7 November 1867
Marie Skłodowska-Curie: the beginning Warsaw 1867 Paris 1891 Pierre and Marie (Skłodowska-)Curie honeymoon, 1895
Marie Skłodowska-Curie: an excellent researcher June 1903 Ph.D. at the Sorbonne 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
World War I (1914-1918) Marie Curie set up mobile radiography units near battle lines to allow X-rays to be taken of wounded soldiers. Over one million injured soldiers passed through her radiology units.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions The predecessor programmes and their outcomes
The history of the MSCA FP4 (1994-1998): Stimulation of the training and mobility of researchers only a mobility grant scheme for PhD-holders under 35 FP5 (1998-2002): "Host-driven actions" introduced FP6 (2002-2006): Third Country nationals and hosts can take part No age limit 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 MSCA Budget in EUR million 6,162 4,750 3,230 1580 742 908 1 2 3 4 5 6 FP7 (2007-2013): New focus on attractive working conditions and inter-sectoral mobility
Outcomes of the FP7 2007-13 MCA MCA fellows were of 140 different nationalities. 24% were from countries outside the EU Member States or FP7 Associated Countries. 21% of participants in Initial Training Networks were from the private sector. 95% of MCA fellows had employment positions two years after the end of their fellowship. 37% of MCA fellows were women, whereas on average 33% of EU researchers were female. Evidence that participating organisations improved their practices in respect of recruitment and working conditions.
Funding by country (top 10)
Fellows at the forefront of science Stefan W. Hell, one of the winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2014 was awarded an MCA postdoctoral Individual Fellowship in 1996: 'a critical moment in my career'. 30 scientists supported by the FP7 MCA were involved in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs Boson at CERN. The 2016 discovery of gravitational waves brought a new way to observe some of the darkest events in our universe. An FP7 MCA project contributed to the breakthrough with 14 early-stage researchers, coordinated by the European Gravitational Observatory.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award (Oscar) 2007 FP6 Marie Curie project: Transfer of Knowledge Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
The MSCA today
2017 celebrating our Press release Exemplary MSCA fellows MSCA Factsheet
100000 fellows: David Parker from UK going to Denmark David Parker was awarded a 2-year Individual Fellowship hosted by Aarhus University Project description The importance and potential benefits of strategic communications (directed at a range of audiences) as a pillar of counter-terrorism strategies designed to prevent radicalisation are widely recognised. The project will analyse communications in the UK and Denmark that are designed to contribute to the prevention of vulnerable individuals being radicalised by terrorist groups such as ISIL. The project has three over-arching aims: i) to generate a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of current counter-terrorism communications, ii) provide an empirically unique analysis of the challenges to effective prevention communications and, iii) provide substantiated communications-focused policy recommendations and requirements that will improve the ability of practitioners and policy-makers to design and deliver communications that contribute to the prevention of radicalisation. Project: A cross-country comparison of Communications designed to Prevent Radicalisation
100000 fellows: David Parker from UK David about his career: Since graduating with a PhD in War Studies from King's College London in 2016, I have combined a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Teaching Fellow position at King s College London with delivery of the UK government s Prevent Strategy (counterradicalisation) in West London. My research, as part of the EU funded Preventing, Interdicting and Mitigating Extremist Events (PRIME), has focused on analysing and designing communication measures and requirements to respond to the challenge of lone-actor terrorism in Europe. In my free time I enjoy marathon running, live music and (attempting) to play football.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions MSCA objective: ensure optimum development and dynamic use of Europe s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills, knowledge and innovation
MSCA Funding schemes Individual Fellowships Innovative Training Networks Co-funding of programmes Research and Innovation Staff Exchange IF experienced Researchers 'post-doc' ITN early-stage Researchers 'pre-doc' COFUND 'pre-doc' or 'post-doc' RISE 'pre-doc' or 'post-doc' Support for experienced researchers to undertake international and inter-sector mobility, incl. career restart and reintegration Doctoral and initial training: European Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, European Joint Doctorates Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes: - doctoral programmes (ESR) - fellowship programmes (ER) International and inter-sector cooperation through the exchange of staff (scientific, administrative and technical)
Innovative Training Networks (ITN) Raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training Enhance early stage researchers' employability and provide them with new career perspectives Fellowships of 3-36 months Project duration up to 4 years Person-months limited, usually to 540 Special support for European Industrial Doctorates and European Joint Doctorates Budget for 2017 call: ETN: EUR 370 m EID: EUR 28 m EJD: EUR 32 m
Individual Fellowships (IF) Realise the potential of experienced researchers Catalyse significant development in their careers in both sectors Provide opportunities to acquire new knowledge, work on research projects in a European context or outside Europe Duration: 1-2 years (Global Fellowships: 2-3 years) The specific panels for Society and Enterprise, Career Restart, and Reintegration to Europe have a more open mobility rule Budget for 2017 call: European Fellowships: EUR 215 m, Global Fellowships: EUR 33.7 m
IF Society & Enterprise Panel
