Marie Skłodowska- Curie ac2ons Mobilità ed eccellenza dei ricercatori 12 March 2014 Alessandra LUCHETTI Head of Unit EAC.C3 European Commission DG Educa2on
Horizon 2020 An integrated programme coupling research to innovation: A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth Addressing people s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment Strengthening the EU s global position in research, innovation and technology The three pillars of H2020
MSCA Our objectives: Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe s intellectual capital Generate new skills, knowledge and innovation Budget 2014-2020: 6 162 million (current prices)
MSCA programmes Innovative Training Networks - ITN Research and Innovation Staff Exchange - RISE SMEs Excellent science Collaboration Intersectoral partnership Innovation Skills Training Infrastructure Mobility Public engagement Individual Fellowships - IF COFUND European Researchers Night
Innovative Training Networks - ITN What is it? Structured doctoral training for early-stage researchers Excellence Creativity Entrepreneurship A new generation of researchers Innovation Skilled Employable Mobile
ITN - consortia Country 1 Non-academia Non-academia Country 1 Non-academia Non-academia Non-academia Non-academia Non-academia Country 3 Country 2 Country 3 Country 2 European Training Networks European Industrial Non-academia 50% Non-academia academia Doctorates Country 2 Country 1 European Joint Doctorates
Individual Fellowships (IF) What is it? Individual grants to the best and most promising experienced researchers What is on offer? European Fellowships Global Fellowships Career Restart and Reintegration What is the added value? Career development Networking capabilities Possibility of secondment
IF European and Global European Fellowships Global Fellowships
Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) What is it? A programme for fostering of international and inter-sector collaboration Goals: Developing a shared culture of research and innovation Transfer of knowledge and ideas Basis: A joint research and innovation project Interaction between academic and non-academic organisations
RISE Exchanges MS/AC MS/AC TC Nonacademia Nonacademia Nonacademia
COFUND What is it? Funding for funders: EU/AS based organisations that fund or manage doctoral or fellowship programmes Possibilities: 10 Million per single applicant Projects up to 5 years in duration Goals: Developing synergies Combating fragmentation of funds Improving conditions for researchers
COFUND Mono-beneficiary Legal entities established in MS or AC or international European interest organisations that fund or manage doctoral programmes or fellowship programmes for researchers. Doctoral Programmes Fellowship Programmes
European Researchers' Night What is it? A yearly research promotion and awareness raising event Possibilities Any organisation in MS/AS is eligible 100% funding cap Goals: Promote careers in research - focus on pupils and students Promote European dimension and gender balance Encourage young people to embark on scientific careers!
MSCA Calls 2014-2015
EU contribution amounts Categories of eligible costs Costs of researchers/seconded staff member (1) Institutional costs (2) Marie Skłodowska- Curie action Living allowance (a) Mobility allowance (b) Family allowance (c) Top-up allowance (d) Research, training and networking costs (a) Management and indirect costs (b) ITN (100%) 3 110 600 500 -- 1 800 1 200 IF (100%) 4 650 600 500 -- 800 650 RISE (100%) -- -- -- 2 000 1 800 700 COFUND (50%) ESR: 3 710 ER: 5 250 -- -- -- -- 650
FP7 MCA Achievements Shanghai top 500-2/3 participated in MCA (2011) 9/10 top R&D investors in Europe participated in MCA (2010 and 2011) 86% beneficiaries strengthened existing R&I collaborations with partner organisations MCA Highlights 73% of participant organisations observe or expect improvement in the quality of training
FP7 MCA Achievements ~ 50 000 researchers financed in FP7 MCA ~ 9 400 projects funded so far (up to 16 Jan 2014) in FP7 ( 4.4 billion) > 82 countries (46 TC) with 18 000 participations of various host organisations 37% of participants are women All scientific areas covered: bottom-up approach
EU/AC Host organisations participation in FP7 MCA 1.405 MC Researchers to IT 1.086
EU contribution in EU/AC: Country distribution 263.6 million
MC Researchers funded in EU/AC: Distribution by nationality 2.497* *IRSES not included; COFUND only partial data
Italian participation in MCA: Overview Data as of 16/01/2014 Marie Curie Actions (2007-2013) Number of organisation participations Budget ( million) allocated to Italian organisations Number of Projects Italian Researchers Researchers going to Italian organisations Initial Training Networks (ITN) 384 141,3 267 963 437 Industry- Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) International Research Staff Exchange Staff Scheme (IRSES) Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) Intra-European Fellowships for career development (IEF) 100 33,9 70 368 405 233 14,7 190 * 5.658 Months 4.236 Months 18 20 18 324 219 121 22,5 121 503 121 International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) 36 6,4 35 24 35 International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) 64 14,7 64 100 64 Reintegration Grants (CIG + ERG + IRG + RG) 130 10,2 124 215 124 Total 1.086 263,6 889 2.497 1.405 * These are the number of researcher-months expected to be exchanged in projects funded so far
Most active organisations in Italy participating in MCA ( 10 times)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Website http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020 Participant Portal (applications) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal