Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Open to the World! http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020: 6.2 billion budget In the Excellence Science Pillar Training Funds ALL RESEARCH AREAS (no thematic calls or priorities) Implemented via Annual Calls for Proposals Career Marie S-Curie Actions Mobility
Funding for PIs ITN Innovative Training Networks RISE Research & Innovation Staff Exchange COFUND Co-financing fellowship or doctoral programmes with transnational mobility IF Individual Fellowships
Inter-Sectoral Co-operation Academic <-> Non-Academic Academic: consists of public or private higher education establishments awarding academic degrees, public or private non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research, and international European interest organisations Non-Academic: includes any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector and fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation. e.g. Industry (incl. SMEs), charities, NGOs, government/public bodies, national archives, libraries
Individual Fellowships A personal fellowship to support a period of mobility For Experienced Researchers Post-PhD or equivalent No upper experience limit No age limits Fully-funded fellowships Supports Career Restart and Reintegration into Europe Optional secondment during fellowship
IF European and Global Mobility Rule: Cannot apply for a fellowship in a country where you have lived or worked/studied for > 12 months in the 3 years prior to the Call deadline For Reintegration/Career Restart/Society-Enterprise Panel: no more than > 3 years in the 5 years prior to the Call deadline European Fellowships 1 2 years 1. Standard 2. Reintegration 3. Career Restart 4. Society/ Enterprise Global Fellowships 2 3 years (incl. 12 months back in Europe)
Individual Fellowship Scheme New for 2016! Society and Enterprise Panel A dedicated panel for European Fellowships hosted in the Non-Academic Sector e.g. Industry (incl. SMEs), charities, NGOs, government/public bodies, national archives, libraries Budget 10 million ~ 50 fellowships available Option of secondment to academic sector
Individual Fellowship Scheme Individual Fellowship Funding Model Categories of eligible costs Costs of researchers/seconded staff member PER MONTH Institutional costs PER MONTH Marie Skłodowska- Curie action IF (100%) Living allowance (a) Mobility allowance (b) Family allowance (c) Top-up allowance (d) Research, training and networking costs (a) Management and indirect costs (b) 4 650 600 500 -- 800 650
Individual Fellowship Scheme IF Calls 2016/2017 CALL Opening Date Closing Date Call Budget* H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 11-Apr-2017 14-Sep-2017 248 million Results the following February Commence the following May Postpone for up to 12 months
IF 2017 Planning Call Deadline: 14 September 2017 Eligibility check: 18-22 September 2017 Central allocation week: 25-29 September 2017 Remote Evaluation: 9 October - 17 November 2017 Central panel week: 4-8 December 2017 Central ethics week: 11-15 December 2017 Launch Grant preparation: 1 st half February 2018 Starting dates: 1 March 2018-1 September 2019
Other Individual MSCA Opportunities Advertised on EURAXESS www.euraxess.eu
How can I find a host organisation? http://www.stip.eg.net/index.php/get-support/findpartners http://net4mobility.eu/eoi.html Networking! e.g. Linkedin, ResearchGate,
RISE: Research & Innovation Staff Exchange Promoting transfer of knowledge between countries and sectors Research programme executed by: Exchange of staff around the consortium (Duration 1 month to 1 year) Networking Activities Collaborate with any sector and any country worldwide No Mobility Rule Per Researcher/Month: 2000 for travel costs 2500 networking, management, etc. Staff = research students, postdocs, PIs, technical and managerial staff.
RISE Requirements Project duration 48 months Minimum consortium 3 participants in 3 countries 1. 2 academic participants plus 1 non-academic (or vice versa) 2. 2 European participants plus 1 non-european participant Secondments: Staff must be active at their host for 6 months before secondment Must be reintegrated after secondment (no duration or mechanism specified) All secondments within Europe must be international & intersectoral Secondments between Europe and outside can be international only Secondments between most European countries and non-european countries are eligible for funding: exception is high-income countries e.g. USA, Canada, BRIC
RISE 2014 Call All European Project Inter-sectoral Dimension WASTCArD - Wrist and arm sensing technologies for cardiac arrhythmias detection in long term monitoring. University (UK) University (Spain) University (France) Academic Non-Academic Company (Croatia) NGO (UK) Company (UK) 4 countries (all Europe), 3 academic, 3 non-academic
RISE 2014 Call International Project International Dimension IMIXSED - Integrating isotopic techniques with Bayesian modelling for improved assessment and management of global sedimentation problems University 1 (UK) University (Belgium) University 2 (UK) International Research Organization (Spain) Europe Not Europe No secondments within Europe (all academic) No secondments between non-european countries University (Ethiopia) University (Egypt) Research Institute (US) 7 countries (3 outside Europe), No non-academic participants
Funding Model Categories of eligible costs Costs of researchers/seconded staff member PER MONTH Institutional costs PER MONTH Marie Skłodowska- Curie action RISE (100%) Living allowance (a) Mobility allowance (b) Family allowance (c) Top-up allowance (d) Research, training and networking costs (a) Management and indirect costs (b) -- -- -- 2 000 1 800 700
RISE Calls 2016/2017 CALL Opening Date Closing Date Call Budget H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 December 2017 April 2018 80 million Results the following February Commence the following May Postpone for up to 12 months
ITN: Innovative Training Networks Quality of Research Training Objective: to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers A Research Training Programme for Early- Stage Researchers (ESRs) Less than 4 years research experience after Master Degree Mobility rule applies