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1. People – Marie Curie Actions University of Bristol 6 December 2006 andrewa.smith@bbsrc.ac.uk http://www.ukro.ac.uk

2. Co-operation Ideas People Capacities JRC Budget Split 2007-2013 Values in € Billions €1.75 FP7 – Specific Programmes €4.28 €4.73 €7.46 €32.36

3. Co-operation – Thematic Areas Collaborative Research 1. Health €6 050 M FP7 – Co-operation 2. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology €1 935 M 3. ICT €9 110 M  4. Nanosci, Nanotech, Material & Production Tech €3 500 M SMEs INCO R&D Needs 5. Energy €2 300 M 6. Environment (including Climate Change) €1900 M 7. Transport (including Aeronautics)€4 180 M 8. Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities € 610M 9. Security €1 430 M 10. Space €1 350 M

4. Activities Capacities – Research Capacity (€4 217 million) 1. Research infrastructures €1 850m 2. Research for the benefits of SMEs €1 336m FP7 - Capacities 3. Regions of Knowledge € 126m 4. Research potential € 370m 5. Science in Society € 280m 6. International co-operation € 185m 7. Coherent dev. of research policies € 70m Co-ordination of national programmes (incl. ERA-NET +)

5. FP7 Specific Programmes Co-operation – Collaborative Research Framework Programme 7 Ideas – Frontier Research (ERC) People – Human Potential (Marie Curie) Capacities – Research Capacity Plus JRC and EURATOM

6. FP7 Specific Programmes People – Human Potential (€4.73 billion) Objectives and Policy Context: • Make Europe more attractive to researchers • Strengthen human potential by: • Encouraging people to become researchers • Encouraging researchers to carry out their research in Europe • Trans-national and inter-sectoral mobility FP7 – Specific Programmes

7. Principles • Skills and competence development at all stages of researchers career • Open to all research areas addressed under the Treaty plus possibility of targeted calls • Strong participation from enterprises • Reinforce international dimension • Appropriate gender and work/life balance • Good working environment, transparent recruitment and career development FP7 – People – Marie Curie

8. Researcher Eligibility In order to assess eligibility, it is essential that you consider the following: • The minimum or maximum amount of research experience stipulated for the action • The transnational mobility requirements for the action FP7 – People – Marie Curie

9. FP7 Marie Curie Actions People Specific Programme

10. How does this compare to FP6? FP7 – People – Marie Curie

11. Initial Training Networks • Strengthen Early Stage Training at EU level • Attract people to scientific careers • Improve career perspectives by development of broad skills (including needs of industry) • Directed at researchers with up to 4 yrs FTE + 1 yr experience • Open to third-country nationals • Defined scientific fields • plus interdisciplinary, new/emerging supradisciplinary fields FP7 – People – Marie Curie

12. Initial Training Network Structure • At least 3 EU Member or Associated States • (of which 2 must be MS or Candidate Countries) • Single or twin sites if international context is strong • Joint Training Programme including complementary skills • Fellowships for 3 months to 3 years • Industrial participation • Coherent quality standards & mutual recognition of training/ diplomas • Optional: - recruiting a ‘visiting scientist’ • - hold short training events (incl. researchers outside network) FP7 – People – Marie Curie

13. Lifelong Training & Career Development • Career development of experienced researchers • Support diversification of competences • (including inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary experiences) • Attaining or strengthening professional independence • Career break • Re-integration • Implementation: • Classic EU open calls or new ‘Co-financing’ mode FP7 – People – Marie Curie

14. Lifelong Training & Career Development1) Classic Marie Curie Individual Fellowship • Structure • EU Member or Associated State National,or Third Country national if in EU for at least 4 of the last 5 yrs • 12 – 24 months • Resuming a career in research • Individual applies with host • REMEMBER it’s about • Skills diversification • Attaining or strengthening professional independence FP7 – People – Marie Curie

15. Lifelong Training & Career Development2) European re-integration • (Re)-integration into research career • (following trans-national mobility) • Must have already had Marie Curie fellowship • (funded under FP6/7) • The European Re-integration Grant: • supports a research project of 2- 3 years • research costs but not researchers’ salary • researcher applies with host institution FP7 – People – Marie Curie

