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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Dr. Corina ABRAHAM-BARNA

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions National Contact Point

Overview

Marie Skłodowska-

Curie Actions in

H2020

Individual Fellowships

(IF)

Research and

Innovation Staff

Exchange (RISE)

Innovative Training

Networks (ITN)

MSCA Calls

1.  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in H2020

HORIZON 2020 •  Biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever (€80 billion available for 2014 to 2020)

•  Expected outcomes: taking great ideas from the lab to the market

•  Strategy "Coupling research and Innovation"

1.  Excellent Science

2.  Industrial leadership

3.  Tackling societal challenges

HORIZON 2020

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

MSCA Objective ensure optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s intellectual capital in order to

generate new skills, knowledge and innovation

Budget 2014-2020: € 6.162 billion

ITN Innovative Training Networks

IF Individual Fellowships

COFUND

RISE Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

MSCA in H2020

Non-academic sector ✓ any entity not included in the academic sector: ✓ e.g. large companies, SMEs, NGOs, museums,

hospitals ✓ international organisations (e.g. UN, WHO)

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

Academic sector ✓ public /private higher education establishments

awarding academic degrees ✓ public /private non-profit research organisations

whose primary mission is to pursue research ✓ international European interest organisations (e.g. CERN, EMBL)

Standardised legal validation of entities is applied to determine the category of each beneficiary

2. Individual Fellowships (IF)

Individual fellowships (IF)

IF

TYPE

WHO

NEW

WHAT

INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS (IF) – KEY FEATURES

For fellows from MS/AC going to Third countries (12-24 months) and returning to Europe (12 months)

For fellows coming to or moving within MS/AC (12-24 months)

Total = 24/36 months

INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS SCHEMES

Research, networking, training costs 800 €

Management and indirect costs 650 €

Living allowance 4 880 €

Mobility allowance 600 €

Family allowance 500 €

Institutional unit cost person/month

Researcher unit cost person/month

BUDGET

Living allowance 4 880 €

Researcher unit cost person/month

Country correction coefficients applicable for the living allowance

H2020-MSCA-IF CALLS 2018 – 2020

H2020-MSCA-IF call 2018 2019 2020

Opening & Closing date 12 April 2018-

12 Sept 2018 11 April 2019- 11 Sept 2019

08 April 2020- 09 Sept 2020

Budget 220 million € 237.62 million € 325 million €

Indicative budget and deadlines

3. Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)

RESEARCH & INNOVATION STAFF EXCHANGE (RISE)

RISE

TYPE

WHO

NEW

WHAT

Par

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ship

•  Academic and non- academic organisations

•  Europe and the rest of the world

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•  Projects implemented through R&I staff exchanges

•  Staff seconded for 1-12 months

Tran

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of

know

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al and inter- sector transfer of knowledge

•  Sharing of ideas and of R&I culture

RISE OBJECTIVES

RISE OBJECTIVES

The RISE scheme promotes international and cross-sector collaboration through exchanging research and innovation staff, and sharing knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa). RISE involves organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (in particular SMEs), based in Europe (EU Member States and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries) and outside Europe.

RISE SCOPE

Support is provided for the development of partnerships in the form of a joint research and innovation project. This is a imed at knowledge sharing via international as well as intersectoral mobility, based on secondments of research and innovation staff (exchanges) with an in-built return mechanism. Secondments shall always take place between legal entities independent from each other.

TYPE OF SECONDMENTS

▪  Intra-European (MS/AC) + Intersectoral

(academic & non-academic sectors)

▪  International (MS/AC and TC)

TYPE OF SECONDMENTS

SECONDED STAFF

SECONDMENTS

Admin or Tech

Staff

Managerial Staff

ER & ESR

STAFF actively engaged in or linked to R&I activities for at least one month prior to first secondment

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18

! SECONDED STAFF

-­‐   Ac$vely  engaged  in  or  linked  to  research/innova$on    ac$vi$es  for  at  least  1  month  prior  to  first  secondment  

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

-­‐   In-­‐built  return  mechanism  

Who can be seconded?

