MSCA Individual Fellowships 2020

UK National Contact Point Webinar8 April 2020

UK Research Officemariecurie-uk@ukro.ac.uk

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• Maximise UK engagement in EU-funded research, innovation and higher education activities

Mission

• Based in Brussels• European office of UK Research and Innovation

(UKRI)• Delivers subscription-based advisory services for

around 140 research organisations in the UK and beyond

• Provides ERC and MSCA National Contact Point services on behalf of the UK Government

Our office

About UKRO

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UKRO hosts the UK NCPs for:

UKRO National Contact Points

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecuriemariecurie-uk@ukro.ac.ukPhone: 0032 2 230 0318

European Research Council

www.ukro.ac.uk/ercerc-uk@ukro.ac.uk

Phone: 0032 2289 6121

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About the presenters

Speaker

• Sarah Ashwood

• European Advisor and MSCA NCP

Moderator

• Branwen Hide

• European Advisor and MSCA NCP

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UKRO webinars – House Rules

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• MSC Actions and Policy Context

• Individual Fellowships 2020

• UK Eligibility post EU-Exit

• Proposal Advice

MSCA Individual Fellowships 2020 Webinar

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Marie Curie Actions

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Horizon 2020 Structure

Excellent Science

European Research Council (ERC)

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Research Infrastructures

Industrial Leadership

Leadership in Enabling and

Industrial Technologies (LEIT) - ICT, NMBP, Space

Access to Risk Finance

Innovation in SMEs

Societal Challenges

Health and Wellbeing

Food security

Transport

Energy

Climate action

Societies

Security

Widening Participation; Science with and for Society, Mainstreaming of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and ICT, Fast Track to Innovation

European Institute of Innovation and

Technology (EIT)EURATOM Joint Research Centre

(JRC)

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MSCA Key Features

Operates on a ‘bottom-up’ basis

For any research and innovation ideas (basic research; market take-up)

Mobility (cross-border and cross-sector) is a key requirement

Enhance skills of people behind research and innovation

Strong participation across sectors

Dissemination and public engagement - public outreach

Gender balance – equal opportunities in the research content

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MSC Actions

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Key Features

Individual grant for Experienced Researchers to support mobility, research projects and training

Intersectoral; Opportunity to gain new knowledge in and outside academia

International: Opportunities both within and beyond Europe

Defined eligibility criteria but no nationality, age or career stage restrictions

Application submitted by the potential supervisor at the host institution

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach to proposals

Beneficiaries and researchers must follow the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

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Timeline

Action Date

Invitation to Submit Proposal 8 April 2020

Deadline for Submission 9 September 2020 17:00 Brussels Time

Evaluation of Proposals October - December 2020

Information on Outcome of Evaluations February 2021

Indicative Date for Signing the Grant Agreement February - March 2021

Prospective Start Date March 2021 - September 2022

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Submit Early, Submit Often

Commission collects proposals at Deadline

Individual Fellowships European

Fellowships (12-24 months)

Global Fellowships(12-24 months) + (12 month return

phase)

outgoing returnAny Country

MS/AC MS/AC Third Country MS/AC

From any country to MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of

last 36 months in that MS/AC

MS/AC citizen/long term resident to Third Country + plus mandatory

return phase in any MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of last 36 months in that third country

Standard Panel Enterprise and Society Panel

Career Restart Panel (CAR)

Reintegration Panel (RI)

Global Fellowships Panel

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Individual Fellowships

European Fellowships

(12-24 months)

Global Fellowships(12-24 months) + (12 month return

phase)

outgoing returnAny Country

MS/AC MS/AC Third Country MS/AC

From any country to MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of

last 36 months in that MS/AC

MS/AC citizen/long term resident to Third Country + plus mandatory

return phase in any MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of last 36 months in that third country

Standard Panel Enterprise and Society Panel

Career Restart Panel (CAR)

Reintegration Panel (RI)

Global Fellowships Panel

Enterprise and Society Panel

For Fellows hosted by non-academic

partners

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Individual Fellowships

European Fellowships

(12-24 months)

Global Fellowships(12-24 months) + (12 month return

phase)

outgoing returnAny Country

MS/AC MS/AC Third Country MS/AC

From any country to MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of

last 36 months in that MS/AC

MS/AC citizen/long term resident to Third Country + plus mandatory

return phase in any MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of last 36 months in that third country

