Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

1. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Yourresearchcareer in Europe EU Research Executive Agency Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks

2. What are the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions? A European Union funded programme for structuring researcher training, mobility and career development Objectives Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s intellectual capital to generate new skills, knowledge and innovation Budget 2014-2020: € 6.162 billion

3. What do the MSCA offer you? • Prestigiouscareeropportunities • Excellent working conditions: employment contracts, full social security etc. • Verycompetitivesalaries • Opportunitiestowork and train with the best researchers in Europe and worldwide • Wholecareer training: complementaryskills • Access to top levelconferences, professionalassociations & Marie Curie Alumni

4. Who, what and where? • Who: All levels of research experience from PhD student upwards: there are actions for different levels of experience. • What: All areas of research are supported: bottom-up approach • Where: Anywhere: any research performing organisation, public or private worldwide - there are actions for European and international mobility.

5. As a researcher I want to… • Why? • Undertake a project in Europe • Spend my time at leading labs in Europe • Be part of a well-established and prestigious programme • Benefit from good working conditions

6. I want to… • Why? • Work with businesses • Be part of a short-term exchange • Bring a researcher from Europe at no cost to my employer

7. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Optimum development and dynamic useof Europe’s intellectual capital • Why? • Training • Excellence • Research • Innovation • Knowledge • Skills

8. Where? • Mobility to … • 28 EU Member • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, • Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, • Denmark, Estonia, Germany, • Greece, Finland, France, • Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, • Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, • Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, • Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, • Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom • 12 Associated Countries* • Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, • FaroeIslands, FYROM, Iceland, • Israel, Moldova, Montenegro, • Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, • Turkey • * on 17.12.2015

9. Why?Employability Short-term employability • MC fellowships very effective in improving fellows’ short-term employability. • MC fellows are more likely (+8%) of obtaining a permanent position after the fellowship. • MC fellows are more likely to obtain an ERC grant • MC fellows • Retention by hosts • MC fellows more likely to be retained by hosts, especially after long fellowships (+11% prob.) • Marie Curie researchers and their long-term career development: a comparative study (2014)

10. What actions?

11. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

13. How to apply?

14. Depends on experience and type of mobility • Experience: Support for 2 categories of researchers: • Early Stage Researcher: Less than 4 years of research experience*, and without a doctoral degree ("pre-doc") • Experienced Researcher: In possession of a doctoral degree or at least 4 years of res. experience* ("post-doc") • *counted from the time when the researcher is entitled to embark on a doctoral degree

15. Support for two types of mobility: • European: moving from outside Europe into Europe • moving within Europe • Global: moving from Europe to outside of Europe – NB. compulsory return phase of one year (fully funded)

16. 2 ways to be supported: Apply for your own fellowship or Apply to a project

17. 1. Apply for your own fellowship Directly to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions with a hosting institution  Experienced researchersIn possession of a doctoral degree, or have 4 years of full-time research experience at the time of the call deadline

18. Individual Fellowships • Individual trans-national post-doctoral fellowships for the best and most promising experienced researchers • Two types depending on the mobility of the researcher • Within or into Europe - European Fellowships • Outside Europe - Global Fellowships

19. IF Topics • European and Global European Fellowships For fellows coming to or moving within Europe (12-24 months) • Any Experienced Researcher may submit only one proposal to this call for proposals Global Fellowships For fellows from Europe going to Third countries (12-24 months) and returning (12 months)

20. Main Features • Mobility: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline • Any scientific domain: 8 scientific panels covering all possible research subjects: CHE, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF, MAT, PHY, SOC • Duration of projects: 1-2 years • Focus on career development • Open to hosts from both academicand non-academicsectors • Secondments to / from the non-academic sector: 3 – 6 months • Strengthening networking capabilities both for researchers and for organisations involved • Separate multidisciplinary panels for Career Restart and Reintegration

21. Reintegration Panel • Return and reintegration of researchers into a longer term research position in Europe • Separate multi-disciplinary reintegration panel (RI) • Researchers must be a national or long-term resident of a Member State (MS)/Associate Country (AC) • Long term resident: at least 5 consecutive years of research activity in one or more MS/AC • Mobility rule different: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the host organisation for more than 36 monthsin the 5 years immediately prior to the call deadline • Mobility into Europe is essential

22. Return and reintegration of researchers into a longer term research position in Europe Individual Fellowships - IF The Financial Dimension • Monthly rates • * Living allowance subject to country correction coefficient • § Amount quoted is gross amount before deductions

23. Next call: March 2015 Opens: 12 March 2015 Closes: 10 September 2015 @ 17:00:00 Brussels time Budget: €215m

24. Are you eligible? • Experienced researcher of any nationality • International mobility within or into EU Member States (MS) and Associated Countries (AC) • Meet the mobility rule: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the host organisationfor more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline • NB: check different mobility rules for Career Restart and Reintegration panels.

