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Page 1: Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions - Obzor 2020. · Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) objectives: • Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use

Sadržaj

Marie Sklodowska – Curie

Actions

ITN rules and opportunity

Sandra Vidović,

19th October 2017

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Content

• Marie Sklodowska – Curie Actions

• Consortium projects Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

• IP management in MSCA

• Tips and tricks for proposal writing

• Overall success of Croatian organisations

• Useful links

• Contacts

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) objectives:

• Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s intellectual capital

• Generate new skills, knowledge and innovation

• Develop attractive career opportunities for competitive and inter-disciplinary R&I environment

EURAXESS initiatives European Charter for Researchers

Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

Principles of research integrity - European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

Horizon 2020 Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) cross-cutting issue, engaging society, integrating the gender and ethical dimensions

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MSCA (2)

• Bottom – up approach - open to all domains of research and innovation from basic research up to market take-up and innovation services

• 8 evaluation panels (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF, MAT and PHY)

• Tailor made actions for researchers - level of involvement is proportional to the participant's needs

• Can be Host-driven (e.g. Universities and Enterprises participate) or Individually-driven (e.g. Individual researcher participates through a Host).

• Mobility rule - cross-border and cross-sector mobility as key requirement

• Public engagement of supported researchers

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Types of participants

• Two types of participant

• Two types of sector: academic and non-academic

• Cooperation between academic and non-academic (business) sector

• Strong accent on participation of industry, SMEs and non-academia

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MSCA in nutschell

IndividualFellowships

Submission by researcher in liaison with host institution

Enable talented researchers to work on individual projects to boost research and

innovation potential

Experienced researchers (with PhD) of any

nationality

Innovative Training Networks

Submission byinternational consortium

Promote innovative research and doctoral

training in Europe. Developing researchers'

skills for innovation within and outside academia.

Project proposals from a network offering attractive

research conditions and doctoral programes for

young researchers

Research andInnvoation Staff

Exchange

Submission byinternational consortium

Stimulate international and intersectoral mobility

and enhancing international dimension

of research and innovation

A joint research and innovation project by the

exchange of individual staff to ensure transfer of

knowledge

COFUND

Monobeneficary

Support regional, national or international

programmes to foster excellence in research and

career development of researchers

Organisations that fund or manage doctoral

programmes or fellowship programmes for

researchers.

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MSCA Consortium projects

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MSCA consortium projects

• International networks of research organisations from academic and non-academic sector

Impact of MSCA consortium projects

• Enhanced cooperation and better transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines

• Improvement in the quality of training programmes and supervision arrangements

• Creation of new networks and enhanced quality of existing ones

• Boosting R&I capacity among participating organisations and at Europe level

• Increased internationalisation of participating organisations

• Increased set of skills, both research-related and transferable ones, leading to improved employability and career prospects of researcher both in and outside academia

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Who can participate?

• All institutions fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation can participate

• All Countries can participate

• “Other Third Countries” – two types

Participants listed in Annex A to the Work Programme can participate with no restrictions (Can be Beneficiaries or Partner Organisations)

Participants not listed in Annex A to the Work Programme (e.g. USA, Brazil):

– Can be a Partner Organisation

– Can be a Beneficiary only if:• They have an S&T Agreement with the EU

• Their participation is deemed essential by the evaluators (have expertise not available in Europe)

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Participation of UK after Brexit

‘UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.’

‘’The Government’s underwrite commitment guarantees awards where the application is submitted before exit and is subsequently approved after exit. This includes proposals which are informed oftheir success but, at the point of exit, have not signed a grant agreement, and proposals which have been submitted before exit and that are only informed of their success following exit. We will workwith the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded.’’

More information available on:https://www.ukro.ac.uk/authoring/public/Documents/170719_h2020_qa_underwrite.pdf

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Opportunities for participants

MSCA

can fund yourresearch and

innovation for your needs

Diversify partnerships and globalisation of R&I networking

Access state-of-the-art facilities of

academic or nonacademic partners

Influence the future culture and practice

of research

New synergies and funding opportunities

Innovate with reduced investment risks

Attract young talent and experienced

researchers

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Level of involvement

• Host secondments and internships

• Provide specific training modules

Get involved

• Recruit one or more researchers during their entire fellowship

• Build around a common research project

• Get co-funding for your fellowship programme

Capacities building • Gain and transfer

knowledge/expertise through staff exchange

• Take part in shaping the training of researchers you would like to hire

• Develop a European Industrial Doctorate

Enhance long-term partnerships

Researchers acquire transferable skills, business sector research experience while academic sector networking and collaboration

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...Equip researchers with skills that match your needs...

