Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Your researchcareer in Europe

What are the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions?

A European Union funded programme for structuring researcher

training, mobility and career development

Guiding principles:

➢ Career development

➢ Bottom-up approach

➢ Mobility

➢ Enhanced business-academia collaboration and staff exchange

➢ Excellent employment and working conditions

Who, what and where?

• Who: All levels of research experience from PhD researcher upwards – there are actions for different levels of experience.

• What: All areas of research are supported: bottom-up approach

• Where: Anywhere: any research performing organisation, public or private worldwide - there are actions for European and international mobility.

Innovative Training Networks

ITNearly-stage researchers(< 4 years)

Doctoral and initial training: European Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, European Joint Doctorates

Individual Fellowships

IFexperiencedresearchers(> 4 years)

Support for experienced researchers to undertake international and inter-sector mobility, incl. career restart and reintegration

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

RISE International and inter-sector cooperation through the exchange of staff

Co-funding of programmes

COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes: - doctoral programmes (ESR)- fellowship programmes (ER)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

How?

Depends on experience and type of mobility

Experience: Support for 2 categories of researchers:

Early Stage Researcher: Less than 4 years of research experience*, and without a doctoral degree ("pre-doc")

Experienced Researcher: In possession of a doctoral degree or at least 4 years of res. experience* ("post-doc")

*counted from the time when is entitled to embark on a doctoral degree

Experienced researcher / Post-doc level:

Apply for your own fellowship:

1. through IF

and/or

2. through COFUND

Post-doc fellowships(Individual Fellowships or COFUND)

▪ Apply in conjunction with a hostinginstitution in EU or AC that will managethe grant

▪ Only for Experienced Researchers

In possession of a doctoral degree, or have 4 years of full-time research experience at the time of the call deadline

For fellows from Europe going to Third countries (12-24 months) and returning (12 months)

For fellows coming to or moving within Europe (12-24 months)

Going to Europe: European Fellowships

▪ Held in the EU or associated countries

▪ Open to researchers coming to Europe

▪ European Fellowships can also include a secondmentperiod of up to 3 or 6 months in another organisation inEurope, where this would boost the impact of thefellowship.

Going to Malaysia: Global Fellowships

▪ Fund secondments outside Europe for researchers based inthe EU or associated countries.

▪ Open to researchers working in Europe moving to rest ofthe world.

▪ Research institution in Malaysia can host a MSCA IFgrantee from Europe.

Mobility to / from …

28 EU Members

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Estonia, Germany,

Greece, Finland, France,

Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,

Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta,

Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,

Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

13 Associated Countries

Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina,

Faroe Islands, FYROM, Island,

Israel, Liechtenstein, Moldova,

Montenegro, Norway, Serbia,

Switzerland, Turkey

More than just a research project; a career development fellowship

1. Scientific excellence

•Training through research (individual project)

2. Interdisciplinary skills

•Additional scientific skills (new techniques, instruments etc.)

•Transferable skills (e.g. communication, IPR,entrepreneurship etc.)

More than just a research project; a career development fellowship

3. Inter-sectoral mobility

Secondments possible to and from the non-academic sector: 3– 6 months

• Can spend up to 6 months (in total) working inanother organisation (ideally in another sector) inEurope.

• Opportunity to link with industry, NGO, publicsector, national archive etc.

4. Networking

Strengthening networking capabilities both for researchers and for organisations involved

MSCA-IF Call 2017

Call Opening: 11 April 2017

Deadline: 14 September 2017

@ 17:00:00 Brussels time

Funding Model

Categories of

eligible costs

Marie Skłodowska-Curie action

Costs of researcherPER MONTH

Institutional costsPER MONTH

Living allowance

(a)

Mobility allowance

(b)

Family allowance

(c)

Research, training and networking

costs(a)

Management and indirect

costs(b)

IF(100%)

4 650 600 500 800 650

• €55,000 p.a. (no family allowance) • €60,000 p.a. (with family allowance)

How to apply

Prospective Fellow

1. Find a host organisation

and a supervisor

2. Look for hosting offers

3. Ask your supervisor for recommendations

4. Write the application together

5. Submit application together

Prospective Supervisor (in Malaysia)

1. Find an applicant

2. Post a hosting offer on EURAXESS

3. Ask research collaborators for recommendations

4. Write the application together

5. Submit application together

Apply at Horizon 2020 Participant Portal:http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

