MICINN calls:
http://www.micinn.es/ …then go to Research/research careers
Consolidation
• European• National• …
Marie Curie actions
• Marie Curie actions also offer opportunities to more senior researchers
• International Incoming fellowships (IIF)
• Career Integration Grants (CIG)
• IEF and IOF are also for senior researchers
International incomingfellowships
• For top-class researchers active in a third country
• To move from a third country to EU27/AC
• gross salary for 2011 around 87.500 €/year• mobility allowance (1000/700 €/month)• Research costs (800 € / month)
• Funding for 12 to 24 months
International incoming fellowships
• Application of an individual researcher in liaison with a host institution located in EU27 or AC
• The proposal must contain a research project to be carried out during the duration of the fellowship• You need to plan this well in advance
• One call per year opening in March, closing in August• 2011 call open on the 16.03.11 and close on the 11.08.11
Career integration Grants
• For experienced researchers that have been offered an stable position in EU27/AC
• Start-up grant of 100.000 € for 4 years
• NOTE: ERG and IRG do not exist any more
European Research Council
Starting Grants
• For outstanding researchers with 2 to 12 years postdoctoral experience
• Objective: to become a consolidated group leader in EU27/AC
• Start-up grant up to 1.5 M€ for 5 years
Spain
National funding• MICINN:
Ramón y Cajal ProgrammeTorres Quevedo Programme
• Several regional programmes:e.g. ICREA (www.icrea.cat)
MICINN calls:
http://www.micinn.es/ …then go to Research/research careers
Spain
National funding vs European excellence
• Spain occupies the 4th position in the Starting grants competition so far
• All StG holders in Spain have benefited previously from one of the following programmes:
Ramón y Cajal (MICINN)ICREA (Fundación ICREA, Catalonia)
Will I make it?
Academic funnel
Academic career problem
First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc …PhD nth
PostdocTenuretrack
Tenure
Available positions
Other career paths
PhD First Postdoc
SecondPostdoc … nth
PostdocTenuretrack
Tenure
Other career paths
PhD
• Research in the private sector– Big companies– SMEs– Spin offs – start ups– Create your own company
• Forget about being a researcher– Research manager– Scientific officer– policy officer– other
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
AND GOOD LUCK!