SECONDED STAFF

ELIGIBILITY OF SECONDMENTS SENDING (Seconding Staff from Organisation)

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Academic organisation in MS/

AC (1)

Non-academic organisation in MS/

AC (2)

Organisation in TC

Academic organisation in MS/AC

(1) ý þ þ Non-academic organisation in MS/AC

(2) þ ý þ

Organisation in TC

þ þ ý

Minimum condition: 3 independent organisations from 3 different countries

Examples:  Europe-­‐Third  Countries  Exchanges  

Country   MS/AC  1  

Sector  

is  not  

relevant  

MS/AC  2  

B  

A  

TC  

C  X

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.

-­‐ EU  Member  States  -­‐ Overseas  Countries  and  Territories  linked  to  the  MS  

(On  page  3  of  General  Annex  A  to  the  Horizon  2020  Work  Programme  2018-­‐2020)  

-­‐ Horizon  2020  Associated  Countries  (check  updated  list  on  the  ParJcipant  Portal)  

-­‐ The  Third  Countries  listed  (On  page  3  of  General  Annex  A  to  the  Horizon  2020  Work  Programme  2018-­‐2020)  

Eligibility for funding

Countries  not  listed  previously  are  not  eligible  for  EU  funding   In  pracJce,  those  countries  are  mainly:  Australia,  Brazil,  Canada,  China,  India,  Japan,  Mexico,  New  Zealand,  Republic  of  Korea,  Russia,  United  States.   In  very  excep$onal  cases,  partners  from  those  countries  might  be  funded.  But  the    following  condi$ons  have  to  be  fulfilled:  

a) This  partner  has  competences/exper$se  that  no  organisa$on  in  MS/AC  has  

b) The  relevant  transfer  of  knowledge  can  only  be  done  via  a  secondment  in    the  direc$on  TC→MS/AC  

c) Points  a)  and  b)  must  be  endorsed  by  the  expert  evaluators  

Eligibility for funding?

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  100   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.  

Financial Regime

•  Unit cost: Each eligible secondment month generates an income for the project of €4600. - €2100 top-up allowance for researcher "Part A" - €1800 research training and networking cost "Part B" - € 700 management and indirect cost "Part B"

•  Each beneficiary will report and claim unit cost for staff it sends on secondment (+ staff received from 3rd country partners). All calculations are automatic based on researcher declarations.

•  How part B (€1800+€700) is spent and distributed among beneficiaries/partners is not determined. Each project is free to decide how to use this contribution to do the project.

Financial Regime

RISE 2016

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Average: 10.1 participants

10  

5  

0  

15  

20  

3  -­‐  5   6  -­‐  8  9  -­‐  11   12  -­‐  14  15  -­‐  17  18  -­‐  20  21  -­‐  23  Number of

participants

24  -­‐  26   27  -­‐29  

Size of projects – No of participants

Size of projects - Budget

RISE 2016

EU contribution

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⇒Projects come in all sizes! ⇒Factor 40 between biggest and smallest

15  

10  

5  

0  

20  

25  

Average duration (months) of different types of secondments in Main list proposals

RISE 2017

Average duration of secondments: 2,3 months

A reminder about the financial regime

…actually mandated by the RISE grant

•  To ensure the best conditions for the researchers/staff before going on secondment

•  To inform seconded researchers/staff about their rights and obligations

•  Establish a consortium/partnership agreement to settle the financial regime applicable to the project

•  Align distribution of funds with the needs of the project

•  Communication of results

Best practice

EVALUATION ▪  Evaluation Panels:

•  Chemistry (CHE) •  Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC) •  Economic Sciences (ECO) •  Information Science and Engineering (ENG) •  Environment and Geosciences (ENV) •  Life Sciences (LIF) •  Mathematics (MAT) •  Physics (PHY)

▪  Evaluation Criteria: •  Award Criteria •  Selection Criteria

AWARD CRITERIA

PROPOSAL PART A

▪  Section 1: General information (including Abstract)

▪  Section 2: Information on participants

▪  Section 3: Budget and Secondments tables

▪  Section 4: Ethics table

PROPOSAL PART B

30  pages  limit  

(including  data  for  non-­‐academic  beneficiaries)  

VIVOIMAG 645757

Bone implants: a new contrast agent sensitive to enzymatic activity of metal-proteases, which will permit for the first time to follow the integration and cell differentiation activity in bone tissue bioreactors in vitro and in grafts in vivo using existing non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging techniques.

