Marie Curie Actions:
Opportunities for All
Dr Jennifer Brennan
Marie Curie National Contact Point
www.iua.ie
Marie Curie Actions = People Programme
FP7 Overview (2007-2013)
FP6 (2002-2006)
Marie Curie Actions
€ 1580 million
FP7 breakdown (€ million)
Cooperation :
Ideas :
€ 32 413
€ 7510
Collaborative research
Frontier Research
ERC
10 thematic areas
Marie Curie Actions
Research
Capacity
People : € 4750
JRC : € 1751
Capacities : € 4097
Euratom : € 2751
Nuclear research
Marie Curie Actions, an Irish Success Story
€362 million
• Ireland’s “Take” from FP7 to-date
€51 million
• Portion of this secured via Marie Curie
(2nd-Largest FP7 Income-Stream)
€10 million
• MC Co-funding secured to boost national
R&D budgets
211
55
800
Data as of December 2011
• Irish Marie Curie Actions funded
• Irish Participants in Marie Curie IAPPs
• Research Posts created in Academia and
Industry by MC Funding
What are the
Marie Curie
Actions?
• Intellectual Capital
– Enter the Researcher
Profession
– Stay in Europe
– Attracting international
researchers
Training
Career
Marie
Curie
Actions
• Knowledge Transfer
Mobility
– International & InterSectoral Cooperation
“Bottom-Up”
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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
5. Specific
Actions
4. World
Fellowships
1. Initial Training
of Researchers
2. Life-Long
Training & Career
Development
3. IndustryAcademia
Partnerships and
Pathways
Host-Driven Actions
Shortname
Name
Summary
ITN
Initial Training Networks
An international network to train
research students
IAPP
Industry Academia
Partnerships & Pathways
A joint research project with industry
involving secondments of existing staff
IRSES
International Research Staff
Exchange Scheme
A research partnership (with selected
countries)* involving seconding or
hosting of researchers
COFUND
Co-funding of Regional,
National and International
Programmes
40% co-funding to support a fellowships
programme for post-PhD researchers
NIGHT
Researchers’ Night
A Europe-wide public and media event
to publicise research careers
* 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
Shortname
Name
Summary
IEF
Intra-European Fellowships
A programme for researchers to move
within Europe*
IIF
International Incoming
Fellowships
A programme for researchers based
outside Europe to spend time in Europe
carrying out research
IOF
International Outgoing
Fellowships
A programme for researchers based in
Europe to spend time outside Europe
carrying out research
CIG
Career Integration Grants
A programme to help researchers to
establish themselves in Europe
* Europe = Member States plus associated countries e.g. Switzerland, Israel
Eligible Host Organisations
National Organisations
• e.g. Universities, Research Centres
Commercial Enterprises
• e.g. Multi-nationals, esp. SMEs
Non-Profits / Charities
• e.g. NGOs, Trusts
International European
Interest Organisations
• e.g. CERN, EMBL
European Commission JRC
International
Organisations
• The Joint Research Centre
• e.g. WHO, UNESCO
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?
For ITN, IAPP, IxF (IEF, IIF, IOF):
Personnel Costs
Additional Costs – varies by Action
• Living Allowance*
For Example:
• Research/Training/Networking Costs
• Overheads
– 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
*Correction Coefficients apply; IE = 109.1
– ~ 10% of direct costs
• Management Costs
– ~ 10% of total
• Small equipment expenses for SMEs
– Max. 10% of total contribution to
SME
What does the EU funding cover?
