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Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsBoosting research careers – Individual Fellowships and Innovative
Training Networks
Horizon 20201. Excellent Science
European Research Council supporting the most talented and creative individuals and their teams to carry out frontier research;
Future and Emerging Technologies collaborative research to open up new and promising fields of research and innovation;
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, providing researchers with excellent training and career development opportunities;
Research Infrastructures accessible to all researchers in Europe and beyond.
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To raise the level of excellence in Europe's science base, make Europe an attractive location for researchers and secure Europe's long-term competitiveness
Bottom-up research
What is the objective with MSCA?- finance ± 65 000 researchers
including 25 000 doctoral candidates.
- EU will need at least one million new research jobs in order to reach political goals
- high-quality professional opportunities open to researchers of any age, nationality or discipline.
Political instrument“The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions ensure excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers, to better prepare them for current and future societal challenges.”
Draft MSCA WP 2018-2020
MSCA-IF-2018
• 2018-04-12 - - 2018-09-12
278 EUR million
MSCA-IF-2019
• 2019-04-11 - - 2019-09-11
300 EUR million
MSCA-IF-2020
• 2020-04-08 - - 2020-09-09
332 EUR million
MSCA-ITN-2018
• 2017-10-12 - - 2018-01-16
442 EUR million
MSCA-ITN-2019
• 2018-09-13 - - 2019-01-10
470 EUR million
MSCA-ITN-2020
• 2019-10-12 - - 2020-01-09
525 EUR million
Key features MSCA Open to all domains of research and innovation from basic research up to market
take-up and innovation services
Entirely bottom-up
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
Participation of non-academic sector strongly encouraged, especially industry and SMEs
• PhD or at least four years of full time research experience
Early Stage Researchers (ESR)
Experienced Researchers (ER)
• First 4 years (full time equivalent research experience) not yet awarded a PhD
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in H2020
Innovative Training Networks
ITN Doctoral and initial training
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
ESR
ER
ESR, ER
”staff”
Why participate?
Build Links with Research Groups and Industry Worldwide
Increase number of research students & staff
Attracting Leading & Up-and-Coming Researchers
Fund a Sabbatical Abroad (up-skill for ERC)
Significant co-financing opportunity through COFUND
Funding in MSCA
• EU contribution is unit costs on the basis of research months (100% activity)
• No reporting of actual costs• Different types of allowances:
• Living – contribution to base salary
• Mobility – contribution on top of salary
• Family – contribution on top of salary
• Research, training
• Overhead and managementInstitution/Organisation
ESR/ER
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Individual Fellowships (IF)
• A personal fellowship to support a period of mobility
• No upper experience or age limit
• Focus on career development, not necessarily experience
• Support to experienced researchers of any nationality (IF Global and IF Reintegration: nationals of EU MS/AC and long-term residents
• Separate multidisciplinary panels for Society & Enterprise (S&E), Career
Restart (CAR) and Reintegration (RI), Widening (Draft WP)
• Optional secondment during fellowship
European Fellowships
Global Fellowships
European and Global fellowships
1 – 2 years
2 – 3 years (incl. 12 months back in Europe)
Mobility Rule: max 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the Call deadline
RI/CAR/SE: max 3 years in the last 5 years prior to the Call deadline
Duration (months)European Fellowships 12 - 24
Global FellowshipsOutgoing to TC 12 - 24Return to MS or AC 12 (mandatory)
During the implementation of the IF the Experienced Researcher may be seconded to another institution in Europe. Such secondments must significantly contribute to the impact of the fellowship and therefore in certain research fields would be expected to take place in the non-academic sector.
Duration of IF Max duration of secondments
<= 18 months 3 months
>= 18 months 6 months
Researcher unit cost in € person/month
Institutional unit cost in € person/month
Livingallowance*
Mobilityallowance
Familyallowance
Research, training and network costs
Management and indirectcosts
IF 4,6504,880 600 500 800 650
* Adjusted through correction coefficient for the cost of living to the country in which the host organisation is located
News WP 2018-2020
• EF: Society and Enterprise Panel• EF: Widening Fellowships (€5-7m Spreading Excellence and Widening
participation)
• IF: increased living allowance• IF: Special needs allowance, max EUR 60,000 per
researcher• IF: part-time employment for professional, personal or
family reasons (including parental leave)• GF: Option to start project with 3 month secondment
Time to read and think
(Hint: what is the objective with MSCA IF?)
This exercise was provided by Alie Kwint, Kwintessence
The 2014-2015 Work Programme states:
“The goal of Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers wishing to diversify their individualcompetence in terms of skill acquisition through
advanced training, international and intersectoralmobility. Individual Fellowships provide
opportunities to acquire and transfer new knowledge”
This exercise was provided by Alie Kwint, Kwintessence
It continues…….
Expected Impact:
• Individual Fellowships are expected to add significantly to the development of the best and most promising researchers active in Europe, in order to enhance and maximise their contribution to the knowledge-based economy and society.
• The action will also strengthen the contact network of both the researcher and the host organisation.
