VII FP support actions to young researchers'

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VII FP support actions to young researchers.

• Dr.ssa Elisabetta Narducci
• INFM CNR Area Tecnico-Scientifica

Lucca, 16th October 2008
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VII Framework Programme

• It is the main financial instruments of the EC to
  support research, technological development and
  demonstration projects
• It covers all scientific disciplines
• It has a total budget of over 50 billion

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VII FP (2007-2013) SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES

• Cooperation
• Ideas
• People
• Capacities

Distribution of budget (billion euros)
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COOPERATION

• AIM
• supporting trans-national cooperation between
  universities, industry, research centres and
  public authorities throughout the EU and beyond,
  in all types of research activities to gain or
  consolidate leadership in key scientific and
  technology areas
• FOCUSED ON
• 10 ten distinct research themes (most important
  fields of knowledge and technology where research
  excellence is particularly important to improve
  Europes ability to address its social, economic,
  public health, environmental and industrial
  challenges of the future)
• Implemented
• through several distinct actions

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COOPERATION

• 10 Thematic Priorities
• Health
• Food, agriculture and biotechnology
• Information and communication technologies
• Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new
  production technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including climate change)
• Transport (including aeronautics)
• Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
• Space
• Security

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COOPERATION

• Collaborative research RD projects and
  networks
• -        
• Coordination between national research
  programmes favouring the development of joint
  calls, joint programmes and actions supported
  together by several Member States and the
  Commission, such as the ERA-NET and ERA-NET Plus
  actions
• -        
• Joint Technology Initiatives
• for a limited number of European Technology
  Platforms, setting up long-term public-private
  partnerships that combine private sector
  investment and/or national and European public
  funding, including grant funding from the
  Research Framework Programme and loan finance
  from the European Investment Bank.

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CAPACITIES

• AIM
• Enhance research and innovation capacities
  throughout Europe and ensure their optimal use
• Specific measures in the 7 areas
• Research infrastructures optimise the use and
  development of the best research infrastructures
  existing in Europe and help to create new
  research infrastructures of pan-European interest
  in all fields of science and technology
• Research for the benefits of SMEs strengthen the
  'innovation capacity' of small and medium-sized
  enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and their
  contribution to the development of new technology
  based products and markets.

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CAPACITIES

• Regions of knowledge strengthen the research
  potential of European regions, in particular by
  encouraging and supporting the development,
  across Europe, of regional research-driven
  clusters
• Research potential of convergence regions
  Stimulating the realisation of the full research
  potential of the enlarged European Research Area,
  by unlocking and developing the potential of
  research groups in the convergence regions
• Science in society encourage Europe-wide
  reflection and debate on science and technology
  and their relation with society and culture
• Support to the coherent development of research
  policies enhance the effectiveness and coherence
  of national and European Community research
  policies
• International cooperation support European
  competitiveness through strategic partnerships
  with non-EU countries in selected fields

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IDEAS

• AIM
• Reinforcing excellence, dynamism and creativity
  in European research and improving the
  attractiveness of Europe for the best researchers
  from both European and third countries
• It supports researchers in carrying out frontier
  research projects (high/risk, at disciplinary
  frontiers, innovative) in all ST domains.
• Actions are implemented by the European Research
  Council (ERC) http//erc.europa.eu

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ERC (European Research Council)

• ERC (European Research Council) newly created
  European funding initiatives, with independent
  scientific governance (SC-Scientific Council) and
  a Dedicated Implementation Structure
  (DIS-Executive Agency). It complements other
  funding schemes in Europe such as national
  agencies ones
• ERC-s mandate is to encourage the highest quality
  research across all fields of research
  (bottom-up, investigator-driven) on the basis of
  the sole scientific excellence
• ERC-SC (22 members) establishes the overall
  scientific strategy, including the annual WP
  where calls for proposal, and corresponding
  funding rules and selection criteria are defined.
  The SC oversees the ERC-s scientific management
  and teh implementation of the work programme,
  including the peer review and project selection
  processes.
• ERC-DIS implements the Ideas Specific Programme
  and manages ERC operation, organises peer review
  evaluation and manages the grant agreements.

