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Info session on MSCA 2014

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Belgian information session

Brussels, 12.02.2014

Bodo RICHTER

European Commission, DG EAC.C3

Research careers; Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

Education

and Culture

Excellence

Research

Training

Skills

Mobility

MSCA

Education

and Culture

86%: Strengthened collaboration

Shanghai top 500 -> 2/3 participating in MCA

Top R&D investors in Europe -> 9 out of 10 participating in MCA

92%: Good impact on career prospects (ITN fellows)

FP7 MCA Achievements Interim Evaluation

Education

and Culture

Education

and Culture

Belgian participation in FP7 MCA

165.4 million EUR allocated to

Belgian institutes

537 participations in FP7 MCA

projects

378 Belgian researchers funded *

838 researchers coming to

Belgium on MCA fellowships *

CIG 1,83%

COFUND 17,34%

IAPP 10,72%

IEF 10,09%

IIF 2,71%

IOF 3,35%

IRSES 1,48%

ITN 52,48%

Budget by Action

CIG

COFUND

IAPP

IEF

IIF

IIFR

IOF

IRSES

ITN

* IRSES researchers not included.

Overall

Belgian FP7

MCA sucess

rate: 15,7%


Top 15 nationalities of

researchers* coming to Belgium

Belgium – the 9th most active

country in terms of EU contribution

granted to the FP7 MCA projects

* IRSES researchers not included.

Education

and Culture


Belgian – most active organisations in terms of EU contribution

granted to the FP7 MCA projects

Legal Name Activity

Type

EU

contribution

(ML EUR)

% of the total EU

contribution to BE grant

holders

Number of

Participations % of all BE grant holders

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN HES 38.93 23.54% 124 23.13%

UNIVERSITEIT GENT HES 12.53 7.58% 52 9.70%

VIB REC 11.23 6.79% 41 7.65%

UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE HES 10.95 6.62% 18 3.36%

UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE

LOUVAIN HES 9.79 5.92% 34 6.34%

Education

and Culture

Horizon 2020

MSCA

MSCA Objective

Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of

Europe’s intellectual capital in order to generate new

skills, knowledge and innovation

Budget 2014-2020: 6 162 million € (current prices)

€800 million granted to the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-

Curie fellows in 2014 calls

Education

and Culture

Attract and retain research talent

Develop state-of-the-art, innovative training schemes, consistent with the highly competitive and increasingly inter-disciplinary requirements of research and innovation

Promote sustainable career development in research and innovation

Focus on delivering new knowledge and skills, in line with the key driver identified in the strategic programming approach

Contribute to a strong partnership with MS via the co-funding mechanism

Strategic programming approach

Education

and Culture

Open to all domains of research and innovation from basic research up to market take-up and innovation services (bottom-up)

Participation of non-academic sector strongly encouraged, especially industry and SMEs

Mobility as the key requirement - funding on condition participants move from one country to another

Promotion of attractive working and employment conditions

Particular attention to gender balance

Public engagement of supported researchers

Key features

Education

and Culture

~ 65.000 researchers to be supported, including 25.000 PhD candidates

~ 200.000 scientific publications in high impact peer-reviewed journals

~ 1.500 patent applications

~ 100 spin-offs created

~ 350-400 new regional / national / international programmes to be created targeting international and intersectoral training, and career development of research and innovation staff

2014-2020

Expected impact

Education

and Culture

Innovative

Training Networks

ITN Doctoral and initial training for early-stage

researchers

Individual

Fellowships

IF Support for experienced researchers undertaking

international and inter-sector mobility

Research and

Innovation Staff

Exchange

RISE International and inter-sector cooperation through

the exchange of staff

Co-funding of

programmes

COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and international

programmes:

- doctoral programmes

- fellowship programmes

Support and policy actions European Researchers' Night (NIGHT)

NCP support

MSCA in H2020

Education

and Culture

Award criteria: Key features

In line with all other programmes in H2020

Set out in Art. 14 of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation

3 award criteria:

o Excellence (50% weighting)

o Impact (30% weighting)

o Implementation (20% weighting)

NIGHT will use criteria of all H2020 Coordination & Support Actions

All elements of the criteria similar for all MSCA, identical wording for

impact towards the programme objectives

More clarifications in the Part B of the Guide for Applicants for each

action

Education

and Culture

Award criteria: Key features

Evaluation scores will be awarded for each of the criteria, not for their

individual elements

Each criterion scored from 0 to 5 - decimal points will be given:

o 0 - The proposal fails to address the criterion under examination or

cannot be judged due to missing or incomplete information

o 1 - Poor. The criterion is addressed in an inadequate manner, or there are

serious inherent weaknesses.

o 2 - Fair. While the proposal broadly addresses the criterion, there are significant

weaknesses.

o 3 - Good. The proposal addresses the criterion well, although improvements

would be necessary.

o 4 - Very good. The proposal addresses the criterion very well, although

certain improvements are still possible.

o 5 - Excellent. The proposal successfully addresses all relevant aspects of the

criterion in question. Any shortcomings are minor.

