MSC ITN & RISE Dr. Jennifer Brennan - PowerPoint Presentation

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MSC ITN & RISE

Dr. Jennifer BrennanNational Contact PointNational DelegateMarie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

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Marie Curie Actions, an Irish Success StoryData based on Contracts signed as of July 2014

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Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office

Sponsored by the

Irish Research Council

Promote

the Actions to Irish researchers and research organisations

Support

researchers in preparing funding applications

Contribute to policy initiatives relevant to the ActionsTwo staff members:Dr. Suzanne Miller-Delaney (SFI Centres)Dr. Jennifer Brennan

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Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions in Horizon 2020:

€6.2 billion budget

In the

Excellence Science

Pillar

Funds

ALL RESEARCH AREAS

(no thematic calls or priorities)

Implemented via Annual

Calls for Proposals

Squo-dovska

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Two SectorsAcademic <-> Non-AcademicAcademic: consists of public or private higher education establishments awarding academic degrees, public or private non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research, and international European interest organisations

Non-Academic: includes any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector and fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation.e.g. Industry (incl. SMEs), charities, NGOs, government/public bodies, national archives, libraries…………

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Funding for PIs/Research Orgs

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Deadlines 2015

CALLOpening DateClosing DateInnovative Training Networks 20152-Sep-201413-Jan-2015Research

& Innovation Staff Exchange 2015

6-Jan-2015

28-Apr-2015

Individual Fellowships 2015

12-Mar-2015

10-Sep-2015COFUND 201514-Apr-20151-Oct-2015The 2016-2017 Work Programme will be published in Q3 2015MSCA Calls will run on ~same schedule annually until 2020

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RISE: Research & Innovation Staff Exchange

“Staff” = research students, postdocs, PIs, technical and managerial staff.

Promoting transfer of knowledge between countries and sectors

Research programme executed by:

Exchange of “

staff

” around the consortium

(Duration 1 month to 1 year)

Networking activitiesCollaborate with any sector and any country

worldwide

Per Researcher/Month:

€2000 for travel costs

€2500 networking, management, etc.57%

of Irish participations in 2014 Call were funded

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RISE Requirements

Project duration 48 months

Minimum consortium

3

participants in

3

countries

2 academic participants plus 1 non-academic (or vice versa)2 European participants plus 1 non-European participantSecondments:“Staff” must be active at their host for 6 months before secondmentMust be reintegrated after secondment (no duration or mechanism specified)All secondments within Europe must be

international & intersectoral

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Secondments from Europe to non-European countries are paid for

Secondments from most non-European countries* to Europe are paid for,

except:

Secondments from high-income countries e.g. USA, Brazil must be financed by their own budget

All countries

are funded to participate in the project’s networking/training events

N

on-European Countries

* Annex A to the General Work Programme provides a list of countries that can be fully financed by Horizon 2020

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RISE 2014 Call – “All European” Project

‘

WASTCArD

’ -

Wrist

and arm sensing technologies for cardiac arrhythmias detection in long term monitoring.

University of Ulster (UK/NI)

INSA

Lyon (FR)

WIT (IE)

SD Informatics Ltd. (Croatia)

Intelesens

Ltd. (UK)

Southern Health and Social Care

Trust (UK)

4 countries (all Europe), 3 academic, 3 non-academic

Academic

Non-Academic

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RISE 2014 Call – International Project

IMIXSED -

“Integrating isotopic techniques with Bayesian modelling for improved assessment and management of global sedimentation problems”

University of Plymouth (UK)

University of Liverpool (UK)

Ghent University (BE)

Jimma

University (Ethiopia)

Scripps Institute (US)

Kathmandu University (Nepal)

7 countries (3 outside Europe), No non-academic participants

CSIC (ES)

Europe

Not Europe

No secondments within Europe (all academic)

No secondments between non-European countries

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ITN: Innovative Training Networks

Quality of Research Training

Objective: to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers

A Research Training Programme for Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs)

Less than 4 years’ research experience after undergrad

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A Typical ITN

Consortium of organisations from different countries and sectors

Beneficiaries

: recruit researchers

Partner Organisations

: host secondments/provide training

Propose a joint research programme

Recruit researchers across the consortium– each researcher has an Individual Research ProjectAdvanced research skills and transferable skills trainingNetworking events

Secondments for each researcher to another sector (academic to non-academic, or vice-versa)

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Mobility Rule

To be eligible to join a MSCA ITN a researcher cannot have resided in the country of host organisation

for

>

12 months in the last 3

years

prior to the recruitment/Call deadline.No nationality/citizenship requirements

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3 ITN Modes

European

Industrial Doctorate (EID)

European

Joint Doctorate (EJD)

European

Training Network (ETN)

Duration 48 Months

3 academic beneficiaries

3 countries

3 beneficiaries

3 countries

Partner Organisations from any sector (no min or max)

5 ESRs* / 15 ESRs

ESRs funded 3 to 36 months

2 beneficiaries

2 countries

2 sectors

Min.

15 ESRs

* For a two-beneficiary project

PhD

(50% of time in non-academic sector)

Joint PhD

No educational degree reqd.

(PhD typical)

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Consortium Tips and Pitfalls 1

No maximum consortium size –

6 to 10

beneficiaries is considered manageable

Must have non-academic sector participating (beneficiaries)

Ok to have more than one partner from same country

but

no more than 40% of the budget can go to one countryESRs must be recruited by a named beneficiaryOne Irish organisation cannot participate “on behalf” of other members of a Centre/Cluster and recruit the ESRs across the members of the Centre/ClusterAll members of the Centre/Cluster must be Beneficiaries

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Consortium Tips and Pitfalls 2

Ok to include many non-European countries as beneficiaries or partner orgs – but “high income” countries (e.g. US, BRIC) are better off applying as partner orgs.

