Francesco Grassi, Vice-Chair of MCAA
Venice, 13 May 2015
Is there life after a Marie Curie Fellowship?
Does a Marie Curie Fellowship increase
chances of a successful career in
research
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
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‘Completing a Marie Curie Fellowship (MCF) does have
definite beneficial impacts on a researcher’s career
prospects. On several career and professional
achievement indicators, MC former fellows score more
positively than non-fellows (the ‘control group’ – CG)’
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
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‘MC fellows reported that MCF contributed significantly to
other key career ‘drivers’, such as (i) access to high quality
research facilities and labs, (ii) enlarging their professional
network and (iii) improving their interdisciplinary skills’
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
High satisfaction by Fellows and propensity to repeat
the experience
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
Positive impact on publication track and citation index
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
Positive impact on academic jobs
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
EC Report on Marie Curie Fellows and Career Development
2014
Positive impact on access to funding
What is MCAA
Marie Curie Alumni Association
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Association of current and former MC Fellows
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First established in November 2013 (legally
founded in February 2014)
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Nearly 6000 members as of May 13th 2015
Marie Curie Alumni Association
“The non-profit purpose of the MCAA is to
promote and exploit, in the broadest sense, the
full potential of the community of researchers who
have benefitted in terms of mobility from the
People programme”
Statute of MCAA
www. mariecuriealumni.eu
Marie Curie Alumni Association
members by nationality and panels
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Governance
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Objectives and actions
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Provide funding for the career development
of MCAA member
• Build opportunies for networking based on b
oth geographical proximity of thematic
• interests
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Overall scope and activities (1)
Funding: the MCAA offers opportunities to members to
access funding to assist their individual efforts in building
and promoting this Alumni community.
Alumni Directory: find other researchers through the online directory or seek out members in a specific location or
area via the map-based search. Keep your own on-line
profile up-to-date so your friends and acquaintances can
contact you.
Group activities: The MCAA has set up a number of
thematic working groups, as well as various local
membership chapters; more such groups and chapters are
planned. Members can also create or join specific on-line
groups to discuss common interests.
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Overall scope and activities (2)
News: There is a News page offering access the latest
news about the EU research area and a Calls page
offering information about EU calls for proposals. An
events page offers a calendar of events of potential
interest to members, and allows members to share their
own events with others. There is also a regular on-line
newsletter for members
Employment opportunities: the Jobs page offers a
range of information about open posts all over Europe.
Marie Curie Alumni Association
CHAPTERS
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
WORKING GROUPS
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
Amount of funding
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Up to 5.000 Euros for Chapters
and Working Groups
Up to 400 Euro for individual MicroGrants
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Marie Curie Alumni Association
Actions: overall funding figures
MCAA Micro
Grants
MCAA Working
Groups
MCAA Chapters
70.086,00 €
17.000,00 €
21.500,00 €
What’s next:
Marie Curie Alumni Association
the ‘legal framework’
Actions: types of Microgrants
15%
10%
10%
65%
Micro Travel Grants
Micro One World Grants
Micro Media Grants
Micro General Assembly Grants
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Future Activities of MCAA
• 3 new Calls for MicroGrants
and Working Groups/Chapters
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Strong efforts for improving the ‘Branding’ of the Marie
Curie Experience
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Strong efforts for Bridging Research and Business
There is life after a Marie Curie Fellowship!
ONE MORE THING…..
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The ‘Human Factor’
Marie Curie Fellowships have had a strong and
positive impact on personal lives of thousands
of people throughout the world
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What’s next:
the ‘legal framework’
Join MCAA!
Mariecuriealumni.eu
What’s next:
the ‘legal framework’
Thank you