Total score subject to a threshold of 70%

Education

and Culture

Education

and Culture

EU contribution

Contribution fully based on unit costs (person-month) –> MSCA calls

New approach to country coefficients

Country coefficients applicable to living allowances in ITN and IF

Two broad dimensions of unit costs: researcher and institutional

Dedicated unit cost for management and overheads

EU contribution – amounts

Categories of

eligible costs

Marie Skłodowska-

Curie action

Costs of researchers/seconded staff member (1)

Institutional costs (2)

Living allowance

(a)

Mobility allowance

(b)

Family allowance

(c)

Top-up allowance

(d)

Research, training

and networking costs

(a)

Management and

indirect costs

(b)

ITN

(100%)

3 110 600 500 -- 1 800 1 200

IF

(100%)

4 650 600 500 -- 800 650

RISE

(100%)

-- -- -- 2 000 1 800 700

COFUND

(50%)

ESR: 3 710

ER: 5 250

-- -- -- -- 650

Education

and Culture

MSCA Calls 2014-2015

Education

and Culture

ITN 11/12/2013 – 09/04/2014 02/09/2014 – 13/01/2015

EUR 405.18 million in 2014 EUR 370 million in 2015

IF 12/03/2014 – 11/09/2014 12/03/2015 – 10/09/2015

EUR 240.50 million in 2014 EUR 213.00 million in 2015

RISE 11/12/2013 – 24/04/2014 06/01/2015 – 28/04/2015


COFUND 10/04/2014 – 02/10/2014 14/04/2015 – 01/10/2015


NIGHT

11/12/2013 – 04/03/2014 EUR 8.00 million

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions:

- Website: http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie.Curie.Actions

Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020

Participant Portal (applications): http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

Education

and Culture

http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions

https://www.facebook.com/Marie.Curie.Actions



http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020

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MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS

Innovative Training

Networks (ITN)

Sally Taylor

Brussels, 12th February 2014

Objectives

• Training innovative early-stage

researchers.

• Mobility across sectors, countries and disciplines.

• Skills to match public and private sector needs.

• Attractive working and employment conditions.

• Excellence in doctoral/early-stage research training.

• Collaboration between the academia and non-academic sectors.

Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

• Academic sector: public or private higher education

establishments awarding academic degrees, public or private non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research, international European interest organisations (e.g. CERN, EMBL) and the EU's Joint Research Centre.

• Non-academic sector: includes any entity not included in the

academic sector, e.g. large companies, SMEs, NGOs, museums, hospitals, international organisations (e.g. UN).

Who can apply? • Networks of organisations involved in research and (research) training. What types of organisations can apply? • Two different types:


Participants from which countries can apply?

• EU Member States (MS) • Associated Countries (AC) • Other Third Countries (OTC)

Minimum Country Participation in an ITN

Implementation Mode

Country of participant(s)

European Training Network (ETN)

3 different countries: MS or AC

European Industrial Doctorates (EID)


European Joint Doctorates (EJD)


• Above the minimum number, participants in other countries are eligible to participate.

• Participants located in OTCs listed in Annex A to the Work Programme may receive funding.

• International organisations or participants in an OTC not listed in Annex A will only receive funding in exceptional cases.


Academic and non-academic organisations can take part as either a beneficiary or a partner organisation: NB. Each partner organisation must include a letter of commitment in Part B of the proposal. The precise role of each partner organisation should also be clearly described in the proposal.

Participants

Network Status

Signs the Grant

agreement

Recruitment of

Researchers

Training and / or Hosting of Seconded

Researchers

Participation in Supervisory Board

Directly Claims Costs

Beneficiary

Partner organisation

X

X X


Early Stage Researchers

Innovative Training Networks are exclusively for early-stage researchers in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their career and not awarded a PhD at the time of their (first) recruitment.

• Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited

Researchers recruited for min. 3 months and max. 36 months.

No restrictions based on nationality.

*experience is calculated at date of recruitment!


Mobility rule

• The researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main

activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of his/her host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her (first) recruitment.

• Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.

• Exception: for international organisations, the mobility rule does not apply to the hosting of eligible researchers. However, the appointed researcher shall not have spent more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment at the same organisation.

mobility calculated at date of recruitment!


3 implementation modes

European Training

Networks

European Joint

Doctorates

European Industrial

Doctorates

Indicative budget

349.68 MEUR 8 scientific panels

30 MEUR Separate evaluation panel

25.5 MEUR Separate evaluation panel

405.18 MEUR


Common features

• International network of partners which recruit and host ESRs based on joint research training/doctoral programme.

• Research fields chosen by applicants in multi/interdisciplinary and emerging fields of S&T.

• Training through individual research projects within the framework of the overall research topic.

• Meaningful exposure to the non-academic sector.

• Supervisory Board.

• Typical project duration 48 months.


Typical activities

• Network-wide training activities (e.g. seminars, workshops and summer schools).

• Training in key transferable skills.

• Collaboration and exchange of knowledge within the network.

• Communication & Dissemination.

• Public engagement.


