Marie Curie Actions

Liz FrenchMarie Curie Administrator

Research Innovation Service

elizabeth.french@nottingham.ac.uk

• EU funding under People programme of Framework 7 for any area of research (science, arts, engineering, medicine)

• Three main aims of Marie Curie Actions– Benefit European Union– Maintain competitive European research – Support the mobility of researchers into and around

Europe

• Aims for researchers– Career advancement– Strengthen multi- or interdisciplinary skills– Training-through-research

Marie Curie Actions

• Europe– EU member states and Associated Countries

• Third Country– not Europe

• Experienced Researcher– PhD or– 4 years research experience at call deadline

Marie Curie Actions

Marie Curie Actions

Individual Fellowships– International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF)– Intra-European Fellowship (IEF)– International Incoming Fellowship (IIF)

Network Fellowships– Industry Academia Partnerships and

Pathways (IAPP)– Initial Training Network (ITN)

Mobility

For all fellowships, the mobility rule applies:

• At the time of the relevant proposal deadline, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work , studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline.

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

Individual Fellowships

• International Outgoing Fellowship– Carry out research in a Third Country (eg Australia,

South Africa, India, Brazil, Russia)– Spend 12-24 months in Third Country– Must return to Europe for 12-24 months to continue

research (can be UK, can come back to Nottingham University)

– Funding for 2-3 years in total– Must be of European nationality, or have lived and

worked in Europe for at least 5 years– Advanced training grants

• Significantly strengthen and widen your skills and knowledge

• Intra-European Fellowship– Move to a different European country to carry out

research– National of any country, as long as you currently live

in a European country– Funding for 12-24 months– Grants for advanced training and career development

• Learn new (complimentary) technique• Training-through-research• Inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary knowledge transfer

Individual Fellowships

• International Incoming Fellowship– Move from a third country to a European country– Can have an optional 1 year return phase to your

country of origin– Funding for 12-24 months– Can be of any nationality as long as you move from a

third country and comply with the mobility rule– Career advancement

• Transfer of knowledge into host organisation• Establish new collaborations

Individual Fellowships

Individual Fellowships• International Outgoing Fellowship

– €40 million in 2011 (inc of €12million on 2010)– In 2009 ~ 600 proposals 20% success rate– In 2010 ~ 740 proposal 16% success rate

• Intra-European Fellowship– €110 million in 2011 (inc of €15million)– In 2009 ~ 2400 proposals 24% success rate– In 2010 ~2800 proposals 18% success rate

• International Incoming Fellowship– €40 million in 2011 (increase of €12 million on 2010)– In 2009 ~1045 proposals 15% success rate– In 2010 ~1170 proposals 12% success rate

Living allowance*€58,500 per year (4-10years experience)€87,500 per year (>10 years experience)

Mobility allowance* €700 per month (no family)€1000 per month (with family)

*Country correction coefficient appliedUK = 1.203 Germany = 0.984 France = 1.158 USA = 1.013 Australia = 1.085

Researcher Salary

At call deadline – just received PhD, no family (not married, no children), move from UK to Ireland (coefficient = 1.147) for 12 month fellowship

• €67,099 (£56,000) per year living allowance• €9634 (£8100) per year mobility allowance• Total salary cost €76733 (£64100)• Employers NI & Pension ~ 20%

Researcher Salary

At deadline – 10 or more years since you received BSc or BA, married, move from UK to Germany (coefficient 0.984), for a fellowship of 3 years

• €86100 (£73,000) annual living allowance• €11808 (£10,000) annual mobility allowance• Total salary cost €97908 (£83,000)

• Employers NI & Pension ~ 20%

Researcher Salary

Research Costs• €800 (£670) per month• For all costs to carry out research

– Consumables, travel to conferences, meetings, training costs, field work costs

Other costs• €700 per researcher month for overheads

Research Budget

International Outgoing Fellowship

12 – 24 months in a third country 12 months back in Europe

Intra-European Fellowship

12 -24 months in a different European country

International Incoming Fellowship

12 – 24 months in Europe

– Call opens on 16th March 2011– Call closes on 11th August 2011 at 4pm (BST)– Similar dates each year– Results announced – December 2011– Start grant – from March 2012 (earliest) to

March 2013 (12 months after grant agreement signed)

Individual Fellowships

– Career development, increasing knowledge, increasing skills, increasing collaboration

– Any research topic covered

– Open calls found on Marie Curie Actions website

– Proposals submitted using EPSS (find through Google)

– Choose host institution carefully (go and visit)

Individual Fellowships

Application

– Apply together with a host institution

– Employed by host institution

– Application usually written by the fellow

– Can only submit one application at a time

– All applications and reports must be in English

– Don’t leave application to the last minute [deadline time is 4pm (5pm in Brussels)]

– Check your eligibility

Application

READ THE GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS

READ THE WORK PROGRAMME

Section A

– Administrative information

– Researcher name, address, nationality etc etc

– Host institution name, address, legal contacts

Application

Application – Section B

• Maximum 25 pages• Use correct font (Arial or Times New Roman), font size

(11), margins (1.5cm)• 6 sections to Part B

1. Scientific and technological Quality (8 Pages)

2. Training (2 Pages)

3. Researcher (7 Pages)

4. Implementation (6 pages)

5. Impact (2 Pages)

6. Ethical Issues

Section B

Section Threshold (out of 5)

Weighting Priority

Sci & Tech 3 25% 3

Training 3 15% 2

Researcher 4 25% 1

Implementation n/a 15% 5

Impact 3.5 20% 4

Assessment

• Split into panels – Chemistry– Social Sciences and Humanities– Economic Sciences– Information Science and Engineering– Environment and Geosciences– Life Sciences– Maths– Physics

• Budget spilt pro-rata between categories• Proposals are ranked according to score

• Initial Training Network (ITN)

• Industry Academia Partnership Pathways (IAPP)

• Apply for advertised posts

• Mobility rules apply – must move to a different country

• EURAXESS website

Network Grants

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

Further Information

Further Information

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

Questions?