Research Opportunities in TURKEY through European Union Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Selcen Gülsüm ASLAN ÖZŞAHİN Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions National Expert & National Contact Point for Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TÜBİTAK
MSCA in Horizon 2020 Programme Horizon 2020: 2014-2020 Excellent Science Science in world standards Advanced research studies Access to best research infrastructures Total Budget: 80 Billion Industrial Leadership Creating new jobs through innovation Innovative SMEs More private sector investment to the R&D Societal Challenges Solutions to the grand societal challenges by multidisciplinary researches Science with and for Society Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation European Institute of Innovation and Technology Joint Research Center(non-nuclear )
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) All stages of researchers No age limit Mobility Bottom-up approach Attractive working conditions in Europe Career development opportunuties Triple i mobility : MSCA aims to equip researchers with the neccesary skills and international experience for a succesful career, either in the public or the private sector Intersectoral Interdiciplinary International
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) IF: Individual Fellowships Chemistry Economic Sciences Information Science and Engineering Environmental and Geosciences Physics Life Sciences Social Sciences And Humanities RISE: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange ITN: Innovative Training Networks COFUND: Co-funding of National Regional Internation Funding Mechanisms Mathematics
MSCA Individual Fellowships (IF) Individual trans-national fellowships to the best and most promising experienced researchers Open to both academic and non-academic sectors Career development with an appropriate inter-sectoral dimension Experienced researcher :PhD or at least 4Y of full-time equivalent research experience by the call deadline Standart European Careeer Re-start Re-integration Society and Enterprise (SE) Global Fellowships 5
MSCA IF: European Fellowships Standard Panel Career Restart Panel 6
What does the EC funding cover? 7
MSCA Individual Fellowships destinationturkey@tubitak.gov.tr Researcher / Institution Project Idea Host Institution/ Partner Institution(s) Online Application (to European Commission) Pre-Evaluation support by TÜBİTAK
RISE: Research and Innovation Staff Exchane - Exchanges can be for both early-stage and experienced researchers' levels and can also include administrative, managerial and technical staff directly involved in the research and innovation activities of the proposal. -Project built on joint research and innovation activities - Each staff member seconded for a period of 1 to 12 months to the other country/sector - Maximum project duration is 4 years Research and Innovation Staff Exchane The RISE scheme will promote international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and viceversa). Call Opens in December Closes in April 2 000 1 800 700 9
MSCA-Innovative Training Networks 1. European Training Networks (ETN) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) 2. European Industrial Doctorates (EID) The Innovative Training Networks (ITN) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit. Call Opens in October Closes in December-January 3. European Joint Doctorates (EJD)
Call Schedule for MSCA Funding scheme IF RISE ITN Call deadlines Opens: April Closes: September Opens: November Closes: March Opens: mid October Closes: mid January Budget annual budget of EUR 280.00 million annual budget of EUR 80.00 million annual budget of EUR 400.00 million
www.h2020.org.tr Supports & Awards
H2020 Support and Award Programmes of TUBITAK H2020 Travel Support Participation to Multipartner Projects (Flight tickets, accomodation and transport, meeting fee, visa, daily allowance) Per travel 1.500 max. H2020 Coordinators Support Porgramme Supporting coordinators in multipartner projects Up to 30.000 per coordinators Networking Individual Participation Leadership Encouraging Sucess ERC Principle Investigator Support Programme Increasing participation and success in ERC Support up to 12.500 per project MSCA Pre-evaluation Support Porgramme Increasing success in individual projects:, MSCA IF&COFUND Support up to 1.000-8.000 per projects Success and Over Treshold Awards Over treshold: up to 7.000 Success: %80 to project team, %20 to organization 220.000 ---- 18.900 1.200.000 ---- 64.500 ERC Awards Above treshold: up to 12.000 Success: Fixed rate + %9 Transfer Award: Fixed Rate The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 13
How to collaborate with Turkish Researchers? COST-European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST was established in 1971 in order to support interaction and cooperation among the European researchers. Turkey is one of the founding members. COST provides the integration of nationally supported research projects coordinators into scientific networks called «Actions» at European level. In Turkey, the scientific coordination of COST is conducted by TUBITAK. 14
How to collaborate with Turkish Researchers? Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS) Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST) Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) Food and Agriculture (FA) Forests, their Products and Services (FPS) Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)) Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS) http://www.cost.eu http://tubitak.gov.tr/uidb/cost Transport and Urban Development (TUD) Trans-Domain Proposals (TDP) 15
COST Action Supports COST DOES NOT FUND RESEARCH!!!!! Publication Management Comm. and Working Gr. Meetings Training Schools Topic: Research fields of interest Participation: min 7 COST Countries COST Supports Duration: 4 years Budget: Annual COST Budget Research Conferences Workshops EUR 130 000 Short Term Scientific Missions Always open for new participants Every member state has the opportunity to nominate 2 topic related researchers 16
COST Actions While COST is providing network support, national institutions like TUBITAK provide research support. COST covers the meeting participation costs of 2 MC members and 4 WG members from each country. Researchers are nominated to Management Committees by TUBITAK and they are nominated to Working Groups by Action Management. COST is financed out of the European Union research budget through Horizon 2020. 17
For more information on COST International Cooperation Department Bilateral and Multilateral Relations Division COST Program Contact: Murat TILTAK Scientific Programs Assistant Expert Phone : +90 312-298 1822 E-Mail : uidb@tubitak.gov.tr murat.tiltak@tubitak.gov.tr 18
Turkey & UK Bileteral S&T Cooperation The aim is to increase STI coordination betweenturkey and UK Each year 8 million Sterlin is allocated for this fund by TÜBİTAK and UK partners until 2021 Turkey and UK will provide match funding to the joint programmes or similar programmes coordinated by Mobility of students / researchers Research collaboration Innovation collaboration each partner Coordinated by TÜBİTAK in Turkey Turkey is one of the priority countries of the Fund 19
Turkey & UK Bileteral S&T Cooperation Research collaboration TÜBİTAK 2551 - Institutional Links Call Institutional Links (British Council - TUBITAK): Focus: Academic Partnerships and Joint Projects Funding: Up to 720.000 TL for Turkey Up to 150.000 for the UK Duration: 2 years TUBITAK RCUK Bilateral Call TUBITAK-RCUK Bilateral Call: Focus: Academic Partnerships and Joint Projects Funding: Up to 720.000 TL for Turkey Duration: 2 years Establishment of links beyond the level of the individual researcher, giving opportunities for more sustainable research collaboration, building partnerships between the UK and Turkey centred on shared research and innovation challenges.
Turkey & UK Bileteral S&T Cooperation Translation Applicants Delivery Partner Researchers and entrepreneurs supported under 1512 TUBITAK Programme Companies, people and partner organizations with a strong business focus. Royal Academy of Engineering Innovate UK Fellowships in Innovation Aim Training & networking in the UK on Commercialisation Budget Up to 50.000 Business Innovation Collaboration Programme Duration Next Call 2 weeks in one year 1512 Programme is opened between 1 15 August! 21
Thank you... Selcen Gülsüm ASLAN ÖZŞAHİN destinationturkey@tubitak.gov.tr 22