Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Grace McCarthy- MSCA Programme Manager (SFI Centres)

Irish Marie Sklodowska-Curie OfficeIrish Universities Association mariecurie@iua.ie

Irish Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Office

Sponsored by the Irish Research Council and Science

Foundation Ireland

• Promote the MSCA programmes

• Support researchers in preparing funding applications

• Contribute to policy initiatives relevant to the Actions

Two staff members:

• Dr. Geraldine Canny-Head of IMSCO & National Contact

Point

• Grace McCarthy-MSCA Programme Manager (SFI Centres)

Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions in Horizon 2020

Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions in Horizon 2020

Budget: €6.2 billion (€2.87 billion for 2018-2020)

Funds ALL RESEARCH AREAS (no thematic calls or priorities)

Implemented via Annual Calls for Proposals

InternationalIntersectoral

Two Sectors in MSCA

Academic

Higher Education Institutions

Public Research Organisations

Private-Non-Profit Research Organisations

Non-Academic

Industry

CSOs

Government/Public Sector

Other

Participation by the non-academic sector is necessary

MSCA Calls

Individual Fellowships (IF)

Funds an experienced researcher for 12-24 months.

Deadline: 12 Sep 2018

Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

• Funds joint research and training projects for early stages researchers.

Deadline: 15 Jan 2019

COFUND

• Offers additional funding for new or existing regional, national and international programmes.

Deadline: 27 Sep 2018

Research & Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)

• Funds staff exchanges between countries and sectors.

Deadline: 02 Apr 2019

Deadlines:

12 Sep 2018

11 Sep 2019

• Fully funds experienced researchers for up to 24

months (European fellowships) or 36 months

(Global Fellowships) to carry out a research

project.

• Part-time fellowships can be requested by

experienced researchers, except during the

outgoing phase of the Global Fellowships.

MSCA-Individual Fellowships

Individual Fellowships

MSCA-Individual FellowshipsResearcher Requirements

Research Experience

Researcher must have at least 4 yrs. research experience or a PhD before the call deadline.

Mobility Rule

General Rule: cannot apply for a fellowship in a country where you have

lived for >12 months in the 3 years before the call deadline

Relaxed Mobility Rule: cannot apply for a fellowship in a country where you have

lived for >3 years in the 5 years before the call deadline

MSCA-Individual FellowshipsTypes of Individual Fellowships

European Fellowships (max. 24 months)

SOCIETY & ENTERPRISE (S&E)• Researcher carries out fellowship in the non-academic sector (company,

charity etc)• Relaxed Mobility Rule

REINTEGRATION• EU citizen or long-term resident (>5 years) living & working outside EU can

return to do a EU-IF• Relaxed Mobility Rule

CAREER RESTART• Researcher took career break > 12 months before deadline• Relaxed Mobility Rule (36 months in 5 yrs.)

STANDARD: • General Mobility Rule (12 months in 3 yrs.)

MSCA-Individual FellowshipsTypes of Individual Fellowships

Global Fellowships (max. 36 months)

• Researcher can go to a host outside of the EU for 12-24

months.

• Mandatory return to the EU host organisation for at least

12 months.

• Must be a EU citizen or long-term resident.

• General Mobility Rule applies to non-EU country only.

European Fellowships

Global Fellowships

Researcher applies with

European host

Host signs contract with EC

Host claims grant & employs researcher

Researcher applies with

European host

Supported by non-European

host

European host signs contract

with EC

European Host claims grant & employs

researcher

Non-European host signs

agreement with European host

Researcher seconded to non-European host

NB* To submit the project proposal, you need to check your host organisation has a Participant Identification Code (PIC) for H2020 submissions

MSCA-Individual FellowshipsHow it works

MSCA-IF 2017 Success Rates

Type of Action IE Success Rate EU Success RateSTANDARD 20.7% 14.4%CAREER RESTART 16.7% 14.3%REINTEGRATION 30.8% 14.6%SOCIETY & ENTERPRISE 12.5% 28.4%GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP 17.6% 15.8%TOTAL 20.30% 15.0%

New Features in MSCA-IF

Career Restart: the duration of Career Restart European Fellowships is between 12 and 36 months.