European Training Networks

(ETN)

ETN

Network composition:

• Min 3 beneficiaries from 3 MS/AC. Typical size: 6-10 participants.

• Each beneficiary must recruit and host at least one researcher at its premises.

• Participation of non-academic sector considered essential.

Country 2 – MS/AC Country 3 – MS/AC

Country 1 – MS/AC

Partner Organisation(s)

European Training Networks (ETN)

ETN

• Maximum of 540 researcher months for the network.

• Secondments to other beneficiaries and/or partner organisations up to 30% of the researcher recruitment period.

• Joint supervision encouraged.

• Maximum 40% of total budget to one country.


European

Industrial Doctorates (EID)

EID

Doctoral training in collaboration with non-academic sector so that skills better match public and private sector needs.

≥ 50% of time

at non-academic

sector

+

≥ 50% PhD enrolment

at academia

How?


Objective


Academic Non-

academic


Non- Academic

Country 2

Academic

Country 1

≥ 50%

EID – 2 beneficiaries

2 beneficiaries

1 academic

1 non-academic

2 countries (MS/AC)

Max. 180 researcher- months



Academic Non-

academic


Non- Academic

Country 2

Academic

Country 1

≥ 50%

EID – Multi-beneficiaries

Non- Academic

Country 3

3+ beneficiaries

Min. 1 academic

Min. 1 non-academic

in 2 countries (MS/AC)

Additional beneficiaries any sector, any country

Max. 540 researcher- months


EID requirements


• Mandatory PhD enrolment at one of the academic partners.

• Each ESR must spend at least 50% of time at non-academic sector (beneficiaries and partner organisations).

• Mandatory joint governance structure with joint selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment procedures.

• Each ESR must be jointly supervised by at least two supervisors, one from each sector.

• Mandatory consortium agreement.

Each researcher is recruited:

- 100% by a beneficiary and sent to other partner(s) for the share of time foreseen in the project,

OR

- Separately by each beneficiary for the period of time spent there.

EID recruitment


When selecting the recruitment option, consider:

- Influence on salary (country correction coefficients)

- Ease of implementation

European Joint Doctorates

(EJD)

• Promoting international, intersectoral and multi/inter-

disciplinary collaboration in doctoral-level training in Europe.

• Creation of joint doctoral programmes.

• Delivery of joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees.

Objectives of EJDs


Joint degree : single diploma issued by at least two higher education institutions offering integrated programme and recognised officially in the countries where the degree-awarding institutions are located

Double or multiple degree: two or more separate national diplomas issued by two or more higher education institutions and recognised officially in the countries where the degree-awarding institutions are located

Joint/double/multiple degree: definitions


Network composition:

• At least 3 beneficiaries from

different MS/AC entitled to

award doctoral degrees.

Additional beneficiaries or partner

organisations from any country,

sector and discipline.

• Participation of non-academic

sector essential.


Academic Academic

Academic

Country 2

Country 1

Academic

Non-academic

Country 3

Partner organisations

joint

multiple

double

EJD requirements:

• Mandatory enrolment in the joint doctoral programme.

• Mandatory provision of joint, double or multiple degrees (letters

of institutional commitment signed by a legal representative needed

in the proposal).

• Mandatory joint governance structure with joint admission,

selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment procedures.


EJD

• Maximum of 540 researcher months for the network.

• Secondments to other beneficiaries and/or partner organisations up to 30% of the researcher recruitment period.

• Maximum 40% of total budget to one country.

• Recruitment strategy up to the consortium, depending on the institutions requirements - options as in EID (one or more beneficiaries can recruit).


Evaluation

Criteria

Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation Criteria

• Some elements of each evaluation criterion are

specific to EID and/or EJD.

• Applicants should follow the template given in

part B (required sub-headings) .

In addition to the evaluation criteria:

Operational capacity of the hosts will be assessed by evaluators

Table on data for non-academic beneficiaries (1st page of part B

proposal) and Table on capacity of the participating organisations

(section 5 of part B proposal) must be complete!

Each host institution must have appropriate premises to host

researchers (not just access to equipment), as well as appropriate staff

resources to supervise/train researchers.

Evaluation Criteria

Ethics Issues

• All proposals considered for funding will be

submitted to an Ethics Review.

• Each applicant is responsible for:

identifying any potential ethical issues

handling ethical aspects of their proposal

detailing how they plan to address them in sufficient detail already at

the proposal stage.

• The Ethics part of each proposal (part A in SEP, part B section 6) must be

as complete as possible including a decription of the issues and how

they will be handled!

Ethics Issues

Financing

Funding mechanism

Funding mechanism – unit costs

Unit costs are a pre-calculated cost for

the implementation of the action.

Advantage when applying

Automated calculation of budget when computing ESR months in your proposal

Financing

Costs categories

Researcher Institution

Living allowance*

Mobility allowance

Family allowance

Research, training and networking

costs

Management and indirect costs

3.110 600 500 1.800 1.200

• Country correction coefficient applies to the living allowance. • Researcher allowances include employer contributions. • Researcher allowances are a minimum to be paid (top-up funds from other

sources permitted).

