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New skills, knowledge and innovation 1.  Fostering new skills through excellence in ini4al

training of researchers 2.  Nurturing excellence through cross-‐border and

cross-‐sector mobility 3.  S4mula4ng innova4on through cross-‐fer4lisa4on of

knowledge 4.  Increasing structural impact by co-‐funding ac4vi4es 5.  Specific support and policy ac4on

Ø  AGract and retain research talent Ø  Develop state-‐of-‐the-‐art, innova.ve training schemes, consistent

with the highly compe44ve and increasingly inter-‐disciplinary requirements of research and innova4on

Ø  Promote sustainable career development in research and innova.on

Ø  Focus on delivering new knowledge and skills, in line with the key driver iden4fied in the strategic programming approach

Ø  Contribute to a strong partnership with MS via the co-‐funding mechanism

Strategic programming

approach

RISE Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

Scope: RISE

-‐ Promote interna4onal and inter-‐sector collabora4on through research and innova4on staff exchanges -‐ Sharing of knowledge and ideas for the advancement of science and the development of innova4on. -‐ Support is provided for the development of partnerships (e.g. joint research and innova4on ac4vi4es) -‐ Bo%om-‐up approach: set of clear research and innova7on objec7ves and deliverables.

General Aspects

- All Countries can par4cipate in RISE -‐ All na4onali4es can par4cipate in RISE -‐ All ins.tu.ons fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Par7cipa7on can par4cipate in RISE -‐ No mobility rules* for RISE

Project Main Aspects

-‐ Project built on joint research and innova4on ac4vi4es

-‐ Project implemented through the secondment of staff (no recruitments)

-‐ Each staff member seconded for a period of 1 to 12 months

-‐ The maximum size for a project is 540 person months

-‐ No minimum size explicitly defined for the project, but substan4al impact is expected

-‐ Maximum project dura4on is 4 years

Par.cipants in RISE

-‐ Beneficiaries •  Sign the Grant Agreement and claim costs •  Are responsible for the execu4on of the programme •  Are established in a MS/AC

-‐ Partner Organisa4ons •  Do not sign the Grant Agreement and do not claim costs • Must include a leGer of commitment in the proposal •  Are established in a TC

Sectors

The sector of an organisa4on is defined automa4cally

-‐ Academic Sector •  Higher educa4on establishments (public or private) •  Non-‐profit research organisa4ons (public or private) •  Interna4onal European interest organisa4ons

-‐ Non-‐Academic Sector •  Any socio-‐economic actor not included in the academic

sector and fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Par7cipa7on (SMEs, mul4na4onals, NGOs, ...)

Staff Members

-‐ Ac4vely engaged in or linked to research/innova4on ac4vi4es for at least 6 months prior to first secondment

-‐ Types of staff members: •  ESR (no PhD and < 4 years experience) •  ER (PhD or > 4 years experience) •  Managerial staff •  Administra4ve or Technical staff

-‐ In-‐built return mechanism

Minimum Eligibility Condi.ons

-‐ At least 3 independent par4cipants in 3 different countries

-‐ At least 2 par4cipants from 2 different MS/AC

-‐ If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 non-‐academic

In prac7ce, 2 possible minimum seCngs:

Academic

MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2

Non-‐Academic

TC + +or

MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 + + MS/AC 3

Eligible Secondments 1

Country

Non-‐Academic

MS/AC 1

Academic

Sector MS/AC 2 MS/AC 3

C

B

A X Same sector

X

X

D

Same Country

Same sector

Intra-‐European Exchanges

Eligible Secondments 2

Europe-‐Third Countries Exchanges

Country MS/AC 1

Sector

is not

relevant

MS/AC 2

B

A X

TC

C

D

Same or Different Third Country

Secondments from a TC to a MS/AC are not always eligible for EU funding but all of them must be described in the proposal.

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Secondments

Secondments that must be described in the proposal:

Academic MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 Non-‐Academic Eligible for EU Funding

MS/AC TC

TC MS/AC Eligibility for EU funding depends on the TC

Eligible for EU Funding

Secondments that must not be described in the proposal: All other possibili>es, such as:

Academic MS/AC 1

MS/AC 1

TC TC

MS/AC 1

Academic MS/AC 2

MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 Non-‐Academic Non-‐Academic

Countries Eligible For EU Funding

-‐ EU Member States

-‐ Overseas Countries and Territories linked to the MS (As defined on page 3 of General Annex A to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-‐2015)

-‐ Horizon 2020 Associated Countries (In principle, the same as FP7, but subject to the adop7on of the associa7on agreements)

-‐ The Third Countries listed (On page 3 of General Annex A to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-‐2015)

Countries Not Eligible For EU Funding

Countries not listed previously are not eligible for EU funding In prac7ce, those countries are mainly: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, United States.

In very excep.onal cases, partners from those countries might be funded. But the following condi4ons have to be fulfilled:

a) This partner has competences/exper4se that no organisa4on in MS/AC has b) The relevant transfer of knowledge can only be done via a secondment in the

direc4on TC MS/AC c) Points a) and b) must be endorsed by the expert evaluators

EU Contribu.on

Marie Skłodowska-‐Curie

Ac.on

Staff member unit cost *

person/month

Top-‐up allowance

Ins.tu.onal unit cost * person/month

Research, training and networking costs

Management and indirect costs

Research and Innova.on Staff Exchange

2 000 1 800 700

Unit costs per researcher per month

For secondments eligible for funding

*These unit costs are subject to a funding rate of 100% and no country coefficients apply.

Evalua.on

Evalua4on Panels: -‐ -‐ Chemistry (CHE) -‐ -‐ Social Sciences and Humani4es (SOC) -‐ -‐ Economic Sciences (ECO) -‐ -‐ Informa4on Science and Engineering (ENG) -‐ -‐ Environment and Geosciences (ENV) -‐ -‐ Life Sciences (LIF) -‐ -‐ Mathema4cs (MAT) -‐ -‐ Physics (PHY)

Evalua4on Criteria: -‐ -‐ Award Criteria -‐ -‐ Selec4on Criteria

Selec.on Criteria

-‐ Opera4onal capacity has to be checked

-‐ Proposals must include a descrip4on of: •  The profile of the people who will be primarily

responsible for carrying out the proposed work

•  Any significant infrastructure or major items of technical equipment, relevant to the proposed work

•  Any partner organisa4ons (not beneficiaries) contribu4ng towards the proposed work

Proposal Part A

-‐ Sec.on 1: General informa4on (including abstract)

-‐ Sec.on 2: Informa4on on par4cipants

-‐ Sec.on 3: Budget and Secondments tables

-‐ Sec.on 4: Ethics table

Proposal Part B

30 pages limit

(including data for non-‐academic beneficiaries)

Next RISE Call

Next call: -‐ H2020-‐MSCA-‐RISE-‐2015 -‐ Opens 06 January 2015 -‐ Deadline: 28 April 2015 -‐ Budget: € 80 Million

Results of the evalua4on: 5 months ajer the call deadline Signing of grant agreements: 8 months ajer the call deadline