16. Lifelong Training & Career Development3) Co-financing of national, regional and international programmes • Increase transnational mobility opportunities for researchers • (to structure the European Research Area) • Aimed at national/regional and international programmes that support career development of researchers • Selection of ‘cofunded’ programmes through open calls • (Applicants would be research funding organisations • e.g. Research Councils, Royal Society?) FP7 – People – Marie Curie

17. Industry–Academia Pathways and Partnerships • A minimum of two participants • (from 2 different Member or Associated States, of which 1 must be a Member State or an Associated Candidate Country) • Fellowships of 2 months – 2 years • Staff exchange • (early stage / experienced researchers, and technical staff) • Recruited staff must be experienced researchers • Can organise common workshops/conferences • Inter-sectoral mobility possible • (within framework of whole project, in same country up to a maximum of 30% of total researcher months) FP7 – People – Marie Curie

18. The international dimension • All MC host driven actions open to 3rd country nationals(e.g. MCNs, IAPP) • Career development of EU Member/Associated State nationals by: • Outgoing International Fellowships • Return and Re-integration Grants • Strengthening international co-op. through researchers • Incoming International Fellowships • Building on S & T Agreements/EU Neighbourhood policy FP7 – People – Marie Curie

19. The international dimension1) International outgoing fellowships • International Outgoing Fellowships • EU Member or Associated State nationals only • 24 – 36 months in total • (of which 12 – 24 months in third country followed by a mandatory reintegration phase in European host institutions) • Individual applies with host • Contract between EU host institution & Commission(for duration of fellowship) FP7 – People – Marie Curie

20. The international dimension2) International incoming fellowships • International Incoming Fellowships • Third Country nationals only • Incoming phase • (and possiblereintegration phase for nationals from developing countries and emerging economies) • 12 - 24 months[6 – 12 months for possible reintegration/return phase - typically half duration of incoming phase) • Individual applies with host • Contract • - between EU host institution & Commission-incoming phase • - between third country host & Commission- reintegration/return FP7 – People – Marie Curie

21. The international dimension3) International re-integration grants • International re-integration grants • Integration into research career in Europe • (after period of trans-national mobility outside EU >3yrs[tbc] ) • Contribute to development of lasting co-operation • (with scientists from country which they have returned) • The International Re-integration Grants • Support a research project of 2- 4 years • Contributes to the research costs but not researchers’ salary • Researcher applies with host institution • Host commits to researcher for at least 3 years FP7 – People – Marie Curie

22. Specific Actions • Enhancement of researchers’ careers and profession • ERA-MORE Centres • Follow-up work to European Charter and Code of Conduct for Recruitment of Researchers • Public awareness • Researchers Night • Excellence Awards • Annual • Support those who had a MCF for a defined period (tbc) • Public recognition of excellence achieved by researchers FP7 – People – Marie Curie

23. European Charter and Code • European Charter for Researchers addresses: • Roles and responsibilities • Entitlements • of researchers and their employers or funding organisations. • Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers aims to: • improve recruitment and make selection procedures fairer and more transparent • proposes different means of judging merit FP7 – People – Marie Curie

24. UKROPeople/Marie Curie NCP helpdesk • Web, email, telephone, visits • Advice on applying for MC actions: • Eligibility • Application help • Results • Contractual issues • Advice to those with MC contracts: • Social security and tax • Model agreements between host and fellow • Contractual issues UK Research Office – People NCP

25. Marie Curie – Useful Links • UK National Contact Point for Marie Curie/ People http://www.ukro.ac.uk/mobility/index.htm • CORDIS http://cordis.europa.eu/mariecurie-actions • The Charter and the Code text: http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/europeancharter • European Researchers’ Mobility Portal (incl. link to ERA-More) http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/index_en.cfm • Marie Curie Vacancies http://cordis.europa.eu/mc-opportunities FP7 – People – Marie Curie

26. People – Marie Curie Actions University of Bristol 6 December 2006 andrewa.smith@bbsrc.ac.uk http://www.ukro.ac.uk