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Marie Curie Actions at CERN David Plane Chair, Marie Curie Steering Group MC-PAD kick-off meeting CERN 13 January 2009. Outline. CERN Marie Curie Steering Group FP6 (2002-2006) FP7 (2007-2013) ITNs COFUND Individual Fellowships Marie Curie Actions as a support for training

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  1. Marie Curie Actions at CERNDavid PlaneChair, Marie Curie Steering GroupMC-PAD kick-off meetingCERN13 January 2009

  2. Outline • CERN Marie Curie Steering Group • FP6 (2002-2006) • FP7 (2007-2013) • ITNs • COFUND • Individual Fellowships • Marie Curie Actions as a support for training • Some (relevant ??) lessons we have learned. • The future…

  3. Marie Curie Steering Group, and FP6 [Before FP6 : Individual M.C Fellowships] • FP6 – CERN then eligible for “Host-Driven” actions. [and CERN in deep financial trouble] • Dec: 2002 – MCSG set up [8 members] • Studied Work Programme, visited Brussels, and got good advice from Georges Bingen, and .. • EST Proposals : Call 1 – 8 submitted - 1 Accepted Call 2 - 2 Accepted Call 3 - 3 Accepted Total - 145 m.y 9.4 M€

  4. FP6 (2002-2006) • Research Training Networks (10 researchers for 66 months) • the pre-cursor to the FP7 ITNs • 1 RTN coordinated by CERN (MCnet) + 4 partners • CERN is partner in 2 other RTNs (QUEST, Paris & UniverseNet, Oxford) • Individual European Fellowships (8 researchers for 192 months)

  5. FP7 (2007-2013) – ITNs • 3 CERN-coordinated ITNs approved [out of 12 proposals] in 1st Call 2007 • ACEOLE (mono), 12 ESRs + 5 ERs, 492 months • MC-PAD, 9 partners, 17 ESRs + 5 ERs, 732 months • PARTNER, 10 partners, 20 ESRs + 5 ERs, 840 months • Started in October & November 2008 for 4 years • CERN partner in CLOUD (Frankfurt) & DITANET (Heidelberg) • 2nd Call 2008 not so lucky 

  6. FP7 (2007-2013) – COFUND Cofunding of Fellowship Programmes • Proposal introduced 2 new features: • 3-year fellowships • Possibility to spend 3rd year elsewhere, under certain conditions. • Successful in 1st call 2008 • Negotiations with EC in final phase • Will give 48 Fellows the opportunity for a 3rd year on the well-established CERN Fellowship Programme (usually 2 years) • Aiming for contract start in May 2009 for total of 4 years

  7. FP7 (2007-2013) – Individual Fellowships • Intra-European Fellowships (5 researchers for 120 months) • 2 IEFs started • 1 to start mid-09 • 2 new contracts being negotiated for 2009/2010 start • Incoming Fellowships (1 researcher for 24 months) • negotiations ongoing with the EC for 2009/2010 start

  8. Some of the things we have learned (which might be relevant for you) • Use/meet Project Officers [via Coordinator] • Reporting – make your life easy !!!! • Recruitment : • Interview candidates (phone interviews OK) • Advertize posts widely. Use contacts. Use Commission tool. • Encourage ESR/ERs to take advantage of generous training grants

  9. Marie Curie Actions as a support for training • Direct relation to the European Commission’s strategic research priorities • A boost for researchers’ career prospects • A catalyst to form longer-term collaborations amongst the partners • Marie Curie Actions at CERN • exciting opportunities that make facilities available to a new generation of researchers • non-CERN Member State nationals eligible • It’s all about TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING!

  10. The future… • No ITN call in 2009 • International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) a possibility – proposal deadline 27 March 09 • Management of the new Network contracts a challenge • Development of contacts with the European Commission

  11. Back-up : Activity logs – an example Define activity types, for example : • On the job training • Formal training • Complementary training • Presentations, teaching, communicating ESR/ER fills in following type of table : Useful tool for reviewing progress and report writing

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