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Date: in 12 pts Education and Culture
Doctoral training in
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Dublin, 14 May 2013
Alessandra Luchetti
Head of Unit, DG EAC.C3
European Commission
Education and Culture
MSCA approach
Support individual curiosity and passion for research
Create attractive conditions
Foster competences and employability
How to prepare doctoral candidates for the future?
Excellence
Research
Training
Careers
Education
and Culture
Providing excellence
MCA participants:
• Two thirds of the universities from the Shanghai top 500 list
• Nine out of ten European companies investing the largest sums in R&D
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Global reach Mobility Requirement in all projects 130 nationalities, 80 countries
Fostering mobility
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Doctoral training in MSCA
• PhD candidates as professionals
• Internationally-leading consortia
• Interdisciplinary approach
• Exposure to employment sectors
• Stimulating new mind-set and skills
• Industrial doctorates
• Joint degrees
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FP7 ITN: 2 billion €
43% of People Programme
Aim: improve employability and career perspectives of early stage researchers in both public & private sectors
Features
International network of participants
Joint Research Training Programme:
- training through research
- transferable skills training modules
- exposure to both public and private sectors
Supervisory Board
Research Training Activities
Individual personalised projects
Personal Career Development Plan for every supported researcher
Triple 'i' mobility
Entrepreneurship and innovation-related skills
Quality of supervision
~10 000 PhD candidates to be funded (2007-2013)
Multi-ITN
IDP
University or Industry
Country 1
Country 2 Country 3
University/ Industry
University/ Industry
University/ Industry
Country 2 Country 1
University or Industry
≥ 50%
Industry University/ Laboratory
University or Industry
Industry
Other country
Other discipline
Other sector
University or Industry
Country 1
University/ Research institution
EID
ITN - Implementation modalities
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First results
92% of the ITN fellows assessed the Marie Curie impact on their
career prospects as “very good” or “good”
79% of the supported researchers employed after
the end of their fellowship
81% of the MCA beneficiaries agree that the programme
has helped creating new collaboration with academic
organisations or business enterprises
MSCA in Horizon 2020
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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
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MSCA for Doctoral Candidates
Possibilities for doctoral candidates:
Training Networks (ITN)
European Industrial Doctorates (ITN)
Joint Doctorates (ITN)
COFUND Doctoral Programmes
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Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
MSCA - main EU programme for structured doctoral training
Dedicated to early-stage researchers
Involving wide partnership of institutions from academic and non-academic sectors
Based on FP7 ITNs + EMJD experience
Addressing triple 'i' dimension of mobility
Combining scientific excellence with innovation-oriented approach
Developing entrepreneurship and skills matching research labour market needs
Enhancing employability of researchers
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COFUND
Stimulating regional, national and international
programmes to foster excellence
Spreading best practices of MSCA in terms of international
mobility, research training, career development
Building on experience from FP7 COFUND
Extended to doctoral programmes covering international,
interdisciplinary and intersectoral aspects
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Marie Curie Actions Website
http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions
Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020