Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Eevi Laukkanen Staffordshire University, 11 December 2013
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.. Ensure excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges
Operates in a bottom-up basis Open to all research and innovation domains from basic research to market take-up Mobility is a key requirement Aim: develop new knowledge / enhance skills of people behind research and innovation Dissemination and public engagement through public outreach activities Total budget: 6.2bn (compared with 4.7bn in FP7)
Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Experienced Researcher (ER) Academic sector Nonacademic sector At the time of recruitment (ITN) or secondment (RISE) by the host organisation, must be in the first 4 years (full-time research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree At the time of the call deadline (IF) or secondment (RISE) by the host organisation, must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience Includes universities (public and private), higher education institutions (public and private), non-profit research institutions (public and private), research foundations, research institutions associated to foundations, international European interest organisations Includes any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector Mobility Rule: At the time of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, or recruitment/secondment by the host organisation, depending on the action, researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date.
FP7 Horizon 2020 ITN IEF IOF IIF CIG IAPP IRSES COFUND ITN IF RISE COFUND Innovative Training Networks (Early Stage Researchers) Individual Fellowships (Experienced Researchers) Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (Exchange of Staff) Cofunding or regional, national and international programmes Also: Researchers Night
Aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit Competitively selected joint research training/doctoral programmes implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe (and beyond). Focus on scientific/ technological knowledge through research on individual/personalised projects Exposure to non-academic sector Transferable skills training e.g. communication, research management, IP, ethics, societal outreach, entrepreneurship
The ITN scheme consists of 3 strands: European Training Networks (minimum of 3 participants) European Joint Doctorates (at least 3 academic participants who can deliver a doctoral degree) European Industrial Doctorates (1 academic and 1 non-academic partner) Other new features: Participants defined as academic and non-academic Early stage researchers (ESRs) only Innovative Doctoral Programme strand only through COFUND
Beneficiaries (Participants level 1) Signatory to the grant agreement Full partner of a network Contribute directly to the implementation of the joint training programme by supervising, hosting and training ESRs Provide secondment opportunities Partner organisations (Participants level 2) Do not sign the grant agreement Provide training and host ESRs during secondments
Four year programme (max three year support for each ESR) Activities include:
European Training Networks At least three beneficiaries from different MS/AC Doctoral programme enrolment optional Maximum 540 researchermonths European Joint Doctorates At least three beneficiaries from different MS/AC Doctoral programme enrolment mandatory Joint governance, admission, selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment mandatory Award of joint, double or multiple doctoral degree mandatory Maximum 540 researchermonths European Industrial Doctorates At least one academic and one non-academic partner from different MS/AC Doctoral programme enrolment mandatory Joint governance, admission, selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment mandatory Maximum 180 researchermonths when 2 beneficiaries, maximum 540 researcher-months with 3+ beneficiaries
Publication date 11 December 2013 2 September 2014 Deadline 9 April 2014 13 January 2015 Budget EUR 405.18 million EUR 370 million (EUR 349.68 million for ETNs) (EUR 25.5 million for EIDs) (EUR 30 million for EJDs) Duration 4 years 4 years (EUR 317 million for ETNs) (EUR 25 million for EIDs) (EUR 28 million for EJDs)
Aim to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition at multi- or interdisciplinary level through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility Supports Experienced Researchers only Opportunities to acquire new knowledge and work on research in a European context, or outside Europe Specific support for return and reintegration of researchers to Europe who have previously worked here Supports career restart for individuals with high potential
European Fellowships 12-24 months From any country to MS/AC Host country is subject to the MSCA mobility rule Separate multi-disciplinary panels for Career re-start* and Reintegration (Reintegration Fellowship only) mobility to Europe, researcher must have been previously active in Europe for at least 5 consecutive years Global Fellowships 12-24 months plus 12 month return phase Secondment from MS/AC to third country Mandatory 12 month return phase in Europe (not subject to mobility rule) Mobility rule for CAR and RIG: researcher has not resided or carried out their main activity in the country of their host organisation for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline *) And for CAR: researcher has not been active in research for at least 12 months
Optional intersectoral secondment that should significantly add to the impact of the research project Must take place in a MS/AC Must occur during the fellowship Secondment phase can be a single period or divided into shorter mobility periods For a fellowship > 18 months, secondment phase may be up to 6 months For a fellowship 18 months, secondment phase may be up to 3 month
Publication date 12 March 2014 12 March 2015 Deadline 11 September 2014 10 September 2015 Budget Duration EUR 240.5 million (EUR 211.5 million for European Fellowships) (EUR 29 million for Global Fellowships) 2 years (IF Global: 3 years) EUR 213 million (EUR 186 million for European Fellowships (EUR 27 million for Global Fellowships) 2 years (IF Global: 3 years)
Aim to promote international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa) for the advancement of science and development of innovation Should involve institutions from the academic and non-academic sectors (particularly SMEs) based in MS/AC and/or third countries Development of joint research and innovation project partnerships Knowledge sharing via international and/or inter-sector mobility through two way secondments of (ESRs /ERs/support staff) with built-in return mechanism Exchanges between MS/AC only: secondments must be inter-sectoral Exchanges between MS/AC and third countries: secondments can be same sector and/or intersectoral
