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Marie Curie Co-funding of regional, national and international fellowship programmes (COFUND) Martin Lange, European Commission, DG Education and Culture COFUND information event Prague, Czech Republic, 23/09/2010

Content • Marie Curie Actions - introduction • COFUND: • Objectives • Principles and rules • Evaluation and selection procedure • State-of-play: results of previous calls • Best practises: examples of co-funded Fellowship Programmes • Further information

FP7 (2007-2013) FP7 = EU’s research funding instrument Budget : Billion €50.5 4 Programmes: Cooperation, Ideas, People, Capacities (+ Joint Research Centre + Euratom) FP7 breakdown (€ million) Ideas: B €7.51 Cooperation: B€ 32.5 People : B €4.75 Marie Curie Actions Capacities: B €4.1 JRC: B €1.75 JRC : M€ 1750 Euratom: B €2.75 Nuclear research

Marie Curie Actions A dedicated programme for structuring training, mobility and career development Objectives: • Human resources potential in R&D in Europe • Stimulate people to enter into the profession of researcher • Encouraging researchers to stay in Europe • Attracting researchers from around the world Geographical One main condition to be eligible: Mobility Sectorial • Employment contracts with full social rights • Addressed to researchers at all stages of their careers • Adequate working conditions and attractive salaries • Peer-reviewed international evaluation • European (and international) prestige

“People” Programme ~€4.75 Billion = Marie Curie Actions Initial training (~40% budget) Initial Training Networks (ITN) Life-long training and career development (~25-30% budget) Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)/ Career Integration Grants (CIG) Co-funding of regional/national/international programmes (COFUND); Industry dimension (~5-10% budget) Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) World fellowship (~25% budget) International Outgoing & Incoming Fellowships (IOF & IIF); International Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) Policy support actions (~1% budget) Mobility and career enhancement actions

Marie Curie Actions Applicants Individual Industry/Research Research funding bodies researchers Institutions IEF Senior Post-docs Profile of recruited (MER*) OIF IAPP > 10 years IIF COFUND researchers IRSES ERG Post-docs (ER) IRG > 4 years Post-graduates ITN (ESR) < 4 years *MER: More Experienced Researcher

Initial Training Networks (ITN) Aims to improve career perspectives of early stage researchers in both public & private sector International networks of participants from public & private sector � Joint research training programme � Complementary skills acquisition: entrepreneurship, management, IPR, grant writing, � communication Eligible researchers : Nationals from any country Mainly Early-Stage Researchers (ESR): > 80% - less than 4 years experience in research � Experienced researchers (ER):< 20% - more than 4 years experience in research � Community Contribution Attractive salaries of recruited researchers � Research and networking costs � Organisation of short training events (workshops, seminars, summer schools and conferences) �

Industry–Academia Partnerships & Pathways (IAPP) Foster research collaboration between non-commercial (public) research organisations & commercial enterprises Based on common research project � Intersectoral mobility & skills exchange � Staff secondments & recruitments of experienced researchers � Funding for research costs & networking activities � Eligible researchers Staff exchange – secondments : 2 to 24 months � Recruitment (optional) : 12 to 24 months � Community contribution Staff secondments and recruitment of experienced researchers (optional) � Research and networking costs � Specific small equipment for SMEs: <10% total contribution �

International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) Participant rules : At least 2 independent research organisations in two different MS/AC � One or more organisations in TC � Additional partners from any sector and from any other country welcome � Joint multi-annual programmes of 24-48 months � Eligible researchers : Research staff mainly, but also technical and management staff � Min. 1 month - max. 12 months/researcher � Staff is seconded (not recruited) � Community contribution : Balanced exchange of EU/International researchers � Subsistence/travel allowance for outgoing European researchers € 1800/month per researcher � Case by case: subsistence/travel allowance incoming ICPC/ENP �

Life Long Training and Career Development Intra-European Fellowships for career development (IEF) 12 to 24 months (full-time) period � Any nationals working/living in MS*/AC** moving to another MS/AC � Mobility requirement at the deadline of the call (definition) � European Reintegration Grants (ERG) After a Marie Curie fellowship of at least 18 months duration � Financial contribution of 15 000 €/year during 2-3 years � Host institution within MS/AC, including country of origin � Research costs, including salary of researchers or assistants � International Reintegration Grants (IRG) Researchers returning from third countries to a MS/AC � Financial contribution of 25 000 €/year during 3-4 years � Host institution within MS/AC, including country of origin � Research costs, including salary of researchers or assistants � MS*: Member States AC**: Associated Countries with science and technology cooperation agreements that involved contributing to the framework programme budget

World Fellowships International Outgoing Fellowships for career development (IOF) 12-24 months period in a TC plus 12 months of compulsory return phase in MS/AC � For Nationals of MS/AC � International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) 12-24 months period in MS/AC � Third country nationals coming from outside Europe � Possible return phase to country of origin (12 months) �

COFUND Global objective COFUND supports existing and new regional, national and international fellowship programmes – to increase transnational mobility for training and career development of experienced researchers – to improve the working and employment conditions of researchers in Europe.

COFUND Impacts – Numerical impact and leverage effect • 2.5 x more individual Marie Curie fellowships • Creation of new fellowship programmes – Encourages regional and national fellowship programmes to open for transnational mobility – Structuring the European Research Area (ERA): • selection processes based on competition, transparent selection criteria, composition of selection committee, international peer review • Improved working conditions for researchers (employment contracts with full social rights)

COFUND Charter and Code – Working conditions of researchers – Transparency of recruitment processes – Career development

COFUND Who can apply? – Public bodies – Private bodies with public mission – International organisations responsible for funding and managing fellowships or research training programmes For example: ministries, research academies, research funding agencies, universities

COFUND What are the eligibility criteria? (1) – Fellowship Programmes can only fund experienced researchers; they must be either • doctorate holders • or have >4 years research experience – Researchers have to show transnational mobility : • incoming from another country • outgoing to another country • (re)integration into research employment in Europe after period of transnational mobility

COFUND What are the eligibility criteria? (2) – Beneficiaries must be established in a EU Member State or Associated Country to FP7 – COFUND allows: • Creation of new transnational fellowship programmes • Opening of existing programmes to transnational mobility • Increasing number of transnational fellowships currently awarded by an existing programme • Improving working/research conditions of fellows

COFUND What does the funding cover? – EU contribution: 40% of fellowship costs – Max. € 10 million per organisation per call – Duration: 24-60 months – Supported fellowship programmes receive label co- funded by Marie Curie actions – Researchers selected by fellowship programmes are Marie Curie Fellows

COFUND Which topics can be funded? – Bottom-up approach : all domains of research and technological development are eligible – Fellowship programmes can cover several or all fields of research or can be restricted to a specific domain – However, programmes should have sufficient impact in the specific scientific field(s)

COFUND Evaluations of fellowship programmes – Organisations managing fellowship programmes send application to yearly call for proposals – Proposals are evaluated in independent peer review , based on pre-established criteria – Proposals are evaluated in two separate panels: • Panel A: existing transnational fellowship programmes (including those opening for the first time for transnational mobility) • Panel B: new transnational fellowship programmes