Stockholm 3 April 2008

People Programme Marie Curie Actions

The mobility programme in FP7

Fredrik Olsson HectorMarie Curie Actions

Reintegration Grants

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Ideas – Frontier Research

Capacities – Research Capacity

People – Marie Curie Actions

Cooperation – Collaborative research

JRC (non-nuclear)

JRC (nuclear)

Euratom

PEOPLE Programmein FP7

Budget for FP7

EC Programme 50 521 million Euro (current prices)— Cooperation 32 413 million Euro— Ideas 7 510 million Euro— People 4 750 million Euro— Capacities 4 097 million Euro— JRC EC Programme 1 751 million Euro

Euratom Programme 2 751 million Euro (current prices)— Fusion Energy Research 1 947 million Euro— Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection 287 million Euro— JRC Nuclear Research Activities 517 million Euro

Annual budget:≈ 40% increase compared to FP6 on average

Budget for FP7

Cooperation; 32,4

Ideas; 7,5

People; 4,75

Capacities; 4,1

Why is there a People Programme?

Why a People programme?

Do we produceenough researchers?

Who producesthe researchers?

Are enough researchersstaying in research

Is research put into use as it should?

Where do they go?Industry?

Academia?US, Japan…?

Is research attractive enough?Are the researchers attractive enough?

Only at most 1/3 of PhDwill be able to establish a career in academia

2/3 willget a jobelsewhere

Why a People programme?

PEOPLE Programme

Two strands:1. Policy actions

• Researchers’ partnership

2. Marie Curie Actions• Initial Training Networks• Individual Fellowships• Reintegration• Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways• Cofunding• …

Researchers’ partnershipfour key areas

• Open recruitment and portability of grants

• Meeting social security and supplementary pension needs of mobile researchers

• Attractive employment and working conditions

• Enhancing training, skills and experience of researchers

Researchers’ partnership1. open recruitment and grants

portabilityIssues:

• Open, competitive recruitment is essential for research system in pursuit of excellence

• Public sector recruitment in the EU is predominantly organised at national level, exibiting widespread internal recruitment at institutional level

• Current limitations on trans-national portability of individual grants by many national research funding agencies inhibits mobility

Researchers’ partnership2. social security and pension rights

Issues:

• Acquisition and transfer of social security benefits and pension rights among the most problematic areas

• In particular young researchers often have limited access to social security and pension benefits

• social security co-ordination rules may not fit usual researchers’ career paths (repeated short-term contracts

Researchers’ partnership3. employment and working

conditionsIssues:

• Employment policies within many public research institutions are often rigid, with widespread segmentation between protected « insiders » and unprotected « outsiders ». Flexicurity is highly relevant to better balance the situation for researchers

• Under-utilisation of end-of-career researchers

• Low priority overall for reconciling professional and private life

Researchers’ partnership 4. training and skills development

Issues:• many early-stage researchers are not receiving the right

set of skills to function effectively in modern academia or to make smooth intersectoral transitions

• Skills equipment is only partly a matter of formal training; the environment in which researchers are trained is also essential

• Also researchers at later stages need to keep in touch with the latest developments and being trained for new positions during their career (e.g. admin or leadership positions)

PEOPLE Marie Curie Actions in FP7

Overall scope• Human resource development in R&D in Europe • Numerous, well-trained, motivated researchers• Attract students to research careers• Attract researchers to Europe • Skills and sustainable career development• Continuity of previous Framework programme, with focus

on structuring impact, while simplifying

Initial training of researchersInitial Training Networks*

Life-long training and career developmentIntra-European Fellowships / European Reintegration GrantsCo-funding of regional/national/international programmes

Industry dimensionIndustry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways*

International dimensionOutgoing & Incoming* International Fellowships; International Cooperation

Scheme; International Reintegration grants; Support to researcher ‘diasporas’*Specific actions

Mobility and career enhancement actions; Researchers’ nights; Excellence awards

* Open to third-country nationals

PEOPLE Marie Curie Actions in FP7

Objectives • Strengthen and structure Early Stage Training at

European level • Improve career perspectives by broad skills

development (including private sector needs)

Main features • International network of participants -at least three

participants established in at least three MS or Associated countries –Third countries organisations may participate if justified by the project

• Open to researchers from Third countries• Training programme with (i) training through

research (ii) complementary competences (structured training) modules

• Involvement of private sector

PEOPLE Initial Training of Researchers

Marie Curie Initial Training Networks

Objectives • Career development of experienced researchers by e.g.:

diversification skills/competencies; reintegrate after mobility/resume research (”significant step” in career)

Operated through: • Centralised mode: selection/funding of fellows through call at EC

level – Intra-European Fellowships IEF; European Reintegration Grants ERG

• « Co-funding » mode:– Selection of « co-funded » national, regional and international

programmes through open calls with clear evaluation criteria – Researchers apply for individual fellowships to the co-funded

programmes

PEOPLE Life-long training & career development:

Marie Curie fellowships for career development

Objective• Encourage knowledge sharing, cultural exchange

and sustainable cooperation between industry and academia (in particular SMEs)

Main features • Longer-term co-operation between academic and

commercial sectors• 2-way staff secondments / hosting of experienced

researchers from outside the partnership• Special measure to encourage SME participation• Open to researchers from outside Europe

PEOPLE Marie Curie Industry partnerships and pathways

PEOPLEInternational Dimension

Objectives: Reinforce the international dimension of the EU through human resources;

Operated through• Career Development/life-long training for EU researchers

– International Outgoing fellowships (IOF)– International Re-integration grants (IRG)

• International co-operation through researchers from third countries– International incoming fellowships (IIF)– International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

• Host actions (Initial training, Industry - Academia) open to third country nationals

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Information

• Information People programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people/home_en.html

• Opportunities within Marie Curie Actions: http://cordis.europa.eu/mc-opportunities/

THE MOBILITY WEB PORTAL http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/index_en.cfm

• Registration of experts: http://cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/index.cfm?fuseaction=wel.welcome

Thank you for your attention!

fredrik.olsson-hector@ec.europa.eu