Standard Panel Enterprise and Society Panel

Career Restart Panel (CAR)

Reintegration Panel (RI)

Global Fellowships PanelCareer Restart Panel (CAR)

For Fellows returning to research after a long

break

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Individual Fellowships

European Fellowships

(12-24 months)

Global Fellowships(12-24 months) + (12 month return

phase)

outgoing returnAny Country

MS/AC MS/AC Third Country MS/AC

From any country to MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of

last 36 months in that MS/AC

MS/AC citizen/long term resident to Third Country + plus mandatory

return phase in any MS/ACMust not have lived >12 months of last 36 months in that third country

Standard Panel Enterprise and Society Panel

Career Restart Panel (CAR)

Reintegration Panel (RI)

Global Fellowships PanelReintegration Panel (RI)

For MS/AC citizens/long-term residents returning to

MS/ACs from a Third Country

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Experienced Researcher• At the date of the call deadline, the researcher must be in possession of

a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience

• The researcher may be of any nationality. • No age restrictions apply

General Mobility Rule

• At the call deadline cannot have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline.

Eligibility Criteria - Fellow

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• At the call deadline cannot have resided or carried out the main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately before the call deadline.

Career Restart, Reintegration, Society and Enterprise

• Cannot have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the TC partner organisationwhere the outgoing phase takes place for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the call deadline

• The beneficiary must be located in an MS or AC

Global Fellowships

Eligibility Criteria – Mobility Rules

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• Fellow has not been active in research for at least 12 months within the 18 months immediately prior to the call deadline

Career Restart Panel

• Must be a national or long-term resident of a MS or AC • Have direct mobility from a Third Country to the fellowship host country

Reintegration Panel (EF-RI)

• Beneficiary must be an entity from the non-academic sector

Society & Enterprise Panel (EF-SE)

• Fellow must be a national or long term resident of a MS or AC• Third Country Host is included as a Partner Organisation and provides a

letter of Commitment

Global Fellowship

Additional Eligibility Criteria

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Key MSCA Definitions

Long-term residence

• A period of legal and continuous residence within EU Member States or Horizon 2020 Associated Countries of at least 5 consecutive years. Periods of absence from the territory of the Member State or Horizon 2020 Associated Country shall be taken into account for the calculation of this period where they are shorter than 6 consecutive months and do not exceed in total ten months within this period of five years.

Applicable to: - Reintegration Panel under European Fellowships,

and - Global Fellowships

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Proposed Budget

• A country correction coefficient (CCC) applies to living allowance (MSCA Work Programme) currently 139.8% for the UK

• For Global Fellowships there will be two different country correction coefficients

• Living Allowance is the GROSS amount

• Mobility and Family Allowance (were applicable) can also be subjected to taxation

• Eligibility to receive family allowance is determined at the call deadline

Researcher Unit Costperson/month

Institutional Unit costperson/month

Livingallowance

MobilityAllowance

FamilyAllowance(if eligible)

Research Training and Networking

Management and indirect costs

€4,880 €600 €500 €800 €650

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Individual Fellowships

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Excellence(50%)

Impact(30%)

Implementation (20%)

Quality and credibility of the research/innovation project; level of novelty, appropriate consideration of

inter/multidisciplinary and gender aspects

Enhancing the future career prospects of the researcher after

the fellowship

Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including the appropriateness of the

allocation of tasks and resources

Quality and appropriateness of the training and of the two way transfer of

knowledge between the researcher and the host

Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the

project results

Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures, including risk

management

Quality of the supervision and of the integration in the team/institution

Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the project activities to different target

audiences

Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure)

Potential of the researcher to reach or re-enforce professional

maturity/independence during the fellowship

Evaluation Criteria

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2019 Call – Success Rates

• >9000 evaluated proposals, 1,475 retained for funding• Overall success rate was 15.2% and for the UK is was 16.9%• UK remains the most popular host destination; 287 Successful Proposals

