Presentation of successful Marie Curie project s FP7–PEOPLE–2009– IEF FP7–PEOPLE–20 12 –...

Ruđer Bošković Institute

National Institute of ChemistryLjubljana, 14th March 2014

Presentation of successful Marie Curie projectsFP7–PEOPLE–2009–IEFFP7–PEOPLE–2012–CIG

Robert VianelloDivision of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

[email protected]



• 60.000 Marie Curie fellows since the launch of the Action in 1996

• over 10.000 doctorates supported

• Marie Curie fellows originate from all over the World (130 nationalities)

• host institutions in Marie Curie actions are located in more than 70 countries

• 46% researchers remain in Europe after IIF Marie Curie fellowships

• women participation in Marie Curie actions equals 38% (close to desired 40%)

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

excellent researchers’ training and

mobility for career development




Number of projects in Marie Curie actions (2007–2012)




Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) - FACTS

• Budget: 95.000.000 EUR (2009)

• Highly competitive

• 2008: 75.000.000 EUR for around 440 fellowships / 1.763 applications (25.0%)

• Basic documents: Guide for Applicants (65 pages) PEOPLE 2009 Work Programme (52 pages)

Category of researchers EUR per year (2009)

< 4 years of experience 35.300

4–10 years of experience 54.300

> 10 years of experience 81.400

EUR per year (2013)

38.000

58.500

87.500

134.000.000 EUR (2013)

(83 pages)(70 pages)




Personal motifs to apply

• Quality of the fellowship- enables high–quality scientific work- promotes acquisition of new competencies (Career Development)

• Assure financing after the termination of the domestic UKF grant- 3A project (“My first research grant”) 01/09/2008 – 31/08/2010- “Computational Prediction of Structure and Catalytic Activity

of New Organic Superacids”- co-financed by the industrial partner APO Ltd. Zagreb

• Many years of acquaintance with the host scientist and the host institution- 3 bilateral Croatian–Slovenian projects, 1 joint scientific paper

• Close vicinity to Zagreb




Host institutionNational Institute of Chemistry

• Founded in the year 1946- leading reasearch institute in Slovenia in the field of chemistry and related sciences- independent, non–profit, public research institute- 273 employees (31/12/2009), of which around 243 carry out research work (114 with doctorates) in 15 laboratories and 2 infrastructure centers

• Research on structure, properties and function of biologically relevant systems- Laboratory for Biosynthesis and Biotransformation / Laboratory of Biomolecular Structure (vibrational spectroscopy) / Slovenian NMR centre- Laboratory for Biocomputing and Bioinformatics / Laboratory for molecular modeling / Laboratory of chemometrics

• Publish around 200 scientific papers annually- average 2007 Impact Factor = 2.7




• Diverse network of partners from the industry- Krka, Lek, Helios, Belinka, Renault, Kolpa, Dior, BASF- 20% of the annual income of the institute

• Branched network of international collaborations- bilateral projects (30–35 / year): EU, USA, Japan...- multilateral projects (20–25 / year): Joule, Phare, Tempus, Eureka, COST...- 15 FP5 projects- 14 FP6 projects- total financial value of all FP5 and FP6 projects: 5.000.000 EUR

• Adequate infrastructure- VRANA (eng. crow) cluster of PC computers with 772 processors (2008)

Host institutionNational Institute of Chemistry




Host scientistDr. Janez Mavri

• Senior research associate and a leader of the Laboratory for Biocomputing and Bioinformatics, and Associate professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Ljubljana

• Research interests: dynamics of enzyme reactions, investigation of systemsconnected through hydrogen bonds, chemical reactivity in solutions

• Published 68 scientific papers and 7 book chapters- total number of citations = 766; Hirsch index = 16 (08/2009)- plenary lecture at the Gordon conference “Isotopes in Biology and Chemistry” (Ventura, California, USA; 2006)- 2 invited lectures and more than 70 oral presentations at international conferences and foreign universities




• Guest Professor at the Franche–Comte University (Besancon, France) 2003.- “Biomolecular simulations” at undergraduate level

• French Long Term Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship (University of Groningen, Netherlands) 1993–1995

• Senior Fulbright Scholarship (University Southern California, USA) 2004

• In the last 3 years: mentor of 3 undergraduate and 3 postgraduate students

• In the last 3 years: mentor of 2 postdoctorate students during a 1 year stay at

NIC

Host scientistDr. Janez Mavri




Project application

• Topics of research were chosen by the host–scientist taking into account competencies and interests of the fellow

• The host–scientist helped choosing references for the proposal writing

• Formal parts of the application are trivial (Part A)