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ERC grant schemes

• Starting Independent Researcher grant (ERC StG)
  provide critical and adequate support to
  excellent researchers, whatever their
  nationality, located in or moving to the EU
  Member states or associated countries, who are at
  the stage of starting or consolidating their own
  independent research team or research programme
• Advanced Investigator grants (ERC AdG) encourage
  and support excellent innovative investigator
  initiated research projects by leading advanced
  investigator across the EU Member states or
  associated countries. The funding scheme
  complements the StG by targeting researchers who
  have already established themselves as being
  independent research leaders.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• It supports the creation or consolidation of
  independent and excellent new individual research
  team, leaded by a PI (Principal Investigator)
• ! New concept of Individual Team basically
  different from consortia or research network!
• The PI decides research topic and research team
  (national or trans-national) in every fields
• The Grant may be up to 2 M for a period of 5
  years. It covers up to the 100 of the total
  eligible direct costs a contribution towards
  indirect costs of maximun 20 of the direct
  costs. The overall level of grant offered will be
  determined by the peer review evaluation panels
• Grant managed in a flexible way by the PI, that
  has the freedom to re/budget during the course of
  the project

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ERC-Starting Grant

• WHO CAN APPLY?
• Eligibility of Principal Investigator (PI)
• Reserchers of any nationality who intend to
  establish and conduct their research activity in
  any EU Member State or Associated Country
• The PI may be of any age and may reside in any
  country in the world at the time of the
  application
• The PI must have been awarded his/her first PhD
  (or equivalent doctoral degree) at least 3 and
  less than 8 years prior to the publication date
  of the call for proposals. Extensions to this
  period may be allowed in case of eligible career
  breaks, but the cumulative eligibility period
  should not in any case surpass 11 years following
  the award of the first PhD.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Who could be a competitive PI candidate ?
• PI must have already shown the potential for
  research independence and evidence of maturity
  including producing independently at least one
  important publication without the participation
  of their PhD supervisor.
• PI should also be able to demonstrate a promising
  track-record of early achievements appropriate to
  their research field and career stage, including
  significant publications (as main author) in
  major international peer-reviewed
  multidisciplinary scientific journals, or in the
  leading international peer-reviewed journals of
  their respective field. They may also refer
  monographs or demonstrate a record of invited
  presentations in well-established international
  conferences, granted patents, awards, prizes etc.
• The evaluation panels will assess the applicants
  taking into account the specific stage of the
  research career they are at the time of the
  application.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Hosting Insitution (HI)
• It must be situated in one of the EU Member
  States or Associated Countries. It may also be an
  International European Interest Organisation
• Normally, the HI will be the only participating
  legal entity, even if other legal entities may be
  involved and receive funding to support the work
  of additional team members
• The HI must commit to offer appropriate
  conditions for the PI to direct independently the
  research and manage its funding for the duration
  of the project
• The ERC grant is awarded to the institution
  (applicant legal entity) that engages and hosts
  the PI

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ERC-Starting Grant

• The following conditions of independence must be
  ensured by the HI
• apply for funding independently
• manage the research and the funding for the
  project and make appropriate resource allocation
  decisions
• publish independently as senior author and invite
  as co-authors only those who have contributed
  substantially to the reported work
• supervise team members, including research
  students, doctoral students or others
• have access to reasonable space and facilities
  for conducting the research

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ERC-Starting Grant

• What kind of research can be funded?
• "Frontier Research", addressing questions at or
  beyond the frontiers of knowledge, without regard
  for established disciplinary boundaries
• in any field of research, including the social
  sciences and humanities
• proposals of an interdisciplinary nature which
  cross the boundaries between different fields of
  research
• pioneering proposals addressing new and emerging
  fields of research
• proposals introducing unconventional, innovative
  approaches and scientific inventions, as long as
  the expected impact on science, scholarship or
  engineering is significant
• Not linked to commercial objectives

