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European Mobility schemesfor third countries
Kristin KraavArchimedes Foundation
Estonia
Workshop: Boosting quality: International Credential Evaluation and Higher Education Quality Assessment in SSH (PHOENIX)
Bishkek, 13-14 April 2006
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Contents
• Funding opportunities for mobility: – EU Research Framework Programmes and
Marie Curie Actions
• Support structures:– finding fellowships and grants;– getting information and support (visas,
work permits, social security, everyday matters).
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EU Framework Programmes
• FP6: 2002-2006
• FP7: 2007-2013
• Approximately 5% of total research budget in Europe
• Competitive calls for proposals
• Special schemes for researcher mobility: Marie Curie Actions
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Marie Curie Actions
• Bottom-up: no pre-determined research fields
• Approximately 10% of the FP budget
• Host schemes and individual schemes
• Open to researchers from all over the world
• Opportunities in FP6 projects still open
• New FP7 calls to be published in 2007
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Opportunities in FP6 Host schemes
• Open positions in already financed projects:– Marie Curie Early Stage Training– Marie Curie Research Training Networks– Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses
• vacancies for PhD (& MSc) students and post-docs
– Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge• vacancies for post-docs and experienced
researchers
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Where to find the vacancies?
http://cordis.europa.eu.int/mc-opportunities/
• How to use the search tool?– Host Fellowships / RTN– Conferences
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Individual Fellowships
• Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowships– Experienced researcher from a third
country to work in Europe for 1-2 years (post-doctoral level or higher)
– Possible reintegration phase – grant for returning to home country
– New calls in 2007
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Support structures
• European Researcher’s Mobility Portalhttp://europa.eu.int/eracareers/– Research job vacancies– Information of Fellowships and grants– Practical information
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ERA-MORE: The European Network of Mobility Centres
• Aim: to assist mobile researchers and their families in all aspects related to mobility
• 200 centres in 32 countries
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National Mobility Portals
• Mobility centres belonging to the ERA-MORE network manage national mobility portals
• 30 portals on-line, with information on the country’s research landscape and practical issues
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smartEstonia.ee – the Estonian Researcher’s Mobility Portal
• Combines information for mobile researchers as well as students
• 5 subdivisions:– About Estonia– Student Mobility– Researcher Mobility– Practical Training– Higher Education and Research Institutions