• Research project is much more serious (Part B)- take particular care about every detail written in the Guide for Applicants

• We did not select any reviewers for our proposal




Contents and goals of the project

Computational Studies of Proton Dynamics in Hydrogen Bonded Systems and Enzymes (CoSProDyn)

• Improve understanding of the biocatalysis and receptor triggering bystudying quantum nature of proton in proteins

• Research will be oriented towards 3 biological systems using state–of–the–art methods of the computational biochemistry

• duration of the project: 18 months

• total financial value: 99.127,60 €

• beginning date: 1st October 2010




Structure of the project application (Part B)

maximum 8 pages maximum 2 pages maximum 7 pages maximum 6 pages maximum 4 pages




Structure of the project application (Part B) – HORIZON 2020




Chronology of events

08/2009 Registration to EPSS online system

18/08/2009Application submitted through EPSS online system

The number IEF–255038 was awarded

20/08/2009 Formal Acknowledgement of Receipt received

25/11/2009 Evaluation Summary Report received

Total number of applications: 2.398Number of proposals above thresholds: 1.857 (77.4 %)

Budget: 95.000.000,00 €Requested funds: 323.922.519,80 € (340,9 %)




Evaluation Summary Report




08/2009 Registration to EPSS online system

18/08/2009Application submitted through EPSS online system

The number IEF–255038 was awarded

20/08/2009 Formal Acknowledgement of Receipt received

25/11/2009 Evaluation Summary Report received

22/12/2009 Invitation to Negotiate received

A category: 575 (24.0 %) Total number of applications: 2.398B category: 174 (7.3 %)C category: 1.108 (46.2 %) Number of withdrawn projects: 10 (0.4 %)D category: 531 (22.1 %)E category: 0 (0.0 %)

Chronology of events




Reminder(240.500.000 €)

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

12.03.2014. Publication of call

11.09.2014.

17:00:00 Brussels timeDeadline for submission of proposals

end of December 2014 Evaluation Summary Reports

January 2015 Invitation to Negotiate

from March 2015 Signature of first Grant Agreements

03.10.2014.

31.12.2014.

16:00 CET

end of March 2015

April 2015

From May 2015

www.NEWFELPRO.hr




Contents and goals of the project (FP7–PEOPLE–2012–CIG)

Computational Studies of the Biogenic Amines of the Brain for Targeting Neurological Diseases (CompBAND)

• Improve the understanding of a relation between features, metabolic pathways and signal transduction of amine neurotransmitters and the treatment of neurological diseases

• Research will be oriented towards 2 biological systems using state–of–the–art methods of the computational biochemistry

• duration of the project: 48 months

• total financial value: 100.000 EUR

• beginning date: 1st April 2013




Evaluation Summary Report




Dopamine synthesis and metabolism by monoamine oxidase enzymes (MAOs)

reproduced from: MBH Youdim, DE Edmondson, KF Tipton, Nature Rev Neurosci 2006, 7, 295.

Patients with neurological diseases:

• Increased level of MAO activity

• Concentrations of dopamine close to zero




R Borštnar, M Repič, M Kržan, J Mavri, R VianelloEur J Org Chem 2011, 6419–6433.

R Vianello, M Repič, J MavriEur J Org Chem 2012, 7057–7065.




50.000th Marie Curie Fellowship Award




"EU FP7 People Specific Programme Success Stories Booklet"




Official site of the European Commission (www.croatia-in-the-eu.eu)




http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/




FP7 Marie Curie ActionsIntra-European Fellowships for career development (IEF)At various stages of their career, experienced researchers may welcome an opportunity to acquire new research skills or experience working in other sectors. Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development specifically aim at helping experienced researchers to try something new for a while.

Who can apply?Researchers can be of any nationality but as a general rule must move from one Member State or Associated country to another in order to carry out the project. You must have either a doctoral degree or at least 4 years’ full-time equivalent research experience, after obtaining a degree permitting you to embark on a doctorate.

What does the funding cover?Financial support is provided for a period of 12-24 months (full-time equivalent), for individual projects presented by experienced researchers from Member States or Associated Countries in liaison with a host organisation from a Member State or Associated Country.




Office for international projects, RBIRenata SlovinićInes Ječmenjak

Marijana Klasnić–KožarVesna Kotarski

Višnja Petera

Suzana Karabaić, PEOPLE NCP, Croatia

National Institute of ChemistryJanez MavriMeta SkumavcMarijana NovičMarjetka PodobnikRada Drnovšek

Radojka Verčko, PEOPLE NCP, Slovenia


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