• The fellowship will contribute to realising the full potential of researchers and to catalysing significant development in their careers in both the academic and non-academic sectors.
What did younotice?
The word research does not feature
much in these objectives
TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS ARE ABOUT MUCH
MORE THAN THE RESEARCH
• Research programme for Early Stage Researchers (ESR)
• Objective: to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers
• Triple ”i” dimension - international, interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral
• Mobility rule 12 months / 3 years applies
Innovative Training Network (ITN)
ITN Objectives• Train innovative early-stage researchers• Excellence in doctoral/early-stage research training• Provide skills to match public and private sector needs
ITN Expected impact• Improved career perspectives of researchers• Structured high-quality research / doctoral training• Collaboration academia with non-academic sectors
ITN Features (1)
Excellence: International network of organisations applies and proposes a joint research training or doctoral programme
Bottom-up (no pre-defined topics)
All domains*: CHE, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF, MAT, PHY, SOC
Multidisciplinary approach
Meaningful exposure to non-academic sector
*: except areas of research covered by the EURATOM Treaty
Strong networking within the consortium Mobility across countries /disciplines Career guidance arrangements Supervisory Board Project duration typically 48 months Only for Early Stage Researchers
ITN Features (2)
• Consortium of organisations from different countries and sectors (no limit but typically 6-10)
• Beneficiaries: recruit ESR 3-36 months
• Partner organisations: host secondments/provide training
• Joint research programme 48 months
• Advanced research skills and transferable skills training
• Networking events
• Secondments for each researcher to another sector
Typical ITN
Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
European Training Networks(ETN)
EuropeanJointDoctorates(EJD)
AcademiaNon-academia
AcademiaNon-academia
Country 1
Country 2Country 3
Academia
Country 1
Country 2Country 3
AcademiaNon-academia
AcademiaNon-academia
AcademiaNon-academia
AcademiaNon-academia
Academia Academia
AcademiaNon-academia
Non-academiaAcademi
a
European Industrial Doctorates(EID)
Country 2Country 1
≥ 50%
Non-academiaAcademia
AcademiaNon-academia
ITN - Financial
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action
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
Innovative Training
Networks
3 110
3 270600 500 1 800 1 200
* A country correction coefficient applies to the living allowance (CCC listed in the Work Programme)
News WP 2018-2020
• ITN: Increased living allowance
• ITN: Special needs allowance, max EUR 60,000 per researcher
Time line for proposal writing• Support from the organisation?
• Engagement, co-funding (overhead costs), formal aspects (EJD)
• Time for project planning! Contact potential hosts, beneficaries, secondments, supervisors (IF)
• EU Webinar (contact NCP for links)
• Involve Grants Offices, Research Services! (NCP)
• Sources for additional information: other MSCA Fellows, successfulproposals, supervisors
• Get familiar to Participant Portal and start submission process early!
Mindset and long term perspective• What is the impact of the project?
• MSCA has strong focus on individuals, how will this influencethe future?
• Fellowship regarded as temporary employment to evaluateprior stategic recruitment?
• Fellowship door opener for future long term collaborations?
• …..
• …..
• Need for a thought out strategy!
2005
Business plan, Center for Proteomics: “….the most promising field is to build up a unit in association with the University of Rijeka with excellence in high-throughput development and production of monoclonal antibodies on customer demand. Such a center should be able to develop into a self-sustaining entity within 5 years.”
Start-up project: The Center for Monoclonal Antibody Production, Croatian Ministry of Science, JEZGRA-17, EUR 480.000 (EUR 160.000 / p.a.) for laboratory equipment, supplies and personnel, 2005-2007
2017
• 103 grant applications to national, EU and international calls (43 % success rate)• 43 awarded grants worth 11,2 mil. EUR for Stipan Jonjic research group
(3 departments)• 47 employees in the group, 26 grant-funded• 1.000.000 EUR annual budget of grants and tech transfer activities
What kind of projects are we involved in?
StAdvInn2013-2018€ 1,7 mil.
3 grants2009-2017$ 1,2 mil.
VISTRIE2011-2017€ 400.000
7 grants2006-2018€ 990.000
2 grants2007-2015€ 330.000
JEZGRA-172005-2008€ 480.000
CAPRI2006-2008€ 250.000
TransMedRi2010-2013€ 1,8 mil.
+ Centre of excellence for virus immunology and vaccines, 2014-2019
EntrepMEDRI2013-2015€ 440.000
PACINNO2013-2016€ 530.000
HTP-GlycoMet2013-2017€ 320.000
MAT promotor2012-2013€ 46.000
GLYCOVAX2015-2019€ 248.000
NK Defenseand Therapy2006-2009€ 199.000
NKG2D in T cells2011-2013€ 170.000
ProteomeBinders2006-2010€ 22.000
CAPRI 20102009-2012€ 619.770
ICroMe2013-2014€ 1.750
Basic scientific projects
Research capacity projects
Staff mobility projects
Knowledge transfer and innovation
anti-HCMV / anti-GBM vaccine2016-2017€ 46.000
Important to think about• Plans based on each individual researcher
• Supervisor(s): ♀♂ academic/industrial/public
• Political context (now, future?)