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Innovative Training Network (ITN)

• Consortium proposes a joint research training or doctoral programme

• Train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers able to face current and future challenges

• Raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training –secondments to the non-academic sector

• To provide enhanced career perspectives through mobility focused to innovation-oriented mind-set

• Trigger cooperation and exchange of best practice among participants

• Enhance researchers' employability and provide them with new career perspectives

• Fellowships of 3-36 months

• Project duration up to 4 years

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Principles ofInnovative Doctoral Training

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Typical ITN activities

• International and intersectoral consortium• Joint research project• Recruitment of researchers across the consortium• Advanced research skills and transverable skills trainig• Secondments and exchange of good practice

Training throughresearch

Individual, personalised

projects

Exposure to differentsectors

Network wide training

activities

Workshops, summerschools

Structure ofcurriculum

Quantificationby ECTS points

Structuredtrainingcourses

Tutorials, lectures

Joint syllabusdevelopment,

joint PhD programmes

Exchange ofknowledge

Intersectoralvisits and

secondments

Organisationand

participation to conferences

Visitingresearchers

Academic / non-academic

sector

Improving skillsand knowhosw

of theresearchers

Transferableskills training

Related to research andinnovation

Related to management

and grantapplication

Triple ‘’I’’ dimensioninternational, interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral

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European Training Networks (ETN)

Minimum consortium: • 3 Beneficiaries in 3 countries (Member

States/Associated Countries)

• No maximum consortium size – typically 6 to 10 Beneficiaries

• Beneficiaries from any sector

• No min or max no. of Partner Organisations

• ESRs funded 3 to 36 months

• Usually leads to an academic degree award (e.g. MEng, PhD) - not mandatory

• Max 540 researcher-months (15 PhDs)

Country 1

Country 2Country 3

AcademiaNon-academia

The aim is for the researcher to experience different sectors and develop their transferable skills by working on joint research projects.

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European Joint Doctorates (EJD)

• Minimum consortium 3 Academic Beneficiaries in 3 countries (MS/AC)

• No maximum consortium size – typically 6 to 10 Beneficiaries

• Beneficiaries from any sector

• No min or max no. of Partner Organisations

• ESRs funded 3 to 36 months

• Must lead to a joint, double or multiple doctoral degree

• Max 540 researcher-months (15 PhDs)

Promoting international, intersectoral and multi/interdisciplinary collaboration in doctoral-level training in Europe

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European Industrial Doctorates (EID)

• Minimum consortium: 2 Beneficiaries in 2 countries (MS/AC)

• One academic, one non-academic

• Above this minimum, can add Beneficiaries from any sector

• No min or max no. of Partner Organisations

• ESRs funded 3 to 36 months

• Must lead to a PhD award

• For 2 Beneficiaries, max 180 researcher-months (5 PhDs)

• For > 2 Beneficiaries max 540 researcher-months (15 PhDs)

Involving the non-academic sector in doctoral training so that skills better match public and private sector needs

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Employment of researchers

• Early Stage Researchers (ESR) of any nationality

• Duration of recruitment: min 3 to max 36 months(typical recruitment: 36 months)

• The host organisation shall recruit each eligible researcher under an employment contract

• Mobility rule: The researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of his/her host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment

• The beneficiary has to ensure that the mobility rule is respected at the time of the first recruitment in a project

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Recruitment Process

• Advertise and publish vacancies internationally

• Beneficiaries must publish vacancies on the EURAXESS Portal

• Follow an open, transparent, impartial equitable and merit-based recruitment procedure

• Recruitments have to be in accordance with the European Charter and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/brochure_rights/am509774CEE_EN_E4.pdf

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/

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• If MSCA EID and EJD are doctoral programmes, why can Researchers only be appointed for a maximum of 36 months when many will take longer to complete their PhDs?

In those countries where the duration of PhD study is formally 4 years, additional funding from other sources should be secured by the participant in order to fund the 4th year of doctoral studies.

• Will it be checked whether the doctoral degree has actually been awarded in EID and EJD types of action?

Fellows recruited under European Industrial Doctorates (EID) and European Joint Doctorates (EJD) types of action must be enrolled in the doctoral programme and are expected to complete their studies (and under the rules of the EJD type of action must receive the joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees).