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ERC-Starting Grant

• What costs are covered?
• Up to 100 of the total eligible direct costs of
  the research plus a contribution towards indirect
  costs up to 20 of the total eligible direct
  costs
• Direct eligible costs are those which support all
  the research, management, training and
  dissemination activities necessary for the
  conduct of the project, such as Personnel Costs,
  Equipment Costs, Consumables, Travel and
  Subsistence Costs, Publication Costs
• Indirect eligible costs are those which cannot be
  identified as directly attributable to the
  project, but which are incurred in direct
  relationship with the project's direct eligible
  costs, such as general administration and
  management costs, Costs of office or laboratory
  space, and related expenditure such as water,
  heating, electricity, Maintenance, insurance and
  safety costs, network connection charges, postal
  charges, Common office equipment such as PCs,
  laptops, office software, .
• Non-eligible costs Any identifiable indirect
  taxes, including VAT, Interest owed Exchange
  losses, .

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Applying for an ERC grant
• An ERC grant application should be submitted by a
  single PI in conjunction with and on behalf of
  her/his host institution
• Proposal formats and page numbers are strictly
  limited
• Submission is accepted only via the web-based
  Electronic Proposal Submission Service EPSS
• Single submission stage (different from the first
  call)
• Strict rules apply for re-applications and
  multiple applications

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Applying for an ERC grant
• Next deadlines
• Panels PE1 - PE10 (Physical Sciences
  Engineering),
• 29 October 2008, 17.00.00 (Brussels local time)
• Panels SH1 SH6 (Social Sciences Humanities),
  
• 19 November 2008, 17.00.00 (Brussels local time)
• Panels LS1 LS9 (Life Sciences), 10 December
  2008, 17.00.00 (Brussels local time(
• Budget approx EUR 295 762 000
• Physical Sciences Engineering 39
• Life Sciences 34
• Social Sciences Humanities 14
• Interdisciplinarity 13

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ERC Grants schedule

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Preparing an ERC ERC-StG application
• A complete Starting Grant application involves
  the following three separate components
• o The administrative forms
• o The research proposal
• o The supporting documentation

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ERC-Starting Grant
ERC Starting Grant proposal
PART A online forms A1 Proposal and PI
info A1T Track Record A2 Host institution
info A3 Budget
PART B1 submitted as .pdf Section 1 Track
Record of PI Scientific Leadership Potential 2
p. CV (including funding ID) 2 p. Early
achievements track record 2 p. Extended
synopsis 5 p.
PART B2 submitted as .pdf Section 2 Scientific
proposal 15 p. Section 3 Research Environment 2
p.
Annexes submitted as .pdf Statement of support
by host PhD certificate (incl. supporting
documents to extend the eligibility window)
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ERC-Starting Grant

• The administrative forms
• (web-based forms must be filled in via EPSS)
• A1 information on the proposal and the PI
• In A1 PI must indicate the most relevant ERC
  panel for evaluation of proposal (primary
  evaluation panel), and in the case of
  interdisciplinary proposals a secondary
  evaluation panel. The PI must choose one or more
  descriptors of the research fields involved from
  a drop-down menu
• A1T the PI must provide a summary of his/her
  scientific leadership profile and early
  achievements track-record.
• A2 information on the PI's host institution and,
  if different, those of team members
• A3 Basic financial information on the requested
  ERC Grant

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ERC-Starting Grant

• B) The research proposal
• It consists of two parts, a Part B1 (cover page,
  Section 1) and Part B2 (Section 2 and 3). The
  research proposal needs to be uploaded in .pdf
  format and submitted via EPSS.
• The following parameters must be respected for
  the layout
• !!! Only the material that the proposal contains
  within the page limits mentioned below while
  respecting the layout parameters will be
  evaluated. It should provide sufficient evidence
  to the peer reviewers to assess the evaluation
  criteria.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Parte B1 Cover page
• Name PI, Name HI,
• Proposal title, short name, duration (month),
• Summary (half page)
• Parte B1 Section 1
• Principal Investigator
• Scientific Leadership Potential (max 2 pages)
  profile
• Self-evaluation of achievements demonstrating
  potential to go beyond the state of the art
• contributions of the PI to his/her own research
  field
• Recognition received from others (publications,
  citations, additional fundings, students, prizes,
  awards )
• A summary to be included in A1T
• Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages) should include a
  succinct "funding ID" which must specify any
  current research grants and their subject, as
  well as any ongoing application for work related
  to the proposal