Global Fellowships: Fellows now have the possibility to spend up to 3 months at their European host before going abroad.

Part-time work: Fellows have the opportunity to pursue supplementary activities in parallel to their MSCA fellowship.

Widening Fellowships: Fellows applying for an MSCA European Fellowship in so-called Widening countries have a “second chance” through Widening Fellowships under the Work Programme "Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation“.

Career Restart Panel & Reintegration Panel will now have a higher chance of success due to budget increase.

Deadline:

15 January 2019

• Consortium develops a joint research and training project with an organisation(s) from another country

• Implemented by early stage researchers (pre PhD & less than 4 years research experience).

MSCA-Innovative Training Networks

MSCA-Innovative Training NetworksParticipating Organisations

Beneficiary

• Sign grant agreement, claim costs, receive funding

• Contribute directly to the research, transfer of knowledge and training activities

• Recruit, supervise, host and train early stage researchers.

• Based in member states/associated countries & TC eligible for funding

Partner Organisation (optional participants)

• Do not sign grant agreement or claim costs directly

• Providing additional research & transferable skills

• Hosts ESRs on secondments • Can be established anywhere in

the world.

MSCA-Innovative Training Networks How it works

Consortium• Beneficiaries

• Partner organisations

Develop a research project

• Recruit early staged researchers

• Complete research objectives through individual research projects

Develop a training

programme for ESRs

• Local training

• Network-wise training

• Secondments

Individual Fellowships

MSCA-Innovative Training NetworksResearcher Requirements

Research Experience

Researcher must have less than 4 yrs. research experience & no PhD before recruitment.

Mobility Rule

General Rule: cannot have lived or carried out their for >12 months in the 3

years at the time of first recruitment.

MSCA-Innovative Training Networks Types of ITN & Minimum Requirements

European Industrial Doctorate (EID)

• 2 beneficiaries• 2 countries • 2 sectors

5 ESRs* / 15 ESRs

PhD(50% of time in non-

academic sector)

European Training Network (ETN)

European Joint Doctorate (EJD)

• 3 PhD degree-awarding beneficiaries

• 3 countries

• 3 beneficiaries• 3 countries

No educational degree req’d.

(PhD typical)

Joint/double doctorate

15 ESRs

ESRs funded 3 to 36 months

Partner Organisations from any sector (no min or max)

Duration 48 Months

PO

PO

PO

PO

PO

PO

PO

PO

MSCA-Innovative Training NetworkTypical Size of an ETN

C

BB

B

B

BB

B

B

B

B=BeneficiaryPO=Partner OrganisationC=Coordinator• A typical ETN contains 6-10

beneficiaries recruiting 10-15 ESRs for 36 months

• The number of POs varies depending on the project

• For example, each beneficiary may include a secondment PO for each ESR recruited

MSCA-Innovative Training NetworkSuccess rates

Types of ITN IE EU

ITN All 14.06% 7.45%

European Industrial Doctorate (EID) 40% 13.41%

European Training Network (ETN) 7.8% 5.7%

European Joint Doctorate (EJD) N/A 11.1%

MSCA-Innovative Training Network Funding Model

ITN eligible costs

Costs of researchers (1)PER MONTH

Institutional costs (2)PER MONTH

Living allowance

Mobility allowance

Family allowance

Research, training and networking

costs

Management and indirect

costs

€3,270 €600 €500 €1,800 €1,200

Stage Gross Salary (withoutfamily)

Gross Salary (with family)

ESR €46,440 p.a. €52,440 p.a.

Rates for LA, MA & FA are inclusive of employer’s costs (PRSI, pension)All ESRs are employees of their host and receive a salary

Irish MSCA OfficeSupport offered for MSCA applications

Inform organisations on upcoming calls/events

Handbooks (on IUA website 2 months prior to deadline)

Personalised support for MSCA applications (IF, RISE,ITN and COFUND)

Training Webinars and handbooks for specific calls (access via the IUA website ) https://www.iua.ie/irish-marie-curie-office/events-training/

Proposal writing workshops for IF call for incoming fellows

Proposal review (via Research offices)

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