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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Introduction

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Marie Curie Actions Introduction

Content Marie Curie Basics MSCA Budget H2020 MSCA Objectives MSCA Key Features FP7 People vs MSCA H2020 MSCA Key Concepts Call Timetable

Marie Curie Actions

Significant EU fellowship programmes since 1990 (FP3) for researchers’ mobility

Marie Curie label since 1996

Actions aimed at structuring training, mobility and career development for researchers

Under FP7, implemented through the People Programme (2007-2013): EUR 4,75 billion

Pierre and Marie Curie honeymoon, 1895

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FP7 People- MCA Achievements

- 60 000 researchers financed since the creation of the Marie Curie Actions

- More than 10 000 PhD supported in FP7

- Marie Curie researchers coming from all over the world (around 130 nationalities)

- Marie Curie host organisations in more than 80 countries

- 46% of researchers coming to EU from industrialised countries stay in Europe after the end of their IIF fellowship

- 38% women participation in FP7 MCA, close to the 40% target

Economics 2%

Social Sciences and Humanities

9%

Mathematics3%

Chemistry10%

COFUND8%

Life Sciences27%

Physics13%

Environmental and Geo-sciences

11%

Information Science and Engineering

17%

Budget distribution by scientific panel in FP7

Bottom-up approach

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FP7 People- MCA Achievements

- More than 50% of the budget dedicated to research on societal challenges

- Bridging the academia-business gap: ~6.000 secondments / recruitments in ~350 FP7 MCA projects

- SMEs play a major role: in IAPP and ITN they account for more than 50% of all businesses participating

Other €911m; 49%

Water supply €32m; 2%

Health €534m; 28%

Food supply €77m; 4%

Ageing Population €36m; 2% Climate change

€106m; 6%

Energy shortage €177m; 9%

Budget dedicated to societal challenges under FP7 MCA (2007-2011)

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MCA & EU2020 Strategy

Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives

• Promote researchers mobility across sectors, countries and disciplines

• Attractiveness of European universities

• Stronger links between education, research and innovation

Innovation Union

• 1 million more researchers

• Attract and train young people to become researchers

• Improve quality of doctoral training

• Involve businesses in doctoral training

• Equip researchers with relevant skills that will match both public and private sector needs

• Improve career prospects of doctoral candidates

Youth On the Move

Agenda for New Skills and Jobs

MSCA Objective

Main objective Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of

Europe’s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills and innovation

Rationale Encourage new, creative types of training Identify excellent talents in research and innovation in

international competition Make best researchers in Europe and the world work

together across countries, sectors and disciplines Create a whole new mind-set in Europe, crucial for

entrepreneurship and innovation

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Excellence

Research

Training

Careers

MSCA Objective

MSCA –10 Key Features

1 Open to all domains of research and innovation2 Bottom-up approach 3 Support to researchers at all stages of their career 4 Open to all institutions from all countries.5 Opening research careers at European and international level 6 Excellent employment and working conditions, in line with the EU Charter and Code for Researchers7 Gender balance and equal opportunities8 Mobility is the key requirement, triple “I””: inter-national, inter-sectorial and inter-disciplinary9 Plan suitable outreach activities: dissemination and public engagement.10. Open Research Data Pilot

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MSCA in H2020

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

Excellent science

Industrial leadership

Societal challenges

MSCA in H2020

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Excellent science

Industrial leadership

Societal challenges

MSCA Budget in H2020

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FP7-PEOPLE VS MSCA-H2020

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FP7-PEOPLE VS MSCA-H2020

MCA will continue as the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)

Funding levels ~maintained

Broad schemes ~maintained

Main features (bottom-up, mobility, career development, gender balance, employment conditions) maintained

Simplification in implementation

Broader definition of industry involvement: participation of businesses (including SMEs) and other socio-economic actors

Synergies with other parts of H2020 and with Erasmus+

Strong emphasis on outreach activities and communicating research

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FP7-PEOPLE VS MSCA-H2020

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Action 1 ITNEarly-stage

Researchers

Action 2 IFExperienced Researchers

Action 3 RISEExchange of

Staff

Action 4 COFUND

Innovative Training NetworksSupport for doctoral and early-stage training

European Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, European Joint Doctorates

Individual FellowshipsSupport for experienced researchers undertaking international and inter-sector mobility: European

Fellowships and Global FellowshipsDedicated support for career restart and reintegration

Research and Innovation Staff ExchangeInternational and inter-sector cooperation

through the exchange of staff

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes- Doctoral programmes- Fellowship programmes

ITN

IEFIOFIIFCIG

IAPPIRSES

COFUNDAlso: Researchers’ Night

MSCA – Key Concepts:R&D Experience

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Full Time Equivalent Research 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 or seconded, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate is or was ever envisaged.

MSCA – Key Concepts: Mobility Rule

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Mobility Rule: At the time of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, or recruitment/secondment by the host organisation, depending on the action, researchers shall 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 reference date.”

• Compulsory national service and/or short stayssuch as holidays are not taken into account

• In the Career Restart Panel and the ReintegrationPanel in IF, researchers shall not have resided orcarried out their main activity in the country oftheir host organisation for more than 3 years inthe 5 years immediately prior to the deadline.

MSCA – Key Concepts: 2 SECTORs

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i.e: SMEs, Hospitals, big enterprises, NGOs, International Organisations, Museums, Governments…

MSCA – Key Concepts: 2 participants

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TheBeneficiary

Partnerorganizations

is the host organization (EU member States or Associated) who recruits, supervises and provides training for the researcher (ER/ESR/Staff), taking complete responsibility for executing the proposed action.

do not sign the Grant Agreement and do not employ the researchers within the action. Partner organisations provide additional training and host researchers during secondments

3 countries categories:•MS – Member States•AC – Associated Countries•TC – Third Countries

MSCA – Call Timetable

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Call Opens Closes Budget

COFUND 2014 10 April 2014 2 Oct 2014 80 M

ITN 2015 2 Sep 2014 13 Jan 2015 370 M

RISE 2015 6 Jan 2015 28 Apr 2015 80 M

IF 2015 12 Mar 2015 10 Sept 2015 215 M

COFUND 2015 14 Apr 2015 1 Oct 2015 80 M

UA Marie Curie success stories

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UA Marie Curie success stories

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UA Marie Curie success stories

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MSCA useful links

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Marie Curie Actions Websitehttp://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions

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

Calls :http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/

EURAXESS mobility portal (current opportunity for researchers)http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm

Marie Curie Alumni Associationhttps://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/

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Thank you for your attention!

Ana MartinezOficina de Gestión de Proyectos Internacionales

ogpi@ua.esSkype: ogpi.ua

Tel. 965903801/3802. Ext. 1288http://sgitt-otri.ua.es/es/proyectos-internacionales/