FP7 Réunion les financements
européens de la mobilité des
chercheurs
Paolo Samorì
[email protected]
www.nanochemistry.fr
Nanochemistry LAB
Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (I.S.I.S.)
Université de Strasbourg
Paolo SAMORI, 12/05/2011
Outline
MARIE‐CURIE ACTIONS
 Individual Fellowships: Intra‐European Fellowships (IEF)
OPTSUFET
OPtically Tuneable SUpramolecular Field‐Effect Transistors
 Host‐Driven Actions: Initial Training Network (ITN)
SUPERIOR
SUPramolEculaR functional nanoscale archItectures for Organic electronics: a multi‐site initial tRaining action.
www.superior‐network.eu
Paolo SAMORI, 12/05/2011
Key Principles of Individual Fellowships
Make European researchers more competitive
 broaden fellow’s horizons
 undertake research in another country
 develop new skills
 move to a new sector: from a university to a company
(or vice‐versa)
 Become scientific leaders in a near future
Follow the guidelines & the evaluation criteria. Answer point by point!
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OPTSUFET – Scientific & Technological Quality
 S&T quality, incl. any interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary aspects of the proposal.
 Clearly state the goal of the project in the first paragraph
 Include an extra chapter on multi/interdisciplinarity training & research
 Research methodology
 Clearly indicate how the project will be organized (i.e. work packages)
 Originality and innovative nature of the project, and relationship to the 'state of the art' of research in the field
 Describe comprehensibly the state of the art. Indicate the progress beyond the state of the art.  Timeliness and relevance of the project
 Indicate why the project is important now.
 Host scientific expertise in the field
 Quality of the group/supervisors
 The choice of the group has to be clearly stated.
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OPTSUFET –Training
 Training objectives:
 make the researcher more independent
 provide the skills to become a team leader in a near future
 Dissemination & networking
 Training activities:
 Intersectoral/interdisciplinary ToK
 take part in the management of the research project
 organisation of training events
 Training in soft skills
 Do not forget to mention a Career Development Plan
The evaluators must be able to see from the proposal how the opportunities offered would be exploited for the career enhancement of the fellow.
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OPTSUFET – Fellow
CV of the fellow and list of main achievements
Some hints:
 It is good to create a really good impression of the fellow’s achievements at first sight.
 The fellowship should be a logical step of the fellow’s career. Therefore the CV should lead up to that.
 It is good to write in 3rd person.
 Mention all awards you have obtained, from fellowships to work recognition.  Research results. Write a short description (250 words) of maximum three of the major accomplishments mentioning the purpose, results, skills acquired, derived applications.
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OPTSUFET – Implementation
 Infrastucture/facilites
 Indicate the high‐quality services and resources of the host organisation: laboratories, equipment, libraries,…
 If the laboratory is engaged with other EC projects, you should indicate it. Also how this could benefit the researcher in terms of european
collaborations.
 Practical arrangements
 Clearly indicate how the project will be organized (i.e. work packages)
 Work plan
 Describe in detail the different work‐packages and the timing.
 The work plan should be nicely layout in tables.
 you can also introduce a troubleshooting section.
 if you wish, even if not necessary, milestones can be defined.
 DO NOT FORGET the career development plan: this should help you to pursue your goals.
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OPTSUFET – Impact
Hints to complete this part:
 What is the next step in your career?
 What do you learn during the fellowship to get there?
 What will you have achieved after the project?
http://europa.eu/documentation/official‐docs/green‐
papers/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/index_en.htm
 What is the impact on Europe?
 What is the scientific impact?
 What transfer of knowledge will your project bring to the Host institution/different from Research environment?
Paolo SAMORI, 12/05/2011
Outline
MARIE‐CURIE ACTIONS
 Individual Fellowships: Intra‐European Fellowships (IEF)
OPTSUFET
OPtically Tuneable SUpramolecular Field‐Effect Transistors
 Host‐Driven Actions: Initial Training Network (ITN)
SUPERIOR
SUPramolEculaR functional nanoscale archItectures for Organic electronics: a multi‐site initial tRaining action.
www.superior‐network.eu
Paolo SAMORI, 12/05/2011
Key Principles of Training Networks
Make research careers more attractive
 Principal aim is TRAINING of fellows on research and complementary skills.