• Latest news regarding changes (”improvements”), e.g. EU-13
• Added value (consequence of EU contribution)
• Logic career development (does the project provide what is needed)
• Attractive proposal (easy to read and understand)
• Ethics, gender -
The proposal should provide…..
• Understanding the motives for EU funding and goals
• Understanding for the regulations and conditions
• Understanding of the texts in WP and Call for Proposals!!! (Read, read again and again and again ….)
• Contributions to the goals stated by EU (and not only for yourself and SE)
Check this to get a good proposal
• Consortium with complementary participants
• Who is the reader? Specialist? Generalist? Industrial? Public? Academic?
• Be concrete and avoid generic writing
• Avoid complicated expressions
• Write clear concrete goals and expected results
• Be realistic! What you write in the proposal is what youpromise to deliver by a contractual agreement!
Interim Evaluation H2020: gender
• Among the 61 projects considered by project officers as having a gender dimension, only 35 projects actually included it. None of the 111 projects included gender training (eligible for funding in Horizon 2020) indicating that offering the possibility of having gender training as an eligible cost is not sufficient to generate take-up. Implementing gender in research content is challenging and calls for a better understanding of gender issues.
Change of rank with same score (ITN-2017)
Interim Evaluation H2020: outreach
• There is a need for greater outreach to civil society to better explain results and impacts and the contribution that research and innovation can make to tackling societal challenges, and to involve them better in the programmeco-design (agenda-setting) and its implementation (co-creation).
Evaluation
• Read and follow the instructions: does the proposal answer the evaluationcriteria?
• SWOT analysis for the project
• Remember individual support already in place: integration, employmentconditions, housing, ”normal” salaries (doktorandstegen) etc
• Do not promise too much (Proposal -> GA)
• Do not be too specific, good to have flexibility for future adjustments
• Do not have too many WP and Deliverables (reporting is based on this!)
• Main list, Reserve list, Out of budget, Cut-off, SoE
Evaluation panels
Make it easy for the evaluator• Use a self-explanatory title
• A memorable acronym is helpful
• Use Diagrams, Charts, Tables or Figures where possible
• Easy to evaluate
• Minimise scientific jargon and write in a clear readable style
• For resubmissions, don’t just use Evaluation Summary Report from previous submission to help you revise
• Look at the proposal as a whole to find room for improvement
• You need to score well in all sections in order to be funded – don’t spend all your time writing the Research section!
Many proposals have weak Impactdescription
ITN Example: ”Delivering a research training programme to train a new generation of researchers in the fields of X and Y, which are important to European economy and society. Researchers will be equipped with key research and complementary skills, and will have the opportunity to workacross disciplines, countries and sectors, broadening theircareer perspectives.”
How to achieve this impact?Consortium and ComplementarityWhich participants (Beneficaries and Partner Organisations) do you need to achievethis impact? How will you harness the competencies and complementarities of thesepartners in order to achieve this impact?
Research ProgrammeHow do you shape the research programme in order to achieve this impact?
Training ProgrammeHow do you shape your training programme to achieve this impact?
SupervisionHow to ensure the researchers are properly supported in order to achieve this impact?
ImplementationHow will you manage the programme to ensure that the impact is achieved?
Remember the political agenda!
• EU funding is allocated as an politicalinstrument to reach specific goals!
• The applicants need to show that theywant to contribute to reach these goals
• But of course you also want to reach yourown goals
Evaluation forms
Register as expert:http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html
The most common questions are• What is the salary before and after tax?
• What is the mobility allowance?
• When does the Fellow have the right to get the mobility allowance?
The most common questions are• What is the salary before and after tax?
• What is the mobility allowance?
• When does the Fellow have the right to get the mobility allowance?
Recommendation 1: Ask if you do not know or are not convinced that GfA is not followed!
Recommendation 2: Make sure that Fellow, employer, HR department, management and Grants Office involved get the same information beforethe project starts!
This is how it is according to GfA
• Living allowance is contribution to base salary
ER: should be based on education, experience, competition and similar to other in the organisation
ESR: should follow ”Doktorandstegen” in Sweden
• Living allowances include employer fees and income tax
• Mobility and family allowances are taxed as income but is not base salary. Shall extensively be used for and by the ER/ESR
• Research, training allowances is used for activities stated in Annex 1 / Project description
Participant Portal – The Gate to EU-projects
Contains all documentation - be selective!
Top documents:
• Work-Programme
• Guide for Applicants
• Proposal Template
• General Annexes
• List of countries, eligibility criteria, funding rates, evaluation etc.
• FAQ
Paperless Grant Management in Horizon 2020
Objectives Implementation How to submit
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Thank you!
Erik LitbornNational Contact Point (NCP) MSCA
+46 (0) 8 473 3198
Richard AnderssonNational Contact Point (NCP) MSCA
+46 (0) 8 546 44010
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