For EJDs, a formal commitment to award joint/double/multiple doctoral degrees is required in the proposal. Since the doctoral degree may be awarded after the EID or EJD project has finished, it may not be feasible in all cases to check during the project lifetime as to whether the final degree was actually awarded. However, such checks may take place after the conclusion of the project.

Recruitment process FAQ

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Secondments

• In ETN, recruited researchers can be seconded to other beneficiaries and/or to partner organisations for a duration of up to 30% of their recruitment period (except for EID and EJD).

• For EID, researchers must spend at least 50% of their time in the non-academic sector. This inter-sectoral mobility has to be between participating organisations located in different countries.

• Recruited researchers can only be seconded to beneficiaries or partner organisations of the project.

• Intersectoral mobility between beneficiaries must also be international

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Financial aspects

- Basic, gross amount paid to the researcher in monthly instalments (€37,320/year).- Country correction coefficient of the country in which the researcher will be recruited is applied.

Fixed amounts, regardless of the country of recruitment.

- The participation of researchers in training activities- Expenses related to research costs- Costs for visiting researchers- Tuition fees (where applicable)

The financial support for an ITN is calculated on the basis of eligible person-months and takes the form of a grant covering 100% of the eligible costs.

- Preparation of the reports and other documents - Personnel costs of the Project Manager- Maintenance of the consortium agreement

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Financial aspects 2

Transfers between categories• The costs for the researcher must be fully used for the researcher -

Article 6.2.A(c)• Formal transfer not possible due to nature of unit costs• The use of institutional costs is decided by the beneficiary

– The consortium can agree to distribute it differently, in which case it should be addressed in the consortium agreement

– Usually the coordinator retains the largest share of the management costs.

Use of costs• Unused amounts of institutional costs can be used for other action-

related purposes e.g.:– to organise additional training activities– to increase the salary of the researcher

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IP Management in MSCA

• MSCA – IP relevant characteristics:

– Intersectoral exchange – academic/non-academic (i.e. SMEs) –Different IP policies/interests; Publication vs. Exploitation

– International dimension EU-MS/AC vs. Third Countries – Different IP laws/regulations

– Joint research and innovation activities between the participants –Exchange and sharing of knowledge (IP); joint protection and exploitation of results

– Secondments of research and innovation staff (exchanges) focusing onthe exploitation of complementary competences of the participants –Granting access to background/results for/by “Visitors“

• IP management in Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actionshttps://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/sites/default/files/newsdocuments/Fact-Sheet-IP-Management-in-H2020-MSCAs.pdf

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ITN 2014 – 2016 Results

ITN 2015: Eligible and A-list proposals by panel

Source: European Commission, Research Executive Agency

ITN ETN EID EJD

2014 9,4 18,8 15,4

2015 6,3 9,6 9,2

2016 6,2 9,7 9,6

SUCCESS RATE IN %

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Croatian participation in MSCA

Source: European Commission – March 2017

Results October 2017• 5 RISE projects• 8 ITN projects:

- 1 EID- 1 EJD- 6 ETN

• 1 IF project

1 NIGHT project2 NCP transnatinal cooperationproject

ACTIONNUMBER OF

PARTICIPATION

PROJECTS PROPOSALS WITH CROATIAN PARTICIPATION

SUCCESSFUL PROJECT WITH CROATIAN ORGANISATION

NUMBER OF CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN

SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS

SUCCESS RATE OF CROATIAN

PARTICIPATION

EU CONTRIBUTION IN MILIONS OF EURO TO

CROATIAN ORGANISATIONS

ITN 155 134 8 10 6,0 3.468.654

IF 23 23 2 2 8,7 328.020

RISE 55 39 5 8 12,8 626.100

COFUND 2 2 0 0 0,0 0

NIGHT 14 4 1 3 25,0 107.430

NCP projekt 1 1 1 1 100,0 24.638

Ukupno 250 203 17 24 8,4 4.554.842

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Croatian participation in MSCA (2)

• Which subject areas have been most successful for Croatia?

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Useful links

• Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes• http://www.mobilnost.hr

• Horizon 2020 – Croatian national portal• http://www.obzor2020.hr

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions • http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/

• Participants’ portal• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

• Horizon 2020 on-line manual• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/index_en.htm

• Euraxess portal• http://www.euraxess.hr

• Bridging business and research• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BRPPt_tqmQ

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Thank you for your attention!

Sandra Vidović

Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Agency for Mobility and EU ProgrammesFrankopanska 26, HR-10 000 ZagrebPhone +385 (0)1 500 5954Fax +385 (0)1 500 5699

[email protected]

www.obzor2020.hr