Career Opportunities in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions’

Dr. Jennifer BrennanNational Contact PointNational Delegate

Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie OfficeSponsored by the Irish Research Council (www.research.ie)

• Promote the Actions to Irish researchers and research organisations

• Support researchers in preparing funding applications

• Contribute to policy initiatives relevant to the Actions

• ‘One-stop-shop’ centralised support on issues related to mobility, incl. immigration

• Linked to central EU EURAXESS Site

• Website in each European Country (and beyond)

• Jobs Portal• CV Database

www.euraxess.eu www.euraxess.ie

EURAXESS

Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions in Horizon 2020:

€6.2 billion budget

Funds ALL RESEARCH AREAS (no thematic calls or priorities)

Implemented via Annual Calls for Proposals

Marie S-Curie Actions

Training

MobilityCareer

Squo-dovska

Job & Fellowship Opportunities

Opportunity 1: Apply for a job in an FP7 Marie Curie Action

• Projects funded during FP7 (2007 – 2013)• Initial Training Network (ITN)• Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways (IAPP)• Need PhD or four years of research experience after

primary degree (Experienced Researcher): for ITN, no more than five years of experience (includes years spent completing PhD, if relevant)

• All advertised on EURAXESS Jobs• Search filter for “Marie Curie Vacancies”

Mobility Rule• To be eligible you must not have resided in the country of

host organisation for > 12 months in the last 3 years on the day you begin your employment contract.• Example 1: If applying for a Marie Curie job in France, you must

not have resided in France for > 12 months in the 3 years before starting the job.

• Example 2: If you have lived in Ireland for < 12 months in the last 3 years, you can apply for a Marie Curie job at an Irish organisation.

• No nationality/citizenship/age restrictions

Opportunity 2: Apply for a Marie S-Curie Individual Fellowship

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)• Annual Calls for Fellowships (next deadline Sep 2015)• Need PhD or four years of research experience after

primary degree (Experienced Researcher)• Researcher applies with support of host organisation• Operated by European Commission (Research

Executive Agency)

Individual Fellowships• A personal fellowship to support a

period of mobility• For Experienced Researchers

• Post-PhD or equivalent• No upper age or experience limit

• Fully-funded fellowships• Salary, research costs etc.

• Minimum duration 1 year• Supports Career Restart and

Reintegration into Europe• Optional secondment during fellowship

European Fellowships

Global Fellowships

IF – European and Global

1 – 2 years

2 – 3 years (incl. 12 months back in Europe)

Mobility ruleCannot apply for a fellowship in a country where you have lived for >12 months in the 3 years before the Call deadline, or for >3 years in the 5 years before the deadline for the Career Restart and Reintegration Options.

Opportunity 3: Apply for a fellowship in a COFUND Fellowship Programme

• National or International Fellowship Schemes• Co-funded by FP7 MCA/Horizon 2020 MSCA, but

operated by national/international organisations in European Countries

• Need PhD or four years of research experience after primary degree (Experienced Researcher)

• Each scheme is different, with different eligibility/mobility rules. In the main, Researcher applies with support of host organisation

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Sample COFUND Programmes open now• ASSISTID

– International Training and Career Development programme– Assistive Technologies for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism– Operated by DOCTRID Research Institute http://www.assistid.eu/

• BEWARE FELLOWSHIPS Academia– Operated by the Federal Government of Wallonia (Belgium)– Funds all research areas– Goal to attract researchers to Wallonia (over 100 fellowships available)– http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/fgDetails/68458

• Frias COFUND Fellowship Programme– Operated by the University of Freiburg, Germany– Offering 3 – 24 month positions at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies– Funds any research area relevant to the activities of the Institute– http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/fgDetails/73212

All open calls advertised on EURAXESS Jobs

Funding for Principal Investigators

• Innovative Training NetworksITN• Research & Innovation Staff ExchangeRISE• Co-financing fellowship or doctoral

programmes with transnational mobilityCOFUND• European Researchers’ NightNIGHT

Innovative Training

Networks

Quality of Research Training• Research Training Programme for

Masters’ and Doctoral Students• Improving career prospects• Equipping with a broad range of research

and transferable skills• Promoting Mobility during research

training (international and inter-sectoral)

• 3 types of ITN• European Training Networks• European Industrial Doctorates• European Joint Doctorates (transferred

from Erasmus Mundus)

http://www.iua.ie/irish-marie-curie-office/funding-calls/

Research & Innovation Staff Exchange

Promoting transfer of knowledge between countries and sectors• Funds exchange visits from 1 month

to 1 year and networking activities (workshops, meetings, conferences etc.)

• Minimum consortium 3 participants from 3 countries

• Can involve countries outside Europe• Can involve non-academic

participants e.g. industry, NGOs, charities etc.

• High success rates

http://www.iua.ie/irish-marie-curie-office/funding-calls/

COFUND

COFUND began in FP7:• Co-funded over 175 fellowships programmes (8 are Irish)

Horizon 2020 will offer co-funding for:• Doctoral programmes and Fellowship programmes (post-PhD and/or

more senior)

Co-funding rate is ~50%• “Own funding” can come from any source (national, industry,

philanthropic)

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NIGHTEuropean Researchers’ Night• A European-wide public and

media event to promote research careers

• 4th Friday of September each year

• Full or part-funding available• Next Call in 2016

Discover Research Dublin 2014TCD and Royal Irish Academy award in 2014 NIGHT CallEvents from 3 to 10pm on Friday 26th Sep 2014http://discoverresearchdublin2014.com/

Which subject areas have been most successful for Ireland?

10% 2%

21%

12%28%

11%

16%

CHE (21)

ECO (4)

ENG (44)

ENV (25)

LIF (58)

MAT (0)

PHY (22)

SOC (34)

Data for Ireland as of July 2013

Chemistry

Economic Sciences

ICT & Engineering

Earth & Environment

Life Sciences

Maths

Physics

Social Sciences & Humanities

In Ireland, the highest proportion of FP7 MC Fellowships have been awarded to Social Sciences

and Humanities researchers.26% of Individual Awards

Of the 56 MC Initial Training Network Contracts signed in Ireland, 6 are for Social Sciences and

Humanities projectsSame number of projects were funded in Chemistry and in Physics

Sample Funded Projects:• Disability Rights Expanding Accessible Markets• Bridging the European and Anatolian Neolithic:

Demography, Migration, and Lifestyle at the Advent of Civilization

• Mental Health Training through Research Network in Europe

• A Psycholinguistic Investigation of Irish Orthography and Reading

• Epistemology and Democracy in Complex Societies• Brahms and the Fabric of Modernist Culture

Reasons for HEIs to get involved

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

How the MSC Office can help

• Email Distribution List (mariecurie@iua.ie) • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office Ireland on Linkedin• Dedicated website www.iua.ie/mariecurie• YouTube channel MarieCurieActionIre

Information

• Training Webinars for specific Calls (recordings on website and YouTube)

• Advice on whether your concept ‘fits’ the Call• Partner search via MSCA NCP network

Support

Thankyou!

mariecurie@iua.ie www.iua.ie/mariecurie

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office Ireland