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Early achievements track-Record (max 2 pages)
• Publications, as main author in major
  international peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary
  scientific journals and/or in the leading
  international peer-reviewed journals,
  peer-reviewed conferences proceedings, indicating
  the number of citations
• Research monographs, chapters in collective
  volumes
• Granted patent(s)
• Invited at international conferences and/or
  advanced schools
• Research expeditions led
• Organisation of International conferences
• International Prizes/Awards/Academy memberships
• Memberships to Editorial Boards of International
  Journals
• ! It is important that the applicant should also
  report on any significant career breaks.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• The Extended Synopsis of the scientific proposal
  (max 5 pages) concise presentation of the
  scientific proposal, with particular attention to
  its groundbreaking nature and how it may open up
  new horizons or opportunities for research
• Part B2 Section 2
• The scientific proposal (max 15 pagesEthical
  Issues)
• detailed descriptions of the project's aim,
  planning, execution, and required resources, an
  appreciation of the research environment provided
  by the HI
• State of the art and objectives how and why the
  project is important for the field, and what
  impact it will have if successful. Specify any
  particularly challenging or unconventional
  aspects, including multi - or inter-disciplinary

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Methodology including, if appropriate, key
  intermediate goals. Explain and justify the
  methodology in relation to the state-of-the-art,
  including any particularly novel or
  unconventional aspects. Highlight any
  intermediate stages where results may require
  adjustments to the project planning.
• Resources (incl. Project costs) size and nature
  of the team, indicating the roles of key team
  members other necessary resources, such as
  infrastructure and equipment Specify any
  existing resources. Reasoned estimate of the
  projects costs, including include a breakdown of
  the budget subdivided in personnel costs,
  equipment and infrastructure, consumables,
  travel, publication costs, and any envisaged
  subcontracts and distribution over the duration
• Ethical Issues Ethical Issues Table and the
  explanatory information on their treatment

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Part B2 Section 3
• Research Environment (max 2 pag)
• HI Describe the host institution and specify
  what facilities and assistance it will provide to
  the project, illustrating its capacity to support
  the project
• Additional Institutions the scientific added
  value of this additional participant to the
  project should be clearly justified

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ERC-Starting Grant

• C) Supporting Documentation
• Upload of scanned .pdf documents
• binding statement of the HI that the conditions
  of independence will be provided to the PI
  (template on EPSS)
• documents proving PI eligibility PhD certificate
  clearly indicating the date of award/defence, in
  the case of an extension the relevant documentary
  evidence

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Evaluation
• Excellence is the sole criterion of evaluation.
  It will be applied to the evaluation of both the
  Principal Investigator and the research project
• Evaluation based on a Peer review process
• 25 Panels in 3 main domains composed by 10-15
  members named by the ERC Scientific Council
• Proposals are assigned to the Panel indicated by
  the PI in the proposal and to the panelist
  following keywords chosen
• Addittionally use of remote referees
• Evaluation is responsibility of the panel based
  only on the information contained in the
  proposal

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Evaluation process
• Two-step peer review evaluation
• STEP 1
• Eligibility Check
• Peer Review Evaluation by panels, which assess,
  score and comment on the quality of Section 1 of
  the proposal. Proposals passing the quality
  thresholds are ranked and which lie above the
  budgetary cut-off level (approximately 2 times
  the panel's indicative budget) will be retained
  and pass to step 2 of peer review evaluation.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• STEP 2
• All three sections of the proposal are considered
  and evaluated by remote referees and panels,
  which assess, score and comment on the quality of
  the proposal.
• Interdisciplinary proposals within a domain or
  across domains will be flagged as such, and the
  panel may request additional reviews by
  appropriate members of other panel(s) or reserve
  evaluators.
• All PI at 2nd step are invited for an interview
  conducted by the relevant ERC evaluation panel.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Interviews will last between 20 and 30 minutes
  in total. The first 5 to 10 minutes will be
  devoted to a presentation on the outline of the
  research project by the PI. The remaining 15 to
  20 minutes will be devoted to a question and
  answer session.
• In the subsequent panel meeting, panels will take
  into account the results of the interviews, the
  individual review and the preliminary ranking to
  formulate final list of passed proposals.
• Feedback Applicants are informed of the outcome
  of the evaluation of their proposal

