Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) – Call 2017

Cristina Gómez, NCP MSCA, Oficina Europea FECYT/MEIC Jesús Rojo, NCP MSCA, Fundación para el Conocimiento Madri+d

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CONTENT

I. General aspects of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Main objectives

Main concepts

II. RISE 2017 Call

Aim, main aspects, participation rules

Funding

Some useful data

III. Evaluation

Criteria

Important aspects

I I. General Aspects of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

I. MSCA in Horizon 2020

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I. Excellent Science in Horizon 2020

EIT 2%

Excellente Science Base

30%

Industrial Leadeship

24%

Societal Challenges

41%

JRC 3%

54%

11%

25%

10%

ERC FET MCSA Infrastructures

ERC

13.094,81M€

FET

2.695,99M€

MSCA

6.162,26M€

Infrastructures

2.488,01M€

TOTAL

24.441,07M€

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I. MSCA Objectives

Support of the researchers´career path at all stages

Mobility is a key requirement: triple “i” dimension

Adquisition of new and complementary skills

Strong industry participation

Excellent working conditions, gender balance and open recruitment

Emphasis on communication and public engagement activities

Bottom-up approach

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Ensure the optimum development and dynamic use of Europe´s intellectual capital in order to generate new skills, knowledge and information

CHE Chemistry

SOC Social

Sciences and Humanities

ECO Economic Sciences

ENG Information Science and Engineering

ENV Environmental and

Geosciences

LIF Life

Sciences

MAT Mathematics

PHY Physics

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• http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/research_policies/Principles_for_Innovative_Doctoral_Training.pdf • http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/research_policies/SGHRM_IDTP_Report_Final.pdf • http://www.euraxess.es/eng/european-projects/pipers-policy-into-practice-euraxess-researcher-skills-for-career-development

7 principles for Innovative Doctoral Training

I. MSCA: focus on researchers´career development

Tools to align institutional HR policy (OTM-r…)

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I. 2017 MSCA Calls: 838M€ / 6.162M€ H2020

Open now

I. MSCA RISE 2017

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Promoting international (with 3rd countries) and intersectoral (within Europe) collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges

Action to stimulate transfer of knowledge

No recruitment foreseen

I. MSCA Key concepts - RISE

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My institution: how can we participate?

Beneficiary Partner Organisation

Who can participate?

Sectors: academic and non-academic Country participation

I am a researcher: Can I participate in MSCA? Research experience Mobility rule Nationality (some IF modes)

How Grant Agreement

(GA) Training /

Secondments Supervisory Board EU Funds

Beneficiary: MS / AC √ √ √ √

Partner Organization: TC X √ √ X

I. How to participate in MSCA RISE?

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Academic Sector

• Public or private High Institutions (HEI) awarding academic degrees

• Public or private non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research

• International European Interest Organisations (IEIOs) http://eiroforum.org

Non Academic sector

• Any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector and fulfilling the requirements of the H2020 rules of participation

• Examples: International Organisations, SME, public administration, NGOs, museums, etc.

Partner Organisations: Letters of Commitment

I. Country participation in MSCA RISE

28 Member States (MS) + ultraperiferic territories

All are eligible to participate and receive funds

15 Associated Countries to H2020 (AC)

Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Israel, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia, Georgia (as of April 2016)

All are eligible to participate and receive funds

Third Countries (TC): Not MS / Not AC

Eligible to receive funding: the ones established in Annex A WP2016/2017.

Countries not eligible for EU funding

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MSCA RISE: Entities established in Third Countries (TC) will always be considered PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

I. MSCA and Eligible researchers - RISE

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE *

MOBILITY RULE

NATIONALITY

Early Stage Researcher (ESR): No Doctoral degree and less than 4 years of research experience (ITN Call)

Experienced Researcher (ER): Doctoral degree or 4 years of research experience (IF Call)

ADM / MAN / TECH

Transnational movement Criteria to be fulfilled:

recruitment (ITN) / call (IF) No mobility rule in RISE

Open to all nationalities Restrictions in IF

* Full time equivalent research is measured from the date when the researcher obtained the degree entiling him / her to emark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recurited or seconded) – even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged.

I II. MSCA RISE 2017 Call

II. MSCA RISE 2017: Objectives and characteristics

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A TYPICAL RISE

Consortium of organisations from different countries and sectors (can include countries from outside Europe)

Propose a joint research and innovation programme

Implemented by secondment of “staff” around the consortium (1 to 12 month duration)

Secondments complemented by networking / training events

Duration of the project: 48 months. Max: 540 researchers-month

STAFF:

Must be active at their host in research and innovation activities for 6 months before secondment:

• ER (Phd or > 4 years of research experience)

• ESR (no PhD and < 4 years of research experience)

• ADM, MAN, TECH supporting the research and innovation activities of the project.

Must be reintegrated after secondments (no duration or mechanism specified)

During the Secondment period, STAFF must be devoted 100% to RISE

MSCA Mobility rule does not apply

SECONDMENTS:

Min: 1 month – max: 12 months

Split-stays possible: i.e. an ESR travels for 2 weeks in M6 and 2 weeks in M16 to the same organisation = 1 month during the project

No conditions on the balance of secondments

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II. MSCA RISE: Staff and Secondments

II. MSCA RISE: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

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1. All MS/AC: 3 beneficiaries in 3 MS / AC, at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic 2. Including TC: 2 beneficiaries in 2 MS / AC y 1 P.O in a TC, independant from the sector they belong to

3 participants in 3 countries:

• Secondments in the same country • Secondments within the same sector in

Europe

II. MSCA RISE: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

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• IntraEuropean Secondments between different sectors: academic and non-academic

All MS/AC: 3 beneficiaries in 3 MS / AC, at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic Ej: UAM (ES), SME (FR), UCD (IE)

• Secondments in the same country • Secondments between TC • Secondments of TC (High Income) to

Europe (no funding).

II. MSCA RISE: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

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• Secondments in Europe: between different sectors: academic and non-academic

• Secondments of MS/AC to TC, always • Secondments of TC to MS/AC if TC elegible

for funding

Including TC: 2 beneficiaries in 2 MS / AC, 1 P.O in a TC, independant from their sector Ej: BCAM (ES), U.Chile (Chile), INRIA (FR)

These secondments can occur in a RISE project, but muste be paid for from another budget

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II. GEAGAM: Geophysical Exploration using Advanced Galerkin Methods

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II. GEAGAM: international and intersectorial

U. Pontifica Católica de Valparaiso (CL) TOTAL SA (FR)

INRIA (FR)

UPV/EHU (ES)

BCAM (ES)

Universidad de Chile (CL)

U. of Texas System (US)

BSC (ES)

K.A. U. of Science and Technology (SA)

U. Técnica Federico Santa María (CL)

Academic MS/AC Non-Academic MS/AC Third Countries

MSCA

RESEARCHER UNIT COST

[PERSON/MONTH]

Top-up allowance

INSTITUTIONAL UNIT COST

[PERSON/MONTH]

Research, training and

networking costs

Management and

overheads

RISE 2.000 1.800 700

All values are PER Researcher PER month Top-up allowance (2.000€ / PM): no country correction factor applies; to be used for travel /

accommodation/subsistence A Beneficiary in MS/AC participant will receive: • Staff sent (to MS/AC and or TC): 2000€ + 2500€ • Staff from TC (eligible for funding) coming to MS/AC: 2000€ + 2500€

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II. MSCA RISE: funding

RISE 2014 - 2016

Panels 2016 2015 2014

CHE 34 37 22

ECO 18 17 12

ENG 113 114 59

ENV 51 51 25

LIF 45 52 34

MAT 11 11 4

PHY 34 41 26

SOC 61 40 21 Total submitted

367 363 203

Total Funded

84 (A list)

93 89

II. Some Data: nº of proposals submitted RISE

Average EU contrib.

Average N° (part. organ.)

RISE-2014 775.000 € 7,6

RISE-2015 850.000 € 9,4

RISE-2016 887.000 € 10

nº of proposals submitted Average numbers

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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

CHE ECO ENG ENV LIF MAT PHY SOC

A-list

Others

26%

22%

25%

17% 25%

27%

21%

22%

Others 25 14 85 43 33 8 27 47

A-list 9 4 28 9 11 3 7 13

22,9% A list

84 funded projects out of 367 received

II. Some Data: RISE 2016 Success rates

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116 4 7 5 4 1 1

5 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1

71

60

59

54

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2218

16 1511 12

12 10 10 9 9 7 7 7 4 4 5 3 2 1

12 108 7 5 4 3 4 2 2 1 10

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

UK IT ES DE FR EL PT NL SE IE PL SK AT DK SI BE CZ RO FI BG EE HU CY LU HR TR NO UA CH TN IS RS MD GE BA IL MK

Member states, Associated Countries

Coordinator

Beneficiary

ES, 3º país en nº participaciones: 65 participaciones, 6 proyectos coordinados Participación en 36/84 proyectos financiados, 4to país en recepción de fondos

