1. MCAA: Marie Curie Alumni Association
Brian Cahill
25th January 2018 1

2. BACKGROUND 2
European Commission Marie [Skłodowska] Curie Actions [M(S)CA] have been a key element of EU R&D policy across successive framework programmes
MSCA promotes / assists international mobility of researchers
Estimated researchers have benefitted from MCA
Need to ‘extend’ benefits beyond the formal contractual MSCA experience by creating an association – the MCAA
Marie Skłodowska-Curie ( ) 2

3. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions3 3

4. MCAA Membership (over 10,000 members)4 4 4

5. MCAA Structure 5 5

6. Global Chapter Coverage6 6 6

7. European Chapter Coverage7 7

8. Working Groups 8 8

9. Gives Feedback to the Commission Advises Members Training
Researcher Career Development 9
We support the career development of our members regardless of whether they want to make career in academia, in industry or in some completely different role.
MCAA
Runs events
Runs surveys
Gives Feedback to the Commission
Advises Members
Training
Supports MSCA Proposals 9

10. Science Communication10
Science Slams
European Researchers’ Night
Standing Up For Science Workshops 10

11. Training Courses 11 11

12. Bridging Science/Business12
MCAA has hosted Webinars to provide information to our widely distributed membership 12

13. Bridging Science/Business13
Innovation and Technology Transfer are a topic that win great interest from our membership and are an important part of our focus.
Sciencepreneurship: Research is done. What’s next?
MCAA Austrian Chapter
TU Wien
Joint Meeting of the MCAA Polish Chapter and Bridging Science Business Working Group
Gdańsk 13

14. Bridging Science/BusinessO
Bridging Science/Business 14
Innovation and Technology Transfer Workshops/Bootcamps
Idea and potential identification and evaluation
Licensing or Spin-off: The decision making step
Protection of Intellectual Property (IP)
How to start up: Entrepreneurship and Business Model Generation
Raising Funding/Investment: Venture Capital and so on
Presentation of workshop results – Pitching
Potential Partners
TU Dresden
TU Delft
TU Vienna (i2c)
Innovation Workshops are a possible contribution of MCAA to
MSCA proposals. 14

15. support RISE/ITN/ERN Proposals with a Letter of commitment
Involvement in MSCA Proposals 15
MCAA can
support RISE/ITN/ERN Proposals with a Letter of commitment
promote ERN events among our membership
publish IF Expressions of Interest on our Web Portal
Has experience of many of the critical areas for MSCA projects: researcher career development, intersectoral careers, innovation/startups, training, science communication, open science, gender equality, and so on. 15

16. Book Project 16 16

17. +
MCAA General Assembly 17
2-3 February 2018 at KU Leuven 17

18. https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu MCAA Web Site18
Membership opens to current and past fellows, supervisors and coordinators 18

19. BRIAN CAHILL on behalf of MCAA https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu
Thank you for your attention 19
BRIAN CAHILL on behalf of MCAA 19