the “marie curie actions road show” is organised as a series of info-days in the premises of the...
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The “Marie Curie Actions Road Show” is organised as a series of info-days in the premises of the participating research organisations with a set of presentations by the representatives of each invited institution and the European Commission (EC) representatives. The main aims of the Road Show are:
to promote the Marie Curie Actions of the 7th Framework Programme, in particular Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) and Career Integration Grants (CIG);
to present and introduce the research centers in each of the countries visited and to acquaint the participants about their facilities and research activities, as well as research opportunities for experienced researchers at the post-doctoral level.
Concept of the Marie Curie Road Show
In 2010 ENEA (IT) and TUBITAK (TU) started organising a «Marie Curie Actions Road Show» in order to create an opportunity for the advancement of beneficial future international research collaborations among the researchers of participant Institutions’ Countries.
The mobility created as a result of the events contributes to the overall European researchers’ mobility objectives.
Marie Curie Actions Road Show 2011
Participants:
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
DTU - Technical University of Denmark
ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
HELMHOLTZ Association of German Research Centers
TUBITAK – The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Marie Curie Actions Road Show 2012
Participants:CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (France)
CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology (Czech Republic)
ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (Italy)
HELMHOLTZ Association of German Research Centers (Germany)
IFIN-HH - Romanian National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (Romania)
KPK - Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU (Poland)
TUBITAK – The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkey)
The info-days of the MCA Road Show
Date 2011 Venue16 February 2011
Berlin, Germany (HELMHOLTZ)
23 February 2011
Rome, Italy (ENEA)
11 March 2011 Ankara, Turkey (TUBITAK)
22 March 2011 Lyngby, Denmark (DTU)
6 April 2011 Saclay, France (CEA)
Date 2012 Venue16 February 2012
Berlin, Germany (HELMHOLTZ)
12 March 2012 Paris, France (CEA)
27 March 2012 Brno, Czech Republic (CEITEC)
11 April 2012 Rome, Italy (ENEA)
27 April 2012 Ankara, Turkey (TUBITAK)
3 May 2012 Bucharest, Romania (IFIN-HH)
14 May 2012 Warsaw, Poland (KPK)
The Agenda of the Road Show
Registration
“Mar
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urie
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2 R
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Opening Statements by the Road Show Hosting Institute
Opportunities of Marie Curie Actions by the Representative of the European Commission/REA
Lessons Learnt Session by a Marie Curie Fellow/Grant Holder
Presentations by: - CEITEC - CEA - ENEA - HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION - IFIN-HH - KPK - TÜBİTAK - TURBO
National Support for Marie Curie Applicants by Marie Curie National Contact Points EURAXESS Info Session
Researchers’ Bilateral Meetings with the Institutions at the Booths set up for the Road Show
Statistical information MCA Road Show 2011
GERMANY
ITALY
TURKEY
DENMARK
FRANCE
OVERALL
How many
Registered?57 117 204 97 48 523
How many
Participated
?
56 85 190 85 40 456
How many
ESRs*?20 5 68 52 30 175
How Many ERs**? 6 58 102 27 10 203
How many
clients other
than
researchers
(multipliers
etc.)?
31
22
20
18
0
91
How many
Female?33 41 102 41 19 236
How Many Male? 23 44 88 56 21 232
Participant Profile for Each
Country
GERMANY FRANCE CZECH
REPUBLIC
ITALY TURKEY ROMANIA POLAND OVERALL
How many
registered?
69 92 76 103 144 80 130694
How many
Participated?
49 62 84 86 80 63 88512
How many Questionnaires replied?
34 36 26 46 20 34 35231
How many ESRs*? 8 15 7 13 10 11 7 71
How Many ERs**? 21 16 12 73 70 46 27 265
How many Female? 20 15 12 59 48 17 23 194
How Many Male? 13 20 14 27 32 10 12 128
Statistical information MCA Road Show 2012
In total 1000 participants in the Info-days of the Road Show
Some statistics from the Questionnaire distributed in 2012
Others8%
China1%
Finland1% Slovakia
1%Spain
2%Czech Republic
7%
Germany9%
Turkey9%
France9%
Romania15%
Poland16%
Italy22%
Figure 1: Participants’ NationalitiesFigure 2. Research Area according to Marie Curie panels
Some statistics from the Questionnaire distributed in 2012
Figure 3. Experience Level Figure 4. How did you hear about the workshops?
Some statistics from the Questionnaire distributed in 2012
Figure 6. How would you rate the quality of the presentations? Figure 5. Did the workshop meet your expectations?
Some achievements of the Marie Curie Actions 2012 Road Show
The info-days increased the awareness on Marie Curie Actions; A total of 512 researchers at experienced and early-stage level were given practical and
administrative information on the Marie Curie Actions’ Schemes with a specific focus on IEF and CIG Schemes;
Cooperation between the stakeholders of the Road Show have been enhanced to a great extent; the network is very strong!
The Road Show contributed greatly towards increasing the visibility of the participating research organizations;
One-on-one consultancies provided the participating researchers with specific information on each single country’s research environment and leading research institutions;
Road Show unintentionally contributed to the host driven actions of MCAs such as IAPP and ITN. New consortia have been set up through contacts created during the Road Show and some kind of match making have been successfully done by the institutes. Moreover, some existing networks for different international research programmes found chance to get submissions.
Some suggestions from the participants
Research areas of the institutions could be various. Since most of them focused on engineering, energy, life sciences participants carrying out research on social sciences couldn’t find an available position to discuss. New institutes with different research areas for the upcoming Road Shows demanded.
Presentations of the institutions were evaluated as quite long and complex, they are recommended to be simplified and shortened. Video presentations were demanded since they were more attractive. Some of the participants mentioned that booths were enough for the first contact with the institutes, no need to deliver a presentation.
More emphasis on multidisciplinary research aspects was demanded since globalizing world required more interdisciplinary research environment.
Researchers found the practical information session very useful with the local NCP. However there were some who wished to have proposal writing session with a mentor.
The Marie Curie Road Show 2013
The planning of the Marie Curie Road Show 2013 is being finalised in these days.
The info-days will take place from January to April 2013.
For more information, please contact Roberta Boniotti, ENEA
Contact points of the Institutions
Institution Contact details E-mail address
CEA - France Laurence Lours [email protected]
CEITEC – Czech Republic Roman Badik [email protected]
ENEA - Italy Roberta Boniotti [email protected]
HELMHOLTZ - Germany Susan Kentner [email protected]
IFIN-HH - Romania Alexandra Vancea [email protected]
KPK - Poland Anna Wisniewska [email protected]
TUBITAK - Turkey Tugba Arslan [email protected]
http://www.helmholtz.de/marie_curie_roadshow