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Marie-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship
This document summarizes information about the Marie Curie Individual Fellowships program. It describes that the program funds experienced researchers for training and career development. Fellows can receive funding to conduct research in Europe or elsewhere in the world. The program supports excellence in science across all fields. Applicants must have a PhD and research experience. The selection process is competitive with around a 10% success rate. The highest number of fellows have been from Italy, Germany, and the UK conducting research in these same countries.
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- 2. Marie Sklodowaska Warsaw Marie &Pierre Curie La Sorbonne
- 3. § First womanto win the Nobel Prize (1903) § First person (and only woman) to win twice (1911) § First woman to become a teacher at University of Paris § First woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon … The Marie-Curie Actions program The most famous female Scientist of all time
- 4. Key features Excellence in science Training career development Mobilityof researchers & Open to all fields and subjects Applicants are researchers host institution
- 5. The researcher § Experiencedresearcher PhD or 4 years of full-time research experience § Any nationality § Mobility rule researchers must not have lived in the country of their host organisations for > 12 months in the last 3 years
- 6. Non-Academic sector All otherorganisations are by default non-academic and include private enterprises (like SMEs), non-profit or charitable organisations, museums and hospitals, etc. Academic sector University, non-profit research organisations whose primary mission is to pursue research The host institute
- 7. European Fellowship … Comingto or moving within Europe 12 or 24 months
- 8. Global Fellowship .. Firstgo anywhere in the world, but then come back to Europe 12-24 months outgoing + 12 months return phase
- 9. Secondments § Researcher may beseconded to another institution in Europe § Secondment must contribute to the impact of fellowship (e.g. non-academic sector) Fellowship duration Max duration of secondment < 18 months > 18 months 3 months 6 months
- 10. Funding § Country correction coefficient*(only for living) § Family allowance in case of family obligations (family status will be determined at the deadline of the call - September 2015 - no revision during the project) Researcher unit cost person/month Institution unit cost person/month Living allowance Mobility allowance Family allowance Research, training and networking Management and indirect cost 4 650* 600 500 800 650
- 11. Proposal template 1. Summary 2. Excellence 3. Impact 4. Implementation 2.1 Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research 2.2 Quality of transfer of knowledge/training for the development of the researcher 2.3 Quality of the supervision and the hosting arrangements 2.4 Capacity of the researcher to reach and re-enforce a position of professional maturity in research 3.1 Enhancing research to realise the potential of individuals and to provide new career perspectives 3.2 Communication and results dissemination 4.1 Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan 4.2 Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures 4.3 Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure) 4.4 Competences, experience and complementarity of the host organisations 10 pages 5. CV of the Experienced Researcher 6. Capacity of the Participating Organisation 7. Ethics Issues 8. Letters of Commitment of partner organisation STOP PAGE COUNT
- 12. Evaluation § Threshold of70 § Real: Cut-off threshold 89/90 Criterion Weight Excellence Impact Implementation 50% 30% 20% Score Weighted score 4 4.2 4.5 2 1.26 0.9 Total score out of 5 Total score out of 100 4.16 83 § Success rate around 10%
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- 14. The best researchersso far.. (2007-2014) Source: EU statistics 898 773 538 537 325 200 181 159 127 119 102 100 89 70 242 207 54
- 15. Top countries asdestination (2007-2014) 2190 702 556 517 366 267 175 172 158 144 110 71 69 47 728 9 3 Source: EU statistics
- 16. In 2014 samebudget Number of applications 7472 EF 6425 applications (86%) GF 1047 applications (14%) Conditions for MC 2015 Publication date: 12 March 2015 Deadline: 10 September 2015 Budget: € 213 Million • € 186 European (88%) • €27 Global (12%)
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- 18. My experience Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2012 EuropeanFellowship “PACE” Property Assessed Clean Energy
- 19. The idea A novelpublic-private financing mechanism “Property Assessed Clean Energy” to support clean energy adoption From Berkeley … To Europe!
- 20. • Creates financingdistrict & approval process • Provides upfront capital • Attaches repayment obligation to the building • Identifies work & chooses contractor • Repays financing as a line item on the property tax bill • Repayment obligation transfers with ownership € Upfront € Repayment obligation A World-Changing Idea* Mims, C. et al. (2009). Scientific American “World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier and Smarter World”
- 21. Excellence in research • Concrete proposal for clean energy adoption (a pressing policy need) • Innovative financing scheme • Green Growth strategy (OECD) • Excellent supervisor
- 22. Impact • Carrier development • Sustainable development • Network activities • Publications in peer-reviewed journals Better policies for better lives
- 23. Implementation WP 1 WP 2 WorkPackages WP 3 WP 4 Months Deliverables 1 - 4 5 - 12 13- 18 19 - 24 Literature review Analysis on factor behind technology adoption Policy evaluation study Energy policies comparison across countries overview paper technical paper technical paper policy paper
- 24. You cannot hopeto build a better world without improving the individuals
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