Horizon 2020 and Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Finnish International Educators Days 2014 14 May 2014 Satu Huuha-Cissokho 2 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Horizon2020 The New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) Total budget 79 billion in current prices including inflation The world s largest research and innovation funding programme Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions total budget 6,2 billion 3 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Horizon2020: Three priorities Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges 4 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Simplification: Rules for Participation A single set of rules: Adapted for the whole research and innovation cycle Covering all research programmes and funding bodies One project one funding rate Maximum of 100% of the total eligible costs (except for innovation actions, where a 70% maximum will apply for profit making entities) Indirect eligible costs: a flat rate of 25% of direct eligible costs Simple evaluation criteria Excellence Impact Implementation (Excellence only, for the ERC) Simpler rules for grants broader acceptance of participants accounting practices for direct costs, flat rate for indirect costs, no time-sheets for personnel working full time on a project Fewer, better targeted controls and audits 5 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Key figures Finland in FP7 848 M Total EU financial contribution to Finland ~ 500 Finnish organisations involved 2560 participants in ~ 1600 projects Success rate 21,2%* *EU average 20,5% Success rate in Marie Curie Actions 16 %* *EU average 24 % Number of Marie Curie Fellows 167 6 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ITN (Innovative Training Networks) ETN (European Training Networks) EID (European Industrial Doctorates) EJD (European Joint Doctorates) IF (Individual Fellowships) European Fellowships Global Fellowships RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange) COFUND Doctoral Programmes Fellowship Programmes NIGHT (European Researcher s Night) 7 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Individual Fellowships (IF) 8 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Individual Fellowships For experienced researchers = must at the deadline for the submission of proposals, be in a possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience after obtaining the degree which formally entitles to embark on a doctorate (in Finland Master s degree) For researchers of any nationality (exception outgoing Global Fellowship: longtime residence in Europe (5 yrs) is required) Mobility rule: the researcher must not have resided or carried out the main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call Host organisation: academic or non-academic sector organisation, international organisation (e.g. university, research institute, large company, SME, industrial organisation, NGO) situated in EU/AC Project proposals are submitted by the host organisation, which is represented by the supervisor, in liaison with the researcher 9 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Individual Fellowships European Fellowships: 12-24 months Global Fellowships: 24-36 months: 12-24 months outgoing phase in TC + 12 months mandatory return period in EU/AC. Host organisation in EU/AC, partner organisation in TC Key features: Bottom-up approach (any research field freely chosen by the applicant) Concrete plan of training-through research at the host organisation Career advancement, Career Development Plan required Multi/interdisciplinary expertise, inter-sectoral experience, transferable skills Secondments in EU/AC possible (often in the non-academic sector), maximum duration 6 (3) months 10 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Financial regime Researcher unit cost (EUR) Institutional unit cost (EUR) Living allowance Mobility allowance Family allowance Research, training and networking costs Management and indirect costs 4650* 600 500 800 650 * Adjusted with a country correction co-efficient 11 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Innnovative Training Networks (ITN) 12 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Innovative Training Networks (ITN) Common features International network of partners which recruit and host ESRs based on joint research training/doctoral programme. Research fields chosen by applicants in multi/interdisciplinary and emerging fields of S&T. Training through individual research projects within the framework of the overall research topic. Meaningful exposure to the non-academic sector. Typical project duration 48 months. 13 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Innovative Training Networks (ITN) Participants from which countries can apply? EU Member States (MS) Associated Countries (AC) Other Third Countries (OTC) Minimum Country Participation in an ITN Implementation Mode European Training Network (ETN) European Industrial Doctorates (EID) European Joint Doctorates (EJD) Country of participant(s) 3 different countries: MS or AC 2 different countries: MS or AC 3 different countries: MS or AC Above the minimum number, participants in other countries are eligible to participate. Participants located in OTCs listed in Annex A to the Work Programme may receive funding. International organisations or participants in an OTC not listed in Annex A will only receive funding in exceptional cases. 14 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Research and Innnovation Staff Exchange (RISE) 15 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Minimum Eligibility Conditions At least 3 independent participants in 3 different countries of which at least 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic In practice, 2 possible minimum settings: MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 Academic + + or Non-Academic TC MS/AC 1 + MS/AC 2 + MS/AC 3 16 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Secondments Described Secondments that must be described in the proposal: MS/AC 1 Academic MS/AC 2 Non-Academic Eligible for EU Funding MS/AC TC Eligible for EU Funding TC MS/AC Secondments that must not be described in the proposal: All other possibilities, such as: Eligibility for EU funding depends on the TC (industrialized countries excluded from funding) MS/AC 1 Academic MS/AC 2 Academic MS/AC 1 Non-Academic MS/AC 2 Non-Academic MS/AC 1 TC 17 ACADEMY OF FINLAND MS/AC 1 TC Not eligible for EU Funding
RISE: Main Features All countries can participate in RISE All nationalities can participate in RISE No mobility rules Project built on joint research and innovation activities Project implemented through the secondment of staff, no recruitments Each staff member seconded for a total period of 1 to 12 months, can be split to several stays The maximum size for a project is 540 person months No minimum size explicitly defined for the project, but substantial impact is expected Maximum project duration is 4 years 18 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
EU Contribution Unit costs per researcher per month of secondment For secondments eligible for funding Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Staff member unit cost * person/month Top-up allowance Institutional unit cost * person/month Research, training and networking costs Management and indirect costs Research and Innovation Staff Exchange 2 000 1 800 700 *These unit costs are subject to a funding rate of 100% and no country coefficients apply. 19 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) 20 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
COFUND beneficiaries Mono-beneficiary Legal entities established in MS or AC or international European interest organisations that fund or manage doctoral programmes or fellowship programmes for researchers. Doctoral Programmes Fellowship Programmes 21 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
Current and forthcoming MSCA calls for proposals Call ID Call Opens Call Deadline Budget (MEUR) H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 12-03-2014 11-09-2014 240.5 H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2014 10-04-2014 02-10-2014 80 H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015 02-09-2014 13-01-2015 370 H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 06-01-2015 28-04-2015 80 H2020-MSCA-IF-2015 12-03-2015 10-09-2015 213 H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2015 14-04-2015 01-10-2015 80 22 ACADEMY OF FINLAND
For more information on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions please contact your National Contact Point (NCP) Satu Huuha-Cissokho Academy of Finland satu.huuha-cissokho@aka.fi Tel. 0295 33 5075 Hanna Vuorinen Tekes hanna.vuorinen@tekes.fi Tel. 0295 05 5649 23 ACADEMY OF FINLAND