Marie Curie Actions

Marie Curie Actions

27 June 2013 Brussels

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Mario Roccaro Policy Officer, DG EAC.C3 mario.roccaro@ec.europa.eu

Workshop on H2020@eseia

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The Marie Curie Actions (MCA) achievements in FP7

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) in Horizon 2020

Outline

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Excellence

Research

Training

Skills

Mobility

MSCA

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Global reach Mobility Requirement in all projects 130 nationalities, 82 countries

M(S)CA

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Bottom-up nature

Project distribution by scientific panel in FP7 (bottom-up approach)

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FP7 MCA Achievements

~ 60 000 researchers financed since creation of MCAs

>10 000 PhD supported in FP7

38% women participation in FP7 MCA (target: 40%)

~50% of budget dedicated to research in societal challenges

Bridging academia-business gap: ~8000 secondments/recruitments in ~750 projects

SMEs play a major role: in IAPP & ITN account for >50% of all businesses participating

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86% of the beneficiaries agreed that participation in Marie Curie projects has strengthened/will strengthen existing collaborations with partner organisations.

Almost two thirds of the universities from the Shanghai top 500 list participated in the host-driven in 2011. Nine out of ten European companies, investing the largest sums in research and development, participated in the host-driven in 2010 and 2011.

92% of the ITN fellows considered the Marie Curie impact on their career prospects as “very good” or “good”.

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Interim evaluation: Effectiveness and utility

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The New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020

HORIZON 2020

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What is new at the "Horizon 2020"

It constitutes a break from the past

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives*

• Coupling research to innovation from research to retail, all forms of innovation

• Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport

• Simplified access for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond

The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

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EXCELLENCE SCIENCE

ERC; MSCA; FET; RI

INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP

& Competitive Frameworks

SOCIETAL CHALLENGES

(7 Thematics)

H2020 Priorities

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MSCA Objective

MSCA objective Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills and innovation

1. Fostering new skills through excellent initial training of researchers

2. Nurturing excellence through cross-border and cross-sector mobility

3. Stimulating innovation through cross-fertilisation of knowledge

4. Increasing structural impact by co-funding the activities 5. Specific support and policy action

Total budget (2014-2020): € 6.2 billion (current prices)

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MSCA–Key Features

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+

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MSCA in Horizon 2020

Innovative

Training

Networks

ITN European Training Networks, European

Industrial Doctorates, European Joint

Doctorates

Individual

Fellowships

IF Support for experienced researchers

undertaking international and inter-sector

mobility

Research and

Innovation Staff

Exchange

RISE International and inter-sector cooperation

through the exchange of staff

Co-funding of

programmes

COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and

international programmes:

- doctoral programmes

- fellowship programmes

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Funds and calls

EU contribution based on unit costs calculated on the basis of the researcher-months

Allowances for the researcher (living, mobility and family allowance)

Unit costs for research, training and networking Unit costs for management and overheads

Calls:

Yearly calls (first call planned to be open in December 2013 - launch of the Horizon 2020)

Application via the Participant portal National Contact Points for help

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Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

Objective To raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training

To train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers

Means European Training Networks (ETN), European Industrial Doctorates (EID) or European Joint Doctorates (EJD)

Triple 'i' dimension of mobility and particular focus on innovation skills

Support to ESR for 3-36 months

Minimum eligibility condition: network of 3 participants (exception: EID with 2 participants only)

Expected Impact To enhance researchers' employability and provide them with new career perspectives

MSCA - main EU programme for structured doctoral training

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Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

Categories breakdown and unit cost per person-month

* A country correction coefficient applies to the living allowance. This coefficient is the one applicable to the country of the researcher’s host organisation as listed in Table 4. ** These unit costs will be subject to a funding rate of 100%.

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Researcher unit cost

[person/month]**

Institutional unit cost

[person/month]**

Living allowance*

Mobility

allowance

Family

allowance

Research,

training and

networking

costs

Management

and indirect

costs

Innovative

Training Networks 3 110 600 500 1 800 1 200

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Individual Fellowships (IF)

Objective

To enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers

To acquire new knowledge, to work on research projects in a European context or outside Europe, to resume a career or return to Europe

Means

Individual, trans-national fellowships awarded to the best or most promising researchers

European Fellowships (12-24 months) or Global Fellowships (12-24 months + mandatory return phase of 12 months)

Career Restart Panel and Reintegration Panel

Secondments, notably in the non-academic sector, embedded in the career development

Expected Impact

To release the full potential of researchers and to catalyse significant development in their careers in both the academic and non-academic sectors

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Researcher unit cost

[person/month]**

Institutional unit cost

[person/month]**

Living

allowance*

Mobility

allowance

Family

allowance

Research,

training and

networking

costs

Management

and indirect

costs

Innovative

Training Networks 3 110 600 500 1 800 1 200

Individual

Fellowships

4 650 600 500 800 650

Categories breakdown and unit cost per person-month

* A country correction coefficient applies to the living allowance. This coefficient is the one applicable to the country of the researcher’s host organisation as listed in Table 4. ** These unit costs will be subject to a funding rate of 100%.

