1. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in H2020
Regione Puglia Delegation
29 June 2017
Alessandra LUCHETTI
Research Executive Agency
Head of Department – Excellent Science

2. Horizon 2020

3. MSCA in H2020:
Excellence
Research
Training
Skills
Mobility

4. MSCA main objective for H2020:
Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe’s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills and innovation
Total budget ( ): € billion (current prices)

5. MSCA Objectives Attract and retain research talent in Europe
Develop state-of-the-art, innovative training schemes, consistent with the requirements of R&I
Promote sustainable career development in R&I
Focus on delivering new knowledge and skills
Back up strong partnership with MS via co-funding mechanism

6. Key Features development of knowledge and enhancement of skills
excellent and innovative research training
attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility
bottom-up approach
openness to all career stages
strong participation of industry, i.e. SMEs

7. Key Features
European Charter for Researchers & Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Ethical aspects
Gender balance
Public outreach activities

8. Other socio-economic actors
Who can participate?
Academia
Business and
non-academia
Public or private High Education Institutions awarding academic degrees
Public or private non-profit research organisations
International European interest organisations
Broad definition:
Any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector definition
International European interest organisation = an international organisation in which the majority of members are EU Member States or Associated countries, and whose principal objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe.
Examples: CERN and EMBL
HEI = Higher Education Institutions
Other socio-economic actors: NGOs, hospitals, museums, galleries etc.
Universities
Non-profit research
institutes
IEIOs
Industry
SMEs
Other socio-economic actors

9. Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
ITN
Innovative Training Networks IF
Individual Fellowships
RISE
Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
COFUND
European Researchers Night is a yearly event aimed at promoting science and research in general public and especially for younger generations. Its goal is to increase the visibility of attractive elements of research careers and to raise awareness about the importance of research and innovation for the modern societies. Any organisation in a EU member state or an associated country can apply for funding under NIGHT.
European Researchers' NIGHT

10. Which MSCA should you choose?

11. Innovative Training Networks
ITN
ITN
Innovative Training Networks
Raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training
Trigger cooperation and exchange of best practice among participants
Enhance researchers' employability and provide them with new career perspectives
Only for early stage researchers
Fellowships of 3-36 months
Project duration up to 4 years
Maximum 540 researcher-months
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Duration of projects: maximum 4 years
Fellowships of 3-36 months
Separate multidisciplinary panels for EID and EJD
Maximum 540 researcher-months per consortium , except in the case of an EID with 2 partners, but I will come to that on the next slide

12. ITN
ETN - European Training Networks
at least 3 beneficiaries from 3 different EU MS or AC. Above this minimum any country can participate
EID - European Industrial Doctorates
at least 2 beneficiaries established in 2 different MS or AC.
At least one beneficiary must come from the non-academic sector, primarily enterprise.
Each researcher - enrolled in a doctoral programme and spend at least 50% in the non-academic sector.
The joint supervision of fellows by supervisors from each sector is mandatory.
EJD - European Joint Doctorates
at least 3 beneficiaries from different EU MS or AC which are entitled to award doctoral degrees.
creation of joint doctoral programmes, leading to the delivery of joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees.

13. Individual FellowshipsIF IF
Individual Fellowships
Enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers
Opportunities to acquire new knowledge, work on research projects in a European context or outside Europe,
Resume a career or Return to Europe - Career Restart Panel and Reintegration Panel
Society and Enterprise panel – in non-academic institution – working on R&I projects (since 2016
Only for experienced researchers
Duration: 2 years (Global Fellowships: 3 years)
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Duration of projects: 2 years (IF Global: 3 years)
Support to experienced researchers of any nationality (IF Global and IF Reintegration: nationals of EU MS/AC and long-term residents)
Focus on career development potential, not experience per se
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

14. Society and Enterprise PanelIF
European Fellowships
Reintegration Panel
Career Restart Panel
Global Fellowships
Outgoing phase – 2 years
Return phase – 1 year
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Duration of projects: 2 years (IF Global: 3 years)
Support to experienced researchers of any nationality (IF Global and IF Reintegration: nationals of EU MS/AC and long-term residents)
Focus on career development potential, not experience per se
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
Society and Enterprise Panel

15. Society and Enterprise PanelIF
Society and Enterprise Panel
Beneficiary only from non-academic sector
Mobility rule = not more than 3 years in the last 5 years in the country of the beneficiary
Budget of € 10 Million
In the MSCA Work Programme a new panel of European Fellowship was introduced.
10 million for Society and Enterprise Panel introduces around 5% of the IF-EF overall budget.

16. RISE Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
Objective
Strengthen the interaction between academic and non-academic organisations, and between Europe and third countries,
Research projects implemented through research and innovation staff exchanges
International and inter-sector transfer of knowledge and sharing of ideas and of R&I culture
Highly skilled research and innovation staff move for 1-12 months
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Minimum eligibility condition: participants in 3 different countries (at least 2 MS/AC)
Duration of projects: maximum 4 years
Maximum 540 researcher-months per consortium
Partnership agreement recommended
Support to secondments of staff members (1-12 months)
Eligibility condition for staff member: 6 month at the sending institution prior to the first secondment

