Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in H2020 H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018-2020 Dr. Desislava KOLAROVA Excellent Science Department 7 November 2017, Sofia Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
SUMMARY 1. HORIZON 2020 2. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in H2020 3. MSCA funding opportunities 4. Evaluation criteria 5. Participant Portal
HORIZON 2020 Biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever ( 80 billion available for 2014 to 2020) Expected outcomes: taking great ideas from the lab to the market Strategy "Coupling research and Innovation" 1. Excellent Science 2. Industrial leadership 3. Tackling societal challenges
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) MSCA Objective ensure optimum development and dynamic use of Europe s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills, knowledge and innovation Budget 2014-2020: 6.162 billion
MSCA
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS Academic sector public /private higher education establishments awarding academic degrees public /private non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research international European interest organisations (e.g. CERN, EMBL) Non-academic sector any entity not included in the academic sector: e.g. large companies, SMEs, NGOs, museums, hospitals international organisations (e.g. UN, WHO) Standardised legal validation of entities is applied to determine the category of each beneficiary
Early-Stage Researchers (ESR) Experienced Researchers (ER) No PhD < 4 years of experience PhD or > 4 years of experience ITN RISE COFUND IF RISE COFUND
RESEARCH & INNOVATION STAFF EXCHANGE RISE TYPE WHAT RISE WHO NEW
RISE OBJECTIVES Partnership Staff exchanges Transfer of knowledge Academic and nonacademic organisations Europe and the rest of the world Projects implemented through R&I staff exchanges Staff seconded for 1-12 months International and intersector transfer of knowledge Sharing of ideas and of R&I culture
TYPICAL RISE PROJECT RISE CONSORTIUM (6-8 organisations) R&I PROJECT R&I activities Staff Secondments Duration: 48 months maximum
RISE CONSORTIA: ROLES Beneficiary vs. Partner Organisation Signs Grant Agreement (GA) Responsible for the execution & implementation of the project Claims costs to the EU Trains/hosts seconded researchers Signs Letter of Commitment for GA Signs Consortium Agreement
SECONDED STAFF NEW FROM 2018! ER & ESR Managerial Staff STAFF actively engaged in or linked to R&I activities for at least one month prior to first secondment Admin or Tech Staff SECONDMENTS
TYPE OF SECONDMENTS Intra-European (MS/AC) + Intersectoral (academic & non-academic sectors) International (MS/AC and TC)
ELIGIBILITY OF SECONDMENTS SENDING (Seconding Staff from Organisation) Academic organisation in MS/AC (1) Non-academic organisation in MS/AC (2) Organisation in TC HOSTING (Receiving seconded staff) Academic organisation in MS/AC (1) Non-academic organisation in MS/AC (2) Organisation in TC Minimum condition: 3 independent organisations from 3 different countries
RISE COSTS CATEGORIES NEW FROM 2018! Marie Skłodowska- Curie Action Staff member unit cost * person/month Top-up allowance Institutional unit cost * person/month Research, training and networking costs Management and indirect costs Research and Innovation Staff Exchange EUR 2 100 EUR 1 800 EUR 700
H2020-MSCA-RISE CALLS 2018 2020 H2020-MSCA- RISE call 2018 2019 2020 Opening & Closing dates 22 Nov 2017-21 March 2018 04 Dec 2018-02 April 2019 05 Dec 2019-07 April 2020 Budget 80 million 80 million 80 million 2019 & 2020 Indicative budget and deadlines
EVALUATION Evaluation Panels: Chemistry (CHE) Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) Economic Sciences (ECO) Information Science and Engineering (ENG) Environment and Geosciences (ENV) Life Sciences (LIF) Mathematics (MAT) Physics (PHY) Evaluation Criteria: Award Criteria Selection Criteria
AWARD CRITERIA
PROPOSAL PART A Section 1: General information (including Abstract) Section 2: Information on participants Section 3: Budget and Secondments tables Section 4: Ethics table
PROPOSAL PART B (including data for non-academic beneficiaries) 30 pages limit
PARTICIPANT PORTAL
MSCA CALLS
CALL DOCUMENTS
NATIONAL CONTACT POINT (NCP) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html
FURTHER INFO Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Website http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions Participant Portal (applications) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/des ktop/en/home.html
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MSCA Work programme 2018-2020: What's new?
MSCA Work programme 2018-2020: What's new? 2018-2020 Changes in MSCA
MSCA Work programme 2018-2020: What's new? 2018-2020 Changes in MSCA
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