Panel Retained List Threshold Reserve List Threshold Success Rate %

CHE 92.4 90.0 13.1ECO 91.6 90.0 13.7ENG 92.4 90.0 13.0ENV 93.4 91.6 13.0LIF 92.6 91.0 13.2

MAT 91.0 89.0 12.7PHY 91.4 90.0 13.3SOC 93.0 90.0 13.0CAR 89.2 86.0 20.2

RI 93.0 90.6 20.4SE 81.8 78.4 27.6

European Fellowships

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2019 Call – Success Rates

Panel Retained List Threshold Reserve List Threshold Success Rate %

CHE 91.8 90.2 25.9ECO 89.4 85.4 27.3ENG 89.6 88.0 25.0ENV 91.4 85.8 23.5LIF 91.0 88.4 24.3

MAT 93.0 80.0 20.0PHY 86.6 85.8 23.0SOC 90.0 87.2 25.3

Global Fellowships

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UK Participation Post-EU ExitMSCA Individual Fellowships 2020

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• The Withdrawal Agreement, as agreed between the European Union and the United Kingdom, entered into force on 1 February 2020

• The WA means that the UK can continue to participate in EU programmes, including Horizon 2020, that are financed by the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) until their closure (i.e. for the lifetime of grants)

• UK participants will continue to receive EU grant funding for the lifetime of individual Horizon 2020 projects, including projects awarded and finishing after the transition period ends at the end of 2020

Horizon 2020/Withdrawal Agreement

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UK institutions are eligible as a Host organisation for the European Fellowships

We have historically been very successful in hosting MSCA Individual Fellowships, so would encourage researchers to apply with a UK host.

Projects with a UK host organisation will not be evaluated differently by the European Commission.

Individual Fellowships 2020

Business As Usual

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European Commission guidance

https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/brexit-impact_en

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Links to official documents and further information• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

provides the latest information on UK participation in Horizon 2020 on its website: https://www.ukri.org/research/international/ukri-eu-exit/

• UKRO factsheet with links to all major publications available at www.ukro.ac.uk

• UUK Brexit and Universities page https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/brexit

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Proposal Advice

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Scientific Project

ResearcherTraining

Do not think of this as only a research project

Make sure you consider the training and people involved

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Fellow

SupervisorInstitution

The best proposals have input from all 3 entities

The Supervisor has a key role in the proposal

Make sure you know who at your host institution to include for support

Make sure you work closely with colleagues to set expectations and

avoid surprises!

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Fellow

SupervisorInstitution

Finding A Supervisor/Fellow

Make use of your networks• Conferences• Social Media• Past Collaborators

Partner Search Tool on the Portal

EURAXESS Job Search

Net4Mobility+ Expression Of Interest Page

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Respect the Page Limit; 10 Pages for Part B1– Excellence Impact Implementation

Part B2; CV and Participating Organistion sections– Don’t repeat information, make use of all sections!

Proposal Advice

Use the current templateMake sure you download the 2020 version from the Submission Service

Include all mandatory tables (particularly if not completed PhD)

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Proposal Advice

Be Kind to the EvaluatorsInternational Evaluator Pool

Might not be first language EnglishMight be more of a generalist

Avoid country specific/research topic jargon or acronyms

Excite the evaluator – Make them want to read more!Use Diagrams and Images where possible

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Read the Guide For Applicants

The Guide for Applicants is crucial – don’t let it out of your sight!

It provides all eligibility criteria, proposal structure and financial rules

Gives assessment criteria and process overview

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• MSCA 2018-2020 Work Programme• 2020 Guide for Applicants • MSCA 2020 Call – Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal• NET4Mobility+ Network of MSCA NCPs

– Handbook for 2020 Individual Fellowship 2019 (2020 Coming Soon!)– Individual Fellowship Webinar

• H2020 Annotated Model Grant Agreement • Marie Curie Alumni Association• EURAXESS• EURAXESS REFEX (Career Development App)

Additional Information

UK NCP HelpdeskEmail: mariecurie-uk@ukro.ac.ukWebsite: www.ukro.ac.uk/mariecurie

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Session 1: Overview and Eligibility Rules (21 April 2020)

Session 2: Practical matters (27 April 2020)Things to consider when developing your project (secondments vs short visits, Part time working, SNLS, Training vs research, Gender, Dissemination and exploitation)

Session 3: Process for submission and Evaluation (5 May 2020)Submission process and Evaluation CriteriaEvaluators’ experience

MSCA NCP Drop In Sessions (6 and 27 May 2020)

www.ukro.ac.uk for Registration Details

Further UKRO MSCA WebinarsMSCA Individual Fellowships 2020

UK NCP Helpdeskmariecurie-uk@ukro.ac.uk

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