Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Actions (MSCA)
South Africa-European Union Space Dialogue
Workshop on Scientific, Technical and Entrepreneurial
Skills Development for the Space Sector
19 Nov. 2013
Pretoria
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Agenda
Marie Curie Actions achievements
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions:
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Objectives and rationale
Key features
New actions - Building on past experience and
recent developments
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Marie Curie Actions
Background
 Significant EU fellowship programmes since
1990 (FP3) for researchers’ mobility
 Marie Curie (MC) label since 1996
 The MCA aim to structure training, mobility
& career development for researchers
Pierre and Marie Curie, 1895
 Under FP7, implemented through the People
Programme (2007-2013)
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FP7 MCA Achievements
 ~ 60,000 researchers supported since
creation of MCAs
1996-2013
Marie Curie Researchers
 >10,000 PhD supported in FP7
 38% women participation in FP7 MCA
(target: 40%)
 ~50% of budget dedicated to research
in societal challenges
 Bridging academia-business gap:
~8,000 secondments/recruitments in
~750 projects
 SMEs play a major role: in IAPP & ITN
account for >50% of all businesses
participating
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1996-1998 1999-2002 2002-2006 2007-2010 2011-2013
MCA
Mobility
Requirement in all projects
Global reach
130 nationalities, 82 countries
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Date: in 12 pts
Bottom-up nature
Topics
Project distribution by scientific panel
in FP7 (bottom-up approach)
South Africa Participation
in all MCA
Institutions:
• In submitted proposals (2007-2013) : 165
• In funded projects (2007-2013) : 52 (success rate 31.5 %)
 International Research Staff Exchange Staff Scheme (IRSES) : 41
 International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) : 4
 Initial Training Networks (ITN) : 4
 Industry-Academia Partnershpis&Pathways (IAPP) : 3
Funded researchers:
• Funded South African researchers (to date) :
 Excluding IRSES: 21 (12 ITN, 5 IAPP, 1 COFUND, 1 IEF, 1 IIF, 1 IIFR)
 Expected to be exchanged in IRSES: 423**
• Researchers going to host institutions in South Africa :
 Expected to be exchanged in IRSES: 512**
** Estimation based on total nr of expected researcher-months/average stay (average stay = 3 months)
Date: in 12 pts
HORIZON 2020
The New EU
Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation
2014-2020
Three priorities
•Excellent
science
•Industrial
leadership
•Societal
challenges
Priority 1.
Excellent science
Why:
• World class science is the foundation of tomorrow’s
technologies, jobs and wellbeing
• Need to develop, attract and retain research talent
• Researchers need access to the best infrastructures
 European Research Council (ERC): €13.2 billion
 Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA): €6.2 billion
Excellent Science
MSCA Objective
To ensure the optimum development and dynamic use
of Europe’s intellectual capital in order to generate
new skills, knowledge and innovation.
Budget 2014-2020: 6 162* million €
*subject to the final decision on MFF
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Key features of the MSCA
 Open to all domains of research and innovation from basic
research up to market take-up and innovation services
 Entirely bottom-up
 Participation of non-academic sector strongly encouraged,
especially industry and SMEs
 Mobility as the key requirement - funding on condition participants
move from one country to another
 Promotion of attractive working and employment conditions
 Particular attention to gender balance
 Public engagement of supported researchers
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MSCA in Horizon 2020
Innovative Training
Networks
Individual
Fellowships
Research and
Innovation Staff
Exchange
Co-funding of
programmes
ITN
IF
RISE
COFUND
Doctoral and initial training
Support for experienced researchers undertaking
international and inter-sector mobility
International and inter-sector cooperation through the
exchange of staff
Co-funding of regional, national and international
programmes:
- doctoral programmes
- fellowship programmes
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Innovative Training
Networks (ITN)
MSCA - main EU programme for structured doctoral training
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Dedicated to early-stage researchers (no ER recruitment)
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Involving wide partnership of institutions from academic and nonacademic sectors
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Based on FP7 ITN and EMJD experience
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Addressing triple 'i' dimension of mobility
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Combining scientific excellence with innovation-oriented approach
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Developing entrepreneurship and skills matching research labour
market needs
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Enhancing employability of researchers
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Proposing innovative ways of doctoral training, such as industrial
doctorates or joint doctorates
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Individual Fellowships
(IF)
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Opportunities for international and inter-sector mobility of ER
to facilitate career moves
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Enhance competences and creative potential of best researchers,
European and non-European willing to work in the EU
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Encompass all types of mobility: intra-European, incoming, outgoing, return
and re-integration
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Career Restart Panel to resume a research career after a break
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Reintegration Panel to reintegrate researchers in Europe
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Secondments embedded in the career development
– to take place within Europe
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Special focus on inter-sector collaboration
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Research and Innovation
Staff Exchange (RISE)
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New type of exchange of staff action to stimulate transfer of
knowledge and sharing of ideas
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Flexible inter-sector and international exchanges of highly
skilled research and innovation staff
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Based on a common research and innovation project
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Secondments only, no recruitment foreseen
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Exchanges between institutions within Europe cover only
inter-sector secondments
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Exchanges with institutions from outside Europe can be both
inter-sector and within the same sector
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No support for secondments between institutions located
outside Europe
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COFUND
 Stimulating
regional,
national
programmes to foster excellence
and
international
 Spreading best practices of MSCA in terms of
international
mobility,
research
training,
career
development
 Doctoral programmes and Fellowship programmes
 Sole beneficiary responsible for matching funds
 Use of unit costs
 Contribution possible from EU regional funds
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Actions
Thank you
Contact: Mario Roccaro
Policy Officer, DG EAC.C3
[email protected]
Marie Curie
Actions
27 June 2013
Brussels