17. RISE
RISE features
Staff members eligibility condition: at least 6 months at the sending institution prior to first secondment
Secondments from 1 to 12 months
Project duration up to 4 years
Maximum 540 researcher-months
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Minimum eligibility condition: participants in 3 different countries (at least 2 MS/AC)
Duration of projects: maximum 4 years
Maximum 540 researcher-months per consortium
Partnership agreement recommended
Support to secondments of staff members (1-12 months)
Eligibility condition for staff member: 6 month at the sending institution prior to the first secondment

18. Two different set-ups :
RISE
Two different set-ups :
MS/AC 1
MS/AC 2 TC +
INTERNATIONAL
Academic
Non-Academic
MS/AC 1
MS/AC 2 +
MS/AC 3
EUROPEAN
Exchanges between European organisations (MS/AC) are possible if there are established in different countries and are from different sectors.
Intra-European secondments within the same sector or within the same country are not eligible for funding and must not be listed in the proposal (neither part A or Part B).
Secondments between MS/AC and TC are not dependent on the sector of the organisations. Secondments from a TC to a MS/AC are only eligible for funding for some TC (listed in Annex A of the WP). However, all secondments from TC to MS/AC must be indicated in the proposal as they will have an influence on the evaluation, even for those not eligible for EU funding.
Secondments between TCs or within the same TC have no influence on the evaluation and therefore must not be included in the proposal (neither part A or Part B).

19. COFUND
COFUND
Co-funding new or existing regional, national, and international programmes
Mono-beneficiary: organisation funding or managing doctoral or post- doctoral programmes
Leverage funding and combat fragmentation (possible synergies with ESIF)
Minimum living allowance fixed in the WP
EU contribution to co-fund living allowances for researchers and management costs
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Duration of projects: 3 to 5 years
Maximum € 10 Million per single applicant per call
Legal entities established in MS or AC, and international European interest organisations
Fellowships: minimum 3 months
Opportunities for researchers from all countries
Researchers to comply with the mobility rules of the MSCA
Doctoral Programmes
Training follows the EU Principles on Innovative Doctoral Training.
Collaboration with a wider set of partners, including from the non-academic sector, which may provide hosting or secondment opportunities or training.
Fellowships Programmes
Regular selection rounds following fixed deadlines or regular cut-off dates allowing a fair competition between applying researchers.
The selections should be based on open, widely advertised competition, with transparent international peer review and selection of candidates on merits.
Avoid limitations regarding the researchers' origin and destination (bottom-up)
Proposed programmes are encouraged to cover all research disciplines

20. Fellowship Programmes
Duration of projects: maximum 5 years
Duration of 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
Doctoral Programmes
Early stage researchers
Fellowship Programmes
Experienced researchers

21. Participate in all MSCAs:
Participate in all MSCAs: ...Equip researchers with skills that match your needs...
Participate in the training of researchers you would like to hire:
Contribute to a training module/workshop/summer schools: scientific or transferable skills (e.g. Management, Entrepreneurship, IPR,
Ethics, Communication)
Provide supervised on-the-job training via recruitments or secondments
Provide a platform for transfer of knowledge and acquisition of new skills …
4) How do you imagine your contribution to the project?

22. MSCA Financial overview RISE ITN IF COFUND
Research, networking, training costs
1800 €
Management and indirect costs
700 €
Top-up allowance
2000 €
RISE
Research, networking, training costs
1800 €
Management and indirect costs
1200 €
Living allowance*
3110 €
Mobility allowance
600 €
Family allowance
500 €
ITN
Research, networking, training costs
800 €
Management and indirect costs
500 €
Living allowance*
4650 €
Mobility allowance
600 €
Family allowance
500 € IF
UK 120,3 %
DE 98,8%
Management costs
325 €
Living allowance Early-stage researchers
1855 €
Living allowance Experienced researchers
2625 €
COFUND
The living allowance base rate is multiplied by Country Correction Coefficient

23. MSCA Calls 2017 ITN IF RISE COFUND 15/09/2016 – 10/01/2017 (closed)
EUR 430 million IF
11/04/2017 – 14/09/2017
EUR million
RISE
01/12/2016 – 05/04/2017
EUR 80 million
COFUND
05/04/2017 – 28/09/2017

24. Impressive scientific outcomes
Outcomes of the MCA
MSCA researchers from 140 nationalities, 24% from countries outside the EU Member States or FP7 Associated Countries.
Almost 90 countries involved
More than participations
from Host organizations:
76% from public sector
24% from private sector
37% of MCA fellows were women, on average 33% of EU
researchers were female
projects funded
Impressive scientific outcomes

25. Fellows at the forefront of science
30 scientists supported by the FP7 MCA were involved in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs Boson at CERN.
The 2016 discovery of gravitational waves brought a new way to observe some of the darkest events in our universe. An FP7 MCA project contributed to the breakthrough with 14 early-stage researchers, coordinated by the European Gravitational Observatory.
Several Nobel Prize winners were previously former MSCA fellows or scientists in charge

26. Nobel prize winners in MSCA
"By bringing together all these experts from academia and industry in teams that look into this problem from different angles, we probably can come with original new solution“
Ben Feringa, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
"MCA postdoctoral Individual Fellowship was a critical moment in my career“
Stefan Hell, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

27. FP6 Marie Curie project:
Transfer of Knowledge Industry-Academia Strategic Partnership

28. Who can help you?

29. NCP – National Contact Point
Your country
MSCA

30. IPR Helpdesk for IPR-related issues

31. Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

32. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Website http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions
Horizon 2020
Participant Portal (applications)
European Charter and Code for Researchers
How to find partners:

33. Thank you for your attention