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1. Research Grants & Contracts Office

   Horizon 2020 – European Research Council & Marie Sklodowska-Curie Juan Vidal
2. Summary Overview of Horizon 2020 European Research Council Marie Sklodowska-Curie Where to find more information on Horizon 2020
3. Overview of Horizon 2020
4. What is Horizon 2020 The European Union’s funding instrument for research and innovation from 2014-2020 Budget of €70.2 billion From research to innovation – from basic research to bringing ideas to the market Focus on societal challenges EU society is facing (e.g. health, clean energy, food security, integrated transport)
5. Horizon 2020 Structure Widening Participation; Science with and for Society
6. Excellent Science Total budget €21.6 billion Overall objective: “to strengthen the excellence of European research” Mostly operates on a “bottom-up” basis Four funding programmes European Research Council Future Emerging Technology Funds collaborative frontier research Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Infrastructures Funding mechanism for Europe-wide infrastructures to support research
7. Industrial Leadership Main programme under this pillar funds collaborative top-down research Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) Risk Financing Innovation to SME’s Focused on applied research and innovation activities
8. Societal Challenges
9. European Research Council
10. ERC Funding Schemes 1 Starting Grants Consolidator Grants Advanced Grants Synergy Grants Proof of Concept Grants
11. ERC Funding Schemes 2 Summary of Main Grant Schemes
12. ERC Funding Schemes 3 Three research domains Indicative split between the domains Physical Science & Engineering 44% Life Sciences 39% Social Sciences & Humanities 17% Open to any nationality Funding for best “frontier research” – research excellence the only criteria Lead by a single PI, supported by a research team
13. ERC Eligibility Criteria 1 Starting Grant Specific eligibility criteria: Principal Investigator shall have been awarded his/her first PhD ≥ 2 and ≤ 7 years prior to the publication date of the call for proposals of the ERC Starting Grant (for 2014 the publication date is 11th December 2013)
14. ERC Eligibility Criteria 2 Consolidator Grant Specific eligibility criteria: Principal Investigator shall have been awarded his/her first PhD > 7 and ≤ 12 years prior to the publication date of the call for proposals of the ERC Consolidator Grant (for 2014 the publication date is 11th December 2013)
15. ERC Budgets 1 Eligible costs: Principal Investigator’s salary costs Cost of senior “researchers” at the College or at other institutions Post-doctoral researchers and other research staff (such as technicians) PhD student stipends Direct costs such as equipment, consumables, travel and subsistence, payments to participants, field work costs, and open access publication charges
16. ERC Budgets 2 Will fund 100% of direct costs + 25% indirect costs, except for sub-contracts (typically audit fees) which are only funded at 100% of direct costs i.e.
17. How to Prepare an ERC Bid 1 Proposals are submitted via the Research and Innovation Participants Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/ Same portal is used to identify opportunities, and manage awarded grants The bid consists of two main sections – Part A and the Part B. The Part A will consist of a title page with summary, contact information for the PI and the College, and a summary budget
18. How to Prepare an ERC Bid 2 Part B split into multiple sections Cover page Includes 2000 word summary & if cross-disciplinary, 1000 word justification of the cross-disciplinary nature Part B1 consists of: Extended synopsis: 5 pages – show how proposed research is ground breaking CV: 2 pages Funding ID: - list of on-going grants & grant applications Achievement track record: 2 pages
19. How to Prepare an ERC Bid 3 Part B2 Detailed scientific proposal: 15 pages State of the art objectives Methodology Resources required (including breakdown & justification of costs) Template for starting grant available at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/call_ptef/pt/h2020-call-pt-erc-stg_en.pdf Template for consolidator grants is not available yet
20. Evaluation Two-stage evaluation Stage 1 evaluate the extended synopsis and CV Stage 2 evaluate the full proposal Evaluate both research & PI Ground breaking nature research Scientific approach Intellectual capacity and creativity Commitment to spending at least 50% on the project and at least 50% in EU Member state or Associated Country
21. Marie Sklodowska-Curie
22. Schemes under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Staff Exchange (RISE) Individual Fellowships (IF) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) Deadlines RISE 24th April ITN 9th April IF will be published 12th March for 11th September deadline
23. Summary of RISE Funds two-way exchanges of staff between academic and non-academic institutions Promotes knowledge exchange, networking and workshops Total budget of €70 million Flat rate funding Top funding for personnel €2,000/person month Institution gets €1,000/person month for research, training and network costs, and €700/person month for management & indirect costs 30 page proposal – no details available yet on format of proposal
24. Innovative Training Networks Three types of ITN: European Training Networks (ETN) European Industrial Networks (EIN) European Joint Doctorates (EJD) Total budget for this call €405.18 million, with €25.5 million allocated to EIN and €30 million allocated to EJD All ITN require the mobility of the Early Career Researchers Projects run for 48 months, and Early Career Researchers are recruited for between 3 and 36 months
25. ETN ETN: Minimum of 3 beneficiaries in at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries Typically 6 – 10 participants, must involve non-academic participants May apply for maximum of 540 researcher months per network Researchers will typically be enrolled on a PhD
26. EIN EIN: Minimum of 2 participants, 1 academic and 1 non-academic, located in different EU Member States or Associated Countries Maximum of 540 researcher months for Networks with more than two participants, otherwise maximum 180 researcher months Researchers must spend 50% of their time at the non-academic participant, plus up to 30% at other beneficiaries Must be enrolled for a PhD
27. EJD EJD: Minimum of 3 academic participants from 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Above this minimum may include participants from any sector May apply for maximum of 540 researcher months per network As a minimum researchers must be enrolled for a Joint Doctorate The network must provide Joint/Double or Multiple Doctoral Degrees
28. Budget under ITN Flat rate budget * Adjusted by country coefficient, so will get €3,741.33/month in UK
29. Format of ITN 1 Part A General information about the proposal Data on participating organisations Budget (in terms of requested researcher months) Ethics table Information on partner organisations
30. Format of ITN 2 Part B List of Participants 1. Summary 2. Excellence 3. Impact 4. Implementation Gantt chart 5. Capabilities of the participating organisations 6. Ethical aspects Letters of commitment http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-itn-2014/1590152-itn_2014_-_guide_for_applicants_1.2_en.pdf
31. Evaluation of ITN
32. 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
33. Where to Find More Information 2 London Higher Workshop & 1:1 Surgeries at Senate House £499 per institution (with a max of 3 people attending)