Marie Curie
fellowships
research training and
knowledge transfer
opportunities for
individual researchers
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PEOPLE - Marie Curie grants
Why Marie Curie fellowships?
To make Europe more attractive to researchers:
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Strengthen skills of researchers in Europe
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Increase the pool of researchers in Europe
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Encouraging researchers to stay in Europe
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Attracting to Europe the best researchers from the entire world
BUT
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Also good possibilities for collaborating with non European countries
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25-30% of programme budget spent on
‘international dimension – world fellowships’
Budget division FP7 (in million Euro)
People
4.750
Ideas
7.510
Capacities
4.097
Cooperation
32.413
What are Marie Curie fellowships?
• Research grants
• Diversification of research skills
• Knowledge transfer
• Career development
Who, What, Where?
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Researchers, at any career stage from graduation
onwards
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All research topics
(except research which is ethically unacceptable and nuclear energy)
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In a different country
(<12 months during previous 3 years in host country)
Early stage
researcher
Experienced
researcher
Host
fellowships
Individual
fellowships
Marie Curie host fellowships
INITIAL TRAINING NETWORKS (ITN)
INDUSTRY-ACCADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AND PATHWAYS (IAPP)
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STAFF EXCHANGE SCHEME (IRSES)
CO-FUND
Individual
researchers
organisations
EC call
evaluation
Funded
projects
Marie Curie individual fellowships
LIFE LONG LEARNING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT (IEF)
INTERNATIONAL OUTGOING FELLOWSHIP (IOF)
INTERNATIONAL INCOMING FELLOWSHIP (IIF)
CAREER INTEGRATION GRANTS (CIG)
Individual
researchers +
host
organisations
EC call
evaluation
Funded
projects
Marie Curie host actions
ITN - Initial Training Networks
ITN
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Early stage researchers (ESRs)
(<5 years)
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Transnational networks of >3 complementary
organisations from 3 different EU/ Ass countries
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Industry participation strongly encouraged
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Joint training programme around a specific S/T topic
3rd country ICPC participation in ITN
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Individual researchers from ICPC countries can apply for
vacancies. No limitations.
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Organisations can be part of the consortium with EC funding,
on top of the minimum eligible consortium of EU/Ass countries
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Non ICPC third countries can participate but with own funding
Marie Curie host actions
IAPP – Industry – Academia
Partnerships and Pathways
IAPP
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Collaboration and exchange of knowledge and staff
between the public and the private sector
Long term, strategic impact of knowledge transfer
Partners: at least one industry and at least one
university/ research centre
From at least 2 different EU/Ass countries
3rd country ICPC participation in IAPP
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Individual researchers from ICPC countries can apply for
vacancies. No limitations.
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Organisations can be part of the consortium with EC funding,
on top of the minimum eligible consortium of EU/Ass countries
•
Non ICPC third countries can participate but with own funding
Marie Curie host actions
IRSES – International Research
Staff Exchange Scheme
Which third countries?
