Outline BACKGROUND WHY do businesses apply to the MSCA? WHAT opportunities do the MSCA offer? WHICH MSCA is made for you? PRACTICAL information
* China is without Hong Kong Policy Context
Policy Context
WHY do businesses apply to the MSCA?
Benefits for Business Increased competitiveness Share costs/risks Extend your network International visibility Access Academia's cutting-edge research & infrastructure, Network of experts
Benefits for academia Share costs/risks Transform knowledge into economic added value Access Business' know-how Leverage funding Increased attractiveness Enhanced recruitment strategy Extend your research topics
Key factors for an efficient bridging Win-win situation (shared objective and vision) Synergies in skills Good managerial capacity of all partners Good governance structure of the partnership Active involvement of all interested parties Professionalism in execution (detailed description)
Key factors for an efficient bridging Detailed agreement on IPR issues Clear and transparent contracts Trust and long-term commitment - Fitting into strategies of all partners, with the view to build long-term relationship Exchange of best practices
Achievements of MSCA in FP7 9/10 top R&D investors in Europe participated in MCA SMEs play a major role: in FP7 IAPP and ITN they account for 58% of business participants ~50 000 researchers financed in FP7 MCA (37% of which were women) ~11 075 projects so far funded in FP7 ( 4.8 billion funding in total) 86 countries (46 TC) with 22 245 participations of various host organisations Shanghai top 500-2/3 participated in MCA
Achievements of MSCA in H2020 A total of 1495 grants have so far resulted from the MSCA calls of 2014. With a total value of EUR 1.18 billion. Of which EUR 170 million has been awarded to organisations outside academia such as enterprises. SMEs have obtained EUR 78 million. The leading countries in terms of funding received are UK (EUR 266m), Germany (EUR 168m), and France (EUR 117m).
Greece in MCA (FP7 2007-2013) MSCA Fellows from Greece 1720 Fellows hosted in Greece 1247 Participations of all organisations from Greece Participations of businesses from Greece 449 110 Number of SMEs from Greece 26
Fellows going to Greece, grouped by their nationality (top nationalities)
Greek fellows grouped by the country of destination (top countries):
Greece in MSCA (H2020) MSCA Fellows from Greece 49 Fellows hosted in Greece 8 Participations of all organisations from Greece Participations of businesses from Greece 127 36 Number of SMEs from Greece 19
WHAT opportunities do the MSCA offer?
Key Advantages Includes all domains of research and innovation Strong accent on participation of industry, SMEs and non-academia overall A global scope with cross-border and cross-sector mobility as key components Level of involvement is proportional to the participant's needs
Who can participate? Academia Business and nonacademia Public or private High Education Institutions awarding academic degrees Public or private non-profit research organisations International European interest organisations Non-profit Universities research IEIOs Industry institutes Broad definition: Any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector definition SMEs Other socioeconomic actors
What can be funded?
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions Budget for 2014-2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Which MSCA should you choose?
Choose your level of involvement
Who do you want to host/recruit?
Fitting your R&I needs
Equip researchers with skills that match your needs Participate in the training of researchers you would like to hire: Contribute to a training module/workshop/summer schools: scientific or transferable skills (e.g. Management, Entrepreneurship, IP, Ethics, QA/QC, Communication) Provide supervised on-the-job training via recruitments or secondments Provide a platform for transfer of knowledge and acquisition of new skills
RISE Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Common research and innovation project International and inter-sector transfer of knowledge and sharing of ideas and of R&I culture Staff member at least 6 months at the sending institution Secondments from 1 to 12 months Project duration up to 4 years Maximum 540 person-months Budget for 2015 call: 80 Million
RISE Eligibility Conditions At least 3 independent participants in 3 different countries At least 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic + + Third Country or Other sector
ITN Innovative Training Networks Raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training Trigger cooperation and exchange of best practice among participants Enhance researchers' employability and provide them with new career perspectives Only for early stage researchers Fellowships of 3-36 months Project duration up to 4 years Maximum 540 person-months (EID: 180) Budget for 2015 call: 370 Million (EID: 25 Mio, EJD 28 Mio)
ITN Innovative Training Networks
EID European Industrial Doctorates Academia Non-academia Country 1 Country 2 50% Academia Non- Academia
IF - Individual Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers catalyse significant development in their careers in both sectors provide opportunities to acquire new knowledge, work on research projects in a European context or outside Europe strengthen the network of the researcher and the host organisation Only for experienced researchers Duration: 2 years (Global Fellowships: 3 years) Budget for 2015 call: 215 Million (Global Fellowships: 27 Mio)
IF - Individual Fellowships Outgoing phase 2 years Return phase 1 year
IF - Individual Fellowships most requirements common to other European Fellowships beneficiary only from non-academic sector mobility rule = not more than 3 years in the last 5 years in the country of the beneficiary dedicated budget of 10 EUR million
COFUND Co-funding new or existing regional, national, and international programmes Mono-beneficiary: organisation funding or managing doctoral or post- doctoral programmes Leverage funding and combat fragmentation (possible synergies with ESIF) Minimum living allowance fixed in the WP EU contribution to co-fund living allowances for researchers and management costs Budget for 2015 call: 80 Million (Doctoral Programmes: 30 Mio)
MSC actions Financial Overview Research, networking, training costs Management and indirect costs 1800 700 Top-up allowance 2000 Research, networking, training costs Management and indirect costs 1800 1200 Living allowance* 3110 Mobility allowance 600 Family allowance 500 Research, networking, training costs Management and indirect costs 800 500 Living allowance* 4650 Mobility allowance 600 Family allowance 500 Management costs 325 Living allowance Early-stage researchers Living allowance Experienced researchers 1855 2625
MSCA Calls 2016-2017
Who can help you?
NCP National Contact Point Your Country MSCA http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html/
IPR Helpdesk for IPR-related issues https://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) http://een.ec.europa.eu/
More information Marie Skłodowska-Curie Website http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020 Participant Portal (applications) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal European Charter and Code for Researchers http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/rights/europeancharter How to find partners: https://cordis.europa.eu/partners/web/guest
Thank you and good luck! maria.tsivertara@ec.europa.eu