DEMO

BET

UMONS

CSIC

BIOIMAG

BONUS

15

8

8 4

4 7

5 13

4

4

6

8

10 13

Total EC Contribution = 472 500 EUR / 48 months Total eligible researcher months = 105

GREEN BUBBLES 643712

BURC

NWU

6

COE

Objective: to maximise the benefits associated with diving while minimising its negative impacts, thus achieving the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the system. This will be done by: 1) Carefully assessing and modelling the system itself; 2) Developing innovative products based on the issues and needs highlighted by assessment and modelling; 3) Promoting the uptake of such products by the system designing tailored business models and marketing plans. Direct engagement with selected stakeholders (divers, professionals, diving operators, certification agencies - CAs, MPAs, NGOs) will ensure relevant feedback throughout the project’s lifetime, as well as effective uptake of results at the end of the project.

DANSA

UBICA UBICA

DANEU

Total EC Contribution = 1 611 000 EUR / 48 months Total eligible researcher months = 358

NHTV

UNIVPM GAIA

JENNIFER 644294

Searching signals of new physics both with neutrinos, at T2K experiment, and at the intensity frontier, with the Belle-II experiment at the SUPERKEKB machine, to play a primary role in the search for deviations from the actually known fundamental physics in the flavour sector and to produce an unprecedented collaboration with Japanese scientists on the ground of dissemination and outreach.

1

Total EC Contribution = 2 308 500 EUR / 48 months Total eligible researcher months = 513

KEK

CAEN

STFC

QMUL NCBJ

IFAE

CNRS

METU

JSI

UKP

IFJ

OEAW

DESY

INFN

4. ITN

Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

ITN

TYPE

WHO

NEW

WHAT

TYPE OF ITN SCHEMES

ETN  European    Training    Networks  

Participants implement a joint research programme

EID  European    Industrial    Doctorates  

Doctoral training with the non-academic sector

EJD  European  

Joint    Doctorates  

Doctoral programme to deliver joint degrees

Min. 3 beneficiaries from any sector from 3 different MS/AC

Min. 2 beneficiaries from 2 different MS/AC: 1 academic + 1 non- academic sector

Min. 3 beneficiaries from academic sector, awarding PhD from 3 different MS/AC

Ø  EJD always within Europe or with a European beneficiary

Ø  Short secondments fall under Research, Training and Networking costs

Ø  Alignment of mobility rule to partner organisations in EIDs with standard ETN mobility rule

ITN

Ø  Budget for 2018 call: ETN: EUR 375 m EID: EUR 32 m EJD: EUR 35 m

ITN: KEY FEATURES •  International, multidisciplinary, inter-sectoral

networks of organisations

•  Joint research training and/or doctoral programs

•  Recruiting of only Early-Stage Researchers with own research project, adhering to mobility rules

•  Secondments encouraged

•  Any scientific domain

•  Project duration up to 48 months

EURAXESS portal for ITN vacancies

EURAXESS portal for ITN vacancies

EURAXESS portal for ITN vacancies

5. MSCA Calls

OPEN CALLS

RISE CALL

RISE CALL 2018

RISE CALL 2018

H2020-MSCA- RISE call 2018 2019 2020

Opening & Closing dates

22 Nov 2017- 21 March 2018

04 Dec 2018- 02 April 2019

05 Dec 2019- 07 April 2020

Budget 80 million € 80 million € 80 million €

2019 & 2020 Indicative budget and deadlines

H2020-MSCA-RISE CALLS 2018 – 2020

Indicative budget and deadlines

Guide for Applicants

- Work Programme - General Annexes - Rules for

participation

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020

Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

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

Participant Portal (applications)

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/des ktop/en/home.html

FURTHER INFO

National Contact Points for MSCA

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