▪ MSCA COFUND projects offer 'post-doc' positions similar to the IF

▪ Employment contracts with full social security

▪ Minimum monthly rate which hosting organisations should pay their COFUND fellows:

▪ All positions are advertised on the EURAXESS Portal

Remuneration costs Experienced researchers

3675 €

Early stage researcher / Doctoral candidate level

Apply for a position in a programme (ITN or COFUND)

▪ Doctoral-level programme run by an international network of organisations, develops both research and transferable skills

▪ Training through undertaking personalised, multidisciplinary research projects

▪ Fellowships of 3-36 months that include time in the non-academic sector

▪ Possible industrial doctorate (joint supervision with business) or a joint doctorate

Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

Research and Innovation

Staff Exchange

RISE

RISE

▪ New type of exchange-of-staff-action to stimulate transfer of knowledge

▪ Academic and non-academic participants

▪ Flexible inter-sector and international (outside Europe) exchange of highly skilled research and innovation staff members

▪ Work with existing staff – no recruitment foreseen

▪ Based on a common project on research and innovation

▪ Bottom up approach – no predefined scientific priorities

RISE call to open on 1 December 2016

Closes: 5 April 2017

@ 17:00:00 Brussels time

Apply at Horizon 2020 Participant Portal:

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

Online resources

MSCA website:

http://ec.europa.eu/msca

MSCA on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Marie.Curie.Actions

Participant Portal:

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

EURAXESS European Researchers Mobility Portal:

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/

The European Research Council

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What is the ERC?

▪ An autonomous funding body set up by the EU in 2007 and led by scientists

▪ Funding excellent researchers of any nationality

▪ To carry out frontier research in all fields of science and humanities

▪ 1 researcher, 1 Host Institution, 1 project, 1 selection criterion

▪ Substantial grants and a recognised label of excellence

▪ International, top level peer-review

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Who can apply?

▪ Excellent Researchers

▪ Any nationality, any age or any current place of work

▪ In conjunction with a Host Institution based in EuropeEU or associated countries

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Starting Grants

starters 2-7 years after PhD

(≥ 50% commitment)up to €1.5 Million

for 5 years

Advanced Grants track-record of

significant researchachievements in the

last 10 years(≥ 30% commitment)

up to €2.5 Million for 5 years

Proof-of-Concept bridging gap between research - earliest stage

of marketable innovation up to €150,000 for ERC grant holders

What does ERC offer?ERC Grant Schemes

Consolidator Grants

consolidators 7-12 years after PhD(≥ 40% commitment)

up to €2 Million for 5 years

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Attractive features for researchers from

outside Europe

▪ Additional funding for scientists moving to Europe €500 000 for Starting, €750 000 for Consolidator and€1 Million for Advanced grantees

▪ Grantee can keep affiliation with home institute outside Europe

▪ Work time in Europe, at least 50%

▪ Team members can be based outside Europe

▪ Grantee can move within Europe with the grant

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▪ Have a ground-breaking idea

▪ Design a research project to implement the idea

▪ Convince yourself on the feasibility of the project

▪ Ask yourself if you have the capabilities to build and supervise a research team to carry out the project

▪ Contact an institution where the project will be developed (in EU or associated country) and get the support from the Host Institution

▪ Write your research proposal

▪ Submit your research proposal within the deadline

How to prepare and submit an ERC

research proposal?

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Evaluation of excellence at two levels:

• Excellence of the Research Project

✓ Ground breaking nature

✓ Potential impact

✓ Scientific Approach

• Excellence of the Principal Investigator

✓ Intellectual capacity

✓ Creativity

✓ Commitment

How ERC research proposals are evaluated?Excellence is the sole evaluation criterion

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Indicative summary main calls

(2016 &) 2017 budget

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Calls Expected call date

Deadline(s) Budget € million(estimated grants)

Starting Grant ERC-2018-StG

19 Jul 2017 18 Oct 2017 605 (415)

Consolidator Grant ERC-2017-CoG

20 Oct 2016 9 Feb 2016 575 (320)

Advanced GrantERC-2017-AdG

16 May 2017 31 Aug 2017 570 (245)

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Some useful tools

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▪ Read Information for Applicants and Work Programme

▪ View the step-by-step videoIntroduction to application process, including tips & tricks for the interviewhttps://vimeo.com/94179654

▪ Consult ERC website for latest fundingopportunities, view ERC funded projects

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▪ More information: erc.europa.eu

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