Mobility opportunity for Experienced Researchers:

The Individual Fellowship (IF) of the Marie

Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Sibylla Martinelli PhD, MSCA NCP Switzerland

Webinar 2 June 2020

Swiss MSCA National

Contact Point (NCP):

Dr. Sibylla Martinelli

msca@euresearch.ch

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Agenda

1. THE MSCA

2. INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (IF):

Different Types of IF, Eligibility

criteria, Statistics, Documents,

Submission, Proposal & Support

1. THE MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE

ACTIONS (MSCA)

There is a MSCA for every stage

of a career!

http://ec.europa.eu/research/

mariecurieactions/

MSC Actions

ITN, RISE, COFUND, NIGHT & IF

Mobility, Researchers’ Training

& Career Development

MSC Actions

Innovative Training Networks

(ITN)

MSC Actions

Research and Innovation

Staff Exchanges (RISE)

MSC Actions

COFUND

MSC Actions

Researchers’ Night

MSC Actions

Individual Fellowships (IF)

MSC Actions

Timetable – MSCA 2020 Calls

IF

Opens: 8 April 2020

Closes: 9 September 2020

COFUND Opens: 8 April 2020

Closes: 29 September 2020

ITN Opens: 12 October 2019

Closes: 9 January 2020

RISE Opens: 5 December 2019

Closes: 12 May 2020

2. INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (IF)

The MSCA IF is all about Mobility

& Career Development!

Mobility & Career Development

IF are awarded to the best and

most promising researchers

Individual, Transnational Fellowships

Mobility across borders of

countries, sectors & disciplins

Triple i:

international, intersectoral, interdisciplinary

Mobility

Eligible Researchers need a PhD or

4 years of research experience

No restriction on age or nationality

Eligibility

Eligible Host Institutions

must be located in EU Member

States or Associated Countries

(EU MS/AC)

Institutions must be active in research

and training in academic or non-

academic sector!

Eligibility

Mobility Rule!

Mobility

Any field may qualify for MSCA-IF

funding

Bottom-up approach

Bottom-up

Benefits for researchers

AND institutions

Benefits

Only 1 proposal per researcher can

be submitted to a call!

One Proposal per Researcher

Individual

Fellowship

(IF)

Different Types of IF

European

Standard

Career Restart

Reintegration

Society & Enterprise

Global

For fellows coming to or moving

within Europe

(12-24 months)

European Fellowships

Researcher applies jointly with a

host institution

(in EU MS/AC)

European Fellowships

Standard

8 Scientific Fields (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF,

MAT, PHY), standard mobility rule

(12 months in 3 years prior to call deadline)

For experienced researchers of any nationality!

Standard European Fellowship

Career Restart (CAR)

Multidisciplinary, CAR mobility rule

(36 months in 5 years prior to call deadline), for

EU MS/AC citizens or long term residents

Career break: not active in research for at least

12 months prior to deadline, up to 36 months!

CAR European Fellowship

Reintegration (RI)

Multidisciplinary, RI mobility rule

(36 months in 5 years prior to call deadline),

for EU MS/AC citizens or long term residents

Researchers must move or have moved

directly from a TC to the MS/AC where the

beneficiary is located.

RI European Fellowship

Society & Enterprise (S&E)

Multidisciplinary, S&E mobility rule

(36 months in 5 years prior to call deadline),

for researchers of any nationality

HIGH SUCCESS RATE!