II. Some Data: RISE 2016 Nº participants funded

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CHE 82,6 (11)

PHy 81,4 (8)

MAT 76,4 (1)

LIF 78,2 (15)

ECO 70,6 (4)

ENG 78,6 (24)

SOC 77,2 (10)

ENV 78,4 (11)

RISE 2014

CHE 89 (9)

PHY 87,6 (7)

MAT 83,2 (3)

LIF 82,8 (11)

ECO 81 (4)

ENG 83,2 (28)

SOC 90,8 (13)

ENV 91,2 (9)

RISE 2016

CHE 86,4 (9)

PHY 88,6 (11)

MAT 84,6 (4)

LIF 81,4 (18)

ECO 88 (3)

ENG 84,6 (26)

SOC 88,2 (8)

ENV 90,8 (10)

RISE 2015

II. Some Data: Cut off notes and projects funded

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I III. Evaluation Aspects

Excellence Impact Implementation

Weight

50% 30% 20%

Priority (ex.aequo)

1 2 3

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III. RISE 2017: Evaluation Criteria and Timetable

• Threshold: 70%, no individual thresholds • 3 experts by Panel • More info in GfA MSCA Calls

Timetable for the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 Call (8 months TTG)

Publication 01/12/16

Closing 05/04/17

Proposals evaluation

06/17

Evaluation Results 07/17

GA signature

11/17

III. Part B Technical Proposal FORM B TECHNICAL PROPOSAL:

2 DOCUMENTS

Use the official template: include the information where requested, evaluators will look at all headings and sub-headings

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Excellence

50%

Impact

30%

Quality and efficiency of the

Implementation

20% Quality and credibility of the

research/innovation project; level of novely

and appropriate consideration of

inter/multidisciplinary, intersecotral and

gender aspects

Enhancing the potential and future career perspectives of the staff members

Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the

allocation of tasks and resources

Clarity and appropriateness of knowledge sharing among

the participating organisations in light of the research and innovation

objectives

Developing new and lasting research collaborations, achieving transfer of

knowledge between participating organisations and contribution to improving

research and innovation potential at the European and global levels

Appropriateness of the management structures

and procedures, including quality management and risk

management

Quality of the proposed interaction between the participating

organisations

Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results

Appropriateness of the institutional environment (hosting arrangements,

infrastructure)

Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the project activities to different

target audiences

Competences, experience and complementarity of the participating

organisations and their commitment to the project

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III. Evaluation Criteria

• Weighs 50%

• Address all subcriteria

• Always keep the general RISE objectives

Remember: Transfer of knowledge and joint research and innovation with a sustainable impact – it is not only a research project!

III. Evaluation Criteria: Part B – Excellence

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• What are your research and innovation goals?

• Describe briefly the State of the Art and how you will go beyond

• Give details for the methodologies you use

• Inter/multidisciplinarity is an add-value (underline where applicable)

• Gender Aspects: How your outcome affect women and men differently?

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• What are your transfer of knowledge goals? What kind of knowledge do you want to transfer, and how will you do so?

• How will the secondments contribute to the knowledge transfer?

• What kind of events do you plan, when do you plan them? Think both ways – during the secondments and during the return phases.

• Target for those trainings / events

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• Highlight what each partner will contribute (for research, innovation and for knowledge transfer)

• Give details on the partners’ expertise

• Give details on their role in the ToK measures. Justify the ToK measures: how will they contribute to the knowledge-sharing objectives?

• Explain why it’s of benefit to the institutions to take part in the ToK measures

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• Weighs 30%

• Address all subcriteria

• Point out the expected Impact on different levels: staff members, institutions, European society,…

• Develop a vision of your future collaboration on different levels: personal and institutional

• Describe detailed plans for Dissemination and Communication/Outreach, Exploitation

These measures should included be throughout the duration of the project, not only towards the end.

