Transcript Marie Curie Actions (FP 6) Training, Mobility and Career Development Opportunities for Researchers Warsaw, 31.03.2004 Sebastian Stetter KoWi Marie Curie – Fellowships in FP 6 FP 6

Marie Curie Actions (FP 6)
Training, Mobility and Career Development
Opportunities for Researchers
Warsaw, 31.03.2004
Sebastian Stetter
KoWi
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FP 6 - Activities and Instruments
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Marie Curie: Who is it for, and where
can I go?
• Nationals from EU, Acceeding states, Associated
States, Third countries
• Host institutions can be in EU, Acceeding states,
Associated states, Third countries
• Mobility: The researcher should not be a national
of the state in which he/she plans to move and
carry out research. And: The researcher has not
lived, worked or studied in the country he wants
to move to for more than 12 months out of the
three years immediately prior to either the time
of application, or the start of work.
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Scientists/institutions
• Scientists
– Early stage researchers: less than 4 years active
research experience
– experienced researchers: more than four years of active
research experience or doctorate degree
– Very experienced researchers: at least 10 years of
active research experience.
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• Institutions
– Organisations which are actively involved in research
and/or research training
 e.g. universities, research bodies, enterprises (incl.
SME)
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Marie Curie Fellowships · What‘s so
special about it
• No age limit, but based on experience and
expertise
• The programme is open to scientists and host
institutions from/in Third Countries
• Promoting Excellence
• Return Mechanisms
(incl. mechanisms to reintegrate European
world-class researchers in Europe)
• Marie Curie ‚Label‘
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Marie Curie activities – Overview
4 categories of MC activities in FP6:
1) Individual-driven actions
2) Excellence promotion and recognition
3) Return and Reintegration Mechanisms
4) Host-driven actions
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1) Individual-driven actions - Basics
• Experienced Researchers (at least 4 years of
active research experience or PhD)
• Application together with host institution
• Fellowship granted for 1-2 years
• Aim: advanced training and transfer of
knowledge
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Individual-driven actions: Financing for
researchers
• Monthly living allowance: basic monthly
amount paid according to research experience
of the researcher (Euro 47 000 per year for
experienced researchers under employment
contract, plus correction coefficient)
• Mobility allowance: monthly payment of a fixed
amount to cover expenses related to the
mobility (Euro 500 without family, 800 with
family, plus correction coefficient)
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Individual-driven actions: Financing for
researchers
• Contribution to the participation expenses:
500€/month for non-laboratory based
research projects
750€/month for laboratory based projects
• Yearly travel allowance: fixed amount based
on the distance between the two locations
• Career exploratory allowance: one single
payment of 2000 € / fellow, to attend
interviews, additional courses, etc.
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Individual-driven actions: Financing for
the institution
• Contribution to management costs
normally up to a maximum of 3% of the
Community contribution
• Contribution to overheads:
normally a maximum of 10% of the direct
costs
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Individual-driven actions
Three types of individual-driven actions:
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF)
Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowships
(OIF)
Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowships
(IIF)
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Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) Basics
• for experienced researchers moving from a
Member State (MS) or Associated State (AS) to
another MS/AS
• Aim: provide advanced training tailored to the
researchers' individual needs in order to become
independent.
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Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) How does it work in practice
• The researcher applies to the Commission jointly
with the host institution.
• If the proposal is selected, the Commission signs
a contract with the host.
• The researcher signs an agreement/contract with
the host institution.
• The researcher spends 1-2 years at the host
institution.
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Example: researcher with family, going from Lisbon
to Paris for 2 years with an Intra-European
Fellowship under an employment contract
RESEARCHER:
Living allowance:
Mobility allowance:
=> Total Living allowance + Total Mobility allowance :
Career exploratory allowance:
Travel costs:
Community Contribution for the researcher:
Research costs (lab based):
(managed by the host institution)
Total Contribution for the researcher:
HOST ORGANISATION
Overheads :
Management costs :
TOTAL Community Contribution:
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94 000 €
19 200 €
118 520 €
2000 €
2000 €
122 520 €
18 000 €
140 520 €
14 052 €
4781 €
159 353 €
Outgoing International Fellowships
(OIF)
• for experienced researchers from MS and AS
moving to a Third Country
 compulsory return phase
• Aim: Training in an internationally accepted
excellent Centre outside of Europe, followed by
applying the experience gained in a European
host organisation
• Implementation and duration: 2 Phases
– First Phase: 1-2 years in a not European area
– Second Phase: max. 1 year (normally half the
time of the first Phase) at a host institution in a
MS / AS
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Incoming International Fellowships
(IIF)
• For experienced researchers from Third countries
coming to MS or AS
Possibility of a re-integration grant for
scientists from developing countries
• Aim: Training of excellent researchers from Third
Countries in Europe; Knowledge transfer to
Europe
• Application: researcher in liaison with the host
institution as well as the re-integration host (if
there is a re-integration)
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2) Excellence promotion and
recognition
• Aim: highlight the personal achievements of
European researchers with a view to supporting
their further development and international
recognition
• 3 different actions
– Grants for Excellence Teams (EXT)
– Chairs (EXC)
– Excellence Awards (EXA)
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Grants for Excellence Teams (EXT) Basics
• Aims: support for creation and development of
European excellent research teams in MS or AS;
support of early scientific independence.