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• Evaluation criteria
• Excellence is the sole criterion of evaluation.
  It will be applied to the evaluation of both the
  Principal Investigator and the research project
• Principal Investigator
• Quality of research output/track-record How well
  qualified is the Principal Investigator to
  conduct the project
• To what extent are the publications and
  achievements of the Principal Investigator
  groundbreaking and demonstrative of independent
  creative thinking and capacity to go
  significantly beyond the state of the art?
• to what extent will an ERC Starting Grant make a
  significant contribution to the establishment or
  consolidation of independence?

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Research project
• Ground-breaking nature of the research address
  important challenges at the frontiers of the
  field? go substantially beyond the current state
  of the art? How well conceived and organised is
  the proposed activity?
• Potential impact open new and important,
  scientific or technological horizons? enhance the
  research capabilities for frontier research in
  Europe?
• Methodology feasible?(step 1) Is it
  comprehensive and appropriate to the project?
  Will it enable the goals of the project
  convincingly ?(step 2)
• High-gain/High-risk balance involve highly novel
  and/or unconventional methodologies, whose high
  risk is justified by the possible impact ?

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Research Environment (to be assessed only during
  step 2 of the evaluation)
• Contribution of the research environment to the
  project does the HI provide an appropriate
  intellectual environment and infrastructural
  support and assist in achieving the ambitions for
  the project and the Principal Investigator?
• Participation of other legal entities is fully
  justified by the scientific added value they
  bring to the project?
• Application of Criteria
• Heading 1-2
• mark 1-4 (4 Outstanding, 3 Excellent, 2 Very
  Good, 1 Non-competitive) comment
• Heading 3 'pass/fail commento

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Managing an ERC grant
• Grant Agreement establishes the rights and
  obligations of the parties, the duration and
  start date of the project, the maximum amount of
  the financial contribution attributed to the
  project and the periodicity of submission of
  reports.
• Supplementary Agreement between PI and HI to
  ensure the minimum requirements for the project
  implementation, such as the host institution's
  commitment to grant the PI the requisite basic
  support and the independence to manage the
  research funding for the duration of the project,
  amongst others.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Managing an ERC grant
• Flexibility it is possible to adjust the
  scientific strategy and allocate expenditure
  accordingly, provided it is still in line with
  the original scientific objectives
• Grant portability the PI is allowed to transfer
  the projects from one host to another in the
  course of the project.
• Reporting
• Scientific (PI responsible) progress and
  achievements of the project that may be subject
  to review by a pertinent scientific review panel,
  which may also involve site visits.
• Financial Management (HI responsible) periodic
  financial management reports justifying the use
  of any expenditure.

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ERC-Starting Grant

• Where to find updated information and support
• ERC web-site http//erc.europa.eu
• and CORDIS http//cordis.europa.eu
• National Contact Points (ERC NCPs)
• http//erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseactionpage.ncp
  List
• Technical questions EPSS Help desk e-mail
  support_at_epss-fp7.org
• Informative events orgnaized by ERC or other
  entities with the participation of ERC speakers
  are published on ERC site

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• AIM
• Strengthening, quantitatively and qualitatively,
  the human potential in research and technology in
  Europe, by
• stimulating people to enter into the profession
  of researcher
• encouraging European researchers to stay in
  Europe
• attracting to Europe researchers from the entire
  world
• supporting researchers training, mobility and
  career development
• It is implemented through a coerent set of Marie
  Curie
• actions addressed to researchers at all stages of
  their
• careers, in the public and private sectors.

