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Marie Curie Actions: Marie Curie Actions: Opportunities for AllOpportunities for All
Dr Jennifer BrennanDr Jennifer Brennan
Marie Curie National Contact PointMarie Curie National Contact Point
www.iua.ie
Marie Curie Actions = People Programme
FP7 Overview (2007-2013)
FP7 breakdown (€ million)
Collaborative research
10 thematic areas
Frontier Research
ERC
Capacities : € 4097
People : € 4750
Marie Curie Actions
Research
Capacity
Cooperation :
€ 32 413
JRC : € 1751
Euratom : € 2751
Nuclear research
Ideas :
€ 7510
FP6 (2002-2006)Marie Curie Actions€ 1580 million
Marie Curie Actions, an Irish Success Story
Data as of December 2011
What are the Marie Curie
Actions?
• Intellectual Capital– Enter the Researcher
Profession– Stay in Europe– Attracting international
researchers• Knowledge Transfer
– International & Inter-Sectoral Cooperation
“Bottom-Up”• Chemistry• Physics• Mathematics• Life Sciences• Economic Sciences• ICT and Engineering• Social Sciences & Humanities• Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Applications are assessed in these 8 Panels• Call success is equalised across the Panels
Five Activities
Host-Driven Actions
* Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, New Zealand, Palestinian administrated areas, Rep. of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Rep., Tunisia, Ukraine, United States.
Individual Actions
* Europe = Member States plus associated countries e.g. Switzerland, Israel
Eligible Host Organisations
Mobility Rule
In general, at the relevant deadline,* participating researchers must not have resided or had their main
activity in the country of the host organisation for > 12 months in the last 3 years
* For host-driven actions, the deadline is the date when the researcher is recruited into the project. For individual actions, the deadline is the closing date for submission of proposals .
What does the EU funding cover?
Personnel Costs• 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
Additional Costs – varies by ActionFor Example:•Research/Training/Networking Costs•Overheads
– ~ 10% of direct costs•Management Costs
– ~ 10% of total•Small equipment expenses for SMEs
– Max. 10% of total contribution to SME
*Correction Coefficients apply; IE = 109.1
For ITN, IAPP, IxF (IEF, IIF, IOF):
What does the EU funding cover?
• CIG– €25,000 per annum
• IRSES– €1900 per researcher, per month
• COFUND– 40% of the cost of the programme
For CIG, COFUND, IRSES: Flat Rates apply
For NIGHT: Coordination and Support Action
• Up to 100% of Direct Costs, plus 20% Indirect Costs
Evaluation Process
* Evaluated by at least 3 international experts** Distribution across 8 panels proportional to # of proposals received
~ 3 months
ITN: Initial Training
NetworksQuality of Doctoral Training•Research Training Programme for Doctoral Students
– Improve career prospects– Broad range of research and transferable
skills– Mobility (international and inter-sectoral)
•Promote industry-academia collaboration in PhD training
Multi-ITN•Large consortium•10 to 15 partners (Full and Associated)•Public and Private Sectors•Success Rates 2011:
• Europe – 9%• Ireland – 3.5%
EID (new in 2012!)•Two partners•One academic, one commercial•PhD students spend 50% of time in each sector•Projected success rate of 35% for 2012
IDP •Previously “mono-partner-ITN”•One Full Partner plus Associated partners•Structured Doctoral Programme, e.g. GREP
ITN Call – 3 types of ITN
• “Disability Rights Expanding Accessible Markets”
• Funded in 2010• 7 Full Partners in 7 Countries,
plus Associated Partners in public and private sector
• Recruiting and training 14 doctoral students for 3 years
• Budget M€3.72 over 4 years
“DREAM” – Multi-ITN
Facts and Figures
2013 ITN Call Deadline: Dec 2012
Budget M€452 (M€30 for EID)
Project Duration up to 4 years
Typical Project Budget M€3 – 5
(M€0.5 for EID)
IAPP: Industry-Academia Partnerships and
Pathways
Enhancing Industry-Academia Collaboration •Exchange of knowledge via exchange of people•Building diverse research careers
How does it work?
• Joint Research Project plus training activities• Compulsory Inter-Sectoral Secondment
– Includes Management & Technical Staff, PhD students and Post-PhD researchers
• Optional Recruitment of post-PhD Researchers• High success rates (Ireland’s average success rate 53%)
Commercial Partner in one
MS/AC
Non-Commercial Partner in another
MS/AC
Optional: Additional Participants from anywhere in the
world
+
“MedCast”
• Aim: “Development of foundry casting methods for cost-effective manufacture of medical implants”
• Funding: 1.5 M€ for 4 years• Partners: 2 partners in 2 countries (one MNC, one academic)
“TFE – Task Furniture in Education”• Aim: Creating innovative design
solutions for learning environments
• Funding: 0.48 M€ over 4 years• Partners: 6 partners from 4
countries• 3 commercial partners and 3
academic institutions• Coordinated by NCAD
www.tferesearch.com
Facts and Figures
Next Deadline 19th April 2012 Budget 80 M€
Project Duration 3 – 4 years
Typical Project Budget
0.5 – 2 M€
IEF Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development
“Research Career Development”
18% success rate (2011)
IIF International Incoming Fellowships*
“From the World to Europe”
14% success rate (2011)
IOF International Outgoing Fellowships**
“From Europe to the World”
19% success rate (2011)
Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
* Can include a 12-month reintegration if you reintegrate back into an International Cooperation Partner Country** Includes a mandatory 12-month reintegration
How does it work?
