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Navigating EC funding. CBCD 2014. What is the EC. Not a science funding agency! 6 year plans Horizon 2020 ERC Starting grant Marie Curie funding Project grants. ERC Starting Investigator funding. European Research Council
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Navigating EC funding CBCD 2014
What is the EC • Not a science funding agency! • 6 year plans • Horizon 2020 • ERC Starting grant • Marie Curie funding • Project grants
ERC Starting Investigator funding • European Research Council • Principal Investigator shall have been awarded his/her first PhD ≥ 2 and ≤ 7 years • Funded on merit alone • 50% CV – 50% project • 5 year, large scale funding • Must be hosted by and applied for through institution
Marie Sklodowska-Curie funding • Experienced researcher ( > 4 years) • Individual Fellowships (IF) & ITNs • Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) – an individual grant allowing an Experienced Researcher to move within Europe to pursue his/her research project; • Career Integration Grants (CIG) – a lump sum to encourage Experienced Researchers to settle/return in Europe; • Co-funding of Regional, National, and International Programmes (COFUND) – a co-funding mechanism providing an-extra financial support to national, regional research mobility programmes; • Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) – an action promoting partnership and collaboration between business and academia. Early Stage Researchers, Experienced Researchers, or technical research staff can participate; • International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) – an individual grant for Experienced Researchers willing to receive a research training in a host institution in a third country (outside Europe); • International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) - an individual grant for Experienced Researchers based in third countries (non-Europeans) willing to receive a research training in a host institution based in Europe; • IF will be published 12th March for 11th September deadline • http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/
Project grants • STREPS, etc • 3-5 years • networks • Project focussed (Life Science, Social Science) • Provides postdoctoral jobs • Jobs advertised on European Commission Research Mobility Portal (EURAXESS)
Where to Find More Information 1 • UKRO web-site: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/Pages/UKRO.aspx • UKRO subscriber services (regular e-mails on which EU funding call have been published and UKRO training sessions for ERC/Marie Sklodowska-Curie events) • RGCO web-site: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/rgco/otherservices/events.shtml • Funding Opportunities section of the Research & Innovation Participants Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html