Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and intersectoral mobility of researchers Marco Ferraro Trieste, AREA SCIENCE PARK 22 Giugno 2016 www.apre.it APRE 2013
Agenda WHY do businesses should apply to the MSCA? WHAT opportunities do the MSCA offer? WHICH MSCA should you choose? PRACTICAL information and useful links
WHY do businesses should apply to the MSCA?
Policy context: The EU produces the largest number of PhDs but it needs more researchers in the business sector!!
MSCA projects approved 2015-2016 92 SMEs 120 Other non academic sector
Benefits for Businesses
Benefits: 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, Communication) Provide supervised on-the-job training via recruitments or secondments Provide a platform for transfer of knowledge and acquisition of new skills
WHAT opportunities do the MSCA offer?
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions in Horizon 2020: 6.2 billion budget Funds ALL RESEARCH AREAS (no thematic calls or priorities) Trainin g Implemented via Annual Calls for Proposals Career Marie S-Curie Actions Mobility www.apre.it APRE 2013
ITN Innovative Training Networks RISE Research & Innovation Staff Exchange IF Individual Fellowships www.apre.it APRE 2013
Funding Model Categories of eligible costs Costs of researchers/seconded staff member PER MONTH Institutional costs PER MONTH Marie Skłodowska- Curie action ITN (100%) IF (100%) 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) 3 110 600 500 -- 1 800 1 200 4 650 600 500 -- 800 650 -- -- -- 2 000 1 800 700
WHICH MSCA should you choose?
Participant Organisations: Inter-Sectoral Cooperation
Who do you want to host/recruit?
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 Fellowship s 1 2 years Standard Reintegrati on Career Restart Society/ Enterprise Global Fellowships 2 3 years (incl. 12 months back in Europe)
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
IF Calls 2016/2017 CALL Opening Date Closing Date Call Budget* H2020-MSCA-IF- 2016 H2020-MSCA-IF- 2017 Results the following February Start: the following May Postpone for up to 12 months Success rates: EF ~ 18%; GF ~ 11% 12-Apr-2016 14-Sep-2016 218.5 million 11-Apr-2017 14-Sep-2017 248 million
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 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 www.apre.it APRE 2013
RISE Calls 2016/2017 H2020-MSCA-RISE- 2017 CALL Opening Date Closing Date Call Budget 1-Dec-2016 5-Apr-2017 80 million 2015 Success rate: 26%
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 undergrad Mobility rule applies
A Typical ITN Consortium of organisations from different countries and sectors 1. Beneficiaries: recruit researcher(s) for up to 36 months 2. Partner Organisations: host secondments/provide training Propose a joint research programme 48 months long Recruit researchers across the consortium each researcher has an Individual Research Project Researchers must not have lived in the country of their host for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to recruitment (Mobility Rule) Advanced research skills and transferable skills training Networking events Secondments for each researcher to another sector (academic to non-academic, or vice-versa) www.apre.it APRE 2013
3 ITN Modes European Training Networks (ETN) European Joint Doctorates (EJD) European Industrial Doctorates (EID) Participation by the non-academic sector is a requirement for all 3 modes www.apre.it APRE 2013
ITN Calls 2016/2017 CALL Opening Date Closing Date Indicative Budget H2020-MSCA-ITN- 2017 15-Sep-2016 10-Jan-2017 ETN = 370M EJD = 32M EID = 28M Success rates: ETN 6.3% EJD 9.2% EID 9.6%
Practical Information and Useful Links
Evaluation Criteria Criterion Weighting Priority (ex-aequo) Excellence 50% 1 Impact 30% 2 Implementation 20% 3 Overall threshold of 70% No individual thresholds
Evaluation Panels Chemistry (CHE) Physics (PHY) Mathematics (MAT) Life Sciences (LIF) Economic Sciences (ECO) ICT and Engineering (ENG) Social Sciences & Humanities (SOC) Earth & Environmental Sciences (ENV) Proposals are read by at least 3 disciplinary experts Distribution of awards across Panels is proportional to # of proposals received Results communicated 5 months after Call deadline From Call deadline to Grant Agreement Signature 8 months max.
Useful Links Where to get more information? MSCA Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ Horizon 2020 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ How to apply for MSCA? Participant Portal: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
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