General introduction to Horizon 2020 Information on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, in particular, Individual Fellowships

General introduction to Horizon 2020 Information on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, in particular, Individual Fellowships For Dept. of Social Medicine 09-09-2014 Tomris Cesuroglu

Purpose of this presenta/on: Get you acquainted with Horizon 2020 in general Get you acquainted with the Marie Skłodowska- Curie Ac;ons (MSCA) and share my experience and some /ps on Individual Fellowships (IF) If we have /me, very briefly introduce the Societal Challenges pillar Please note that this is not a formal, all- inclusive presenta5on on Horizon 2020 or its components. I ll give you links at the end so that you can explore such details yourself.

Introduc/on EC Funding Horizon 2020 Outline Marie Skłodowska- Curie Ac/ons» Individual Fellowships Personal Experience with Marie Curie Fellowship Personal background Marie Curie applica/on and aqerwards Some of the success factors Recommenda/ons Support tools If 5me permits: Societal Challenges programme within Horizon 2020

EC funding European Commission has several funding programmes, run by different Directorates- General (DGs) DG Research (Research and Innova/on) DG SANCO (Health and Consumers) DG Jus/ce etc. Each have their own funding programme, rules, style, forms, etc. Horizon 2020 is the programme of DG Research

hzp://ec.europa.eu/programmes/ horizon2020/en/news/horizon- 2020- video- general- overview

What is Horizon 2020? (Official) Framework funding programme for all EU research & innova;on- related ac;vi;es (2014-2020) The total budget almost 80 billion A core part of Europe 2020, Innova;on Union & European Research Area: Aim to enhance the innova/on capacity and compe//veness of Europe Strengthening EU s posi/on in research, innova/on and technology Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth Addressing people s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

Horizon 2020 in brief, 1 From science to economy and society: Enhancing technology readiness level Funding of pre- compe//ve research Excellence as major criterion Integra/on of all pre- compe//ve research Coherent set of rules and regula/ons Slides borrowed from W. Wolters, CRISP, UM 09-09-2014, Slide borrowed SOCMED, from T. Willem Cesuroglu Wolters, CRISP, FHML, UM

Horizon 2020 in brief, 2 Three major pillars of programs: Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges frontier research applied research whole value chain 09-09-2014, Slide modified SOCMED, from T. Willem Cesuroglu Wolters, CRISP, FHML, UM

Horizon 2020 structure Excellent Science European Research Council (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Marie Skłodowska- Curie Ac/ons (MSCA) Research Infrastructures Industrial Leadership Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEIT) - ICT, KETs, Space Access to Risk Finance Innova/on in SMEs Societal Challenges Health and Wellbeing Food security Transport Energy Climate ac/on Socie/es Security Widening Participation; Science with and for Society European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) EURATOM Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Marie Skłodowska- Curie Ac/ons (MSCA) in Horizon 2020 Operates in a bozom- up basis / inves/gator driven Open to all research and innova/on domains from basic research to market take- up Mobility is a key requirement Aim: develop new knowledge / enhance skills of people behind research and innova/on Dissemina/on and public engagement through public outreach ac/vi/es Total budget: 6.2bn (compared with 4.7bn in FP7) (In FP7, it was called Marie Curie Ac/ons)

Defini/ons Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Experienced Researcher (ER) Academic sector Non- academic sector At the /me of recruitment (ITN) or secondment (RISE) by the host organisa/on, must be in the first 4 years (full- /me research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree At the /me of the call deadline (IF) or secondment (RISE) by the host organisa/on, must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 4 years of full- /me equivalent research experience Includes universi/es (public and private), higher educa/on ins/tu/ons (public and private), non- profit research ins/tu/ons (public and private), research founda/ons, research ins/tu/ons associated to founda/ons, interna/onal European interest organisa/ons Includes any socio- economic actor not included in the academic sector Mobility Rule: At the /me of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, or recruitment/secondment by the host organisa/on, depending on the ac/on, researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main ac/vity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organisa/on for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date.

MSCA in Horizon 2020: 4 Ac/ons ITN IEF IOF IIF CIG IAPP IRSES Action 1 ITN Early-stage Researchers Action 2 IF Experienced Researchers Action 3 RISE Exchange of Staff Innova;ve Training Networks Support for doctoral and early- stage training European Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, European Joint Doctorates Individual Fellowships Support for experienced researchers undertaking interna/onal and inter- sector mobility: European Fellowships and Global Fellowships Dedicated support for career restart and reintegra;on Research and Innova;on Staff Exchange Interna/onal and inter- sector coopera/on through the exchange of staff COFUND Action 4 COFUND Co- funding of regional, na;onal and interna;onal programmes - Doctoral programmes - Fellowship programmes

Individual Fellowships Aim to enhance the crea%ve and innova%ve poten%al of experienced researchers wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisi%on at mul5- or interdisciplinary level through advanced training, interna%onal and intersectoral mobility Supports Experienced Researchers only Opportuni/es to acquire new knowledge and work on research in a European context, or outside Europe Specific support for return and reintegra/on of researchers to Europe who have previously worked here Supports career restart for individuals with high poten/al

Individual Fellowships European Fellowships 12-24 months From any country to Member States or Associated Countries (MS/AC) Separate mul/- disciplinary panels for career restart* and reintegra/on* Global Fellowships 12-24 months plus 12 month return phase Secondment from MS/ AC to third country Mandatory 12 month return phase in Europe (not subject to mobility rule) *Different mobility rules apply for career restart (CAR) and reintegra%on (RIG) grants