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• Researchers addressed
• Early-stage researchers in the first 4 years of
  their research carerrs, from the date when they
  obtained the degree which would formally entitle
  them to embark on a doctorate
• Experienced researchers either be in possession
  of of a doctoral degree, or have at least 4 years
  of research experience
• Actions implemented on the basis of open,
  quality-
• driven European wide competition, with selection
  criteria
• excellence of the projects and participants,
• impact of the project
• implementation capacity of the participants

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• ACTIVITY 1 INITIAL TRAINING of RESEARCHERS
• Action Marie Curie Initial Training Network
  (ITN)
• It supports initial training of researchers
  through establishment of
• networks tipically comprising at least 3
  participants
• in at least 3 different EU member states or
  associate
• countries proposing a coherent research training
  programme for
• up to 4 years.
• WHO can apply?
• universities, research centres, companies, SMEs,
  in EU member
• states or associated countries (at least 3) and
  third countries
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific abd technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• Competitive selection following evaluation by
  external independent
• experts against a series of predetermined criteria

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• WHAT does it fund?
• Recruitment of researchers in the first 5 years
  their careers for initial training
  (transnational)
• Recruitment of experienced researchers of
  outstanding stature in international training and
  collaborative research for transfer of knowledge
  and supervision
• Networking activities, organization of workshops
  and conferences
• 3-36 months for early-stage researchers
• max 24 for experienced researchers
• NO CALL IN 2009
• But 2008 ITN selected are going to be published
  and can be found on the European site for
  researchershttp//ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.
  cfm

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• ACTIVITY 2 LIFE-LONG TRAINING AND CAREER
  DEVELOPMENT
• Action 2.1 Intra European Fellowshis for career
  development (IEF)
• It supports experienced researchers at various
  stages of their career and seeks to enhance
  individual competence diversification in term of
  new skills acquisition multi- or
  inter-disciplinary, intersectoral experiences
• WHO can apply?
• experienced researchers from EU member states or
  associated countries
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• Proposals submitted by the researcher in liaison
  with the hosting organization evaluated by
  external independent experts against a series of
  predetermined criteria

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• WHAT does it fund?
• Individual fellowships for advanced training to
  researchers moving from one EU member states or
  associated countries to a different one
• On the basis of a personal career development
  plan
• 12-24 months
• AIM
• support researchers in establishing or
  strengthening a leading independent position or
  assisting him/her to resume a career in researh
  after a break.
• NEXT CALL
• Open 18 march 2009
• Deadline 18 August 2009

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• ACTIVITY 2 LIFE-LONG TRAINING AND CAREER
  DEVELOPMENT
• Action 2.2 Reintegration Grants (RG)
• 2 sub-actions European Reintegration Grants
  (ERG) and International Reintegration Grants
  (IRG)
• - European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
• It provides financial assistance to researchers
  who are looking for a long-term employment in
  research after they concluded a transnational
  mobility experience in the frame of a Marie Curie
  action
• WHO can apply?
• experienced researchers from EU member states or
  associated countries have benefited of a Marie
  Curie training and mobility action with duration
  of at least 18 months.
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research

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• HOW does it work ?
• The researcher applies in liaison with a
  reintegration hosting organization located in a
  EU member states or associated countries from 1
  year before the end to 6 months after the end of
  the initial Marie Curie fellowship. Continuous
  submission twice a year evaluation.
• WHAT does it fund?
• The grant is a flat-rate contribution (for 2008
  set at 15.000 euro/year) to the host organization
  for expenses related to the reintegration of the
  researcher
• It covers a period of 2-3 years
• NEXT CALL
• Open 09 October 2008
• Deadline 02 April 2009 / 08 October 2009

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• - International Reintegration Grants (IRG)
• It provides financial assistance to researchers
  who wish to return and find a job in Europe after
  they have worked in research in a third country
  for at least 3 years
• WHO can apply?
• experienced researchers from EU member states or
  associated countries, who at the deadline have
  been active in research in a third country for at
  least 3 years
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• The researcher applies in liaison with a
  reintegration hosting organization located in a
  EU member states or associated countries.
  Continuous submission twice a year evaluation

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• WHAT does it fund?
• The grant is a flat-rate contribution (for 2008
  set at 25.000 euro/year) to the host organization
  for expenses related to the reintegration of the
  researcher
• It covers a period of 2-4 years
• NEXT CALL
• Open 09 October 2008
• Deadline 02 April 2009 / 08 October 2009

