Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Global Fellowships Bring your research partner from Europe to ASEAN at no cost to your employer
What are the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions? An EU-funded researcher mobility programme Integral part of the EU Framework Programme for Science, Technology and Innovation (Horizon 2020) At a glance: Aims to support researcher s career development Bottom-up approach applicants choose their research topic Mobility is key Budget 2014-2020: 6.162 billion
MSCA Global Fellowships Open to Experienced Researchers of any nationality working in Europe and wanting to move to ASEAN; 12-24 months plus compulsory 12 months return phase; Applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree, or possess 4 years of full-time research experience* at the time of the call deadline; Applicants must be based in the EU or Associated Country; Global Fellowships can also include a secondment period of up to 3 or 6 months in another organisation, where this would boost the impact of the fellowship; Applications have to be developed and submitted jointly by the applicant, the European home institution and the host institution in Singapore *Counted from the time when applicant is formally entitled to embark on a doctoral degree
Global Fellows can come from any of these countries 28 EU Members Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom 13 Associated Countries Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, FYROM, Island, Israel, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey
How it works Researcher applies with European host European host signs contract with EC European Host employs researcher Global Fellowships Supported by non- European host Non-European host signs agreement with European host Researcher seconded to non- European host
Funding (in EUR) Categories of eligible costs Marie Skłodowska -Curie action IF (100%) Living allowance (a) Costs of researcher PER MONTH Mobility allowance (b) Family allowance (c) Institutional costs Research, training and networking costs (a) PER MONTH Management and indirect costs (b) 4 650 600 500 800 650
Indicative Call Timetable Activity Publication of Call Deadline Evaluation of Proposals Date 12-April-2016 14-Sep-2016 Oct/Nov 2016 Evaluation Outcome Feb 2017 Signing of Grant Agreements* May 2017 * Earliest start date can postpone for up to 12 months
Evaluation Criteria Criterion Weighting Priority (ex-aequo) Excellence 50% 1 Impact 30% 2 Implementation 20% 3 Overall threshold of 70% No individual thresholds
Frequent Questions What are the opportunities for academic organisations? The fellowships enable organisations to host highly talented researchers, whose proposals are competitively peer-reviewed inter alia on the basis of research excellence. The researchers must have a certain amount of experience in the profession, as they must be in possession of a doctorate or have at least four years of fulltime research experience behind them (the latter experience starts after the degree entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate). Furthermore, they will bring experience from elsewhere (in Europe), as the Individual Fellowship scheme requires mobility to a host organisation in another country. Under the Global Fellowship (GF) scheme, the fellow moves from Europe to a third country (e.g. Singapore) for between one and two year(s), followed by a year at a host organisation in a Member State or Associated Country. An additional advantage to the host organisation is that the grant provides a complete financing package: up to three (GF) years of living, mobility and family allowances for the benefit of the individual researcher, as well as support to the host organisation for research costs, management and overheads.
Frequent Questions Can researchers of any nationality participate the GF scheme? The Global Fellowships are restricted to nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Associated Countries. Long-term residents are defined as researchers who spent a period of full-time research activity of at least five consecutive years (without breaks in research) in one or more Member States or Associated Countries. Can EU funds be transferred to a third country (e.g. Singapore), including the funding intended to cover indirect costs? The EU contribution must be directly managed by the host organisation established in an EU Member State or Associated Country (beneficiary of the grant). However, in the case of the Global Fellowships and under the responsibility of the beneficiary, parts of the EU contribution can be transferred to the host organisation in a third country (partner organisation). It is highly encouraged to define these financial arrangements in a partnership agreement according to the needs of the project. Arrangements between the beneficiary and the partner organisation in a third country are an internal matter for the partnership. However, during the audit the beneficiary will need to demonstrate that the researcher was working on the action and that the expected allowances (living, mobility and family allowances) were fully paid to him/her. Details on management or indirect costs will not be requested.
Important websites MSCA website: http://ec.europa.eu/msca MSCA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marie.curie.actions Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/
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