Francesco Grassi, Vice-Chair of MCAA. Venice, 13 May 2015

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1 Francesco Grassi, Vice-Chair of MCAA Venice, 13 May 2015

2 Is there life after a Marie Curie Fellowship?

3 Does a Marie Curie Fellowship increase chances of a successful career in research

4 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014 Completing a Marie Curie Fellowship (MCF) does have definite beneficial impacts on a researcher s career prospects. On several career and professional achievement indicators, MC former fellows score more positively than non-fellows (the control group CG)

5 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014 MC fellows reported that MCF contributed significantly to other key career drivers, such as (i) access to high quality research facilities and labs, (ii) enlarging their professional network and (iii) improving their interdisciplinary skills

6 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014 High satisfaction by Fellows and propensity to repeat the experience

7 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014 Positive impact on publication track and citation index

8 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014 Positive impact on academic jobs

9 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014

10 EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development 2014 Positive impact on access to funding

11 What is MCAA

12 Marie Curie Alumni Association Association of current and former MC Fellows First established in November 2013 (legally founded in February 2014) Nearly 6000 members as of May 13 th 2015

13 Marie Curie Alumni Association The non-profit purpose of the MCAA is to promote and exploit, in the broadest sense, the full potential of the community of researchers who have benefitted in terms of mobility from the People programme Statute of MCAA

14 www. mariecuriealumni.eu

15 Marie Curie Alumni Association members by nationality and panels

16 Marie Curie Alumni Association Governance

17 Marie Curie Alumni Association Objectives and actions Provide funding for the career development of MCAA member Build opportunies for networking based on b oth geographical proximity of thematic interests

18 Marie Curie Alumni Association Overall scope and activities (1) Funding: the MCAA offers opportunities to members to access funding to assist their individual efforts in building and promoting this Alumni community. Alumni Directory: find other researchers through the online directory or seek out members in a specific location or area via the map-based search. Keep your own on-line profile up-to-date so your friends and acquaintances can contact you. Group activities: The MCAA has set up a number of thematic working groups, as well as various local membership chapters; more such groups and chapters are planned. Members can also create or join specific on-line groups to discuss common interests.

19 Marie Curie Alumni Association Overall scope and activities (2) News: There is a News page offering access the latest news about the EU research area and a Calls page offering information about EU calls for proposals. An events page offers a calendar of events of potential interest to members, and allows members to share their own events with others. There is also a regular on-line newsletter for members Employment opportunities: the Jobs page offers a range of information about open posts all over Europe.

20 Marie Curie Alumni Association CHAPTERS 20

21 Marie Curie Alumni Association WORKING GROUPS 21

22 Marie Curie Alumni Association Amount of funding Up to Euros for Chapters and Working Groups Up to 400 Euro for individual MicroGrants 22

23 Marie Curie Alumni Association Actions: overall funding figures MCAA Micro Grants MCAA Working Groups , ,00 MCAA Chapters ,00

24 What s next: Marie Curie Alumni Association the legal framework Actions: types of Microgrants 10% 15% 10% 65% Micro Travel Grants Micro Media Grants Micro One World Grants Micro General Assembly Grants

25 Marie Curie Alumni Association Future Activities of MCAA 3 new Calls for MicroGrants and Working Groups/Chapters Strong efforts for improving the Branding of the Marie Curie Experience Strong efforts for Bridging Research and Business

26 There is life after a Marie Curie Fellowship!

27 ONE MORE THING.. The Human Factor Marie Curie Fellowships have had a strong and positive impact on personal lives of thousands of people throughout the world 27

28 What s next: the legal framework Join MCAA! Mariecuriealumni.eu

29 What s next: the legal framework Thank you