S & E European Fellowship

For fellows from Europe going to Third

Countries (12-24 months) and returning

(12 months)

Global Fellowship

Global

8 scientific areas (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV,

LIF, MAT, PHY),

mobility rule applies to outgoing phase

(12 months in 3 years prior to call deadline),

for nationals or long-term residents of EU

MS/AC, Beneficiary located in EU MS/AC

Global Fellowship

Global

Possibility to spend up to 3 months in host

institute of EU-MS/AC before outgoing phase,

letter of commitment required from partner

organisation in Third Country

Global Fellowship

Global

Only in EU MS/AC, single period or

several shorter periods, at one or more

partner organisations, 1 to 6 months

Secondments

Secondments are possible

Total: € 328 million

GF: € 55 million

EF: € 263 million

S&E: € 10 million

Indicative Budget 2020

CAR 2x

RI 1.5x

Special Weighting for CAR & RI

Support for excellent projects to

undertake an IF in a ‘widening

country‘

WF call is part of the Work Programme

‘Spreading Excellence and Widening

Participation’, not MSCA

Widening Fellowship

The budget is calculated

automatically

Fully based on unit costs

Total = unit costs* x number of units

Budget

Expenses covered by the EU:

Recruitment of the researcher,

Research, training and networking costs,

Management and indirect costs

Budget

Most countries tax the income!

Budget

Expenses covered by the EU:

Budget Example - EF

Budget Example - GF

Evaluation of proposals by

independent experts

Organized by the Research Executive

Agency (REA), proposals are evaluated in

one step by at least three experts

Evaluation

Evaluation against

3 award criteria

Excellence: 50%

Impact: 30%

Implementation: 20%

Evaluation

Each evaluation criterion is

scored out of 5

0 — cannot be assessed

1 — Poor

2 — Fair

3 — Good

4 — Very good

5 — Excellent

Evaluation

Self-Evaluation Form available

on Funding & Tenders Portal

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/da

ta/ref/h2020/call_ptef/ef/2018-2020/h2020-

call-ef-msca-if-2018-20_en.pdf

Evaluation

Timeline IF 2020

Call Deadline: 9 Sept 2020

Evaluation: October – Dec 2020

Launch Grant preparation: Feb 2021

Starting dates: 1 Mar 2021 - 1 Sept 2022

Evaluation

9709 proposals were evaluated

1475 on Mainlist

Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

9709

roposals

evaluated

1475

retained

for funding

Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

ST CAR RI SE GF

2019 13,08% 20,14% 20,37% 27,55% 24,64%

2018 12,40% 17,97% 19,39% 15,29% 21,68%

Success Rate

Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

Resubmissions TOTAL

declared: 1825

confirmed: 1584

confirmed & eligible: 1576

347

success rate: 22,02%

retained for funding:

Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

0-3y 4-6 y 7-9y 10-12y 13-15y >15y PhD in progress No PhD

16,49% 15,53% 14,72% 14,25% 7,01% 6,76% 10,99% 5,41%

Success rate

Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

Call Statistics

IF-EF Proposals per Sub-Action

Call Statistics

IF-GF Proposals per Sub-Action

Call Statistics

IF-EF Proposals per Country

Call Statistics

IF-GF Proposals per Country

Part A, Part B-1, Part B-2

Proposal Content

General Information, administrative

data of participating organisation,

budget, ethics, declarations related to

eligibility and personal data

Proposal – Part A

The of the IF proposal:

Section 1 - Excellence

Section 2 - Impact

Section 3 - Implementation

Proposal – Part B1

Section 4 – CV

Section 5 - Capacity of particip. Org.

Section 6 - Ethical aspects

Section 7 - Letter of commitment (GF)

Proposal – Part B2

Examples of IF projects are

available on Cordis

https://cordis.europa.eu/projects

Project Examples

IF project application via EC’s

Funding & Tenders Portal

Funding & Tenders Portal

Submission of Proposals

Host organisations must have a

Participant Identification Code (PIC)

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-

tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-

to-participate/beneficiary-register-search

Submission of Proposals

Familiarize yourself with the most

important documents

Guide for Applicants IF 2020

& Work Programme 2018-2020

Support

Worldwide support by National

Contact Points (NCPs)

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-

tenders/opportunities/portal/scre

en/support/ncp

Support

Fast answers by the EC’s

H2020 Enquiry Service

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cf

m?pg=enquiries

Support

The official EC’s MSCA Website

http://ec.europa.eu/msca

Support

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