Marie Curie Actions 2012 Opportunities for Industry

1. Marie Curie Actions 2012 Opportunities for Industry www.iua.ie

2. “Bottom-Up” – no Thematic/Priority Areas • Chemistry • Physics • Mathematics • Life Sciences • Economic Sciences • ICT and Engineering • Social Sciences & Humanities • Earth & Environmental Sciences

3. How to Participate / What are the Benefits? Participating Benefits Opportunity to grow R&D base Knowledge Transfer Build links with academic and industrial partners in Ireland and the wider EU Intellectual Capital Train your next generation of R&D employees with industry-relevant skills Recruit new researchers Bring in expert researchers from abroad Gain European Funding Salaries are fully covered (incl. social costs) Contribution to research & training costs Overheads, management costs • Companies can participate in MC consortium-type projects (Full or Associated Partner) • Initial Training Networks (ITN) • Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) • Companies are eligible Host Organisations for MC Individual Fellows (IIF, IOF, IEF, CIG fellowships) • “Experienced Researchers” (postdoc level) • “More Experienced Researchers” (PhD + > 10 years experience)

4. What does the EU funding cover? Personnel Costs Additional Costs – varies by Action For Example: Research/Training/Networking Costs €800 to €1800 per month per researcher Overheads ~ 10% of direct costs Management Costs ~ 10% of total Small equipment expenses for SMEs Max. 10% of total contribution to SME • Living Allowance* • Students €38k p.a. • Researchers €58k p.a. • Researchers with > 10 years experience €87.5k p.a. • Mobility & Travel Allowance* • €700 per month or • €1000 per month Industry does not have to put up any co- or match-funding. *Correction Coefficients apply; IE = 109.1

5. IAPP: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Aims • Enhancing Industry-Academia Collaboration • Building diverse research careers IAPP Activities • Joint Research Project • Training Activities • Compulsory Inter-Sectoral Secondment • Recruiting postdocs (optional) Facts and Figures • Next Deadlines: 19th April 2012, Mid-January 2013 • Budget 80 M€ (Typical Project Budget 0.5 to 2 M€) • Project Duration 3 to 4 years Commercial Partner in one MS/AC Non-Commercial Partner in another MS/AC + Optional: Additional Participants from anywhere in the world

6. ITN: Initial Training Networks Aim: Improve Quality of Doctoral Training • Promote industry-academia collaboration in PhD training Three Types of ITN • Multi-Partner ITN (ITN) • Innovative Doctoral Programmes (IDP) • European Industrial Doctorates (EID)* Facts and Figures • Next Deadline, November 2012 (t.b.c.) • Budget 450 M€ (30 M€ for EID) • Typical Project Budget 3 – 5 M€ (0.5 M€ for EID) • Project Duration 4 years * EID is best option for companies • Recruitment of Doctoral Students (3 to 5 students) • Joint Research Training Programme • Compulsory Inter-Sectoral Secondment (50%) Academic Partner in one MS/AC Industry Partner in another MS/AC + Optional: Additional Participants from anywhere in the world

7. How the MC Office can help • Keeping you informed • Email Distribution List • FP7 Ireland website • Supporting your application • Training Webinars for specific Calls • Advice on whether your concept ‘fits’ the Call • Proposal review at ‘high level’ (time permitting) Dr Jennifer Brennan, Marie Curie NCP www.iua.ie mariecurie@iua.ie