Lecture. MedSouk 2013 University of Murcia, Campus Mare Nostrum By Susana Gimeno (European Projects Office, UPCT)

1. MED-SOUK: I Congreso Internacional Campus Mare
Nostrum de Jovenes Investigadores en el
Mediterraneo
23th October of 2013

2. CONTENTS
7th Framework Programme
 People Programme
 Results of the Programme
Horizon 2020
 Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions

3. 7PM- People Programme
Marie Curie Fellowships are European research grants available to researchers
regardless of their nationality or field of research. In addition to generous
research funding scientists have the possibility to gain experience abroad and in
the private sector, and to complete their training with competences or disciplines
useful for their careers.
Budget: 4.750 M€
Advantage MC Funding
Fund all the domains of research (bottom-up approach).
100% financing rate (except COFUND).
Support mobility, transnational and intersectoral
Major business and academic collaboration and staff exchange

4. CLASSIFICATION
There are 3 groups:
Individual Grants
> Fellowships
> Grants
Actions for networks
> Initial Training Networks (ITN)
> Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)
> International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)
Others
> Cofund
> European Researchers' Night

5. ELIGIBILITY

EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER (ER): Supported researchers fall into two categories
(4-10)
 Being in possession of a doctoral degree
 Having at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience.
(>10)
having more 10 years research work experience

TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY: researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity
(work , studies, etc) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years
immediately prior to the reference date.

ANY NATIONALITY
- EU Member States and Associated Countries
- Third countries

6. INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
IEF / IIF / IOF / CIG
Intra-European
Fellowships
Mobility between EU or
Associated Countries
Training & Skill
development/
diversification
Career Development
Professional
Independence
*Carrer restart panel
Duration of support:
12-24 months
International Incoming
Fellowships
Top-class Researchers
from 3rd Country’s move
to EU/ AC to work on
research projects.
Knowledge Sharing /
Transfer from a 3rd
Country to EU/AC Host
Organisation – builds
collaborations between
EU/AC & the rest of the
world
Duration of support:
12-24 months
12 months for return phase
International
Outgoing Fellowships
Career Integration
Grant (CIG)
Advanced Researcher
training in a 3rd country
(through a high level
research project,) to
bring skills/ knowledge
back to the EU/AS
Research project funding to
supports a fellow integrating
back into research career in
Europe.
Duration of support:
12-24 months
12 months for
mandatory return phase
Fixed amount €25 000 flat
rate funding
used for: Part of researchers
salary (or other staff on
project); Equipment,
Consumables, Travel; &
Overheads/ Management
costs.
Duration of support:
For 2-4 years

7. RESULTS (2007-2012)
IEF
Submitted
Main list
Success rate
UE
16000
3600
21,42%
SPAIN
1394
219
17,62%
IIF
Submitted
Main list
Success rate
UE
6000
960
16,7%
SPAIN
598
56
9,9%
Submitted
Main list
Success rate
UE
4000
770
21,25%
SPAIN
775
124
17,55%
IOF
Fuente: Comision Europea, CIRCA. Marzo 2013

8. The mark cut-off in 2012
2012
CHE
ECO
ENG
ENV
LIF
MAT
PHY
SOC
CAR
IEF
90.5
85.4
89.0
90.0
90.1
88.8
89.1
91.7
90.3
IIF
91.0
90.0
89.5
90.1
91.6
89.6
88.4
93.1
IOF
91.4
90.5
89.9
90.7
91.3
93.0
90.2
91.7
91.4
Fuente: Comision Europea, CIRCA. Marzo 2013

9. EVALUATION
S & T Quality
Training/Transfer
Researcher
Implementation
Impact
•
•
•
•
•
Threshold
3/5
3/5
4/5
NA
3.5/5
Need to address all of the issues to maximise scores
Total score = 100%
Overall threshold (70% or 3.5/5)
Most Criteria - have a threshold
Each area is weighted
Weighting
25%
15%
25%
15%
20%