Financing

Budget

Applying for a proposal

Max. 40% of EU contribution to the project allocated to one country (ETN+EJD only)

Implementing your project

Institutional costs can be redistributed:

- Between partners

- Provisions covered in consortium agreement

3rd parties and subcontracts not applicable

Financing

Applying and sources of help

Call information:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

Marie Skłodowska-Curie website:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/

EURAXESS: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/

The European Commission's Horizon 2020 Enquiry service:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=enquiries

Your National Contact Point

Closing date: 9 April 2014 at 17.00 (Brussels local time)


http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/


Thank you

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange - RISE

Implementation Modalities

Frank MARX

Deputy Head of Unit

Research Executive Agency

NCP INFO session Brussels, 12th February 2014

Summary

- General Aspects

- Definitions

- Eligibility

- EU Funding

- Evaluation Criteria

- Proposal Structure

- Calls

- Links

General Aspects

- All Countries can participate in RISE

- All nationalities can participate in RISE

- All institutions fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation can participate in RISE

- No mobility rules for RISE

Project Main Aspects

- Project built on joint research and innovation activities

- Project implemented through the secondment of staff (no recruitments)

- Each staff member seconded for a period of 1 to 12 months

- The maximum size for a project is 540 person months

- No minimum size explicitly defined for the project, but substantial impact is expected

- Maximum project duration is 4 years

Split Secondments

The minimum length of 1 month is reached if either:

a. The secondment starts on day n of a month (month N) and ends on day n-1 of the next month (month N+1) – If there is only 1 period of secondment (or several consecutive ones)

or

b. The duration of the several secondments periods adds up to 30 days – If there are at least 2 non-consecutives periods of secondment

2. EU funding is to be paid as a pro-rata of 30 days, in case part of a secondment is not a full month. (Of course only EU funding is only eligible for the cases where at least 1 month of secondment is reached for the respective researcher, as defined in point 1.a and 1.b). The calculation of the funding for each month is to be done as follows:

a. A full month is reached if the secondment starts on day n in month N and ends day n-1 in month N+1

b. When a full month is not reached, the remaining days are a pro-rata of 30 days (each of the 3 categories: 2000, 1800, 700 is paid as pro-rata).

The following examples might clarify the different points:

Examples for 1.a:

- Secondment from 1 January 2014 to 31 January 2014 (January is 31 days and the secondment is 31 days) => Minimum length of 1 month is reached

- Secondment from 15 January 2014 to 14 February 2014: (January is 31 days and the secondment is 31 days) => Minimum length of 1 month is reached

- Secondment from 15 January 2014 to 13 February 2014: (January is 31 days and the secondment is 30 days) => Minimum length of 1 month is NOT reached => EU funding for this researcher is not eligible

Examples for 1.b:

- Secondment from 1 January 2014 to 6 January 2014 + 1 February 2014 to 24 February 2014 (the secondment is 6+24 = 30 days) => Minimum length of 1 month is reached

- Secondment from 1 January 2014 to 6 January 2014 + 1 February 2014 to 23 February 2014 (the secondment is 6+23 = 29 days) => Minimum length of 1 month is NOT reached => EU funding for this researcher is not eligible

Examples for 2.a:

- Secondment from 1 January 2014 to 31 January 2014 (January is 31 days and the secondment is 31 days = 1 month) => EU funding = 4500 EUR

- Secondment from 15 January 2014 to 14 February 2014: (January is 31 days and the secondment is 31 days = 1 month) => EU funding = 4500 EUR

Examples for 2.b:

- Secondment from 1 January 2014 to 6 January 2014 + 1 February 2014 to 24 February 2014 (each period is less than 1 month: 6 days + 24 days) => EU funding = 4500 x 6 / 30 + 4500 x 24 / 30 = 4500 EUR

- Secondment from 15 January 2014 to 14 March 2014: (January is 31 days and February 28 days: the secondment is 2 months: [15 January to 14 February] = 1 month {31 days} + [15 February to 14 March] = 1 month {28 days} )=> EU funding = 4500 x 2 = 9000 EUR

- Secondment from 15 January 2014 to 28 March 2014: (January is 31 days and February 28 days: the secondment is 2 months + 14 days: [15 January to 14 February] = 1 month {31 days} + [15 February to 14 March] = 1 month {28 days} + [15 March to 28 March] = 14 days)=> EU funding = 4500 x 2 + 4500 x 14 / 30 = 11000 EUR

Participants in RISE

- Beneficiaries • Sign the Grant Agreement and claim costs

• Are responsible for the execution of the programme

• Are established in a MS/AC

- Partner Organisations • Do not sign the Grant Agreement and do not claim costs

• Must include a letter of commitment in the proposal

• Are established in a TC

Sectors

The sector of an organisation is defined automatically

- Academic Sector • Higher education establishments (public or private)

• Non-profit research organisations (public or private)

• International European interest organisations

- Non-Academic Sector • Any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector and

fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation (SMEs, multinationals, NGOs, museums, etc.)

