FP7 Marie Curie

Industry / Academic Partnership and

Pathways

Dr Conor O’Carroll, IUAWednesday, 29th September 2010 www.iua.ie

FP7 overview (2007-2013)

Collaborative research

10 THEMATICAREAS

ERC

Capacities : M€ 4100

People : M€ 4750

Marie Curie

ResearchCapacity

Cooperation :

M€ 32 500

JRC : M€ 1750

Euratom : M€ 2750Nuclear research

Ideas :

M€ 7510Total FP7 budget : M€ 50 500

Aim : Contribute to EU becoming the world’s leading research area

EU’s main instrument for funding research

FP6 (2002-2006)Marie Curie Actions€ 1580 million

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1. Statistics: Fellows in Host country per 1000 Researchers

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Marie Curie Actions - Overview

Initial training of researchersMarie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)

Life-long training and career developmentMarie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)European Reintegration Grants (ERG)Co-funding of regional/national/international programmes (COFUND)

Industry-academia pathways and partnershipsMC Industry-Academia Pathways and Partnerships Scheme (IAPP)

International dimensionMC International Outgoing and Incoming Fellowships (IOF / IIF) MC International Reintegration Grants (IRG)MC International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

Specific actionsResearchers’ Night (NIGHT)

‘People’ – deadlines, budgets, success rates

Action Call Closes/ Cut-off date

Budget (and budget/size per project, where applicable)

Success rates (expected)

IAPP Industry Academia

Partnerships & Pathways

7 December 2010 80M€ (~250k€ - 3M€) 15% or more

IEF Intra-European Fellowships

IOF International Outgoing Fellowship

IIF International Incoming Fellowships

IRSES International Research Staff Exchange Scheme

11 August 2011

17 February 2011

110M€

40M€

40M€

40M€

15% - 20% depending on scheme

RG Reintegration Grants 2nd cut off

7 September 2010

32M€ 50% or more

ITN Initial Training Networks 26 January 2011 318M€ (average 3.4M€, 9 partners)

5%

CO-Funding of Regional, national & International Programmes

17 February 2011 90M€ (max. 5M€ per applicant)

70% or more

Objectives

• Focus is on knowledge transfer between academia and industry

• Support for creation, development and reinforcement and execution of strategic partnerships, aimed at knowledge sharing and inter-sector mobility, based on targeted human resources interaction

• Open to all disciplines – from Engineering to Social Sciences and Humanities

• Bottom-up – no pre-defined topics or priority areas

Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)

• Minimum configuration is a university and company (one in Ireland, one abroad)

• Funds staff exchange of – early stage (PhD) – experienced researchers (Postdocs) – Technical– Research managerial

• Also funds hiring of additional staff (experienced researchers)

Foster co-operation between non-commercial research organisations & commercial enterprises based on joint research projects.

Stimulate long-term collaboration between sectors through secondment of researchers between the public & private research domains.

Diverse career possibilities & research experience for researchers, knowledge sharing/cultural exchange.

IAPP Objectives

At least 1 non-commercial organisation

At least 1 commercial enterprise

Non-Commercial– Universities/research centres – Non-profit or charitable organisations – International European interest organisations – Joint Research Centre of European Commission– International organisations (WHO, UNESCO)Commercial– Commercial enterprises of ALL sizes (incl. SMEs, spin

offs, start ups)– National organisations if commercial

IAPP Participants

At least 2 different EU or Associated States

+ free choice.EU Member States (MS) & Associated Countries (AC):

EU27 + Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Croatia, FYROM, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia.

“Third Countries” 2 categoriesInternational Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC):

based on three categories according to income per capita (low-income, lower-middle-income, or upper-middle-income)

Other Third Countries (OTC):US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand.