Countries with an S&T agreement with the EC
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Egypt, India,
Japan, (Rep. of) Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia,
South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States
Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy
a) Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
b) Mediterranean Partner Countries
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinianadministrated areas, Syrian Arab Rep., Tunisia
IRSES
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STAFF EXCHANGE SCHEME
Why: strengthening collaboration between Europe and specific third countries
What:
Joint research and knowledge transfer
Joint workshops and seminars
Other network activities
How: staff exchange
Marie Curie host actions
CoFund – co-funding of regional,
national or international post-doc
programmes
CoFund
 For granting organisations, which in turn
manage a post-doc fellowship programme
 Free choice of host institution, open
selection
 EU funds 40% of total costs of each
transnational post-doc fellowship
Expected publication dates and deadlines
ITN
July 2011
Jan 2012
Industry-academia
July 2011
April 2012
IRSES
Oct 2011
Feb 2012
Success rates Marie Curie actions in FP7 so far
host fellowships
Success rate
ITN
< 10%
IAPP
25-40%
IRSES
30%
Life long training and career development
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Intraeuropean (IEF)
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Experienced researchers (> 4 year or PhD)
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All career phases
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To broaden and differentiate research skills
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Selection among the best in Europe
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Fellowship 12-24 months
International Outgoing Fellowship
European researchers
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Research grant outside Europe
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Obligatory return in Europe 1 year
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Experienced researchers
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1-2 years outgoing + 1 year return
life-long learning and skills differentiation
International Incoming Fellowships
Researchers living outside Europe
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Research grant in Europe
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Experienced researchers
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1-2 years
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Strengthen ties with third countries and
import knowledge
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ICPC: optional return grant of 1 year
ICPC= International Cooperation Partner country
Career Integration grants
Researchers taking up their first stable post in Europe, and
who comply with the mobility rule
NEW
 Experienced researchers
 Not intended for ‘salary’
(or only partially)
 Fixed amount of 25.000€/year for between 2-4 years
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(NEW: No need for a link with a Marie Curie fellowship, no need to come
from outside Europe)
Knowledge flows
IEF:
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IIF:
 in Europe benefits from knowledge from
IOF:
benefits from knowledge from
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benefits from knowledge from
applies knowledge at
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outside Europe
 in Europe
Success rates FP7 so far
Individual fellowships
Success rate
IntraEuropean
2008:
2009:
2010:
27%
24%
18%
International Outgoing
2008:
2009:
2010:
25%
20%
17%
International Incoming
2008:
2009:
2010:
21%
15%
12%
Marie Curie IIF 2010
Budget 29 million Euro
Eligibility status of submitted proposals
Status
Nr of proposals
%
Submitted
1169
100,0%
Transferred from FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2010
6
0,51%
Withdrawn before evaluation
5
0,43%
Non eligible
Eligible evaluated
10
0,86%
1160
99,23%
OVERALL RESULTS
Result
Nr of proposals
%
Eligible evaluated
1160
100,0%
Recommended for funding
137
11,80%
Reserve list
46
3,97%
Rejected
977
84,22%
Above thresholds
Below threshold(s)
615
362
62,95%
37,05%
IIF 2010 evaluation results
Country AR AT
2
AT
BE
CH
CY
CZ
1
DE
DK
ES
FI
FR
HU
IE
IL
IT
NL
NO
PL
SE
UK
Total
1 2
AU BE BR CA CN CY CZ DE ES FR HK HU IE IN IQ IR IT JP KR MX NG NZ RO RU TH TW UA UK
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1 1 1
1 1 2
2
1 1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
2 1
1
1
1
1
1 1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1 1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
3 14
1
2
2
6 1 1 2 3
2
3 1 1 1 3
9 1 2 7 20 1 1 5 4 6 1 3 1 11 1 1 7 7 1 2 2 2 2 6 1 1 2 6
US Total
5
3
3
16
1
1
1
7
1
5
1
8
1
6
14
1
1
5
1
2
5
1
4
2
1
1
6
55
21 137
Marie Curie IOF 2010
Budget 29 million Euro
Eligibility status of submitted proposals
Status
Submitted
Withdrawn before evaluation
Transfer to FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF
Non eligible
Eligible evaluated
Nr of proposal
738
2
1
5
730
%
100,00%
0,27%
0,13%
0,68%
98,92%
OVERALL RESULTS
Result
Nr of proposals
%
Eligible evaluated
730
100,0%
120
16,44%
Reserve list
41
5,62%
Rejected
569
77,95%
Recommended for funding
Above thresholds