Check to see if there are already funded

ITNs in your area

http://

cordis.europa.eu/search/advanced_en

. If there are, need to think what added value yours can bring.

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2014 Success Rates

Coordinator

ETN

EJD

EID

ALL

IE Success Rate

18.5

%

n/a

0.0

%

17.9

%

EU Success Rate

9.4

%

15.4

%

18.8

%

10.5

%

2013 ITN Call

13.6

%

n/a

0.0

%

7.5

%

Partner

ETN

EJD

EID

ALL

IE Success Rate

10.2%

0%

27.3%

11.4%

EU Success Rate

10.2%

15.8%

23.6%

10.8%

2013 ITN Call

18.4%

n/a

33%

18.9%

Cut off scores for funding typically 93 marks out of 100 (mid-80s for EJD)

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ITN 2014

Funded

ETN

Project:

REMEDIATE – “Improved decision-making in contaminated land site investigation and risk

assessment

€3.9 million

13 Partner Organisations (1 each from US and CA)

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ITN 2014

Funded

ETN

Project:

CASPIAN –

“Around the Caspian: a Doctoral Training for Future Experts in Development and Cooperation with Focus on the Caspian Region

”

€3.8 million13 Partner Organisations

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ITN 2014

Funded

EID

Project:

MET-A-FOR –

“

Metabolomic

analysis for the forensic detection of drugs of abuse in performance and food producing animals ”€820kNo Partner Organisations

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ITN 2014

Funded

EID

Project:

CropStrengthen

–

“Genetic and molecular priming approaches to increase crop strength and stress tolerance”

€1.3 millionNo Partner Organisations

All successful 3-Beneficiary EIDs involved 3 different countries

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ITN 2014

Funded

EJD

Project:

EDEN – “European Dry Eye Network”

€2.5 million

3 Partner Organisations (incl. Bausch and Lomb)

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Funding Model

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Categories of

eligible costs

 

 

Marie

Skłodowska

-Curie action

Costs of researchers

(1) PER MONTH

Institutional costs (2

)

PER MONTH

Living allowance

(a) 

Mobility allowance

(b)

 

Family allowance

(c)

Top-up allowance

(d)

Research, training and networking costs

(a)

Management and indirect costs

(b)

ITN

(100%)

3 110

600

500

--

1 800

1 200

Stage

Gross Salary (without

family)

Gross Salary (with family)

ESR

€39,000

p.a.

€44,000 p.a.

Max Budget ~€3.75 million (RTN costs €970k, Management €650k)

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Proposal Structure

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http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-msca-itn-2015.html

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Part B - Proposal Content

Download from inside the online application system

Excellence

Impact

Implementation

Gantt Chart

Capacities of the Participating Organisations (tables)

Ethical AspectsLetters of Commitment

Overall page limit of 30 pagesNo section page limits

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Essential Training Elements 1

Not exhaustive……..read Section 4 of the

GfA

for tips

Individual Research Project

Dedicated training events

Programmes offered

locally at participating institutions (in person and remote/online training)Events organised centrally by the network (summer school, training weeks etc.)Final conference

Complementarity

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Essential Training Elements 2

Training in advanced research skills

and

transferable skills

E.g. communication, project management, gender, innovation & entrepreneurship, IPR, ethics, academic writing, standardisation, personal development, team skills, research integrity………..

Secondments, for all ESRs to

another sector for a meaningful duration (> 3 months)Training for each ESR is personalised by the use of a Personal Career Development Plan (PCDP)

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Essential Supervision Elements

Supervisors must demonstrate supervision experience

E.g. numbers of PhDs/postdocs supervised. Where are they now?

Joint supervision is a requirement

Each ESR to have a non-academic sector co-supervisor

Must demonstrate “structured supervision”

E.g. regular meetings (formal and informal)

Supervisors monitor research progress and training process (using the PCDP)

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Suggested Management Structure

Supervisory BoardExternal Advisory GroupESR CommitteeProject Management Team

Training Committee

Dissemination &

Outreach Committee

Research Coordination Committee

IP

& Exploitation Committee

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Evaluation

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Evaluation Panels

Proposals are read by at least 3 disciplinary experts

Distribution of awards across Panels is proportional to # of proposals received

Chemistry (CHE)

Physics (PHY)

Mathematics (MAT)

Life Sciences (LIF)

Economic Sciences (ECO)ICT and Engineering (ENG)Social Sciences & Humanities (SOC)

Earth & Environmental Sciences (ENV)ITN EID and EJD– multidisciplinary ranking

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CriterionWeighting

Priority(ex-aequo) Excellence

50%

1

Impact

30%

2

Implementation20%

3Evaluation Criteria

Overall threshold of 70%

No individual thresholds

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The “Charter and Code” and Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)

Embedded in Evaluation Criteria for all MSCA

Charter

:

researchers’ career

management

Code

: open and transparent recruitment and appraisal

If host has endorsed the C&C, include in proposal

HRS4R

: mainstreaming

C&C

in institutionsAwarded the right to use “HR Logo”UCD, UL,

NUIG, WIT and UCC are awardees (to-date).

If applicable, should be included in proposal

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/rights/index

List of institutions: http

://

ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/rights/strategy4ResearcherOrgs

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Indicative Call TimetableActivity

DatePublication of Call2-Sep-2014Deadline13-Jan-2015

Evaluation

of Proposals

March 2015

Evaluation

Outcome

June 2015Signing of Grant AgreementsSeptember 2015Typical delays to GA Signature:Validation of Participant Identification Code (even extending from FP7 to H2020 is time-consuming)Ethics Review

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