1. MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS (MSCA) in Horizon 2020
Research Support,
Faculty of Humanities, SDU

2. Horizon 2020

3. Marie Skłodowska-Curie
RATIONALE
“Ensure excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges”

4. MSCA in Horizon 2020 Operates in a “bottom-up” basis
Open to all research and innovation domains – from basic research to market take-up
Mobility is a key requirement
Aim: develop new knowledge / enhance skills of people behind research and innovation
Dissemination and public engagement through public outreach activities

5. MSCA in Horizon 2020
DEFINITIONS Early Stage Researcher (ESR) At the time of recruitment (ITN) the researcher must be in the first 4 years (full-time research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree Experienced Researcher (ER) At the time of the call deadline (IF) the researcher must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience.

6. MSCA in Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
Early stage researchers only
Minimum 3 participants from different MS/AC
Maximum 540 research months equals 15 full ph.d-projects
Timespan of project – 48 months
Individual Fellowships (IF) – EF or GF
Experienced researchers only
Sole applicant
12-24 months (plus 12 months return phase for GF)
From any country to MS/AC – EF
Secondment from MS/AC to third country (GF)

7. ITN
Innovative Training Networks
“Aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative researchers, able to face current and future challenges and convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit”
Competitively selected joint research training/doctoral programmes implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, business, SME´s and other socio-economic actors from across Europe
Focus on scientific / technological knowledge through research on individual / personalised projects
Transferable skills training e.g. communication, research management, IP, ethics, entrepreneurship, societal outreach
Exposure to non-academic sector

8. ITN Beneficiaries (Participants level 1)
Innovative Training Networks
Beneficiaries (Participants level 1)
Signatory to the grant agreement
Full partner of the network
Contribute directly to the implementation of the training programme by supervising, hosting and training ESR
Provide secondment opportunities
Partner organisations (Participants level 2)
Do not sign the grant agreement
Provide training and host ESR´s during secondment
Both academic and non-academic organisations can take part in an ITN either as a beneficiary or as a partner organisation

9. Non-academic sector participation - why and how?
To broaden the traditional academic research training setting and eliminate cultural and other barriers to mobility.
In all cases the involvement of the non-academic sector must be meaningful and appropriate to the implementation mode and research field.

10. ITN Activities Research & Innovation (Ph.d projects) Networking
Summer schools
Intersectional secondments and visits
Career development of reserchers
Dissemination and public engagement
Courses providing transferable skills
Workshops for the network

11. Mobility – very important
Transnational
&
Inter-sectoral
Researchers can be of any nationality. They are required to move from one country to another when taking up their appointment. One general rule applies to the appointment of researchers:
“At the time of recruitment by the host beneficiary, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date.”
In all ITN modes, recruited researchers can be seconded to other beneficiaries and/or to partner organisations for a duration of up to 30% of their recruitment period.

12. Individual Fellowships - IF
“Aim to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition at multi- or interdisciplinary level through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility”
Supports Experienced Researchers only
Opportunities to acquire new knowledge and work on research in a European context, or outside Europe
Specific support for return and reintegration of researchers to Europe who have previously worked here

13. Individual Fellowships - IF
Optional intersectoral secondment that should significantly add to the impact of the research project
Must take place in a MS/AC
Must occur during the fellowship
Secondment phase can be a single phase or divided into shorter mobility periods

14. Timetable Call Opens Closes IF 2014 12 MAR 2014 11 SEP 2014 ITN 2015
13 JAN 2015
IF 2015
12 MAR 2015
10 SEP 2015

15. Award criteria Evaluation scores awarded for each criteria from 0-5
Each award criterion has a weighting
Total score is subject to a threshold of 70 %
Proposals ranked and funded in ranking order
Evaluation summary Reports provided
No restrictions on re-application (yet!)
Excellence
(50 %)
Impact
(30 %)
Implementation (20 %)
June 2012

16. What about the money?

17. Funding arrangements ITN IF ESR living allowance
2.900 € / month + co-efficient
4.650 € / month + co-efficient
ESR mobility allowance
600 € / month
ESR family allowance
500 € / month
Host research, training and network
1.800 / person /month
800 / person /month
Host management and overheads
1.200 / person / month
650 € / person / month

18. Contact
Research support at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Southern Denmark EU Advisor Lone Ladegaard Laursen Phone: or