10. BUDGET
CORRECTION COEFFICIENT
SPAIN 2013: 97,7

11. ACTIONS FOR
NETWORKS
ITN
Multi-ITNs
At least 3 participants from different countries
Short-term secondments of ESRs
3-36 months for ESR // 3-24 months for ER
Innovative Doctoral Programmes
1 participant + associated partners from different
countries
Innovative training programme addressing the triple
“i” dimensions
3-36 months for ESR (doctoral candidate)
European Industrial Doctorates
2 participants (1 from each sector) in different
countries
The researchers must be employed by one of the
participants, enrolled in a doctoral programme and
spend at least 50% of the Time in private sector
3-36 months for ESR (doctoral candidate)
IRSES
At least 2 research organisations from
different EU/AC countries
1 research organisation from countries
with an S&T agreement or of the
European Neighbourhood Policy
Short-term secondments of staff
Up to 12 months per staff (ESR / ER /
MER)
IAPP (Staff Exchange)
At least 2 participants (1 from each sector) from different countries
Secondment of staff (at least 1 year experience in the institution) to the
partner institution (2-24 months for ESR / ER / MER).
Possible to have intra-national, inter-sectoral mobility (maximum of 30%)

13. HORIZON 2020 STRUCTURE
•
Excellent Science - Priority I
• European Research Council
• Future and Emerging Technologies
•
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions
•
Research Infrastructures
• Industrial leadership - Priority II
•
•
•
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
Access to risk finance
Innovation in SMEs
• Societal challenges - Priority III
•
•
•
•
•
•
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime
research, bio-economy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and secure societies
• EIT
• JRC non-nuclear action
Budget: 5.750 M€
Increase 21%

14. Horizon 2020
Key Features

Bottom-up approach remains

Fostering key skills & competences for RI

Excellent employment and working conditions

Gender balance

Strengthening SMEs participation

Synergies with societal challenges & industrial technologies

Broader participation of businesses & other socio-economic actors

More emphasis on communicating results & outreach activities

15. FP7 vs Horizon 2020
ITN
(EID and IDP)





IEF
IOF
IIF
CIG
 IAPP
 IRSES
 COFUND
Action 1
Doctoral
Researchers
Action 2
Experienced
Researchers
Action 3
Exchange
of Staff
(RISE)
Action 4
COFUND
Research networks
supporting doctoral training
Support for experienced
researchers
undertaking mobility
International and inter-sector
cooperation through
the exchange of research and
innovation staff
Co-funding of regional, national and
international
programmes covering actions 1, 2
and 3

16. Innovative Training
Networks (ITN)
It can take the form of collaborative European Training Networks (ETN):
ETN: European Training Networks
EID: European Industrial Doctorates*
EJD: European Joint Doctorates
They must be created by at least three beneficiaries (or at least two for EID) located in
different EU Member States and/or Associated Countries. Above this minimum, the
participation of institutions from any country or organisation is possible under the
conditions provided by the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation
Early-stage researchers (ESR)
ITN: 3-36 months
Researchers in EID shall spend at least 50% of their time in the non-academic
sector

17. Individual Fellowships (IF)
In Individual Fellowships (IF), the beneficiary shall be a
participant established in an EU Member State or Associated
Country and employing the researcher during the project.
Experienced researchers (ER)
2 actions:
IF European: 12-24 months
IF Global: 12-24 months for the outgoing phase plus 12
month return phase in Europe

18. RISE-COFUND
Participants in the Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) shall be
established in at least three different countries of which at least two must be EU
Member States and/or Associated Countries . If all participants are from the same
sector (either only academic or only non-academic), at least one participant must be
from a third country. Above this minimum, the participation of institutions from any
country or organisation is possible under the conditions provided by the Horizon 2020
Rules for Participation.
Participants in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Co-funding of regional, national and
international programmes (COFUND) shall be legal entities established in an EU
Member State or Associated Country that fund or manage doctoral programmes or
fellowship programmes for researchers. International European interest organisations
that fund manage doctoral programmes or fellowship programmes for researchers can
also participate in this action.

19. EVALUATION
Excellence
Impact
Implementation
Weighting
50%
30%
20%

20. Links of interest
 European Research Area (ERA) – description of the ERA
 Horizon 2020 – the European Commission’s website on
the future Framework Programme for Research and
Innovation
 Europe 2020 – European strategy for smart, sustainable
and inclusive growth (March 2010)
 Innovation Union – European Commission’s website on
Innovation
 Policy Areas of the European Union

21. Resources
EURAXESS mobility portal
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm
Portal de los NCP europeos de People
Nicolas Ojeda (OE) nicolas.ojeda@oficinaeuropea.es
Maria Herrero (INIA) maria.herrero@inia.es
Oemicinn

22. Thank you for
Attending
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