Individual Fellowships (IF)

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Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)

Objective To promote international and inter-sector collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges To foster a shared culture of research and innovation

Means International and inter-sector collaboration and transfer of knowledge Joint research and innovation project Secondments of staff members for 1-12 months

Minimum eligibility condition: participants in 3 different countries (at least 2 MS/AC)

Within Europe: only inter-sector secondments

No secondments between institutions located outside Europe or within the same MS/AC

Expected Impact To strengthen the interaction between organisations in the academic and non-academic sectors, and between Europe and third countries

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Staff member unit cost

[person/month]**

Top-up allowance

Institutional unit cost

[person/month]**

Research,

training and

networking

costs

Management

and indirect

costs

Research and

Innovation Staff

Exchange

2 000 1 800 700

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)

Categories breakdown and unit cost per person-month

** These unit costs will be subject to a funding rate of 100%.

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COFUND

Objective

To stimulate regional, national or international programmes to foster excellence in researchers' training, mobility and career development

Means

Co-funding new or existing regional, national, and international programmes

Possibilities of synergies with structural funds

Doctoral Programmes (for ESR) and Fellowship Programmes (for ER)

Researchers to comply with the mobility rules of the MSCA

Minimum support for researchers: 3 months

Implemented by a sole beneficiary

Expected Impact

To exploit synergies between European Union actions and those at regional, national, and international level, and leverage funding

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COFUND

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Researcher unit cost

[person/month]***

Institutional unit cost

[person/month]***

Co-funding of

regional,

national and

international

programmes

Early-stage researchers 3 710

650

Experienced researchers 5 250

***These unit costs will be subject to a co-funding rate of 50%.

Categories breakdown and unit cost per person-month

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~ 65 000 researchers to be supported, including 25 000 PhD candidates

~ 200 000 scientific publications in high impact peer-reviewed journals

~ 1 500 patent applications

~ 100 spin-offs created

~ 350-400 new regional / national / international programmes to be created

targeting international and intersectoral training, and career development of

research and innovation staff

2014-2020

Expected impact

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MSCA-WP

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Horizon 2020

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Definitions

Academic sector: public or private HEI awarding academic degrees, public or

private non-profit research organisations, international European interest

organisations

Non-academic sector: any socio-economic actor not included in the academic

sector definition

Beneficiaries => signatories of the grant agreement

Partner organisations => not signing the grant agreement

Categories of researchers: ESR and ER – in line with FP7 approach

Full time research equivalent and mobility rule – following FP7 approach

Staff members in RISE: researchers, innovators, managers, administrative

and technical personnel supporting research and innovation activities of the

project

ITN – Main features

Budget*: € 405.18 Million in 2014 (EID: 25.5 Mio, EJD: 30 Mio)

€ 370 Million in 2015 (EID: 25 Mio, EJD 25 Mio)

Duration of projects: maximum 4 years

Consortium agreement: required only for EID

Support to early-stage researchers only

Fellowships of 3-36 months

Maximum 540 researcher-months per consortium (180 for EID with 2

partners)

Separate multidisciplinary panels for EID and EJD

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* All budget-related details in this presentation are subject to the final decision on MFF

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IF – Main features

Budget: € 240.50 Million in 2014 (Global Fellowships: 29 Mio)

€ 213 Million in 2015 (Global Fellowships: 27 Mio)

Duration of projects: 2 years (IF Global: 3 years)

Support to experienced researchers of any nationality (IF Global:

nationals of EU MS/AC and long-term residents)

Focus on career development, not necessarily experience

Additional 3 or 6 month secondment option, within Europe and in

another sector

Separate multidisciplinary panels for CAR and Reintegration

Same award sub-criteria for all proposals

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RISE – Main features

Budget: € 70 Million in 2014

€ 80 Million in 2015

Duration of projects: maximum 4 years

Partnership agreement recommended

Support to secondments of staff members (1-12 months)

No mobility rule required

Eligibility condition for staff member: 6 month at the sending institution

prior to the first secondment

Maximum 540 researcher-months per consortium

8 evaluation panels

COFUND – Main features

Budget: € 80 Million in 2014 (Doctoral Programmes: 30 Mio)

€ 80 Million in 2015 (Doctoral Programmes: 30 Mio)

Maximum € 10 Million per single applicant per call

Duration of projects: maximum 5 years

Fellowships: minimum 3 months

EU contribution to cover living allowances for researchers and

management costs

50% co-funding for established unit costs

Minimum living allowance fixed in the WP

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This presentation reproduces content of the Draft Horizon 2020 Work

Programme 2014-2015 in the area of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

This paper is made public just before the adoption process of the work

programme to provide potential participants with the currently expected

main lines of the work programme 2014-2015. It is a working document

not yet endorsed by the Commission and its content does not in any way

prejudge the final decision of the Commission.

Information and topic descriptions indicated in this working document

may not appear in the final work programme; and likewise, new elements

may be introduced at a later stage. Any information disclosed by any

other party shall not be construed as having been endorsed by or

affiliated to the Commission.

The Commission expressly disclaims liability for any future changes of

the content of this document.

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