Staff Members

- Actively engaged in or linked to research/innovation activities for at least 6 months prior to first secondment

- Types of staff members:

• ESR (no PhD and < 4 years experience)

• ER (PhD or > 4 years experience)

• Managerial staff

• Administrative or Technical staff

- In-built return mechanism

Minimum Eligibility Conditions

- At least 3 independent participants in 3 different countries

- At least 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC

- If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic

In practice, 2 possible minimum settings:

Academic

MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2

Non-Academic

TC + + or

MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 + + MS/AC 3

Eligible Secondments 1

Country

Non-Academic

MS/AC 1

Academic

Sector

MS/AC 2 MS/AC 3

C

B

A X Same sector

X

X

D

Same Country

Same sector

Intra-European Exchanges

Eligible Secondments 2

Europe-Third Countries Exchanges

Country MS/AC 1

Sector

is not

relevant

MS/AC 2

B

A

X

TC

C

D

Same or Different Third Country

Secondments from

a TC to a MS/AC are

not always eligible

for EU funding but

all of them must be

described in the

proposal.

!

Secondments Described

Secondments that must be described in the proposal:

Academic MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 Non-Academic Eligible for EU Funding

MS/AC TC

TC MS/AC Eligibility for EU funding

depends on the TC

Eligible for EU Funding

Secondments that must not be described in the proposal: All other possibilities, such as:

Academic MS/AC 1

MS/AC 1

TC TC

MS/AC 1

Academic MS/AC 2

MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 Non-Academic Non-Academic

Countries Eligible For EU Funding

- EU Member States

- Overseas Countries and Territories linked to the MS (As defined on page 3 of General Annex A to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015)

- Horizon 2020 Associated Countries (In principle, the same as FP7, but subject to the adoption of the association agreements)

- The Third Countries listed (On page 3 of General Annex A to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015)

Countries Not Eligible For EU Funding

Countries not listed previously are not eligible for EU funding

In practice, those countries are mainly: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, United States.

In very exceptional cases, partners from those countries might be funded. But the following conditions have to be fulfilled:

a) This partner has competences/expertise that no organisation in MS/AC has

b) The relevant transfer of knowledge can only be done via a secondment in the direction TC MS/AC

c) Points a) and b) must be endorsed by the expert evaluators

d) The experts' endorsement (point c) must be confirmed by the REA

EU Contribution

Marie Skłodowska-Curie

Action

Staff member unit cost *

person/month

Top-up allowance

Institutional unit cost *

person/month

Research, training and

networking costs

Management

and indirect costs

Research and Innovation

Staff Exchange 2 000 1 800 700

Unit costs per researcher per month of secondment

For secondments eligible for funding

*These unit costs are subject to a funding rate of 100% and no country coefficients apply.

Evaluation

Evaluation Panels: -- Chemistry (CHE)

-- Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

-- Economic Sciences (ECO)

-- Information Science and Engineering (ENG)

-- Environment and Geosciences (ENV)

-- Life Sciences (LIF)

-- Mathematics (MAT)

-- Physics (PHY)

Evaluation Criteria: -- Award Criteria

-- Selection Criteria

Award Criteria

Selection Criteria

- Operational capacity has to be checked

- Proposals must include a description of:

• The profile of the people who will be primarily responsible for carrying out the proposed work

• Any significant infrastructure or major items of technical equipment, relevant to the proposed work

• Any partner organisations (not beneficiaries) contributing towards the proposed work

Proposal Part A

- Section 1: General information (including abstract)

- Section 2: Information on participants

- Section 3: Budget and Secondments tables

- Section 4: Ethics table

Proposal Part B

30 pages limit

(including data for non-academic beneficiaries)

RISE Calls

Present call: - H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 - Currently Open - Deadline: 24 April 2014 Next call: - H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 - Opens 06 January 2015 - Deadline: 28 April 2015 Results of the evaluation: 5 months after the call deadline Signing of grant agreements: 8 months after the call deadline

Useful Links

Guide for Applicants http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-rise-2014/1590107-m_gfa_msca_rise_en.pdf

Work Programme http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1587755-03._msca_calls_wp2014-2015_en.pdf

General Annexes http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1587809-18._general_annexes_wp2014-2015_en.pdf

Rules for participation http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1587751-h2020-rules-participation_en.pdf

List of fields covered by the Evaluation Panels http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-rise-2014/1592607-msca_-_descriptors_2014_en.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-rise-2014/1590107-m_gfa_msca_rise_en.pdf









http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1587755-03._msca_calls_wp2014-2015_en.pdf





http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1587809-18._general_annexes_wp2014-2015_en.pdf





http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1587751-h2020-rules-participation_en.pdf







http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/h2020-msca-rise-2014/1592607-msca_-_descriptors_2014_en.pdf











Thank You

Individual Fellowships (IF)


Klaus-Günther BARTHEL Head of Unit

NCP Info session

Brussels, 12th of February 2014

Purpose and Scope


To enhance the creative and innovative

potential of experienced researchers (ER)

To provide opportunities to acquire and

transfer new knowledge

This action provides financial support for individual experienced researchers who want to work in host organisations established in EU Member States or Associated Countries (for European Fellowship) and Third Countries (for Global Fellowship)

Who can apply?