25. To prepare: • Look for a host institute and supervisor (youcan only submit one application per call) • Design your research project • Consider appropriate secondment options • Think about the proposal in the context of the Evaluation Criteria (see Work Programme available on the Participant Portal and Guide for Applicants for the mostrecent call Guide for Applicants published with the Call

26. 2. Apply to a project Doctoral student level

27. Innovative training networks - ITN • Innovative Training Networks Creativity Excellence Entrepreneurship Innovation A new generation of researchers Skilled Employable Mobile

28. Innovative Training Networks • Research training for obtaining a PhD • transnational network in multi/interdisciplinary & emerging fields • training primarily through research on individual, personalised research projects • complemented by substantial training modules in key transferable skills • Exposure to the non-academic sector as elementary part of the training • Working with the best researchers in Europe and internationally • Fellowships of 3-36 months

29. Main Features • Exposure to the non-academic sector as elementary part of the training • Joint supervision with business (including SMEs) or other non-ac. partners • Project of up to 4 years duration and fellowships of 3-36 months The financial dimension

30. How to apply for a fellowship • All projects publish their vacancies on the Marie Curie website, Euraxess, NatureJobs, etc. • !!! Check the MSCA website frequently !!! • Funding levels defined by the MSCA - employment contracts with full social security • Duration: 3 year PhD training; max 24 months for post docs

31. 2. Apply to a Cofunded Call doctoral student and post-doc

32. Cofunding of regional, national and international doctoral and fellowship programmes • Why: to stimulate the regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development i.e. to spread the best practices of the MSCA • Opportunities for researchers from all countries • Researchers comply with the mobility rules of the MSCA • Open and transparent: calls/vacancies widely publicised

33. How to apply • for a doctoral position or a fellowship • Known calls are always listed on EURAXESS, Nature Jobs and of course, in the MSCA Website! !!! Check the MSCA website frequently !!! • Future calls will be advertised there also • Eligibility depends on the call - consult the documentation carefully • The financial dimension: what is the minimum which hosting institutions should pay their COFUND fellows: • *minimum total costs related to the employment of the fellows The financial dimension

34. Experts wanted!

35. MSCA website: • http://ec.europa.eu/msca • MSCA on Facebook: • https://www.facebook.com/Marie.Curie.Actions • HORIZON 2020: • http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020 • Participant Portal: • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/ • EURAXESS European Researchers Mobility Portal: • http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/

36. Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsResearch and Innovation Staff ExchangeRISE

37. The RISE scheme supports • projects which promote staff exchanges between: • MS/AC and TC (international) • Intra european (MS/AC) inter-sectoral (academic and non-academic sectors)

38. General Aspects - All Countries can participate in RISE - All nationalities can participate in RISE - All institutions fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation can participate in RISE

39. ProjectMain Aspects • - Project built on joint researchand innovation activities • - Project implemented through the secondment of staff (no recruitments) • - Each staff member seconded for a period of 1 to 12 months • - The maximum size for a project is 540 person months • - No minimum size explicitly defined for the project, but substantial impact is expected • - Maximum project duration is 4 years

40. Some example from RISE 2014

41. Success Rate in RISE 2014

42. Participants in RISE • - Beneficiaries • Sign the Grant Agreement and claim costs • Are responsible for the execution of the programme • Are established in a MS/AC • - Partner Organisations • Do not sign the Grant Agreement and do not claim costs • Must include a letter of commitment in the proposal • Are established in a TC

43. Sectors • The sector of an organisation is defined automatically • - Academic Sector • Higher education establishments (public or private) • Non-profit research organisations (public or private) • International European interest organisations • - Non-Academic Sector • Any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector and fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation (typical examples: multinationals, NGOs, museums, etc.)

44. Staff Members • - Actively engaged in or linked to research/innovation activities for at least 6 months prior to first secondment • - Types of staff members: • ESR (no PhD and < 4 years experience) • ER (PhD or > 4 years experience) • Managerial staff • Administrative or Technical staff • - In-built return mechanism

45. MinimumEligibility Conditions - At least 3 independent participantsin 3 different countries. (At least 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC) - If allin MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic In practice, 2 possible minimum settings: • + • + MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 TC • or • + • + MS/AC 3 MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 Academic Non-Academic

46. Countries EligibleFor EU Funding - EU Member States - Overseas Countries and Territories linked to the MS (As defined on page 3 of General Annex A to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015) - Horizon 2020 Associated Countries (In principle, the same as FP7, but subject to the adoption of the association agreements) - The Third Countries listed (On page 3 of General Annex A to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015)

47. Countries Not Eligible For EU Funding • Countries not listed previously are not eligible for EU funding • In practice, those countries are mainly: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, United States. • In very exceptional cases, partners from those countries might be funded. But the following conditions have to be fulfilled: a) This partner has competences/expertise that no organisation in MS/AC has b) The relevant transfer of knowledge can only be done via a secondment in the direction TC MS/AC c) Points a) and b) must be endorsed by the expert evaluators d) The experts' endorsement (point c) must be confirmed by the REA

48. EU Contribution • Unit costs per researcher per month of secondment • For secondments eligible for funding • *These unit costs are subject to a funding rate of 100% and no country coefficients apply.

49. EU contribution • The Staff member unit cost is intended to support the travel, accommodation and subsistence costs linked to the respective secondments. Participants are expected to continue paying the salary of the seconded staff during the period of exchange. • Ensure that the EU contribution is fully used for the benefit of the seconded staff members. 

50. EU contribution • It can be: • paid directly to the seconded staff member or • managed centrally by the beneficiary according to the specific needs of the secondment. • Detailed arrangements for the use of the contribution may also be agreed internally between beneficiaries and partner organisations, to address the specific financial needs of each secondment.