COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes Dr. Conor O’Carroll National Delegate – Excellent Science

ITN Innovative Training Networks RISE Research & Innovation Staff Exchange COFUND Co-financing fellowship or doctoral programmes with transnational mobility NIGHT European Researchers’ Night IF Individual Fellowships

COFUND Increasing Marie Curie opportunities for researchers by co-funding regional, national and international programmes Over 175 co-funded programmes funded via FP7 All are fellowships programmes (post-PhD researchers or equivalent) 8 in Ireland: majority are run by funding agencies except RCSI, UCD and DOCTRID (intellectual disability charity) Commission paid for 40% of the programme cost

National Contribution Award Holder Programme EU Contribution (40%) National Contribution (60%) University College Dublin UCD ENERGY-21 €1.8M €2.8M UCD Energy 21 Built on one of UCD’s 4 research themes: Earth Sciences, Energy and the Environment UCD will award 21 fellowships for Experienced Researchers to work at UCD – all fellowships include a secondment outside Ireland Marie Curie COFUND award provides 40% co-funding from the Commission 60% own funding came from a pool of funds earmarked for the UCD Energy Institute – mix of sources including philanthropic and industry funding

COFUND in Horizon 2020 Horizon 2020 will offer co-funding for: Doctoral Training/Scholarship programmes Post-doctoral and/or Senior Fellowship programmes (post-PhD or equivalent) Staff exchange programmes (post 2015) Co-funding rate is 45% (+ 5%) If you have funding for 5 postdocs/PhD students, you can apply to turn that into funding for 10! All COFUND Programmes are listed at http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/other/cofund.html

Living & Mobility Allowance (a) EU Contribution Depends on whether the researcher is paid a salary (preferred if possible), or a stipend Categories of eligible costs   Marie Skłodowska-Curie action Costs of researchers  PER MONTH Institutional costs Living & Mobility Allowance (a) Management costs (b) STIPEND ESR (Student): 927.50 ER (Researcher): 1312.50 325 SALARY ESR: 1855 ER: 2625 COFUND only co-finances the Living+Mobility Allowance and the Management Costs – all other costs (e.g. research, travel, family allowance, indirect costs (overheads) must be financed from own budget

Minimum Remuneration Choose your own funding rates, but EC has specified minimum rates for Living & Mobility Allowances (70% of the MSCA rates for the other Actions) ESR (Student) PER MONTH ER (Researcher) Stipend €1298.50 €1837.50 Salary €2597 €3675

Example – PhD programme Doctoral Programme Student (ESR) is paid a Stipend => EU Contribution €927.50 per month Minimum living plus mobility allowance is €1298.50 per month Other Costs (e.g. research, management, indirect) must be 100% financed from own budget “Own budget” can come from any source, including Structural Funds Cost item Total cost [€ per person-month] EU contribution [€ per person-month] Living and Mobility allowance 1600 (1350+250) 927.50 Research costs 500 Management costs 600 325 Indirect costs Total 3300 1252.50 EU Co-Funding 38%

Example – Fellowships Programme 1 Post-doctoral Fellowships Programme Researcher (ER) is paid a salary => EU contribution €2625 per month Minimum living plus mobility allowance is €3675 per month Other Costs (e.g. research, management, indirect) must be 100% financed from own budget “Own budget” can come from any source, including Structural Funds Cost item Total cost [€ per person-month] EU contribution [€ per person-month] Living & Mobility Allowance 3675 (3175 + 500) 2625 Research costs 800 Management costs 600 325 Indirect costs Total 5675 2950 EU Co-Funding 52%

Example – Fellowships Programme 2 Cost item Total cost [€ per person-month] EU contribution [€ per person-month] Living & Mobility allowance 2500 (2000+500) 1312.5 Research costs 500 Management costs 600 325 Indirect costs Total 4200 1637.5 Short-term travel fellowships programme Researcher (ER) is paid a stipend (grant on top of existing salary) Minimum living plus mobility allowance is €1837.50 per month Other Costs (e.g. research, management, indirect) must be 100% financed from own budget “Own budget” can come from any source, including Structural Funds EU Co-funding 39%

COFUND Calls 2014 and 2015 CALL Opening Date Closing Date H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2014 10-Apr-2013 2-Oct-2014 H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2015 14-Apr-2015 1-Oct-2015 2014 Call Budget €80 million 2015 Call Budget €80million

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