IAPP Participants

Compulsory Secondment of staff• Majority of support in IAPP • Always inter-sector • Normally 2-way with in-built return• Up to 30% for secondments within 1 country

Optional Recruitment of experienced researchers

• Not substitute for secondment (<=50%)

Other• Networking activities• Workshops & Conferences: participants' own

research staff & external researchers

IAPP Main activities

Secondment Early-stage/Experienced researchers (2-24 months)Must be staff members for at least 12 monthsReintegration into the home institution for at least 1 year

Recruitment Experienced researchers from any country (12-24 months)

Experienced researchers 2 pay scales4-10 years experience (ER)>10 years of research (MER)

IAPP Eligible Researchers

Early-stage researchers (ESR) Experience ≤ 4 years No PhD

Secondment

No nationality restrictions

Recruitment

Researchers not residing / having main activity in country of the host > 12 months in last 3 years before recruitment

Hosts in ICPC or OTC can only recruit MS or AC nationals

IAPP Nationality Rules

IAPP Activities

Joint Research ProjectResearch of mutual interest to all partners

Milestones & deliverables

Secondments underpin co-operation between partners in different sectors

Possibility to recruit experienced researchers

Networking ActivitiesOrganisation of scientific/managerial network meetings

Invitation of external experts

Attendance at international conferences & workshops

Electronic networking (internet webpages, email, video conferencing)

Community contributions

Living allowance*

€ 38,000 / 19,000 per year (ESR: post-graduates)

€ 58,500 / 29,250 per year (ER: 4-10 years)

€ 87,500 / 43,750 per year (MER: > 10 years)

Mobility / travel allowance* € 700 or 1000 per month

Research/training/networking costs € 1800 per researcher-month

Small equipment expenses for SMEs max. 10 % of SME contribution

Overheads 10% of direct costs

Management costs max. 10% of total contribution

Gross amounts (rates for 2010)

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What does IAPP offer?

100% funding

Simple application procedure: short and precise

Few reporting requirements – 2 main reports in 4 years

Support – in particular NCPs

Top class public and private sector evaluators

Marie Curie label

Networking and conference costs

SMEs – equipment contribution

Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)

• Duration: 3-4 years

• Funds the associated salary costs and contribution to research, management and overheads

• Call open on 30 July 2010, deadline 7 December 2010

• Budget €80 million

• Success rate 2009: 17% (Ireland 37%)

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• Slow start in 2007… not a single successful proposal with Irish participation.• Increased interest (and success!!) in 2008. 6 out of 9 Irish proposals funded.• Only two of the seven universities involved in IAPPs.

Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)

2007 2008 2009

Submitted 103 (0!!)* 141 (9) 358 (21)

Evaluated 102 141 (9) 356 (21)

Selected 41 51 (6) 59 (9)

Budget (M Euro) 38.5 45 65

Success rate 40 % 36 % (66%) 16.6 % (43%)

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Overall Country Participation EU 27 2009

Total A list

UK 209 41

DE 156 27

IT 132 19

FR 76 16

IE 41 15

FI 30 12

BE 45 11

ES 129 11

EL 55 9

PL 39 9

PT 46 9

AT 29 6

DK 19 5

NL 55 4

SE 42 4

HU 33 3

RO 32 3

CY 11 2

EE 5 2

LU 6 2

CZ 13 1

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Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) - 2009

• 21 Irish led proposals• 9 funded• NUIM, NUIG, TCD, UCD, DIT,

DKIT, NCAD, RCSI• DePuy, Oncomark, Vorna

Further Information

• Full call docs and Guide for Applicants http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=314

• Financial Assistance for proposal preparation

• Academic - Coordination & Travel • Companies (EI/IDA) – Proposal preparaton

Further Information

• Planning a proposal writing workshop October

• Also see following brochure for examples

http://www.iua.ie/publications/documents/publications/2009/IUA_Marie_Curie_2009_IAPP_Success_Stories.pdf

Further Information

• 50,000th Marie Curie Fellow Celebration

• I want 3 nominees from Ireland

• Deadline 7th October