Exclusively experienced researchers

IFs are opened to any nationality


Academic and non-academic organisations can take part as

either a beneficiary or a partner organisation:

Participants Individual Fellowships (IF)

NB. Each partner organisation must include a letter of commitment in Part B of the proposal. The precise role of each partner organisation should also be clearly

described in the proposal

Beneficiary Sign the Grant Agreement; Recruits, assures the supervision and training of the researchers; Appoints the scientist in charge;

Responsible for the execution of the project. Partner organisation Additional training and hosting for the researcher during the period of

secondment.

Academic sector

Non-academic sector

Individual Fellowships (IF) Organisations

Eligible Country Groups


EU Member States (MS)

Associated Countries (AC)

Third Countries (TC)

International Organisations

International European Interest Organisations (IEIO)

Country Groups

Structure of Individual Fellowships

o European Fellowships (EFs) Standard EF 8 main scientific areas Career Restart Panel multidisciplinary Reintegration Panel multidisciplinary

o Global Fellowships (GFs) 8 main scientific areas, composed of a secondment (outgoing phase) of the researchers to a Partner Organisation

Individual Fellowships (IF) Structure

• Chemistry (CHE)

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

• Economic Sciences (ECO)

• Information Science and Engineering (ENG)

• Environment and Geosciences (ENV)

• Life Sciences (LIF)

• Mathematics (MAT)

• Physics (PHY)

• Experienced researcher

• Any nationality

• Comply with the mobility rule

• The Beneficiary must be a participant located in an EU Member State or Associated Country

The 8 Scientific Areas Eligibility Conditions

EFs Standard Fs

• Multidisciplinary panel

which provides financial

support to individual

researchers who want to

resume research in

Europe after a career

break


• Any nationality

• Comply with the mobility rule (*)

• The Beneficiary must be a participant located in an EU MS/AC

• The researcher must have undertaken a career break: (not have been active in research for at least 12 months)

Eligibility Conditions

Career Restart Panel

EFs

• Multidisciplinary panel

dedicated to researchers

who want to return and

reintegrate in a longer

term research position in

Europe.


• Nationals or long-term residents of MS/AC

• Comply with the mobility rule

• The Beneficiary must be a participant located in a MS/AC.


Reintegration Panel EFs

Global Fellowships

GFs

• Composed of a outgoing

phase (secondment) of the

researchers to a Partner

Organisation and a

mandatory 12 months

return period to a Host

organization (Beneficiary)


• Nationals or long-term residents of MS/AC

• Comply with the mobility rule (*)

• The Beneficiary must be a participant located in a MS/AC


• European Fellowships (Standard, CAR and Reintegration panels): between 12 and 24 months

• Global Fellowships:

• Outgoing phase between 12 and 24 months

• Additional mandatory 12 months return phase

• Total duration: between 24 and 36 months.

Individual Fellowships (IF) Duration

• Contributes to the

enhancement of creativity,

efficacy and performance

• Condition: to move from

one country to another

• Concrete plan of training-through-research in the proposal

• The researcher may be seconded

• A Career Development Plan, produced by the ER and the scientist in charge prior to the start of the fellowship

Mobility (key factor) Training

Expected Activities of an IF (I/II)

Individual Fellowships (IF) Activities

Communication &Dissemination

• Contribution to a European "Innovation Union”

• Account for public spending

• Show how the outcomes are relevant to our everyday lives

Public Engagement

• To create awareness of the research work and its implications

• To present science, research and innovation activities to students

Expected Activities of an IF (II/II)


MSCA

Financial Aspects: Expenses covered


• Funding is exclusively in the form of unit costs • One unit is defined as one person-month

Researcher unit cost €

person/month

Institutional unit cost €

person/month

Living*

Allowance

Mobility

Allowance

Family

Allowance

Research, training and networking costs

Management and indirect

costs

Individual

Fellowships 4,650* 600 500 800 650

EU Contribution

• Correction coefficient applied according to the country in which the Host

Institution is located

Individual Fellowships (IF) Evaluation

Chemistry (CHE)

Social Sciences and

Humanities(SOC)

Economic Sciences (ECO)

Information Science and

Engineering (ENG)

Environment and

Geosciences (ENV)

Life Sciences (LIF)

Mathematics (MAT)

Physics (PHY)

Criteria

Award Criteria

Selection Criteria

Areas


Award Criteria IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Excellence Impact Implementation Quality, innovative aspects

and credibility of the research (including

inter/multidisciplinary aspects)

Enhancing research- and innovation-related

human resources, skills, and working

conditions to realise the potential of individuals

and to provide new career perspectives

Overall coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources

Clarity and quality of transfer of knowledge/training for the development of researcher in

light of the research objectives

Effectiveness of the proposed measures for communication and results dissemination

Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including

quality management and risk management

Quality of the supervision

and the hosting

arrangements

Appropriateness of the institutional

environment (infrastructure)

Capacity of the researcher to

reach or re-enforce a position

of professional maturity in

research

Competences, experience and

complementarity of the participating

organisations and institutional

commitment

50% 30% 20%

Weighting

1 2 3

Priority in case of ex aequo

NB: An overall threshold of 70% will be applied to the total weighted score.