Eligible Researcher
Eligible Host Organisation
applies with
Who is an IxF award suitable for?•Experienced Researchers
– Have a PhD or equivalent (degree plus 4 years of research experience - the degree that would allow you to begin PhD studies in either the country in which the degree was awarded or the country where the proposed fellowship would be hosted).
•More Experienced Researchers– Researchers with > 10 years research experience
Remember the Mobility Rule!
• PhD in Plant Physiology from University of California-Davis
• Faculty Member at University of Maryland• Moved to Kennedy Space Centre in 1992
to work on NASA Life Science Support Contract– PI on plant research projects– Conducted spaceflight experiments
on-board Space Shuttle and International Space Station
• Started a collaboration with LIT in 2002• Moved to LIT on Marie Curie IIF awarded
in 2010
Prof. Gary Stutte Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow
Facts and Figures
Next Deadline 16th August 2012
Budgets IEF: 120 M€IIF: 40 M€IOF: 40 M€
Project Duration IEF: up to 24 monthsIIF: 24 to 36 months
IOF: 24 to 36 months*
Budget ~€100k per annum
* Includes a mandatory 12-month reintegration
CIG: Career Integration Grants*
Encouraging Researchers to establish themselves in Europe**•Attracting and retaining the best talents in Europe•Improving their prospects for long-term integration in Europe•Counteracting “brain drain”
* Amalgamation of previous ERG and IRG programmes** i.e. a Member State or associated country (e.g. Switzerland, Israel – see http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/who_en.html for a full list)
How does it work?
Eligible Researcher
Eligible Host Organisation
applies with
Who is a CIG award suitable for?• The awardee must have an employment contract to cover at least the
duration of the award, therefore the award is suitable for:– Researchers (postdoctoral and equivalent)– New Academic Staff
• Mobility Rule Applies• Success rate ~30%
Facts and Figures
Rolling Call – two evaluation deadlines:
•6th March 2012•18th September 2012
Budget 40 M€
Project Duration up to 4 years
Contribution to Budget of €25k per annum
IRSES - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme• Host-Driven Action• To strengthen research partnerships
between Europe and countries that have or will have an S&T agreement with Europe*
• Staff exchanges and networking activities
Next Call: January 2013
Budget M€30(Project Budgets
vary €16k to €3.5M!)
INTREPID “Employment Relations in Multinational Companies: Cross National Comparative Analysis”•UL award in 2008 IRSES Call•Prof. Patrick Gunnigle•Partners in the UK, Spain, Canada and Mexico
• Host-Driven Action• A European-wide public and
media event to promote research careers
• 4th Friday of September each year
• Full or part-funding available
NIGHT – Researchers Night
Next Call: January 2013
Budget M€4(Typical Project
Budget €40 – 200K )
• Host-Driven Action• Increasing the mobility options for
post-PhD researchers• Participants are any bodies that can
manage a programme for Experienced Researchers
– Research funders– International Organisations e.g. CERN– Research-Performing Organisations,
i.e., Universities, Research Centres/Schools within Universities (many Spanish and Italian co-funded projects run by individual centres within Universities)
• Receive 40% co-funding for the programme
COFUND – Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes
Next Call: December 2012
Budget M€115(Up to M€10 per
award)
Award Holder
Programme
IRCSET INSPIRE, ELEVATE (new)
HRB HRB/Marie Curie post-doctoral mobility fellowship scheme
RCSI The NBIPI career enhancement mobility programme (DCU are partners)
IRCHSS CARA
SFI SIRG
Projects Search
http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html
“Charter & Code”•40 principles•Charter: framework for career management for researchers•Code: promotes open and transparent recruitment and appraisal•Embedded in Evaluation Criteria for all MC Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/rights/index
Human Resources Strategy for Researchers• “Next-step” - encourage
mainstreaming of C&C in research entities’ policies
• 5-Step Procedure• Results in Commission
acknowledgment (permission to use HR Excellence logo)
• Irish HEIs taking part to-date are UCD, RCSI, UCC, UL, DCU and WIT
Action Call ID Opening Date Closing DateCIG Career Integration Grants 1st deadline FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG 20 October 2011 06 March 2012IAPP Industry –Academia Partnerships and Pathways FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP 19 October 2011 19 April 2012
IxF Individual Fellowships FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF/IIF/IOF
13 March 2012 16 August 2012
CIG Career Integration Grants 2nd deadline FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG 20 October 2011 18 September 2012
Marie Curie Calls 2012 Work Programme
Marie Curie Calls 2013 Work Programme (t.b.c.)
Last Calls for these MC Actions in FP7!!
Marie Curie Actions in Horizon 2020:
Marie Curie Actions in the « Excellent Science » Priority
Main objective - to ensure optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills and innovation
Marie Curie Actions = excellent researchers’ training, mobility and career development
MCA: Horizon 2020 vs. FP7
IAPP
IRSES
IEF
IOF
IIF
CIG
COFUND
Research networks supporting doctoral training
Action 1 Doctoral
Researchers
ITN
Action 2 Experienced Researchers
Support for experienced researchers undertaking mobility
Action 3
Exchange of Staff
International and inter-sector cooperation through the exchange of research and innovation staff
Action 4 COFUND
Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes covering actions 1, 2 and 3
How the MC Office can help
• Keeping you informed– Email Distribution List
• Supporting your application– Training Webinars for specific Calls– Advice on whether your concept ‘fits’ the Call
www.iua.iemariecurie@iua.ie
Suggestions for Finding a Partner(s)
www.fp7ireland.com
• ‘One-stop-shop’ centralised support on issues related to mobility
• For ALL researchers• Linked to central EU
EURAXESS Site• Advertise job
opportunities (linked to Nature Jobs)
www.euraxess.euwww.euraxess.ie
Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!
Q & AQ & A
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