1. People program -
Marie-Curie Actions
DG EAC
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

2. Marie Curie Actions
• The Marie Curie Actions are part of the
People Programme of the 7th Framework
Programme
• They support the mobility, training and
career development of researchers of all
nationalities
• They fund all domains of research
(bottom-up approach) and the financing
rate is 100%
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

3. FP7
Where does the money come from?
Cooperation Ideas
The 7th Framework M€ 32 413 M€ 7510
Programme for research
and technological Collaborative research
Frontier Research
development (FP7) (10 thematic areas)
Marie Curie Actions
Research
Capacity
Total FP7 budget
2007 – 2013
Capacities
= JRC People
M€ 4097
€ 50 521 million M€ 1751 Euratom
M€ 4750
M€ 2751
(Nuclear research)
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

4. 8 Actions
Marie Curie Action Objective
Initial training of Improve career perspectives of
researchers Initial Training Networks (ITN) early stage researchers (ESR) in both
(1900 M€) public & private sector
Life-long Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)
Career development of experienced
training researchers (ER) (e.g. diversification of
and career Career Integration Grants (CIG)
skills/competencies; integrate a stable
development Co-funding of regional, national,
(1170–1400 M€)
position after mobility)
international programmes (COFUND)
Open and foster dynamic pathways
Industry Industry-Academia Partnerships and between public research
dimension
(250-450 M€)
Pathways (IAPP) organisations and private research
commercial enterprises
International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)
International Reinforce the extra-European
dimension dimension of the European Research
International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)
World fellowships
Area (ERA) through mobility, training,
(1170–1400 M€) International Research Staff Exchange knowledge transfer and cooperation
Scheme (IRSES) Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

5. Applicants
Who can apply Applicants
to what? Individual Research Research
researchers Organisations funding bodies
Senior Post-docs IEF
(MER*)
Profile of recruited
IOF IAPP
> 10 years
IIF COFUND
researchers
IRSES
Post-docs (ER*)
> 4 years or PhD CIG
Post-graduates ITN
(ESR*)
< 4 years + no PhD
*ESR: Early Stage Researcher / ER: Experienced Researchers / MER: More Experienced Researcher
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

6. IEF University
or Industry
EU/AC
EU/AC
Mandatory University
IOF
University
or
Industry Return or Industry
EU/AC
Non EU/AC EU/AC
Possible University
IIF University
or Industry Return
or
Industry
Non
EU/AC EU/AC ICPC
long
CIG University
or Industry
Any term
Country EU/AC
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

7. IEF • 12-24 months for ER / MER
• 12-24 months for ER / MER
IOF
• 12 months for mandatory return
phase
• 12-24 months for ER / MER
IIF
• 12 months for ICPC return phase
CIG • 12-48 months for ER / MER
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

8. Funds
IEF IOF IIF
• Researcher/staff gross salary per year (multiplied by the
country coefficient)
 €58,500 for ER with <10 years experience
 €87,500 for MER with >10 years experience
• €800 for training/research costs per researcher per month
• €700 / €1000 of mobility allowance per researcher per
month (no family / family) (multiplied by the country
coefficient)
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

9. Funds
IEF IOF IIF
• €700 for overheads per researcher per month
(multiplied by the country coefficient)
• €15,000 per researcher per year for IIF return
phase
CIG
• €25,000 per researcher per
year Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

10. Horizon 2020
• 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
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions

11. Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Actions
ITN ITN
Research networks supporting doctoral training
Doctoral
IEF Researchers
IOF
IF
IIF Individual fellowship supporting experienced
Experienced
researchers undertaking mobility
CIG Researchers
RISE
IAPP International and inter-sector cooperation through
Exchange the exchange of research and innovation staff
of Staff
IRSES
Co-funding of regional, national and international
COFUND
COFUND programmes funding doctoral and postdoctoral
Co-funding researchers
Marie Skłodowska-
Curie Actions