1. Date: in 12 pts Education and Culture Marie (Sk ł odowska) Curie Actions FP7 and Horizon 2020 opportunities Kyiv, 12 April 2013 Kamila Partyka European Commission DG Education and Culture

2. Excellence Research Training Careers Education and Culture M(S)CA Features

3. Education and Culture Career moves within and outside Europe International cooperation Networking Industry-academia partnerships M(S)CA Features

4. Date: in 12 pts Education and Culture Global reach Mobility Requirement in all projects130 nationalities, 80 countries MCA in FP7

5. Education and Culture Bottom-up nature Topics

6. Education and Culture UA participation in MCA 4.1 million EUR allocated to Ukrainian institutes Participation in 63 projects 121 researchers supported (MCA projects without IRSES) Researcher-months in IRSES:

7. Education and Culture UA and other EaP Funded institutions

8. Education and Culture UA and other EaP MCA budget allocated

9. Education and Culture FP7 MC Actions ITN (Initial Training Networks) IEF (Intra-European Fellowships) IOF (International Outgoing Fellowships) IIF (International Incoming Fellowships) CIG (Career Integration Grants) IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways) IRSES (International Research Staff Exchange Scheme) COFUND (Co-funding of regional, national, international programmes) Research networks supporting doctoral training; 40% of FP7 MCA budget; low success rate Support for researchers moving inside Europe Support for researchers moving away from Europe Support for researchers moving to Europe Support for researchers starting a permanent position in Europe Industry-Academia cooperation through exchange of staff International cooperation between MS/AC & other third countries through exchange of staff Co-funding of regional, national and international research funding programmes for experienced researchers

10. Education and Culture Applicants Who can apply to what? Profile of recruited researchers Post-graduates (ESR*) < 4 years + no PhD Post-docs (ER*) > 4 years or PhD Senior Post-docs (MER*) > 10 years COFUND Research funding bodies Applicants Individual researchers Research Organisations IEF IOF IIF CIG ITN IAPP IRSES

11. Education and Culture 2013 Open Calls Call identifierDeadline in 2013Budget FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF14 August134 M€ FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF14 August44,5M€ FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF14 August44,5M€ FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG 7 March 18 September 40 M€

12. Education and Culture IEF (1) Objectives To support the best and most promising researchers in their Europe- wide career To enhance and maximise their contribution to the knowledge-based economy and society Expected impact Career development of experienced researchers Competence diversification – skills acquisition at multi-disciplinary level and/or inter-sector level Attain a leading independent position Resume a career in research after a break (Career Restart Panel- CAR) Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

13. Education and Culture IEF (2) Eligibility Nationality Mobility rule Duration Topic Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience Researchers of any nationality Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline 1-2 years Open to all fields of research Career Development through the funding of a research project undertaken in an EU Member State of an Associated Country

14. Education and Culture IEF (3) CAREER RESTART PANEL (only IEF) Encouraging researchers to return to research after a career break No fellowship or employment in research for at least 12 months immediately prior to the call deadline Modified mobility rule (3 years out of 5) Multidisciplinary panel (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF, MAT, PHY) Success rates in IEF (2012 call) 16 % No of proposals: 3708

15. Education and Culture IOF (1) Objectives To reinforce the international dimension of researchers’ careers To transfer acquired knowledge to Member States (MS) and Associated Countries (AC) Expected impact Significant advances in researchers' careers Acquisition of complementary research competences Reach a position of professional maturity International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)

16. Education and Culture IOF (2) Eligibility Nationality Mobility rule Duration Topic Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience Researchers with the nationality of an EU Member State or Associated Country; OTC nationals active in Europe Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline 1-2 years + 1 year obligatory reintegration phase Open to all fields of research Career Development through the funding of a research project undertaken in a Third Country

17. Education and Culture IOF (3) Fellowships of 2 phases: -initial outgoing phase in a Third Country (1-2 years) -mandatory re-integration phase in EU or AC (1 year – return host) Grant Agreement to be concluded with the host institution located in the MS or AC (return institution) Success rates in IOF (2012 call) 16 % No of proposals: 955