For CIG, COFUND, IRSES: Flat Rates apply
• CIG
– €25,000 per annum
• IRSES
– €1900 per researcher, per month
• COFUND
– 40% of the cost of the programme
For NIGHT: Coordination and Support Action
• Up to 100% of Direct Costs, plus 20% Indirect Costs
Evaluation Process
1
2
~ 3 months
3
4
5
• Eligibility Check
• Remote Evaluation*
• Consensus Meetings
• Selection of Proposals**
• Feedback
* Evaluated by at least 3 international experts
** Distribution across 8 panels proportional to # of proposals received
ITN: Initial
Training
Networks
Quality of Doctoral Training
• Research Training Programme for
Doctoral Students
– Improve career prospects
– Broad range of research and transferable
skills
– Mobility (international and intersectoral)
• Promote industry-academia
collaboration in PhD training
ITN Call – 3 types of ITN
Multi-ITN
• Large consortium
• 10 to 15 partners
(Full and Associated)
• Public and Private
Sectors
• Success Rates 2011:
• Europe – 9%
• Ireland – 3.5%
IDP
• Previously “monopartner-ITN”
• One Full Partner plus
Associated partners
• Structured Doctoral
Programme, e.g.
GREP
MultiPartner ITN
(ITN)
European
Industrial
Doctorates
(EID)
Innovative
Doctoral
Programmes
(IDP)
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
“DREAM” – Multi-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
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?
Commercial
Partner in one
MS/AC
+
Non-Commercial
Partner in another
MS/AC
Optional: Additional
Participants from
anywhere in the
world
• Joint Research Project plus training activities
• Compulsory Inter-Sectoral Secondment
– Includes Management & Technical Staff, PhD students and PostPhD researchers
• Optional Recruitment of post-PhD Researchers
• High success rates (Ireland’s average success rate 53%)
“MedCast”
• Aim: “Development of foundry casting methods for costeffective 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€
Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
IEF
Intra-European
Fellowships for
Career
Development
“Research
18%
Career
success rate
Development” (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)
* 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
applies with
Eligible Host
Organisation
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!
Prof. Gary Stutte
Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow
• 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
Facts and Figures
Next Deadline
16th August 2012
Budgets
IEF: 120 M€
IIF: 40 M€
IOF: 40 M€
Project Duration
IEF: up to 24 months
IIF: 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 longterm 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
applies with
Eligible Host
Organisation
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
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
Next Call:
January 2013
Budget M€30
(Project Budgets
vary €16k to
€3.5M!)
NIGHT – Researchers Night
• 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
Next Call:
January 2013
Budget M€4
(Typical Project
Budget
€40 – 200K )
COFUND – Co-funding of Regional, National and
International Programmes
•
•
•
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
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
Next Call:
December 2012
Budget M€115
(Up to M€10 per
award)
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
Marie Curie Calls 2012 Work Programme
Action
CIG Career Integration Grants 1st
deadline
IAPP Industry –Academia
Partnerships and Pathways
Call ID
Opening Date
Closing Date
FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG
20 October 2011
06 March 2012
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
18 September 2012
20 October 2011
Marie Curie Calls 2013 Work Programme (t.b.c.)
Action
Call ID
Opening Date
Closing Date
ITN Initial Training Networks
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN
13 July 2012
22 November 2012
COFUND Co-funding of Regional,
National & International
Programmes
FP7-PEOPLE-2013 COFUND
13 July 2012
05 December 2012
IAPP Industry –Academia
Partnerships and Pathways
FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP
02 October 2012
15 January 2013
Last Calls for these MC Actions in FP7!!
Marie Curie Actions in Horizon 2020:
1
• Excellent Science
2
• Industrial Leadership
3
• Societal Challenges
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
ITN
Action 1
Doctoral
Researchers
Research networks supporting
doctoral training
IEF
IOF
IIF
Action 2
Experienced
Researchers
Support for experienced
researchers undertaking mobility
CIG
IAPP
IRSES
COFUND
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.ie
mariecurie@iua.ie
Suggestions for Finding a Partner(s)
1
2
3
• Existing Contacts
• Cross-Border:
• InterTradeIreland Europe Board
• Cordis Partners Service
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.eu
www.euraxess.ie
Thank you for your attention!
Q&A
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