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

Excellence

Research

Training

Careers

Education and Culture

M(S)CA Features

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%

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Bottom-up nature

Topics

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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:

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UA and other EaPFunded institutions

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UA and other EaPMCA budget allocated

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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

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Applicants

Who can apply to what?

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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

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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€

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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%

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Other MCA opportunities

ITNIAPP

COFUND

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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

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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

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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

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EURAXESS

MCA vacancies on EURAXESS Jobs

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

MSCA in Horizon 2020

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• MCA will continue as the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)

• Funding levels ~maintained

• Broad schemes ~maintained

• Simplification in Implementation

• Bi-Annual Work programmes

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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