1. N AVIGATING EC FUNDING CBCD 2014

2. W HAT IS THE EC Not a science funding agency! 6 year plans Horizon 2020 ERC Starting grant Marie Curie funding Project grants

3. ERC S TARTING I NVESTIGATOR FUNDING European Research Council Principal Investigator shall have been awarded his/her first PhD ≥ 2 and ≤ 7 years Funded on merit alone 50% CV – 50% project 5 year, large scale funding Must be hosted by and applied for through institution

4. M ARIE S KLODOWSKA -C URIE FUNDING Experienced researcher ( > 4 years) Individual Fellowships (IF) & ITNs Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) – an individual grant allowing an Experienced Researcher to move within Europe to pursue his/her research project; Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) Career Integration Grants (CIG) – a lump sum to encourage Experienced Researchers to settle/return in Europe; Career Integration Grants (CIG) Co-funding of Regional, National, and International Programmes (COFUND) – a co-funding mechanism providing an-extra financial support to national, regional research mobility programmes; Co-funding of Regional, National, and International Programmes (COFUND) Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) – an action promoting partnership and collaboration between business and academia. Early Stage Researchers, Experienced Researchers, or technical research staff can participate; Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) – an individual grant for Experienced Researchers willing to receive a research training in a host institution in a third country (outside Europe); International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) - an individual grant for Experienced Researchers based in third countries (non-Europeans) willing to receive a research training in a host institution based in Europe; International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) IF will be published 12 th March for 11 th September deadline http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/

5. P ROJECT GRANTS STREPS, etc 3-5 years networks Project focussed (Life Science, Social Science) Provides postdoctoral jobs Jobs advertised on European Commission Research Mobility Portal (EURAXESS)

6. W HERE TO F IND M ORE I NFORMATION 1 UKRO web-site: http://www.ukro.ac.uk/Pages/UKRO.aspx http://www.ukro.ac.uk/Pages/UKRO.aspx UKRO subscriber services (regular e-mails on which EU funding call have been published and UKRO training sessions for ERC/Marie Sklodowska-Curie events) RGCO web-site: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/rgco/otherservices/events.s html Funding Opportunities section of the Research & Innovation Participants Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/d esktop/en/opportunities/index.html