Marie
SkłodowskaCurie Actions
Your research career in
Europe
"Destination Europe"
San Jose, 12 February 2015
Klaus-Günther BARTHEL
Head of Unit
EU Research Executive Agency
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training
Networks
What are the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions?
A European Union funded programme for structuring researcher
training, mobility and career development
Objectives
Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s
intellectual capital
to generate new skills, knowledge and innovation
Budget 2014-2020: € 6.162 billion
What do the MSCA offer you?
• Prestigious career opportunities
• Excellent working conditions: employment contracts, full social
security etc.
• Very competitive salaries
• Opportunities to work and train with the best researchers in
Europe and worldwide
• Whole career training: complementary skills
• Access to top level conferences, professional associations & Marie
Curie Alumni
Who, what and where?
• Who: All levels of research experience from PhD student
upwards: there are actions for different levels of experience.
• What: All areas of research are supported: bottom-up
approach
• Where: Anywhere: any research performing organisation,
public or private worldwide - there are actions for European and
international mobility.
Why?
As a researcher I want to…
 Undertake a project in Europe
 Spend my time at leading labs in Europe
 Be part of a well-established and prestigious
programme
 Benefit from good working conditions
Marie
SkłodowskaCurie Actions
Why?
I want to…
 Work with businesses
 Be part of a short-term exchange
 Bring a researcher from Europe at no cost to my
employer
Marie
SkłodowskaCurie Actions
Why?
Excellence
Training
Research
Innovation
Knowledge
Skills
Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Actions
Mobility
> € 6.1 billion
in 2014-2020
Optimum development and dynamic use
of Europe’s intellectual capital
Where?
Mobility to …
28 EU Member
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Germany,
Greece, Finland, France,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
•
12 Associated Countries*
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•
•
•
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Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Faroe Islands, FYROM, Iceland,
Israel, Moldova, Montenegro,
Norway, Serbia, Switzerland,
Turkey
•
* on 17.12.2015
Marie
SkłodowskaCurie Actions
Why?
Employability
Short-term employability
• MC fellowships very effective in
improving fellows’ short-term
employability.
• MC fellows are more likely (+8%) of
•
obtaining a permanent position after
the fellowship.
MC fellows are more likely to obtain
an ERC grant
MC fellows
100%
80%
34%
60%
6%
10%
4%
86%
40%
61%
20%
other
unemployed
employed
0%
Before
Six-months after
Retention by hosts
• MC fellows more likely to be retained by hosts, especially after long fellowships
(+11% prob.)
Marie Curie researchers and their long-term career development: a comparative study (2014)
~540
Results 2007-13
1097
727
~1712
# of US host organisations (International Outgoing Fellowships): 732
# of US participations in International Research Staff Exchange Schemes: 193
2014 results to
come
Global
Fellowships
1-12 month
staff
exchanges
European
Fellowships
Reintegration
Fellowships
1-12 month
staff
exchanges
Fellowships
to gain PhD
Includes all domains of research and innovation
> 10.600 projects funded (2007-2013)
No nationality restriction; open to researchers
at all career stages
> 50 000 researchers of 141 nationalities
– 23% from Third Countries (2007-2013)
A global scope with cross-border and cross-sector
mobility as key components
> 84 countries - 49 non MS/AC (2007-2013)
Level of involvement is proportional to the
participant's needs
> 19 700 participations of various host organisations
– 7.5% from the private sector (2007-2013)
What actions?
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Innovative
Training
Networks
Individual
Fellowships
Research and
Innovation
Staff
Exchange
Co-funding of
programmes
ITN
early-stage
researchers
(< 4 years)
Doctoral and initial training: European Training
Networks, European Industrial Doctorates,
European Joint Doctorates
IF
Support for experienced researchers to undertake
international and inter-sector mobility, incl. career
restart and reintegration
RISE
International and inter-sector cooperation through
the exchange of staff
experienced
researchers
(> 4 years)
COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and international
programmes:
- doctoral programmes (ESR)
- fellowship programmes (ER)
How to apply?
Depends on experience and type of mobility
Experience: Support for 2 categories of researchers:
Early Stage Researcher: Less than 4 years of research experience*, and
without a doctoral degree ("pre-doc")
Experienced Researcher: In possession of a doctoral degree or at least 4
years of res. experience* ("post-doc")
*counted from the time when the researcher is entitled to embark on a
doctoral degree
Support for two types of mobility:
European:
moving from outside Europe into Europe
moving within Europe
Global:
moving from Europe to outside of Europe –
NB. compulsory return phase of one year (fully funded)
2 ways to be supported:
Apply for your own fellowship
or
Apply to a project
1. Apply for your own fellowship
Directly to the
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
with a hosting institution
 Experienced researchers
In possession of a doctoral degree, or have 4 years of full-time
research experience at the time of the call deadline
Individual Fellowships
Individual trans-national post-doctoral
fellowships for the best and most promising
experienced researchers
Two types depending on the mobility of the
researcher
Within or into Europe - European Fellowships
Outside Europe - Global Fellowships
IF Topics
European and Global
For fellows coming to or moving
within Europe (12-24 months)
Any Experienced Researcher may
submit only one proposal to this
call for proposals
For fellows from Europe going to Third countries
(12-24 months) and returning (12 months)
Main Features
• Mobility: Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main
activity in the country of the host organisation for more than 12 months
in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline
• Any scientific domain: 8 scientific panels covering all possible
research subjects: CHE, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF, MAT, PHY, SOC
• Duration of projects: 1-2 years
• Focus on career development
• Open to hosts from both academic and non-academic sectors
• Secondments to / from the non-academic sector: 3 – 6 months
• Strengthening networking capabilities both for researchers and for
organisations involved
• Separate multidisciplinary panels for Career Restart and
Reintegration
Reintegration Panel
Return and reintegration of researchers into a longer term
research position in Europe
•
Separate multi-disciplinary reintegration panel (RI)
•
Researchers must be a national or long-term resident of a Member
State (MS)/Associate Country (AC)
•
Long term resident: at least 5 consecutive years of research activity
in one or more MS/AC
•
Mobility rule different: Applicants must not have resided or carried out
their main activity in the country of the host organisation for more than 36
months in the 5 years immediately prior to the call deadline
•
Mobility into Europe is essential
The Financial Dimension
Monthly rates
Research,
networking,
training costs
800 €
Management and
indirect costs
650 € Family allowance
Living allowance*
4650§ €
Mobility allowance
600§ €
500§ €
* Living allowance subject to country correction coefficient
§
Amount quoted is gross amount before deductions
Next call: March 2015
Opens: 12 March 2015
Closes: 10 September 2015 @ 17:00:00
Brussels time
Budget: €215m
Are you eligible?