Introduc/on EC Funding Horizon 2020 Outline Marie Skłodowska- Curie Ac/ons» Individual Fellowships Personal Experience with Marie Curie Fellowship Personal background Marie Curie applica/on and aqerwards Some of the success factors Recommenda/ons Support tools Societal Challenges programme within Horizon 2020 (if /me permits)

My career before Marie Curie Fellowship 2002, HaceZepe University (Ankara, Turkey), Medical Doctor 2002-2004, BSS Consultancy (Istanbul), health care systems and policies 2005-2009 GENAR Ins/tute for Public Health and Genomics Research (HaceZepe Uni. Science Park, Ankara, Turkey), Research and Development Coordinator Developed a health service model called Gentest Piloted on more than 500 individuals Iden/fied as a Best Prac/ce Model in Europe by Public Health Genomics European Network

Marie Curie applica/on We ve been collabora/ng with the professor at the Ins/tute for Public Health Genomics at UM since 2006 and she invited me to work there. Project: P4- MEDICINE@EU Evalua/on of a Best Prac/ce Model for Personalized Health Care within Public Health Genomics Proposal I wrote the proposal in June- July 2010. Got feedbacks/approval of the supervisor and another colleague Got feedback from UM FHML Fundraiser Willem Wolters at CRISP Got reference lezers Applied in August 2010

AQer the applica/on Results were declared in November 2010 (only scores). Invita/on to nego/a/on in December 2010 (good news before Christmas holiday). Prepara/on and signing of the Grant Agreement between EC and UM (January- April 2011) Employment contract (April 2011) Project: 1 May 2011-30 April 2013 Suspended and extended due to maternity and parental leaves and ended on 12 February 2014.

Some of the success factors - I Complementarity between the fellow, her past career, the project, the host and the future career plans. The project and the host was a natural con/nuum of my past career. The project and the host was one of the most reasonable future I could pursue. Not a classical (academic) research career, but a successful one. Past achievements An innova/ve service model in health care Not always necessarily publica/ons The reference lezers also complemented the main messages in the proposal. I set an asser/ve career goal and a coherent strategy to reach that.

Some of the success factors - II The proposal was reflec/ng me. Moving from one sector (privately funded research) to another one (academic research) Experience with wri/ng project proposals Experience with EC Framework Programmes (partnered an FP6 Integra/ve Project)

Recommenda/ons - I First Choose your supervisor wisely. Ask opinions of the researchers he/she supervised before. Planning Read, study and understand the MC Fellowship (applica/on) guidelines very well. The main output of the MC Fellowships are 'fellows' with new skills (not only technical and scien/fic, but also complementary skills ). Horizon 2020 is a research and innova/on programme for all sectors, not only academia, not the same with conven/onal academic post- doc fellowships, such as Veni. You can talk to Willem Wolters at CRISP, FHML, UM. Very responsive and helpful.

Recommenda/ons - II Planning (cont.) Make your /ming wisely. Consider summer holidays of The supervisor Wri;ng People who can give you feedback Be genuine; be sincere. Be open; be consistent when wri/ng the proposal. Make sure that it is the right person, right project, right host. Excellent research is not enough. Beware of the buzz words (inter- sectoral and inter- disciplinary work, hands- on training, training through research, complementary skills, etc.). Be crea/ve on how to achieve your complementary skills.

Other Recommenda/ons - III Grant agreement prepara/ons (nego/a/ons) BeZer to involve in that process Read financial guidelines; ask ques/ons as and when necessary Salary and other benefits of Marie Curie Fellows AZrac/ve but also depends on the country Talk/write to Marie Curie fellows in that country/ins/tu/on, e.g. via LinkedIn groups or Na/onal Contact Points of the host country Maternity and parental leaves: as other researchers in that university If you are new to grant wri/ng, consider going to courses and workshops about it.

Horizon 2020 online resources Horizon 2020 main page hzp://ec.europa.eu/horizon2020/ How to get funding? (Horizon 2020) hzp://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/how- get- funding Marie Skłodowska- Curie Ac/ons web site hzp://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieac/ons/ Research Par/cipants Portal (calls and applica/ons) hzp://ec.europa.eu/research/par/cipants/portal CORDIS the portal to disseminate informa/on on all EU- funded research projects and their results (FP5, FP6, Horizon 2020) hzp://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html

RVO Rijksdienst Ondernemend Nederland Na/onal Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon 2020 in the Netherlands (In the past, it was Agentschap) Ques/ons by email Info days Trainings hzp://www.rvo.nl/subsidies- regelingen/horizon- 2020- onderzoek- en- innova/e Also, for individual fellowships, you can contact the NCP of the host country.

UM / Maastricht UMC+ CRISP - Centre for Research Innova/on, Support and Policy Grants office, Mr. Willem Wolters Info days (for example for Marie Curie, around March) Personal contact I am willing to help with your ideas or ques/ons as well.

Other sources Horizon 2020 Experts page hzp://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/experts Health Programme of DG SANCO hzp://ec.europa.eu/health/programme/policy/ index_en.htm Grant finding portal (for Maastricht University) www.researchprofessional.com

hzp://ec.europa.eu/programmes/ horizon2020/en/news/horizon- 2020- video- how- apply

Thank you! t.cesuroglu@maastrichtuniversity.nl