marie-curie actions - individual fellowship
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Marie-Curie Individual Fellowships
Nadia Ameli
Marie Sklodowaska Warsaw
Marie & Pierre Curie
La Sorbonne
§ First woman to win the Nobel Prize (1903) § First person (and only woman) to win twice
(1911)
§ First woman to become a teacher at University of Paris
§ First woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon
… The Marie-Curie Actions program
The most famous female Scientist of all time
Key features
Excellence in science
Training career
development
Mobility of researchers
&Open to all fields and subjects
Applicants are
researchers
host institution
The researcher § Experienced researcher PhD or 4 years of full-time research experience
§ Any nationality
§ Mobility rule researchers must not have lived in the country of their host organisations for > 12 months in the last 3 years
Non-Academic sector All other organisations are by default non-academic and include private enterprises (like SMEs), non-profit or charitable organisations, museums and hospitals, etc.
Academic sector University, non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research
The host institute
European Fellowship … Coming to or moving within Europe 12 or 24
months
Global Fellowship
.. First go anywhere in the world, but then come back to Europe 12-24 months outgoing +
12 months return phase
Secondments § Researcher may be seconded to another institution in Europe § Secondment must contribute to the impact of fellowship (e.g. non-academic sector) Fellowship duration Max duration of secondment
< 18 months > 18 months
3 months 6 months
Funding
§ Country correction coefficient* (only for living) § Family allowance in case of family obligations (family status will be determined at the deadline of the call - September 2015 - no revision during the project)
Researcher unit cost
person/month
Institution unit cost
person/month
Living allowance
Mobility allowance
Family allowance
Research, training and networking
Management and indirect cost
4 650* 600 500 800 650
Proposal template 1. Summary
2. Excellence
3. Impact
4. Implementation
2.1 Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research 2.2 Quality of transfer of knowledge/training for the development of the researcher 2.3 Quality of the supervision and the hosting arrangements 2.4 Capacity of the researcher to reach and re-enforce a position of professional maturity in research
3.1 Enhancing research to realise the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives 3.2 Communication and results dissemination 4.1 Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan 4.2 Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures 4.3 Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure) 4.4 Competences, experience and complementarity of the host organisations
10 pages
5. CV of the Experienced Researcher 6. Capacity of the Participating Organisation 7. Ethics Issues 8. Letters of Commitment of partner organisation
STOP PAGE COUNT
Evaluation
§ Threshold of 70
§ Real: Cut-off threshold 89/90
Criterion Weight
Excellence Impact Implementation
50% 30% 20%
Score Weighted score
4 4.2 4.5
2 1.26 0.9
Total score out of 5 Total score out of 100
4.16
83
§ Success rate around 10%
Evaluation process
Submission Individual reading Consensus Panel
Meeting Commission
follow-up
Proposal form Proposal content Eligibility
Evaluators Criteria
Evaluators Criteria
Evaluators Questions Proposals in suggested priority order
Final ranking list Rejection list
September 2015 February 2016
The best researchers so far.. (2007-2014)
Source: EU statistics
898 773
538 537
325 200 181 159 127 119 102 100 89 70
242 207
54
Top countries as destination (2007-2014)
2190
702 556 517 366 267 175 172 158 144 110 71 69 47
728
9 3
Source: EU statistics
In 2014 same budget
Number of applications 7472
EF 6425 applications (86%)
GF 1047 applications (14%)
Conditions for MC 2015 Publication date: 12 March 2015
Deadline: 10 September 2015
Budget: € 213 Million • € 186 European (88%) • €27 Global (12%)
Application link: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-msca-if-2015.html
Relevant documents 2015
My experience
Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2012 European Fellowship
“PACE” Property Assessed Clean Energy
The idea A novel public-private financing mechanism
“Property Assessed Clean Energy” to support clean energy adoption
From Berkeley … To Europe!
• Creates financing district & approval process
• Provides upfront capital • Attaches repayment
obligation to the building
• Identifies work & chooses contractor
• Repays financing as a line item on the property tax bill
• Repayment obligation transfers with ownership
€ Upfront
€ Repayment obligation
A World-Changing Idea*
Mims, C. et al. (2009). Scientific American “World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier and Smarter World”
Excellence in research
• Concrete proposal for clean energy
adoption (a pressing policy need) • Innovative financing scheme • Green Growth strategy (OECD) • Excellent supervisor
Impact • Carrier development • Sustainable development
• Network activities • Publications in peer-reviewed
journals
Better policies for better lives
Implementation
WP 1
WP 2
Work Packages
WP 3
WP 4
Months Deliverables
1 - 4
5 - 12
13- 18
19 - 24
Literature review
Analysis on factor behind technology adoption
Policy evaluation study
Energy policies comparison across countries
overview paper
technical paper
technical paper
policy paper
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals
