“Come scrivere una proposta Marie Sklodowska-Curie individuale”(con particolare riferimento al settore LIFE-SCIENCE)

Alessandra della TorreVice-chair MC Panel

“ Life Sciences (LIFE)”

Intro on Individual MC fellowshipsin FP7 and in H2020

What an Expert Evaluator expects to read in a MC individual proposal

Time for questions

How to structure a MC-IF proposal

MAIN GOAL: to create opportunities forINTERNATIONAL and INTERSECTORAL

MOBILITY

1996-2010: 60.000 MC researchers

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH

National participation to MCA

FP7-PEOPLE: 4.75 billion €

Evolution of participation to Individual MCA

IEF IOF CIG IIF

25%

Funding levels ~maintained Broad Schemes ~maintained Simplified Implementation

>5 billion €

KEY FEATURES of Marie Sklodowska-Curie ACTIONS

Encourage new, creative types of training

Fostering key skills and competences

Make best researchers in Europe and the world work together across countries, sectors and disciplines

Opening research careers at European and international level

Identify excellent talents in research and innovation in international competition

Create a whole new mind-set in Europe, crucial for entrepreneurship and innovation

Enhanced business-academia collaboration and staff exchange

Assure excellent employment and working conditions, in line with the EU Charter and Code for Researchers

Offer a model for structuring regional, national and other international programmes

More in detail:

Marie Sklodowska-Curie ACTIONS

Marie Sklodowska-Curieactions

Marie Curieactions

Marie Sklodowska-Curie ACTIONS

To enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition at multi- or interdisciplinary level through advanced training, international and inter-sectoral mobility.

To provide opportunities to acquire new knowledge and to work on research projects in a European context (Member States and associated countries) or outside Europe and to support the reintegration of researchers currently outside Europe who have previously worked here.

To develop (or help to restart) the careers of individual researchers that show great potential, considering their experience.

MAIN OBJECTIVES:

MSC-IF ACTIONS

1. European Fellowships (IEF and IIF in FP7)(12-14 months in Member States or associated countries)

2. Global Fellowships (IOF in FP7)(12-24 month secondment to a Third Country+ a mandatory 12 month period in Europe upon return)

3. Reintegration Fellowships(12-14 months in Member States or associated countries)

3 MOBILITY TYPES

NB - Possibility of secondments in private sectors

MSC-IF ACTIONS

Support is foreseen for individual, trans-national fellowships awarded to the best or most promising researchers for employment in Member States or associated countries, based on an application made jointly by the researcher and host organisation in the academic or non-academic sector.

Fellows will play an active role in shaping their own training programme and professional development. Each researcher will establish, together with her/his personal supervisor in the host organisation, a Career Development Plan comprising his/her training needs (including transferable skills) and research objectives and will later report upon the progress towards these objectives..

MAIN FEATURES

MSC-IF ACTIONS

EXPECTED IMPACT:

Projects are expected to add significantly to the development of the best and most promising researchers in Europe, in order to enhance and maximise their contribution to the knowledge-based economy and society.

The action will also strengthen the contact network of both the researcher and the host organisation.

The fellowship will contribute to release the full potential of researchers and to catalyse significant development in their careers in both the academic and non-academic sectors.

MSC-IF ACTIONS

MSC-IF ACTIONS

ELIGIBILITY

Researchers may be of any nationality. Global Fellowships are open to nationals or long-term residents of Member States and associated countries.

Experienced researchers (i.e. in possession of a doctoral degree or with at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience at the time of the relevant deadline for submission).

Mobility: researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity (work , studies, etc) in the country of their host organisationfor more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the deadline for submission of proposals.

In the 'career restart' panel, researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of their host organisationfor more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately prior to the relevant deadline for submission of proposals.

CALLS for PROPOSALS

Publication date: December 2013 (launch of Horizon 2020) Deadline: 10 April 2014 at 17.00 Brussels time Indicative budget: EUR 175.00 M€ from the 2014 budget.

