OTHER EU PROGRAMMES IN

HIGHER EDUCATION

TEMPUSModernising Higher Education

TEMPUS INFORMATION DAY9th November 2012, Almaty

1. Jean Monnet Programme

THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME Aims at stimulating teaching, research and reflection in

the field of European integration studies at the level of higher education institutions within and outside the European Community.

Present in 76 countries throughout the world.

More than 750 universities offer Jean Monnet courses.

Between 1990 and 2012: has helped to set up around 4,000 projects in the field of European integration studies, including 176 Jean Monnet European Centres of Excellence, 956 Chairs and 2,178 permanent courses and European modules.

The Jean Monnet Action brings together a network of 1,500 professors, reaching audiences in excess of 250,000 students every year.

THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME

THREE KEY ACTVITIES• Key activity 1: Jean Monnet Action (call for

proposals)   • Key activity 2: Support for specified institutions

dealing with issues relating to European integration

• Key activity 3: European associations active at European level in the field of education and training (call for proposals)

KEY ACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION (support for University-level projects on European

integration)

Includes the creation of Jean Monnet Chairs, Centres of Excellence, Modules, Information and Research activities as well as support for academic associations of professors and researchers in European integration and multilateral research groups.

KEY ACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION

Teaching activities

• European Module: short programme of European integration study, minimum 40 teaching hours per academic year, may be multi-disciplinary.

• Jean Monnet Chair: teaching post with a specialization in European integration studies for a minimum of 90 hours per academic year. 

• “Ad personam" Jean Monnet Chair: former Jean Monnet Chair holders with evidence of high-level international teaching and publication record and/or professors with a distinguished background as former high-level practitioners in the field of European integration.

• Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: multi-disciplinary structure pooling scientific, human and documentary resources for European integration studies and research within one or more universities.

KEY ACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION

Academic and research activities • Association of professors and researchers, whose explicit purpose is

to contribute to the study of the European integration process and whose aim is to enhance the visibility of regional or national scientific and physical resources in this domain.  

• Information and research activities, aiming to promote discussion, reflection and knowledge about the European integration process through conferences and seminars. In 2011, a new action was introduced named “Learning EU at School” that aims to promote EU knowledge at primary and secondary schools. 

• Jean Monnet multilateral research groups, research partnership leading to an integrated academic network with a joint research plan and multi-disciplinary synergies in the field of EU studies.

Finance

Activity Ceiling (in EUR)

Budget available (in EUR)

Minimum countries

Duration

Jean Monnet Chairs 45,000

4,500,000 1 3 yearsCentres of Excellence 75,000

Modules 21,000

Associations of Professors and Researchers

25,000 67,021 1 3 years

Information and Research Activities 40,000 1,135,400 1 1 year

Learning EU at School 60,000 2,000,000 1 1 year

Multilateral Research Groups 80,000 231,400 3 2 years

• Total available budget in 2012 for Key Activity 1: €7,933,821

• Maximum Community grant (per activity type):

• Maximum Community contribution (to total eligible cost): 75%

KEY ACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTIONNew flat-rate financing system

Since 2010 grants for certain activities i.e. Chairs, Modules and

Information and Research Activities are calculated according to pre-determined flat-rate amounts and scales of unit costs.

Jean Monnet Chairs and Teaching ModulesFlat-rate grant amount determined on the basis of the number of teaching hours (with reference to national teaching cost per hour)

Information and Research ActivitiesFlat-rate grant amount determined on the basis of the number of participants involved in the events (with reference to the national allowance scale per participant)

NO NEEDS TO JUSTIFY EXPENSES INCURRED!! FOCUS ON THE CONTENT

KEY ACTIVITY 2: SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIED INSTITUTIONS DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATING

TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Support for six specific academic institutions pursuing an aim of European interest:

• College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium• European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole,

Italy • European Institute of Public Administration,

Maastricht, The Netherlands• Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany• International Centre for European Training, Nice,

France• European Agency for Development in Special Needs

Education, Odense, Denmark

KEY ACTIVITY 3: EUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONS ACTIVE AT EUROPEAN LEVEL IN THE FIELD OF

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Provides operating grants to support certain operational and administrative costs of European associations active in the fields of education and training.

These European associations must be present in at least 9 EU Member States.

NEXT CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline for proposal submission: 15 February 2013

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2013/call_jean_monnet_action_ka1_2013_en.php

Contact: EACEA-AJM@ec.europa.eu

2. Marie Curie

Marie Curie Actions - Basics• Significant EU fellowships programmes since 1990 (FP3) for

researchers’ mobility• Marie Curie label since 1996 (~60.000 fellows to date)• Actions aimed at structuring training, mobility and career

development for researchers

Open to world on competitive basis for both institutions and individuals

Pierre and Marie Curie honeymoon, 1895

FP7 Marie Curie Actions

Marie Curie Action Objective

Initial training of researchers

(1900 M€) Initial Training Networks (ITN)

Improve career perspectives of early stage researchers (ESR) in both public & private sector

Life-long training

and career development (1170–1400 M€)

Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)Career development of experienced researchers (ER) (e.g. diversification of skills/competencies; integrate a stable position after mobility)

Career Integration Grants (CIG)

Co-funding of regional, national, international programmes (COFUND)

Industry dimension (250-450 M€)

Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)

Open and foster dynamic pathways between public research organisations and private researchcommercial enterprises

International dimension

World fellowships

(1170–1400 M€)

International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Reinforce the extra-European

dimension of the European Research Area (ERA) through mobility, training, knowledge transfer and cooperation

International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

Pharma

Electronics

Hospital

• Open to almost any field of research

• Quality of the Science and Technology

• Training / Transfer of knowledge

• Implementation

• Impact

IEF

IOF

IIF

IAPP

ITNCIG

IRSES

Evaluation criteria

• ITN 10/07/2012 - 22/11/2012 M€471

• COFUND 10/07/2012 - 05/12/2012 M€115

• NIGHT 02/10/2012 - 08/01/2013 M€4

• IAPP 02/10/2012 - 16/01/2013 M€81

• IRSES 10/07/2012 - 17/01/2013 M€30

• CIG 18/10/2012 - 07/03 + 18/09/2013 M€40

• IEF 14/03/2013 - 20/08/2013 M€134

• IOF 14/03/2013 - 20/08/2013 M€45

• IIF 14/03/2013 - 20/08/2013 M€45http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

WP 2013 Calls for Proposals

Current opportunities for individual researchers

• EURAXESS mobility portal http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm

• List of co-funded Fellowship Programmes http://

ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people&cofund=true#List

Contact person for more information:

Kamila.PARTYKA@ec.europa.eu

Marie Curie Actions Websitehttp://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions