Research funding, UTU and your career By: Dr. Maria Maunula Research Funding Specialist Research Services Yliopistonmäki, main building, room 209 University of Turku Tel +358 (0)2 333 6551 maria.maunula@utu.fi
Research Services @UTU Promotes and supports externally funded research at the University of Turku by offering various services at all stages of research project: InformaVon on research funding opportunives Advice on applying funding, pre award team Contract management, legal team Financial management, post award team ProtecVon and use of intellectual property Contact point Training, advising, informavon delivery https://intranet.utu.fi/en/unit/project-innovation/pages/home.aspx
Help available Research Services à researchservices@utu.fi or tutkimuspalvelut@utu.fi Pre Award Research liason officer: Mari Riipinen Research funding specialist: Pia Carpelan Research funding specialist: Maria Maunula Research funding specialist: Vesa RauVo Post Award (projec]inance@lists.utu.fi) Financial Planning Officers: Kirsi Niemi, Päivi Rae & Jonne Ritari Financial Secretaries: Eeva Sipponen & Marjo Salo Legal- mafers (contracts, IPR) (legal@utu.fi)
University of Turku, some key figures 2012 COMPLETED DEGREES Bachelor's degrees 1,453 Master's degrees 1,537 Special degrees 268 Doctoral degrees 182 SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Peer- reviewed scholarly publicavons 2,845 Other scholarly publicavons 882 Other publicavons 999 STAFF Teaching and research staff 1,708 FTE Other staff 1,398 FTE Staff in teacher training schools 171 FTE Share of foreign staff 8,1 % FUNDING Total funding 283.7 M Costs of actual operavon 261.9 M Supplementary funding /total funding 35.2 %
Main Funders @ UTU NaVonal: Academy of Finland, Tekes & FoundaVons European: EU (framework funding) - Projects - Marie Curie ITN and IF - ERC EU (outside framework) - Structural funds, Co- funding, ERA nets etc. Not to forget funders outside of Europe (NIH, NSF, FoundaVons) FoundaVons in Europe > And of course Ministry of EducaVon and Culture (Basic funding)
Our usual clients include Departments or faculties aiming to learn more about research funding (talks) Groups looking for a funding source (meetings) Groups looking for help with a particular proposal (meetings) (coordinators get special attention) Individual applicants (MC IF & ERC) (meetings) Researchers applying for Academy of Finland (events and workshops) All researchers through intranet (news, twitter, Aurora and Aurora FB)
What do we do? Seriously: We answer questions related to funder rules, budgeting etc We look together with the researcher or a group for opportunities We organise training We inform about funding opportunities We read and comment proposals (H2020)
Your project What could it be?
Your project defines where your euros come from. The life cycle of the research project A project of many years vs. a project of couple months Funding needed for Own salary, other people s salary, materials, travel, etc. Aim of the project networking, research, mobility basic research, applied research, custom ordered research The career of the researcher My research project vs. administra4ve research project
Personal svpend vs. research project SVpend Granted to an individual Must be taken into account in personal taxavon 19 444,88 /year or 1626,99 / month hfp://www.saavopalvelu.fi/fi/ apurahan- hakijalle/verotus/ The administravon may be given to the university one must agree with the financer researcher does not give her/ himself the grant the grant must be used for it s original purpose Project funding Granted for the university Taken into account in the university s financial statement also department level Responsibility and obligavons for the organizavon person in charge of the project the head of department
What does all this have to do With your career?
Life through the lens of research funding PhD studies Postdoc around 3 years Second post doc - Look forward and apply for small funding for travel - This will teach you how to apply - Look good in your CV - FoundaVons, short funding periods - Working for another PI - Academy of Finland: Postdoctoral researcher (0-4 yap) - Go abroad! - ERC starter (2-7 yap) - Marie Curie IF - Last and best change for AKA postdoc - AoF: Fellow (3-9 yap) Consolidate - ERC Consolidator (7-12 yap) - Marie Curie IF - AoF: Fellow (3-9 yap) Ready to be PI - Academy projects - EU project partner - CoordinaVng projects PhD ready Docentship
Track Record in Research PhD studies - Decide if Academia is for you - Be mobile, summerschools, workshops etc. Postdoc around 3 years - - - - - PhD ready Be mobile Short funding CompeVVve Become part of a larger project w your own funding Teach, network, publish researcher (0-4 yap) - Go abroad! Second post doc docentship Form your own network Long periods abroad Docentship Consolidate Prove independence - Original ideas - Form a team - Help younger researcher to get funding - Supervise PhDs Ready to be PI - A permanent posivon at the department(?) - Eligibility for most funders projects as a PI
Help in different stages PhD studies Postdoc around 3 years Second post doc - Through UTUGS and graduate programmes PhD ready www.aurora- Vetokanta.fi - A database w. over 800 foundavons - Academy workshops - QuesVons about foundavon rules - Go abroad! Marie Curie and ERC: Training, grant reading, somevmes outside help from consultants From telling to selling, also your CV Academy workshops Docentship Consolidate - MC and ERC: training etc. again - MeeVngs to scout funding sources - Grant reading and training Ready to be PI - Academy workshops - MeeVngs to scout funding sources - Grant reading etc. - ERC adv. also a focus - MeeVngs with groups - How and where to lobby for your ideas?
Coming events @UTU A Course on Research Career and Research Funding / with UTUGS Registration now open How to use the Participant Portal parts I and II in November 2014 Yearly events around - Marie S. Curie IF and ITN (events, personal meetings) - ERC (event, clinics and training) - Academy of Finland September call (event and workshops)
Funding Sources By: Dr. Vesa RauVo Research Funding Specialist Research Services Yliopistonmäki, main building, room 209 University of Turku Tel +358 (0)2 333 6076 vesa.rauvo@utu.fi
EURAXESS Researchers in Motion hfp://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/general/index Job vacancies A tool for applicants Rights and obligavons Other services Helps researches and their family on issues regarding mobility Links to career opportunives: USA, Japan, China, Singapore and India
Horizon 2020 Biggest EU Research and InnovaVon programme ever with nearly 80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) Challenge- based approach, considerable freedom to come up with innovavve soluvons Broad topics Simple rules for parvcipavon = faster and lighter process and administravon IMPACT, IMPACT, IMPACT! Cross- cuwng issues mainstreamed (e.g. Social sciences, gender, internavonal co- operavon...)
Topic decided? Top-down (projects) Challenges and aims predefined by polivcians, pla]orms, networks You can find the call texts in the work programmes Call Vmetable and documents will be published in ParVcipant Portal Bo9om- up (researchers) For ERC and Marie Sklodowska- Curie acvons Also other acvons in excellent science part The Researcher is free to decide the topic Criteria Excellence (ERC) or Training, Impact etc (Marie Curie) Oyen no need for consorva
The structure of Horizon 2020: Three pillars I EXCELLENT SCIENCE European Research Council (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Open Proactive Flagships Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) actions: training and career development Research infrastructures II INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies ICT nanotechnologies advanced materials biotechnology manufacturing and processes space Access to risk finance: loans & equity Innovation in SMEs III SOCIETAL CHALLENGES Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Secure societies protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens. Also Science with and for society and Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Joint Research Centre (JRC); EIT, European Institute of Technology
Marie Sklodowska-Curie The objecvve is to support the career development and training of researchers with a focus on innovavon skills Increase the creavve and innovavve potenval of experienced researchers* Training, internavonal and intersectoral mobility European context (EU Member States and Associated Countries) or outside Europe. Aims to boost the careers of individual researchers that show great potenval, considering their experience. * 4 years ayer masters or PhD
Individual Fellowships
Academy of Finland FUNDING FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS Academy projects (all research fields), targeted projects, research programmes (for instance ArcVc programme) FUNDING FOR RESEARCHERS Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy Research Fellow, Academy Professor SPECIAL FUNDING FOR RESEARCHERS Clinical Researcher, International Researcher Mobility Based on Bilateral Agreements
Tekes Funding for research organisations Public research networked with companies Tekes' most common funding instrument for research projects The aim is to achieve competence and results that can be used as a springboard for the companies' own research and development projects. Tekes funds typically 60 % of the project costs. New knowledge and business from research ideas The project group prepares the commercialisavon of the research idea
Foundations, Aurora database hfp://www.aurora- Vetokanta.fi/ Aurora database can be used for searching for funding opportunives in sciences, arts and culture The database lists some 800 funding organisavons and new funding opportunives
Few more points In Turku you can contact us at researchservices@utu.fi Always approach the research services staff in Vme! Do not apply for everything Focus! The same applicavon will not work for different calls Could you apply together with somebody, not compete from neighboring rooms? Do not get discouraged if you do not receive funding, learn from the feedback Use the knowledge in your network: Which funding to target, could someone read you proposal (they might have acted as a referee for some funding) Follow the guidelines