(Global Fellowships: EUR 130 M€; Global Fellowships: EUR 25 M€; Reintegration Fellowships 20 M€)

Information on the outcome of the evaluation (one stage):October 2014 (indicative)

Date for the signing of grant agreements: January 2015 (indicative)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Max 25 pages (font size 11 pts)

(Experts will to disregard any pages exceeding these limits).

3 criteria

MSC-IF ACTIONS

1. EXCELLENCE (50% weighting)

MSC-IFCRITERIA

• Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research (including inter/multidisciplinary aspects)

• Clarity and quality of the research objectives in terms of transfer of knowledge/training for the development of researcher

• Quality of the supervision and the hosting arrangements

• Capacity of the researcher to reach or re-enforce a position of professional maturity in research

2. IMPACT (30% weighting)

• Enhancing research- and innovation-related human resources, skills and working conditions to realize the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives

• Effectiveness of the proposed measures for communication and results dissemination(outreach activities)

CRITERIA

3. IMPLEMENTATION (20% weighting)

• Overall coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources

• Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including quality management and risk management

• Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure and operational capacity)

• Competences, experience and complementarity of the participating organisations and institutional commitment

CRITERIA

What an Expert Evaluator expects to read in a MC individual proposal

How to structure a MC-IF proposal

MC PANELS

Chemistry (CHE)Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)Economic Sciences (ECO)Information Science and Engineering (ENG)Environment and Geosciences (ENV)Life Sciences (LIF)Mathematics (MAT)Physics (PHY)

LIFE

ENG

PHYENV

CHE

SOC

WHAT DO YOU NEED??

1 - Innovative, original, timely research ideas, with high potential impact on EU research Excellence & Competitiveness

2- Very STRONG CV, with welloutlined major achievements (i.e. results in the form of funded projects, publications, patents, reports, invited participation in conferences etc)

Independent thinking Initiative Project management skills Leadership qualities Match with the project Potential for reaching a position

of professional maturity Potential to acquire new

knowledge&

Potential for increasing and reinforcing above qualities

and reflecting:

3 - A very carefully prepared proposal

CRITERION 1EXCELLENCE

Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research (including inter/multidisciplinary aspects)

Clear description of the state-of-the-art of the research topic

Describe the appropriateness of the research proposed against the state of the art and why it is timely and credible.

Explain the contribution that the project is expected to make to advancethe state-of-the-art within the project field

Describe the scientific, technological, socio-economic or other reasonsfor carrying out further research in the field covered by the project

Describe any novel concepts, approaches or methods to be employed

Highlight interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary and/or inter-sectorial aspects

CRITERION 1EXCELLENCE

Clarity and quality of the research objectives in terms of transfer of knowledge/training for the development of researcher

Clear and specific description of the research objectives against the background of the state of the art, and the results hoped for(the project should be shaped in order to develop and widen the competencesof the applicant significantly, in particular in terms of multi- or interdisciplinary expertise, inter-sectoral experience and/or complementary skills. Such training activities might include training-through-research under supervision by means of an individual personalised project)

Clear and specific description of the training/transfer of knowledge objectives aimed to diversify the applicant’s competence in terms of skill acquisition and to reach a realistic and well-defined objective in terms of career advancement (e.g. strengthening or attaining a leading independent

position, or resuming a research career after a break).

CRITERION 1EXCELLENCE

Quality of the supervision and the hosting arrangements

The host institution AND the scientist in charge must explain their level of experience on the research topic proposed and document its track record of work, including the main international collaborations, participation in projects, publications, patents, etc

The host group/scientist must demonstrate its track record of previous training achievements especially at an advanced level within the field of research

Measures taken by the host for providing quantitative and qualitative mentoring/tutoring (e.g. meeting with supervisor, strict connections with experienced personnel in host group, …)

Practical arrangements in place to host a researcher coming from another country. What support will be given to help settling into host country (in terms of language teaching, help with local administration, obtaining permits, accommodation, schools, childcare, etc.)