• Who applies: team leader in liaison with the host
institution in which the project will be developed
and executed
• Teams: can, e.g., be composed of 1 team leader
and 3 PhDs; teams should not exist for more
than 1 year (if so, they should be enlarged)
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Grants for Excellence Teams (EXT) Financing
For teamleader (example, in €/year):
Categories
Experienced researchers
contract
fixed amount
57.850
29.000
81.100
43.550
(4-10 years)
Very Experienced researchers
(>10 years)
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Grants for Excellence Teams (EXT) Financing
For researchers:
• Salaries
• Travel allowance
• Mobility allowance (only for ‘mobile’ researchers)
• Contribution to research and research training
expenses (is adjusted by the real costs, e.g.
publications, technicians, advanced training,
scientific approach, etc.)
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Grants for Excellence Teams (EXT) Financing
For the institution:
• Up to 3% (of the Community contribution)
Management activities incl. audit certificate
• 20 % of additional direct costs
• With prior agreement of the COM, contributions
to technical equipment
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EXAMPLE: Team hosted in Linz, Austria
- Team leader from Munich, Germany, with 7 years experience, and two children;
- doctoral student from Paris, France, without family charges;
- experienced researcher with 5 years’ experience from Warsaw, Poland, with a husband and child;
- experienced researcher with 11 years’ experience from Salzburg, Austria, without family charges.
Salaries; doctoral student: stipend; work for the entire duration of a 3-year project.
Researchers
Team leader:
Team member from Paris:
Team member from Warsaw:
Team member from Salzburg:
Total :
221,334€
67,878€
178,092€
220,710€
688,014€
Host institution
equipment expenses:
cost of the research activities:
programmer for management:
audit certificates:
Total direct costs:
60,000€
30,000€
15,000€
5000€
798,014€
overheads : 159,603€ max. (Bsp.: 45,000€)
Total EC contribution:
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843,014€
Chairs (EXC) - Basics
• Aims: Support world-class researchers for a
research period and to encourage them to
resume and advance their careers in Europe
• For: world-class researchers. This action also
addresses European „returning researchers“. It
may be developed in synergy with host-driven
actions.
• The Chair holder gives lectures and carries out
research. (50/50)
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Chairs (EXC) – Host institution
• Host institution: universities, research bodies or
enterprises in a Member State or Associated
State
• The host institution is the contractual partner of
the Commission and it has to guarantee Chair
holders the administrative and logistic support.
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3) Return and Reintegration
Mechanisms
2 types:
• European Reintegration Grants (ERG): For
researchers who have just completed a MC
fellowship
• International Reintegration Grants (IRG): For
researchers who carried out research outside
Europe for at least 5 years
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European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
• Aim: Reintegration of researchers from MS or
AS who have taken part in a Marie Curie Action
for at least two years
• Application: The researcher applies to the
Commission together with the host institution
six months before the end of their initial
fellowship.
• Project: starts usually after the MC action is
finished (exceptional cases are possible!); welldefined research project which has to be more
advanced? considerably to be better than the
original project
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European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
• Budget: The grant, which must be used within
one year, goes towards the cost of undertaking a
reintegration project. Salary is not paid for the
reintegrated researcher. (But additional
staff, equipment, travel expenses, etc.)
• The host institution must ensure the effective
and lasting reintegration of the researcher for
at least two years.
Not more than 3% of the total contribution can
be used for management activities.
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European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
• Open call with continuous submission from 15
April 2003 to 31 October 2004.
• 4 evaluation sessions/year; selection rounds take
place every 3 months (upcoming closure dates:
15th April 2004, 15th July 2004 and 14th October
2004)
• Total indicative budget: 20 M€ in 2003 and 19
M€ in 2004
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4) Host-driven actions
4 types of host-driven actions:
• Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN)
• Marie Curie Host Fellowships for Early Stage
Research Training (EST)
• Marie Curie Host Fellowships for Transfer of
Knowledge (ToK)
• Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses
comprising series of events (SCF) and large
conferences (LCF)
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Information about the application
Important information sources:
http://europa.eu.int/mariecurie-actions
http://mc-opportunities.cordis.lu
www.kowi.de
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Information about the application
How do I apply ?
Download the “InfoPack” that provides the material
you need to prepare a proposal.
http://europa.eu.int/mariecurie-actions
The „InfoPack“ contains:
• Calls for proposals
• Work Programme Human Resources and Mobility
• Guide for Proposers
• Forms
• Evaluation Guidelines
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Deadlines
• Additional calls can be expected at the end
of 2004, deadlines will be in 2005 and
2006, probably similar to the ones in the
earlier rounds
• Example: Call for Intra-European
Fellowships in December 2002, deadlines in
March 2003 and February 2004
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Marie Curie Fellowships · Contact
persons
Office Bonn: Viola Tegethoff
Tel.: +49-228-95997-14
[email protected]
Office Brussels: Sebastian Stetter
Tel.: +32-2-54802-14
[email protected]
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