Selection Criteria

Operational capacity will be checked

Proposals must include a description of:

• The CV of the researcher

• Any significant infrastructure or major items of technical equipment, relevant to the proposed work

• Any partner organisations

Individual Fellowships (IF) Proposal Part A

Section 1: General information about the proposal Section 2: Data on participating organisations Section 3: Budget Section 4: Ethics table Section 5: Information on Partner organisations

The Electronic Submission Service provides guidance on how to complete the Part A, which includes the following sections

List of Participants

Start Page Count

1. Summary

2. Excellence

3. Impact

4. Implementation

Stop Page Count

5. CV of the experienced researcher

6. Capacities of the participating Organizations

7. Ethic aspects

8. Letters of commitment of partner Organizations

Proposal Part B

10 pages limit


Calls Individual Fellowships (IF)

Publication of call 12 March 2014 Deadline for submission of proposals 11 September 2014

Evaluation of proposals October-November 2014

Information on the outcome of the evaluation February 2015

Indicative date for the signing of grant agreements May 2015

Call Information

Participant Portal call page and Work Programme


General Sources of Help






Useful Links Individual Fellowships (IF)



Useful Links


COFUND

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes funding doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Useful Links COFUND

Direct access to Marie Curie Actions COFUND:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about-mca/actions/cofund/index_en.htm

General Sources of Help











Thank you

OpenAIRE Open Access Infrastructure for Research In Europe

Inge Van Nieuwerburgh

Gwen Franck

Project partner OpenAIRE, UGent

@openaire_eu

@openaccess_be

1 2 What is OA?

Online, digital

Peer-reviewed

research results

Freely accessible,

ideally with re-use

rights

Not plagiarism or

violation of

copyright !

3 Different options

- Self-archiving in

digital archive

(repository)

- Publish in Open

Access Journal

- Best practice:

always self-archive

an OA version of

your work,

regardless if and

where you publish

Open Access

Why OA?

- Enhance visibility

and impact of

research

- Speeds up

publication process

- Allows others to

build on your work

- Research paid for

by public funds

www.openaire.eu

Making research

Open Access

increases

Visibility

and

Re-use

Open Access in Horizon

2020 OA to scientific publications is obligatory in H2020

“Open Access to scientific peer

reviewed publications has been

anchored as an underlying principle in

the Horizon 2020 Regulation and the

Rules of Participation and will

consequently be implemented through

the relevant provisions in the grant

agreement”

OA = a tool to

facilitate and

improve the

circulation of

information in

the European

Research Area

(ERA) and

beyond

www.openaire.eu

1 2 3 Different options

- No obligation to

publish

- Publish in traditional

or OA journal

- Deposit OA version

in repository

- Embargo possible

Open Access in Horizon

2020

H2020 Data Pilot

- Selected areas

- Data access and

‘re-use’

- Financial &

Technical support

- Opt-out possible

- Opt-in also

possible!

www.openaire.eu

H2020 Open Access

for publications

All publications

accessible free of

charge for end

user

All areas

Based on

successful pilot in

FP7

1 2 Publish anywhere

OA Journal /

Journal with OA

option / non-OA

Journal

No obligation to

publish

3 Connect

- Metadata: Link

publication to project

- Link research data

(open or not) to

publication

- Keep publication

lists up-to-date

Workflow

Deposit in repository

- Institutional or

disciplinary

- Most publishers

allow self-archiving

- Final peer reviewed

version or published

version

- Embargo: 0, 6 or 12

months

www.openaire.eu

CONFUSED?

OpenAIRE can help

What is OpenAIRE? Open Access Infrastructure for Research In Europe

OpenAIRE = aims for the widest possible

dissemination of and access to research

output. Offers infrastructure, tools,

information and helpdesk system.

Facilitating

the Open

Access policy

of the

European

Commission

www.openaire.eu

1 2 Helps researchers

• share and archive

research

• maximize the use of

their research output

• comply with funder’s

Open Access demands

• linking publications to

datasets

• deposit: repository

network + zenodo.org

3 Aids data providers

• to make content more

visible

• to make Open Access a

daily reality in knowledge

management

• deposit: repository

network + zenodo.org

• to ensure interoperability

with repositories, CRIS

systems and project

databases

What does OpenAIRE

offer?

Assistance for

project coordinators

• compliance with

funder’s Open Access

demands

• reporting publication

progress and research

output

• searching and compiling

performance indicators

for a project

• linking publications to

data

www.openaire.eu

Free OpenAIRE

services

Overview of and

linking to

research results,

linking to project

information and

researchers ID’s

OpenAIRE provides

you with

performance

indicators and

reporting tools

OpenAIRE helps

your project to

comply with

funders’ Open

Access demands

View and export

publication

progress reports

and integrate them

in project website

www.openaire.eu

www.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE makes

LINKING & REPORTING

of research output

easy!

www.openaire.eu

Useful links • www.openaire.eu

• www.zenodo.org

• www.openaccess.be

• EC Guidelines on Open Access in H2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/

grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot-

guide_en.pdf

• Open Access Guidelines for researchers funded by the

ERC

http://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/ER

C_Open_Access_Guidelines-revised_2013.pdf

http://www.openaire.eu/

http://www.zenodo.org/

http://www.openaccess.be/

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf










http://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/ERC_Open_Access_Guidelines-revised_2013.pdf




Thank you!

