Marie Skodowska -Curie Actions Special Needs Lump Sum (SNLS) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Marie Skłodowska -Curie Actions Special Needs Lump Sum (SNLS) Oscar Barreiro Research Executive Agency Unit A4

Purpose : • To support through additional costs the recruited or seconded researchers/staff members with disabilities whose long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments are such that their participation in MSCA would not be possible without extra financial support. Total 2019 budget (2 deadlines): € 1 million

How does it work : • Eligible MSC actions: ITN, IF, RISE and COFUND . • The Proposal can be submitted only by the MSCA beneficiary . • One proposal per recruited researcher / seconded staff member with special needs / disabilities. • If there is more than 1 researcher with special needs in the same beneficiary – a separate proposal for each researcher has to be submitted.

Eligible applicants : • MSCA beneficiaries. • The applicant must comply with the following cumulative criteria:  At the time of the SNLS deadline, it must be a beneficiary in an ongoing H2020 MSCA grant , or its proposal must be in the Grant Agreement Preparation stage (GAP) for a future MSCA grant agreement.  It has recruited/seconded (or for a proposal in GAP, will recruit/second) the researcher(s)/staff member(s) with disabilities in the framework of an MSCA action.

Eligible researchers: • To be eligible for the SNLS, the researcher must comply with the following cumulative criteria :  He/she is eligible under the main MSCA grant (ITN, IF, RISE or COFUND).  His/her disability is such that his/her participation would not be possible without an extra financial support.  His/her disability is officially recognised by the relevant national legislation. .

Proposal duration: • The duration of the SNLS is limited to the duration of the main linked MSCA. • It can be shorter but cannot be longer than the main MSCA grant. • If necessary, the duration of the SNLS will be adjusted by the Project Officer during the Grant Agreement Preparation phase.

Financial support: • Max 60 000 EUR per researcher with special needs. • The budget will be subjected to evaluation by the expert evaluators. • In the case the amount needed to cover the special needs is higher than EUR 60 000 , the remainder shall be covered from other sources. The applicants should provide details of the additional funding in the Part B.

Award criteria: Quality and Efficiency Excellence Impact of the implementation Appropriateness and Effectiveness of the Appropriateness of the relevance of the proposed proposed measures resources deployed . measures [or special with respect to the needs items or services] work in the linked that are necessary for the MSCA action researcher/staff member to carry out the work in the linked MSCA action

Structure of the proposal: Part A • General information about the proposal (title, abstract, etc.) • Administrative data of the beneficiary • Budget (only the total amount requested is to be inserted in Part A) • Call specific questions

Structure of the proposal: Part B – max 3 pages: 1. EXCELLENCE Description of the type of special needs of the researcher • Appropriateness, relevance and necessity of the items/services requested by • the applicant 2. IMPACT • How the requested items/services will facilitate the work of the researcher. • Information of the duration of the support 3. QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION • Explain the details of the requested items/services • Estimated breakdown of the requested budget Consent form (not counted towards the page limit)

Proposal acronym: • The SNLS grant will be linked to the main running MSCA, therefore acronym of the SNLS proposal must be the same as the acronym of the main MSCA grant. • In case more researchers with disabilities are from the same linked MSCA grant , all SNLS proposals must have the same acronym. NB: The proposal number will be different as it is given automatically by the IT system, therefore it is important to introduce the same acronym.

Submission in 2019: SNLS is a “Call to Identified Beneficiaries” • Deadline 1 – 24 April 2019 at 17:00:00 (Brussels time) • Deadline 2 – 7 November 2019 at 17:00:00 (Brussels time)

SNLS 2019 1st Cut-off Eligible Main list Success proposals proposals rate 1st Cut-off 10 10 100% Average requested budget: 28,200 € •  The lowest budget: 956.25 €  The highest budget: 60,000 € All evaluated proposals were above thresholds • Some proposals had budget cuts, not all requested items were • relevant to the type of disability

SNLS 2019 1st Cut-off Number of Main list proposals per action and per country

SNLS 2019 1st Cut-off Budget distribution in the Main list proposals Budget in € per country 140 000,00 115 081,25 120 000,00 108 750,00 100 000,00 80 000,00 60 000,00 40 000,00 27 385,00 24 612,00 20 000,00 3 367,00 3 037,00 0,00 UK IT IE BG FR SE

SNLS 2019 2nd Cut-off Remaining Budget for the 2 nd Cut-off: 717,767.75 € 14 proposals received 2 nd Cut-off: 7 November 2019 Evaluation: 25 – 27 November 2019 Launch Grant preparation (expected): 15 January 2020

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