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Marie Curie Actions
Liz FrenchMarie Curie Administrator
Research Innovation Service
• EU funding under People programme of Framework 7 for any area of research (science, arts, engineering, medicine)
• Three main aims of Marie Curie Actions– Benefit European Union– Maintain competitive European research – Support the mobility of researchers into and around
Europe
• Aims for researchers– Career advancement– Strengthen multi- or interdisciplinary skills– Training-through-research
Marie Curie Actions
• Europe– EU member states and Associated Countries
• Third Country– not Europe
• Experienced Researcher– PhD or– 4 years research experience at call deadline
Marie Curie Actions
Marie Curie Actions
Individual Fellowships– International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF)– Intra-European Fellowship (IEF)– International Incoming Fellowship (IIF)
Network Fellowships– Industry Academia Partnerships and
Pathways (IAPP)– Initial Training Network (ITN)
Mobility
For all fellowships, the mobility rule applies:
• At the time of the relevant proposal deadline, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work , studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline.
• Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
Individual Fellowships
• International Outgoing Fellowship– Carry out research in a Third Country (eg Australia,
South Africa, India, Brazil, Russia)– Spend 12-24 months in Third Country– Must return to Europe for 12-24 months to continue
research (can be UK, can come back to Nottingham University)
– Funding for 2-3 years in total– Must be of European nationality, or have lived and
worked in Europe for at least 5 years– Advanced training grants
• Significantly strengthen and widen your skills and knowledge
• Intra-European Fellowship– Move to a different European country to carry out
research– National of any country, as long as you currently live
in a European country– Funding for 12-24 months– Grants for advanced training and career development
• Learn new (complimentary) technique• Training-through-research• Inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary knowledge transfer
Individual Fellowships
• International Incoming Fellowship– Move from a third country to a European country– Can have an optional 1 year return phase to your
country of origin– Funding for 12-24 months– Can be of any nationality as long as you move from a
third country and comply with the mobility rule– Career advancement
• Transfer of knowledge into host organisation• Establish new collaborations
Individual Fellowships
Individual Fellowships• International Outgoing Fellowship
– €40 million in 2011 (inc of €12million on 2010)– In 2009 ~ 600 proposals 20% success rate– In 2010 ~ 740 proposal 16% success rate
• Intra-European Fellowship– €110 million in 2011 (inc of €15million)– In 2009 ~ 2400 proposals 24% success rate– In 2010 ~2800 proposals 18% success rate
• International Incoming Fellowship– €40 million in 2011 (increase of €12 million on 2010)– In 2009 ~1045 proposals 15% success rate– In 2010 ~1170 proposals 12% success rate
Living allowance*€58,500 per year (4-10years experience)€87,500 per year (>10 years experience)
Mobility allowance* €700 per month (no family)€1000 per month (with family)
*Country correction coefficient appliedUK = 1.203 Germany = 0.984 France = 1.158 USA = 1.013 Australia = 1.085
Researcher Salary
At call deadline – just received PhD, no family (not married, no children), move from UK to Ireland (coefficient = 1.147) for 12 month fellowship
• €67,099 (£56,000) per year living allowance• €9634 (£8100) per year mobility allowance• Total salary cost €76733 (£64100)• Employers NI & Pension ~ 20%
Researcher Salary
At deadline – 10 or more years since you received BSc or BA, married, move from UK to Germany (coefficient 0.984), for a fellowship of 3 years
• €86100 (£73,000) annual living allowance• €11808 (£10,000) annual mobility allowance• Total salary cost €97908 (£83,000)
• Employers NI & Pension ~ 20%
Researcher Salary
Research Costs• €800 (£670) per month• For all costs to carry out research
– Consumables, travel to conferences, meetings, training costs, field work costs
Other costs• €700 per researcher month for overheads
Research Budget
International Outgoing Fellowship
12 – 24 months in a third country 12 months back in Europe
Intra-European Fellowship
12 -24 months in a different European country
International Incoming Fellowship
12 – 24 months in Europe
– Call opens on 16th March 2011– Call closes on 11th August 2011 at 4pm (BST)– Similar dates each year– Results announced – December 2011– Start grant – from March 2012 (earliest) to
March 2013 (12 months after grant agreement signed)
Individual Fellowships
– Career development, increasing knowledge, increasing skills, increasing collaboration
– Any research topic covered
– Open calls found on Marie Curie Actions website
– Proposals submitted using EPSS (find through Google)
– Choose host institution carefully (go and visit)
Individual Fellowships
Application
– Apply together with a host institution
– Employed by host institution
– Application usually written by the fellow
– Can only submit one application at a time
– All applications and reports must be in English
– Don’t leave application to the last minute [deadline time is 4pm (5pm in Brussels)]
– Check your eligibility
Application
READ THE GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS
READ THE WORK PROGRAMME
Section A
– Administrative information
– Researcher name, address, nationality etc etc
– Host institution name, address, legal contacts
Application
Application – Section B
• Maximum 25 pages• Use correct font (Arial or Times New Roman), font size
(11), margins (1.5cm)• 6 sections to Part B
1. Scientific and technological Quality (8 Pages)
2. Training (2 Pages)
3. Researcher (7 Pages)
4. Implementation (6 pages)
5. Impact (2 Pages)
6. Ethical Issues
Section B
Section Threshold (out of 5)
Weighting Priority
Sci & Tech 3 25% 3
Training 3 15% 2
Researcher 4 25% 1
Implementation n/a 15% 5
Impact 3.5 20% 4
Assessment
• Split into panels – Chemistry– Social Sciences and Humanities– Economic Sciences– Information Science and Engineering– Environment and Geosciences– Life Sciences– Maths– Physics
• Budget spilt pro-rata between categories• Proposals are ranked according to score
• Initial Training Network (ITN)
• Industry Academia Partnership Pathways (IAPP)
• Apply for advertised posts
• Mobility rules apply – must move to a different country
• EURAXESS website
Network Grants
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions
Further Information
Further Information
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm
Questions?