Seal of excellence for MSCA Oversubscription in H2020 means a lot of very high quality proposals are not being funded Seal of excellence introduced in H2020 for SME instrument Extended recently to MSCA Individual Fellowships MSCA Individual Fellowships Call 2016: Almost 9000 applicants, >7000 above threshold, 1200 grants awarded In April, Seals of Excellence were awarded to 2331 applicants who scored 85% or more and weren't on the funded list (677 of them in host organisations based in UK) Dual aim: i. provide researchers with recognition of quality which may help their career ii. support researchers and host institutions in their search for alternative funding
800 MSCA IF Call 2016-2 331 Seals of excellence awarded per host country 700 677 600 500 400 300 255 237 227 200 154 120 112 97 100 72 68 55 47 30 30 25 22 19 19 12 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Common research and innovation project International and inter-sector transfer of knowledge and sharing of ideas and of R&I culture Staff member already at least 6 months at the sending institution Secondments from 1 to 12 months Project duration up to 4 years Maximum 540 person-months Budget for 2017 call: EUR 80 m
COFUND Co-funding new or existing regional, national, and international programmes Mono-beneficiary: organisation funding or managing doctoral or post-doctoral programmes Leverage funding and combat fragmentation (possible synergies with ESIF) EU contribution to co-fund living allowances for researchers and management costs Minimum living allowance fixed in the Work Programme Budget for 2017 call: Postdoctoral Programmes: EUR 50m, Doctoral Programmes: EUR 30m
MSCA 2016-2017 Calls Funding Call deadlines scheme ITN 15/10/2015 12/01/2016 15/09/2016 10/01/2017 IF 12/04/2016 14/09/2016 11/04/2017 14/09/2017 RISE 08/12/2015 28/04/2016 01/12/2016 05/04/2017 COFUND 14/04/2016 29/09/2016 05/04/2017 28/09/2017 Budget EUR 370.00 million EUR 430.00 million EUR 218.50 million EUR 248.00 million EUR 80.00 million EUR 80.00 million EUR 80.00 million EUR 80.00 million NIGHT 15/10/2015 13/01/2016 EUR 8.00 million
UK in MSCA
2014-16 MSCA funding awarded - top 10 MS/AC
Organisations in 2014-16 MSCA - top 10 MS/AC
Success rates of UK proposals to MSCA in 2014-16 Call UK success rate Overall success rate (all MS/AC) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 9,5% 8,7% H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015 8% 8% H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014 12% 12% H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 15% 13% H2020-MSCA-IF-2015 19% 14% H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 24% 18% H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 32% 26% H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 29% 27% H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 51% 46% H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2016 23% 38% H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2015 40% 34% H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2014 62% 31%
Fellows going to UK grouped by their nationality (top 10 nationalities)
UK fellows (residents) grouped by country of destination (top 10 countries)
MSCA in the future
2018-2020 WP Part-time option for experienced researchers in IF on pilot basis (50% work-time) Reintegration (extended scope and funding) and Career Restart panels (extended duration and funding) strengthened Global Fellowships - possibility to spend time at the European beneficiary or partner organisation before the outgoing mobility foreseen RISE less strict eligibility criteria for secondments (1 month prior link only) Teaching will be highlighted and support to teaching encouraged
2018-2020 WP Special needs allowance (lump sum micro-grant to beneficiary) MSCA IF Widening Fellowships Increased budget for ITN to counter low success rate Increased budget for IF to strengthen GF, CAR, RI, while preventing a drop in the success rates of standard EF Adoption of the 2018-2020 WP expected in October 2017
MSCA post-h2020 Mid-term evaluation of H2020 ongoing, including MSCA: It has been assessing progress and helping prepare the ground for WP2018-20 and FP9 Supported by a high-level Group chaired by Pascal Lamy. Conference webstreamed and report on 3 July. Commission Communication expected in autumn 2017 (staff working document already published https://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020eva luation) Shows success and impact of MSCA under H2020 Budget under FP9 dependent on many factors (future MFF orientations, Brexit, etc.) formal discussions not yet started
Mid-term evaluation findings Relevance MSCA remains very relevant to challenges faced by EU and appreciated by stakeholders Efficiency Programme is being run efficiently (e.g., unit costs, time to grant reduced) but is underfunded Coherence It is coherent with other H2020 activities (e.g. ERC) and with national funding through use of COFUND and Seal of Excellence. However, need to exchange good practice on use of ESIF and review rules to increase uptake of ESIF with H2020 EU added value Few or no equivalent mobility programmes at national level Only 6% of projects not funded by MSCA due to lack of budget were implemented as planned at national level
Mid-term evaluation findings Effectiveness Evidence of positive impact on individuals, organisations, system Fostering excellent science, e.g., fellows twice as likely as average researchers to publish in top 1%/5% cited publications ITNs very satisfied with training opportunities but want more in certain areas, e.g., grant and proposal writing Improving employability and boost career, e.g., 70% say they reached the next career stage faster thanks to MSCA Strengthening international collaboration and attracting leading researchers to Europe, e.g, 1 in 4 fellows outside EU or AC Increasing exposure to industry and transfer of knowledge, e.g., 45% of fellows experience cross-sectoral mobility to or from academia Positive structuring effect on organisations, e.g., improving quality of training, building new and sustainable international partnerships, contributing to ERA by implementing Charter and Code
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