Below threshold(s)
422
147
74,17%
25,83%
Marie Curie IOF 2010
3rd country host organisations
COUNTRY
AU - Australia
BM - Bermuda
CA - Canada
HK - Hong Kong
JP - Japan
NZ - New Zealand
SG - Singapore
UM - United States Minor outlying islands
US - United States
Other countries
EG - Egypt
TN - Tunisia
ICPC - Mediterranean Partner Countries
RU - Russian Federation
ICPC - Eastern Europe and Central Asia
CN - China (People's Republic of)
IN - India
MY - Malaysia
ICPC - Asia
AR - Argentina
BR - Brazil
CL - Chile
MX - Mexico
UY - Uruguay
ICPC - Latin America
NA - Namibia
ZA - South Africa
ICPC - ACP - Africa
CU - Cuba
ICPC - ACP - Caribbean
TOTAL Third countries
Participation in evaluated proposals
69
1
80
3
8
23
3
1
503
691
1
1
2
4
4
4
3
3
10
6
2
1
5
2
16
1
5
6
1
1
730
Participations in ranked list
11
0
14
0
1
2
0
0
90
118
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
120
Ratio host country evaluated/funded: 73/12
Performance
15,94 %
0,00 %
17,50 %
0,00 %
12,50 %
8,70 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
17,89 %
17,28 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
16,67 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
6,25 %
0,00 %
20,00 %
16,67 %
0,00 %
0,00 %
16,44 %
Budget rules for Marie Curie individual fellowships:
fixed amounts per person-month (100% funding)
* Living allowance:
38.000 €/ year (researchers < 4 years)
58.500 €/ year (researchers 4-10 years)
87.500 €/ year (researchers >10 years)
Gross including employer’s
charges
Country correction coefficients apply
•Additional allowances for personal household, relocation, travel
700 €/month for researchers without a family
1000 €/month for researchers with a family
* Research related expenses:
800 €/month
* Overheads & management costs
700 €/ month
Publication dates and deadlines
Individual fellowships
16 Mar 2011
11 Aug 2011
Reintegration
20 Oct 2010
8 March 2011
6 Sept 2011
Time lines
 Usually one call per year
 Call open for 3-5 months
 Projects can start 6-8 months after deadline
 IxF: 12-24 months (plus additional reintegration for
international grants)
 Reintegration grants: 2-4 years
 Host actions (ITN, IAPP, IRSES): 4 years project,
fellowships of various duration – max 3 years
Guide for Applicants and Electronic Proposal
Submission System 
CORDIS ‘find a call’
http://cordis.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/
National Contact Points
Information, promotion, help desk, partner search, advice
during proposal preparation, contract negotiation and project
implementation
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/get-support_en.html
…….
Submitting a Marie Curie individual proposal
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Find a host institution and agree on the topic
Download guide for applicants
Register to EPSS for the correct call
Fill in forms
Prepare proposal according to template in guide for applicants /
EPSS
• Find referees if needed
• 100% electronic, no signatures or stamps needed
• BUT some information from host group needed (attn.: holidays)
EPSS = Electronic Proposal Submission System
Evaluation criteria & proposal structure
weight
threshold
S&T Quality
25%
3/5
Training
15%
3/5
Researcher
25%
4/5
Implementation
15%
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Impact
20%
3,5 / 5
S&T Quality
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Research / technological quality, incl. interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary
aspects
Appropriateness of research methodology and approach
Originality and innovativeness in relation to state of the art in the field
Timeliness and relevance
Host research expertise in the field
Quality of the group/ researchers in charge
Transfer of knowledge
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Potential of transferring knowledge to European host and/ or bring
knowledge to Europe
Clarity and quality of the transfer of knowledge objectives
researcher
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Research experience
Research results incl. patents, publications, teaching, etc.
Independent thinking, leadership qualities, and capacity to transfer
knowledge
Match between the fellow’s profile and project
Implementation
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Quality of infrastructure / facilities and international collaborations of
host
Practical arrangements for the implementation and management of
the research project
Feasibility and credibility of the project, incl. work plan
Practical and administrative arrangements and support for hosting
the fellow
Impact
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Potential for creating long-term collaborations and mutually
beneficial co-operation between Europe and the other Third country
Contribution to European excellence and European
competitiveness
Benefit of the mobility to the European Research Area
Impact of the proposed outreach activities
Tips
content
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What’s new for you, which new skills (scientific and general)?
What’s the impact on your career?
Methodology
Exciting, state of the art research
form
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One shot, no additional justifications afterwards
Precise, concrete, specific, pleasant & easy to read
Examples, charts, figures,statistics. Quantify
Ask someone to read it critically