CRITERION 1EXCELLENCE

Capacity of the researcher to reach or re-enforce a position of professional maturity in research

Demonstrate that the applicant has shown during her/his career a high potential to reach or re-enforce a position of professional maturity in research, and how this will be reinforced by the new skills acquired during the fellowship

CRITERION 2IMPACT

Enhancing research- and innovation-related human resources, skills and working conditions to realize the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives

Demostrate the potential contribution of the fellowship in the medium-/long-term to career development (or reestablishment)Describe the impact of competencies and skills acquired during the fellowship on the future career prospects of the applicant, in particular through exposure to transferable skills training, with special attention to exposure to the industry sector, where appropriate.

Development of lasting cooperation and collaborations with other research groups/Countries

CRITERION 2IMPACT

Effectiveness of the proposed measures for communication and results dissemination (outreach activities)

Dissemination initiatives directed at general public to create awareness of the importance of research to society and to raise awareness of MC Actions, e.g.

MC Ambassador, Workshop Day, Summer-School Week: to raise scientific awareness, for school/university students.

Marie Curie Project Open Day: Students and the general public visit the research institutions or labs and receive a first hand experience or lectures.

Public talks, TV-Talks, podcasts and articles in Newspapers about the results of the project and how these results could be relevant to the general public.

e-Newsletters: MC fellows develop a web-based document to be released on the internet for the attention of the public at large (e.g. Wikipedia).

Multimedia releases: MC fellows make video-clips to be released on the internet, in spaces open to the public at large.

CRITERION 3IMPLEMENTATION

Overall coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources

Provide a detailed work plan including objectives and milestones to help assessing the progresses of the project (where appropriate, describe the approach to be taken regarding the intellectual property that may arise from the research project).

Provide information on how the implementation and management of the fellowship will be achieved and the practical arrangements that can have an impact on the feasibility of the project.

Provide a contingency plan to reinforce the credibility of the project.

Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including quality management and risk management

CRITERION 3IMPLEMENTATION

Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure and operational capacity)

Competences, experience and complementarity of the participating organizations and institutional commitment

Specify to which extent the applicant and the project can benefit from the host institution's experience in the field of research and from its international collaborations with complementary expertizes and how the latter would contribute to the project. Specify the institutional commitments of participating organizations.

Specify the host institution’s available infrastructures and whether these respond to the needs set by the project.

Specify the host institution’s operational capacity and whether these are appropriate to the applicant’s and the project’s needs.

Any ethics issues that may arise must be described in the proposal. In particular, you should explain the benefit and burden of the experiments

and the effects these may have on the research subject.

The following special issues must be carefully taken into account:• Research involving Developing Countries• Research on mammals• Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Research• Dual Use

Provide informed consent when the following are involved:

• children• Healthy volunteers• Human genetic material• Human biological samples• Human data collection.

Address Data Protection and Privacy, when dealing with data affected by privacy issues, e.g.

• Health information• Financial and genetic information• Criminal justice information• Location information

ETHICS

Strong research project, but weak training project Poor explanation and justification of the state-of-the-art Project is too ambitious (group project rather than INDIVIDUAL project) Fellow´s skills to carry out the project are not convincing Training objectives are unclear in relation to the capacities of the researcher Referee´s assessment is not positive for the applicant Publication record is not very high quality, e.g. no peer reviewed journals Independent thinking qualities not appropriately demonstrated

Main mistakes/weak points

Follow the template of the Guide for applicants Highlight key words and most relevant sections Provide strong justifications for every statement Do not give anything for granted Make your proposal easy to read

Some tips …

MSC-IF ACTIONS

“Come scrivere una proposta Marie Sklodowska-Curie individuale”(con particolare riferimento al settore LIFE-SCIENCE)

Alessandra della TorreVice-chair MC Panel

“ Life Sciences (LIFE)” GRAZIE per l’ATTENZIONE

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