Marie Curie Actions Liz French Marie Curie Administrator

Marie Curie Actions Liz French Marie Curie Administrator Research Innovation Service elizabeth. french@nottingham. ac. uk

Marie Curie Actions • 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 – Ph. D or – 4 years research experience at call deadline

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

Individual Fellowships • 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 • International Outgoing Fellowship – € 40 million in 2011 (inc of € 12 million 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 € 15 million) – 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

Researcher Salary Living allowance* € 58, 500 per year (4 -10 years experience) € 87, 500 per year (>10 years experience) Mobility allowance* € 700 per month (no family) € 1000 per month (with family) *Country correction coefficient applied UK = 1. 203 Germany = 0. 984 USA = 1. 013 Australia = 1. 085 France = 1. 158

Researcher Salary At call deadline – just received Ph. D, 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%

Research Budget 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

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

Individual Fellowships – Call opens on 16 th March 2011 – Call closes on 11 th August 2011 at 4 pm (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)

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 4 pm (5 pm in Brussels)] – Check your eligibility

Application READ THE GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS READ THE WORK PROGRAMME

Application Section A – Administrative information – Researcher name, address, nationality etc – Host institution name, address, legal contacts

Application – Section B • Maximum 25 pages • Use correct font (Arial or Times New Roman), font size (11), margins (1. 5 cm) • 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

Network Grants • Initial Training Network (ITN) • Industry Academia Partnership Pathways (IAPP) • Apply for advertised posts • Mobility rules apply – must move to a different country • EURAXESS website

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

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