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• ACTIVITY 2 LIFE-LONG TRAINING AND CAREER
  DEVELOPMENT
• Action 2.3 Co-funding of regional, national and
  international programmes (COFUND)
• It encourages existing or new regional, national
  or international programmes to open up and
  provide for transnational mobility
• WHO can apply?
• public or public mission bodies responsible for
  funding and managing fellowship programmes
  (minisrties, research agencies, international
  bodies)
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• Submission of multi-annual proposals for
  programmes to be co-funded (40 from EC).
  Organizations then open calls for researchers and
  select them
• NO CALL OPEN IN 2009

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• ACTIVITY 3 INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AND
  PATHWAYS
• Action Industry-Academia Partnerships and
  Pathways (IAPP)
• Open and foster dynamic pathways between public
  research organizations and private commercial
  enterprises
• WHO can apply?
• at least one organization from each sector and
  at least from 2 different EU member states or
  associated countries
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• Proposals submitted are evaluated against a
  series of predetermined criteria by international
  peer review

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• WHAT does it fund?
• Exchange of know-how and experience through
  inter-sector two-ways secondments of research
  staff
• Recruitment of experienced researchers from
  outside the partnership
• Networking activities, organization of workshops
  and conferences
• It covers a period of 3-4 years
• NEXT CALL
• Open 24 April 2009
• Deadline 27 July 2009

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• ACTIVITY 4 WORLD FELLOWSHIPS
• Action 4.1 International Outgoing Fellowships
  for career development (IOF)
• Offer European researchers opportunity to be
  trained in a third country high/level research
  organization and subsequently return to an
  organization in EU member states or associated
  countries
• WHO can apply?
• experienced researchers from EU member states or
  associated countries
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• Proposals submitted by the researchers in liaison
  with the return host organization are evaluated
  against a series of predetermined criteria

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• WHAT does it fund?
• Advanced training on the basis of a personal
  career development plan
• Salary for the researcher and a contribution
  towards research related costs
• It covers a period up to 3 years, including an
  initial outgoinf phase (1-2 years) in a third
  country and a mandatory reintegration phase of 1
  year
• NEXT CALL
• Open 18 March 2009
• Deadline 18 August 2009

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• ACTIVITY 4 WORLD FELLOWSHIPS
• Action 4.2 International Incoming Fellowships
  (IIF)
• Encouraging top class researchers from third
  countries to work on research projects in Europe
  developing mutual beneficial research
  co/operation between Europe and third countries
• WHO can apply?
• experienced researchers from third countries
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• HOW does it work ?
• Proposals submitted by the researchers in liaison
  with the host organization located in a EU Member
  state or associated country and are evaluated
  against a series of predetermined criteria

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• WHAT does it fund?
• Salary for the researcher and a contribution
  towards research related costs
• It covers a period 1-2 years eventually
  additional return phase of 1 year if the
  researchers originated from an international
  cooperation partner country
• NEXT CALL
• Open 18 March 2009
• Deadline 18 August 2009

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• ACTIVITY 4 WORLD FELLOWSHIPS
• Action 4.3 International Research Staff Exchange
  Scheme (IRSES) new!
• Strengthening research partnership through short
  period staff exchanges and networking activities
  between European research organizations and
  counterparts from countries inside the ST
  Agreement
• WHO can apply?
• research organizations. Minimum of 2 independent
  participants in at least 2 different EU Member
  state or Associated country and one located in a
  country inside the ST Agreement
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research

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• WHAT does it fund?
• Staff exchange programme for a period of 2/4
  years, with maximum individual staff exchange of
  12 months
• It covers subsistence allowance for the
  additional mobility costs of 1.800 euro per month
• NEXT CALL
• Open 25 November 2008
• Deadline 27 March 2009

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• ACTIVITY 5 SPECIFIC ACTIONS
• Action Researchers- Night
• support mass events aimed at bringing the
  researchers closer to the wider public
• WHO can apply?
• any legal entity in EU Member state or
  associated countries
• WHICH topics?
• All areas of scientific and technological
  research
• WHAT does it fund?
• Any kind of activity allowing the public to
  discover the researchers and their jobs
• NEXT CALL
• Open 14 October 2008
• Deadline 14 January 2009