18. Education and Culture IIF (1) Objectives To attract top-class researchers active in a third country To transfer knowledge through mutual beneficial research cooperation Expected impact Significant advances in researchers' careers Acquisition of complementary research competences Attain a leading independent position International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) Success rates in IIF (2012 call) 13 % No of proposals: 1447

19. Education and Culture IIF (2) Eligibility Nationality Mobility rule Duration Topic Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience Researchers of any nationality, active in a Third Country Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline 1-2 years + 1 year optional reintegration for researchers from ICPC Open to all fields of research Career Development through the funding of a research project undertaken in an EU Member State of an Associated Country

20. Education and Culture Funding rates IEF, IOF, IIF Salary (58 500 / 87 500 € year) Mobility allowance (700/1000 € month) Contribution to Training and research costs (800 € month) Overheads (max. 700 € month) IIF – possible return phase – flat rate 15 000 € year Country coefficients applicable to salaries and mobility allowance

21. Education and Culture CIG (1) Objectives To reinforce the ERA by encouraging researchers to establish themselves in a MS or AC To attract and retain the best researchers in Europe Expected impact Provide researchers with opportunities for long term research position in Europe Reinforcement of the human research potential in the ERA Increase knowledge transfer and trans-national cooperation for EU research organisations Career Integration Grants (CIG)

22. Education and Culture CIG (2) Eligibility Nationality Mobility rule Duration Topic Post-docs or researchers with at least 4 years of research experience Researchers of any nationality Stays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the call deadline 24-48 months; host organisation must offer full time research post for at least the duration of the CIG grant Open to all fields of research

23. Education and Culture CIG (3) CIG cannot be combined with other Marie Curie Grants other ”personal grants” (e.g. ERC grants) CIG funding as lump sum: 25 000€/year => for any type of costs of the proposed project Part of salary of Researcher (or other people working on project) Equipment, consumables, travel Overhead, management costs Success rates in CIG (2012 call) 25 % No of proposals: 1645 (both cut-off dates)

24. Education and Culture Evaluation criteria WP People Research Executive Agency (REA) / External evaluators Criteria: - S&T Quality Threshold 3, Weighting 25% - Training (IEF & IOF only) Threshold 3, Weighting 15% - Transfer of knowledge (IIF only) Weighting 15% - Researcher Threshold 4, Weighting 25% - Implementation Weighting 15% - Impact Threshold 3.5, Weighting 20%

25. Education and Culture Other MCA opportunities

26. Education and Culture ITN Opportunities for PhD candidates (employment contracts) Currently there are 233 ITN running projects More than 200 jobs for Early Stage Researchers now (April 2013) published in Euraxess More opportunities with the 2013 projects that have been recently evaluated

27. Education and Culture IAPP Opportunities for Experienced Researchers (employment contracts) Currently there are 101 IAPP running projects Jobs vacancies published in Euraxess More opportunities with the 2013 projects that are to start this year or later on

28. Education and Culture COFUND Regional, national or international programmes Opportunities for Experienced Researchers COFUND beneficiaries: only from Member States and Associated countries Most of the COFUND programmes are open to all nationalities More information on MC website (map of projects) and Euraxess

29. Education and Culture EURAXESS MCA vacancies on EURAXESS Jobs

31. MSCA in Horizon 2020 Education and Culture Innovative Training Networks ITNTraining Networks, European Industrial Doctorates, Joint Doctorates Individual Fellowships IFSupport for experienced researchers undertaking international and inter-sector mobility Research and Innovation Staff Exchange RISEInternational and inter-sector cooperation through the exchange of staff Co-funding of programmes COFUNDCo-funding of regional, national and international programmes: - doctoral programmes - fellowship programmes

32. MSCA in Horizon 2020 Education and Culture MCA will continue as the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) Funding levels ~maintained Broad schemes ~maintained Simplification in Implementation Bi-Annual Work programmes

33. Education and Culture Useful links Participant portal (calls, submission…) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people Marie Curie Actions http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions/ FAQ: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/faq_en.cfmhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/faq_en.cfm Jobs supported - Euraxess: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jvSearchData/mc/add/1 http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jvSearchData/mc/add/1 Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020