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III. Evaluation Criteria: Part B – Impact

• Who will gain new knowledge, and how?

• Point out the benefits: Mutual understanding of working environment in academia/non-academia; working outside Europe/in a different research environment

• Researchers benefit of being exposed to other environments

• They can enlargen their networks, publish in high-impact journals, bring the outcome to the market etc. etc.

• Link to EU policies about research careers and employability, e.g. Agenda on new skills and jobs: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=626&type=2&furtherPubs=yes

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• Create a vision of future collaborations

• Point out plans for collaboration after the end of the project

• Sustainability of the action is crucial

• EU policies to international and inter-sectoral collaboration, e.g. the Key Initiatives of the Innovation Union http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovationunion/index_en.cfm?pg=key

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• Be specific and give details. Create a plan: What are your key target groups, how, when and via which channel will you reach them? Diseminate RESULTS!

• Who will eventually benefit from your results?

• Develop a PEDR – https://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/Fact-Sheet-Plan-

for-the-Exploitation-and-Dissemination-of-Results-H2020

• IP rights: Check these with your institution and take into account the rights of the non-academic partners

• Exploitation could be an add-value against other competitors

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• Make a communication plan – deliver your message according to your audience

• Work with the network of your beneficiaries, and with their communication / marketing offices

• Communicate activities and results during the duration of the project

• How are the research results and project activities eventually of interest and of impact towards society at large (in Europe and overseas)?

• Who will eventually benefit? How do you reach these people?

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• Weighs 20%

• Address all subcriteria

• Start with the work plan: Who does what

when with which resources?

• Management structure: Appropriate but not over complicated

• Explain why the participating institutions are the best ones for their tasks

• Explain why the consortium as a whole is more than the sum of the beneficiaries

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III. Evaluation Criteria: Part B – Implementation

• Provide a Gantt Chart for the exact time planning

• Do not forget Gender Balance

• Don’t define too many Deliverables and have less Milestones than Deliverables

• Table B2 needs to be filled in with details

• Rule of thumb: • 3 to 4 scientific WPs;

• 1 for Mgt/

• 1 for Dissem&Comm&Exp./ Transfer of Knowledge

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• Which management structure do you have? Which sub-boards (if any; e.g for secondments or communication) do you have, who reports to whom; and how are decisions taken?

• Committees/boards should be gender balanced

• Outline the role of the coordinator

• Which kind of support will you have (e.g. for administrative tasks)

• Fill the risk table in diligently and prepare it together with your consortium. It is crucial!

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• This part is not the duplication of the Table in Part 5

• Describe how the participants have the right set of skills, expertise (‘human’ infrastructure) and the right technical infrastructure

• Do not forget infrastructure and support services in terms of administration, human resources, communication etc. etc.

• Include mentioning Quality Labels such as Charter&Code/ HRS4R

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• Describe why your consortium partners are the only and best to carry out all of the project’s tasks

• Describe complementarities and synergies

• Describe the previous experiences of the partners and why these enable them to carry out their tasks

• Show their committment (do not duplicate the letters of Committment from the 3rd country partners, but refer to them)

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III. What kind of impact is expected in RISE?

STAFF MEMBERS

Increased set of skills (scientific and transferable), leading to improved employability and career prospects in/outside academia

Increase in higher impact in R&I output, more knowledge and ideas converted in products and services

…

ORGANISATION LEVEL

Enhanced cooperation and transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines

Strengthening of international and intersectoral collaborative networks

…

SYSTEM LEVEL

Increase in international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility of researchers´ in Europe

Increase in Europe´s attractiveness as a leading destination for R&I

…

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¡Muchas gracias!

ENLACES ÚTILES

• Research and Innovation Participants´Portal : http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

• Web and Blog Marie Curie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: http://mariecurieactions.blogspot.com.es/ - http://www.madrimasd.org/blogs/msca

• European Charter & Code: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/brochure_rights/eur_21620_es-en.pdf

• EURAXESS Spain: http://www.euraxess.es/ (noelia.romero@fecyt.es)

• Oficina Europea MEIC/FECYT: http://eshorizonte2020.es

Cristina Gómez

Cristina.gomez@oficinaeuropea.es

Oficina Europea MEIC / FECYT

Jesús Rojo

Jesus.rojo@madrimasd.org

Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d

PUNTOS NACIONALES DE CONTACTO MSCA