Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship

Mónica Martínez Haro, PhD

Institute of Marine Research

My experience as applicant for MC felloships

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26th July 2010

Spent lead shot contamination in wetlands and assessment of grit supplementation as a measure to

reduce lead poisoning in waterfowl

...a little bit of context...

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Gastrolith - Grit

José Ardaiz

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Elisa Pérez

Gizzard with Pb shots

Pb

Stomach

Pb poisoning birds

EcotoxicologyPb level

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26th July 2010Spent lead shot contamination in

wetlands and assessment of grit supplementation as a measure to

reduce lead poisoning in waterfowl

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Come on!Now, you can apply to the Marie Curie

call!!Deadline 17th

August(open in March...)

...end July 2010

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Contacts

....deadline 17th August

CLOSED FORHOLIDAY

ON HOLIDAY

First step

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Guide for applicantsProposal....Part

A,B,...B1,B2...letters....deadline

17th August

2+1International

Outgoing Fellowship - IOF

Time to rest?

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Call 2010Deadline 6th September

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Incorporation April 2011

3-years Postdoc

December

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21 June 2011, NCP PT Coimbra

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Intra-European Fellowship - IEF

International Outgoing Fellowship – IOF

International Incoming Fellowship – IIF

Career Integration Grant - CIG

Marie Curie Actions – individual fellowships

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IEF - Can I apply....?

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Mobility ruleStays in the host country no longer than 12 months in the last 3 years immediately prior to the deadline

Research experiencePostdocs or researchers with at least 4

years of research experience

Marie Curie – IEF fellowship

Requirements

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Research experience

Contact host

institutionProject

Mobility

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Follow the rules!

Work Programme

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Ready to begin….

Marie Curie IXF – Guide for applicants

My experience

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Read from cover to cover

Marie Curie IXF – Guide for applicants

My experience

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Part A (administrative)

+ Part B

(Proposal – evaluable sections)

Project and more…27 pages

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My experience

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B1: Research and technological qualityB2: TrainingB3: ResearcherB4: ImplementationB5: ImpactB6: Ethics issues

Guide for

applicants!

Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part B

My experience

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Guide for

applicants!

Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part B

My experience

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Guide for applicants!Follow the rules!

Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part B

My experience

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All is important!!Cannot give up any

point!

evaluable!!

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All sections are

important!!

25%

25%

15%

15%

20%

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I contacted with colleague awarded in previous calls

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My experience

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I bet for multidisciplinary - Ecotoxicology

Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part B

My experience

biochemistryOxidative

stress

analytical techniques

lead poisoning

LX50whole

organims assays

bloodtissu

es

heavy

metalspesticides

endpoints

estuaries

quality status

feces

WFD

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Directive

2000/60/EC

One of the most important pieces of the European environmental

legislation in the water field in recent

decades

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My experience

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Sites/documments EU Commission

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My experience

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FP7 Factsheets

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My experience

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The European Charter for Researchers

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My experience

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Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part B

My experience

Sites/documments

EU Commission

More than one month

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Marie Curie IXF – ProposalMy experience

IEF!!

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• Have a good-established contact• Take time to write the proposal• Follow the rules and recommendations!• The assessment letters from 3 referees

should be requested asap!! (people you have worked with)

Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part BTIPS

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• Maintain a fluid contact with supervisor/s and host institution/s

• Keep in mind that all sections are important, do not underestimate implementation, training and impact!

• Think of the evaluators: the proposal should be easy to read

• For each subsection, you must include and highlight the keywords reported in the guide for applicants

Marie Curie IXF – Proposal Part BTIPS

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Obrigada! Questions?

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