 Improve trans‐national and/or intersectorial mobility of researchers.  Research is a career: pension, full social security, maternity
leave, etc.
 Increase the ToK and co‐operation between research
institutions.
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SUPERIOR‐Consortium
N
Beneficiary Name
Country
Positions
ESR
1
Université de Strasbourg (UdS)
France
2
BASF SE (BASF)*
Germany
3
University of Cambridge (UCAM)
UK
2 x 36 PM
4
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(KULeuven)
Belgium
2 x 36 PM
5
Max-Planck-Institute Mainz (MPG)
Germany
2 x 36 PM
6
A.P.E. Research s.r.l. (APE)*
Italy
7
University College London (UCL)
UK
2 x 36 PM
8
Université de Mons (Umons)
Belgium
2 x 36 PM
9
University of Nijmegen (RUN)
Netherlands 2 x 36 PM
TOTAL: 19 appointees
2 x 36 PM
ER
1 x 18 PM
2 x 18 PM
2 (24+12 PM)
504 PM
96 PM
(84,8 %)
(15,2 %)
* Industrial partners: Essential!!
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SUPERIOR ‐ Training
 SCIENTIFIC:
 Structured training courses: PhD research project for ESRs
 Attending courses in local PhD programmes
 Received and offered tutoring and tutoring
 Participation to dissemination activities: group meetings, progress meetings, international conferences to present results
 Personal career development plan  Intersectorial visits and secondments (ca. 4 weeks/year)
 Network‐wide training activities (workshops, summer schools)
 COMPLEMENTARY (SOFT) SKILLS:  Communication and presentation skills
 Language classes
 Project management
 Writing grant, patents, papers and reports  Commercial exploitation of the results and IP
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SUPERIOR ‐ Implementation
In order to achieve the research training programme:
 Clear definition and identification of scientific objectives.
 Adequate task distribution and schedule (use Gannt charts!)
 Planning of research secondments by exploiting complementarities and synergies between partners.  Private sector involvement at all possible levels.  Networking and dissemination activities: plan for organising training events (4 workshops in soft skills, 2 specialized summer schools, 1 final international conference).
 Defined management structure to ensure the implementation of the training and research programme (Supervisory Board) and definition of other Committees (Training, Dissemination and Networking).
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Personal considerations: project drafting & evaluation
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Include industries but in a true way !
Large enterprise and also SME
Interdisciplinary and intersectorial
Complementary contribution of the various partners to the project Write it to be understandable to non specialists
Read well the call for proposal and address all points fully (writing a proposal is boring).
Budget should be reasonable but it is not the key aspect that turns down a proposal
Budget: nothing can be invented. Just decide the person‐months of appointees and the rest is defined automatically
ToK: describe well your actions
Ask CE for all parts you are not expert (management organization, impact, etc)
Duration: 48 months is better than 36 (more time for appointments)
Provide multifaceted education to appointees (secondments, complementary skills, …)
Embarrassing: PhDs and Post Doc in you lab with different salaries
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Thank you for your attention!
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Extra slides
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SUPERIOR – S&T
Scientific Objectives: 1. Supramolecular synthetic chemistry of electrically/optically 1D and 2D (macro)molecules 2. Hierarchical self‐organisation of multifunctional SENMs at surfaces. Multiscale SPMs studies of physico‐chemical properties
3. Time‐resolved photophysical studies of single‐molecules and SENMs 4. Time‐resolved spectroscopy of materials and devices 5. Modelling the geometric and electronic structures and the optical properties of SENMs 6. Advanced devices processing/nanofabrication 7. Formation of controlled interfaces of SENMs with substrate and electrodes
8. Devices I: FETs – Measurement of charge mobility in stacks, also uppon photodoping.
9. Devices II: PVDs – Addressing the charge collection problem.
10. Devices III: emissive devices – Single photon emitters and OLEDs
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