Participants must be from at least three different countries, at least two of which are MS/AC If all participants in same sector one participant country must be a third country Secondment period - 1 to 12 months- does not need to be continuous Activities of the programme
Publication date 11 December 2013 6 January 2015 Deadline 24 April 2014 28 April 2015 Budget EUR 70 million EUR 80 million Duration 4 years 4 years
Aims at stimulating regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers training, mobility and career development, spreading the best practices of MSCA Supports new or existing programmes for international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training and transnational and cross-sector mobility of researchers Two streams Doctoral programmes Fellowship programmes
Doctoral programmes Supports ESRs Doctoral enrolment mandatory Training and secondment opportunities with partners, particularly the nonacademic sector will be advantageous Fellowship programmes Supports ERs Not open to permanent employees of the host organisation Regular selection rounds allowing fair competition Cross-sectoral mobility encouraged
Publication date 10 April 2014 14 April 2015 Deadline 2 October 2014 1 October 2015 Budget EUR 80 million (EUR 50 million for Fellowship programmes) (EUR 30 million for Doctoral programmes) EUR 80 million (EUR 50 million for Fellowship programmes) (EUR 30 million for Doctoral programmes) Duration Between 3-5 years Between 3-5 years
Aims to bring the researchers closer to the public at large and to increase public awareness of the research and innovation activities and the impact of researchers work European Researchers Night takes place on the last Friday of September annually Events can start on early Friday afternoon and last until early Saturday morning Participants can be any legal entity in MS/AC and/or a partnership at regional, national or international level Funding will cover two editions of the Night (2014 and 2015) but funding for one edition only may be considered Involvement of researchers funded by FP7/Horizon 2020 encouraged
Publication date 11 December 2013 Deadline 4 March 2014 Budget EUR 8 million Duration 2 years
Applications on line through the ECAS Participant Portal Apply to specific discipline panel Evaluation panels Chemistry (CHE) Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) Economic Sciences (ECO) Information Science and Engineering (ENG) Environment and Geosciences (ENV) Life Sciences (LIF) Mathematics (MAT) Physics (PHY) Additional multidisciplinary panels for ITNs European Industrial Doctorates (EID) European Joint Doctorates (EJD) Additional multidisciplinary panel for IFs Career Restart Panel Reintegration Panel
Excellence (50%) Impact (30%) Implementation (20%) Evaluation scores awarded for each criteria from 0 to 5 Each award criterion has a weighting Total score is subject to a threshold of 70% Proposals ranked Proposals funded in ranking order Evaluation summary reports provided No restrictions on re-application
Excellence Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research programme Quality and innovative aspects of the training programme Quality of supervision Quality of the proposed interaction between participating organisations Impact Enhancing research and innovation related human resources, skills and working conditions to realise the potential of individuals and provide new career perspectives Contribution to structuring doctoral/esr training at the European level and to strengthening European innovation capacity Effectiveness of proposed measures for communication and dissemination of results Implementation Overall coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures including quality management and risk management Appropriateness of infrastructure and operational capacity of participating organisations Competences, experience and complementarity of participating organisations and their commitment to the programme
Excellence Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research Clarity and quality of transfer of knowledge/training Quality of supervision and hosting arrangements Capacity of the researcher to reach/reinforce a position of professional maturity in research Impact Enhancing research and innovation related human resources, skills and working conditions to realise the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives Effectiveness of proposed measures for communication and results dissemination Implementation Overall coherence and effectiveness of work plan Appropriateness of management structures and procedures Appropriateness of institutional environment Competences, experiences and complementarity of participating organisations and institutional commitment
Researcher unit cost [person/month] Institutional unit cost [person/month] Scheme Living allowance* Mobility allowance Family allowance Research, training and networking costs Management and overheads ITN 3110 600 500 1800 1200 IF 4650 600 500 800 650 RISE 2000 1800 700 COFUND ESRs 3710 ERs 5250 650 * A correction co-efficient will apply to these costs For COFUND: Unit costs are subject to a co-funding rate of 50% as established in the grant agreement.
Differences to FP7 Researcher allowances FP7 2013 WP Person/month Horizon 2020 2014/15 WP Person/month Living allowance ESRs ERs ERs over 10 years 3167* 4875* 7292* 3110* 4650* Abolished UK Country coefficient 134.4% 120.3% Mobility allowance Single Family Family allowance Institutional allowances Research, training and networking ITN (multi) ITN (EID) IF 700* 1000* 1800 1200 800 ITN management 10% ITN overheads 10% 600 for all participants 500 if applicable All ITNs 1800 800 IF overheads 700* 650 *Country co-efficient applied Replaced by management/indirects of 1200
Initial Training Networks UK co-ordinators submitted 231 apps 40 successful (17.3% success rate) General success rate: 12.5% UK participated in 1156 applications 173 successful (15% success rate) COFUND UK co-ordinators submitted 3 proposals 2 successful (Queen Mary and Durham) General success rate 40%
Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Aug 2012 3,708 proposals received Success rate: 16.6% UK success rate: 23.0% UK host for 237 fellowships (out of 614 funded) Approx. value to the UK 46M International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Aug 2012 955 proposals received Success rate: 16.4% UK success rate: 29.5% UK return host for 36 fellowships (out of 157 funded) Approx. value to the UK 9M International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) Aug 2012 1,447 proposals received Success rate: 13.3% UK success rate: 18.6% UK host for 78 fellowships (out of 193 funded) Approx. value to the UK 16M
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