Inge Van Nieuwerburgh

Gwen Franck

OpenAIRE, Ghent University

[email protected]

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

INFO SESSION ON MSCA 2014

12 February 2014

Support services for applicants

Laurent Ghys, NCP MSCA, BELSPO (EUROFED)

Ann Moerenhout, NCP MSCA, FWO

Joël Groeneveld, NCP MSCA, F.R.S.-FNRS

Support services for applicantsEU Liaison Officers (ELO) and National Contact Points (NCP)

Who are we ?

ELO

Yourinstitution

Research

community

NCP

EU research funding

R&D

Policy IPR

Finance

HR

Other

funding

FWO

F.R.S.-

FNRS

BOF

BELSPO

Support services for applicantsServices from your ELO

Info Idea Proposal Project

Providing you

with (early)

information

Am I eligible for a MSCA?

Does my idea fit into the call ?

Any alternative internal

& external funding ?

Proposal writing guidelines

and templates

Advice on administrative

issues, budget, IPR, HR,…

Administrative eligibility

check

Proofreading your proposal

Training sessions

Ethics review

Helpdesk for contractual,

administrative, legal, IPR,

financial issues & questions

Liaison between you &

research related services

(TTO, HR, FA,…) &

institutional policy

Support services for applicantsServices from your NCP

• Website & newsletter

• Targeted mailings

• Information sessions

• In collaboration with ELO

Collective actions :

INFORMATION

• Specific questions & answers

• From idea up to your project & beyond

• In collaboration with ELO

Individual services :

HELPDESK FOR APPLICANTS

Support services for applicantsIn practice : some examples

Contact your NCP

• If no ELO in your organisation

• Issues related to the programme :

• Eligibility of a researcher : Can a researcher

who was awarded a PhD 2 years prior to the

call but has not been working in research

since apply for an IF ?

• Mobility rule : Can a Belgian researcher apply

for an IF with host institution in Belgium ?

• ITN - participants : Is a hospital considered as

a non-academic partner ?

• RISE - secondments : Are staff exchanges

possible between institutions from the same

country ?

• Evaluation process : info on the evaluation

steps and timing of the evaluation process

Contact your ELO

• Issues related to the host institution :

• Questions about Human Resources : Regulations

concerning the appointment of a researcher ?

What about social security coverage ?

• Expense coverage - justification of the budget :

personnel costs, equipment costs, consumables,

travel and subsistence costs, publication costs, …

• Proofreading of the proposal :

• Writing guidelines and templates will be checked

• Checking whether your host institution’s rules

are met

Support services for applicantsContact your ELO : Flemish academia and research centers

An Jansen

idea > proposal : tel +32-16-320-944/446, [email protected]

Monique Vanhaeren, Sofie Heroes, Katleen Janssen

proposal > project : tel +32-16-320-631, [email protected]

Ilona Stoffels, Saskia Vanden Broeck, Nathalie Vandepitte,

EU team UGent

tel +32-9-264-3029, [email protected]

Anne Adams, Ann Aerts, Caroline Sage, EU team UAntwerp


Nik Claesen, Anneke Geyzen, ELO, R&D VUB


Leen Lambrechts, Nele Nivelle, Research Coordination Office UHasselt


Support services for applicantsContact your ELO : Flemish academia and research centers

Karen Vercammen, Scientific Relations


Wendy Ruys, Katrien Van Gucht, Innovation Policy

tel +32-9-331-4813, [email protected],

[email protected]

Anne Van den Bosch, Director Public R&D Policies & Programs


Lieve Ongena, Science Policy Manager


Ann Verlinden, Research Coordinator


Support services for applicantsContact your ELO : FWB academia

Sara Wilmet, Research Administration


Nadia El Mjiyad, Research Administration


Christine Courillon, Véronique de Halleux, Europe Cell


Caroline Artoisenet, Research Administration


Barbara Marchi, Europe Cell


Nathalie Schellens, Julie Muller


Support services for applicantsContact your NCP

Flemish academia and research centers :

Ann Moerenhout, NCP MSCA


Website : www.fwo.be/NationalContactPoint.aspx

FWB academia :

Joël Groeneveld, NCP MSCA


Website : www.ncp.fnrs.be

Federal institutions :

Laurent Ghys, NCP MSCA


Website : http://eurofed.stis.belspo.be

Thank you for your attention

Good luck with your application

Laurent Ghys, NCP MSCA, BELSPO (EUROFED)

Ann Moerenhout, NCP MSCA, FWO

Joël Groeneveld, NCP MSCA, F.R.S.-FNRS

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