 Experienced researcher of any nationality
 International mobility within or into EU Member States
(MS) and Associated Countries (AC)
 Meet the mobility rule: Applicants must not have
resided or carried out their main activity in the country
of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the
3 years immediately prior to the call deadline
 NB: check different mobility rules for Career Restart and
Reintegration panels.
To prepare:
 Look for a host institute and supervisor (you can only
submit one application per call)
 Design your research project
 Consider appropriate secondment options
 Think about the proposal in the context of the
Evaluation Criteria (see Work Programme available
on the Participant Portal and Guide for Applicants for
the most recent call
Guide for Applicants published with the Call
2. Apply to a project
 Doctoral student level
Innovative Training Networks
• Research training for obtaining a PhD
• transnational network in multi/interdisciplinary & emerging
fields
• training
primarily
through
research
on
individual,
personalised research projects
• complemented by substantial training modules in key
transferable skills
• Exposure to the non-academic sector as elementary part of
the training
• Working with the best
internationally
• Fellowships of 3-36 months
researchers
in
Europe
and
Main Features
• Exposure to the non-academic sector as elementary part of
the training
• Joint supervision with business (including SMEs) or other
non-ac. partners
• Project of up to 4 years duration and fellowships of 3-36
months
Research,
networking,
training costs
1800 €
Management and
indirect costs
1200 €
Living allowance
3110 €
Mobility
allowance
600 €
Family allowance
500 €
How to apply for a fellowship
• All projects publish their vacancies on the Marie Curie website,
Euraxess, NatureJobs, etc.
• !!! Check the MSCA website frequently !!!
• Funding levels defined by the MSCA - employment contracts with full
social security
• Duration: max 3 year PhD training
2. Apply to a
Cofunded Call
doctoral student and post-doc
Cofunding of regional, national and
international doctoral and fellowship
programmes
Why: to stimulate the regional, national or international programmes to
foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career
development i.e. to spread the best practices of the MSCA
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Opportunities for researchers from all countries
Researchers comply with the mobility rules of the MSCA
Open and transparent: calls/vacancies widely publicised
How to apply
for a doctoral position or a fellowship
• Known calls are always listed on EURAXESS, Nature Jobs and of course,
in the MSCA Website! !!! Check the MSCA website frequently !!!
• Future calls will be advertised there also
• Eligibility depends on the call - consult the documentation carefully
• The financial dimension: what is the minimum which hosting institutions
should pay their COFUND fellows:
Management costs
325 €
Remuneration*
costs Early-stage
2597 €
Remuneration
costs Experienced
3675 €
researchers
researchers
*minimum total costs related to the employment of the fellows
Meet our
fellows
Ben Martin
Marie Curie ITN: CREAM
Joint doctorate: Free University of Amsterdam
and the University of Potsdam
Research: working on linking chemical stress
measured on individuals to effects at the
population level
Now at University of California Santa Barbara.
The Marie Curie Fellowships are probably the best funded fellowships for
PhD students and postdocs I know of, especially regarding mobility. And
the emphasis on mobility is incredibly useful for establishing and
maintaining collaborations with the international leaders in your field.
Thus, I established collaborations with researchers across Europe and
even back in the United States.
Also, the opportunity to experience living and working in Europe was
one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I think that it is a
pretty common experience for graduate students to feel like their PhD
will never end, but for me it went by too fast, like most good holidays.
Brennan Bailey
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From Texas
Doing a postdoc at École Polytechnique Fédérale
(EPFL) in Lausanne
Research: Studying how to fabricate electrically
conductive epoxy capable of restoring electrical
conductivity, and mechanical and barrier properties
upon damage.
Marie Curie project: Superior www.superiornetwork.eu
"What exactly has made my research experience in Europe so
wonderful? A combination of things, including the
collaborative spirit of the project I am working within, the
ease of travel from country to country, the willingness of
colleagues to invite me into their countries and homes, the
challenge of a new culture and language, and the freedom
and challenge to design and execute a research project in a
new lab setting. This experience has enabled so many new
and exciting adventures in my work and in my life!"
Oliver Schmidtke
IIF Marie Curie Project: "Migration Policy"
Professor of Political Science and History,
Director of Global Studies
Involved in collaborative international
research projects focusing on
different aspects of
immigration and integration in
North American and European
societies, www.culturalcapital.net).
"I am proud that my Marie Curie IIF
fellowship contributed to advancing
research partnerships between
continents"
Experts wanted!
MSCA website:
http://ec.europa.eu/msca
Thank you
for your
attention!
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Mobility Portal:
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/