Applications are available for individual fellowships to
support individual researchers at postdoctoral level and beyond to work
on a research project of their own design. Two types of fellowships will
be awarded i.e. European Fellowships (between 12 and 24 months)
and Global Fellowships (between 24 and 36 months). The financial support
for Marie Sklodowska-Curie IFs takes the form of a grant covering up to
100% of the costs. Funding is calculated exclusively based on the unit
costs set out in the work programme. European Fellowship takes place in
EU
Member States (MSs) or Associated Countries (ACs) and the Global
Fellowships start with a significant period spent at a partner
organisation located outside of Europe and concludes with a mandatory
return phase in Europe.
Study Subject(s):
All fields may be funded – that advances researchers’ careers.
Course Level:
Fellowship supports individual researchers at postdoctoral level and beyond to work on a research project of their own design.
Scholarship Provider:
Marie Sklodowska-Curie
Scholarship can be taken at:
European Fellowship takes place in
EU
Member States (MSs) or Associated Countries (ACs) and the Global
Fellowships start with a significant period spent at a partner
organisation located outside of Europe and conclude with a mandatory
return phase in Europe.
Eligibility: European Fellowships-
-The researcher must be an Experienced Researcher: s/he must, at the
deadline for the submission of proposals, be in possession of a doctoral
degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research
experience. Full-Time Equivalent Research Experience is measured from
the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally
entitle him/her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which
the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is
recruited, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate is or was ever
envisaged.
-The researcher may be of any nationality.
-The
researcher must move or have moved (transnational mobility) from any
country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located. The researcher
must comply with the following mobility rule: the researcher must not
have resided or carried out the main activity (work, studies, etc.) in
the country of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3
years immediately prior to the deadline for submission of proposals.
Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not
taken into account.
-The beneficiary must be located in a MS or AC.
Global Fellowships-
-The researcher must be an Experienced Researcher.
-The researcher must be national or long-term resident of a MS or AC.
Long-term residents are researchers who spent a period of full-time
research activity of at least 5 consecutive (without breaks in research)
years in one or more Member States or Associated Countries.
-The
researcher must move or have moved (transnational mobility) from any
country to the partner organisation located in the TC. The researcher
must comply with the following mobility rule: the researcher must not
have resided or carried out the main activity (work, studies, etc.) in
the TC where the initial outgoing phase takes place for more than 12
months in the 3 years immediately prior to the deadline for submission
of proposals. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as
holidays are not taken into account.
-The beneficiary must be located in an MS or AC.
International Students:
Researchers
of any nationality can apply for these Marie Curie Fellowships.
However, the Global Fellowships and the Reintegration Panel of the
European Fellowships are restricted to nationals or long-term residents
of Member States or Associated Countries. Long-term residents are
defined as researchers who spent a period of full-time research activity
of at least five consecutive years (without breaks in research) in one
or more Member States or Associated Countries.
Scholarship Description:
Marie
Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) aim at enhancing the
creative and innovative potential of Experienced Researchers who wish to
diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition
through advanced training, international and inter-sectoral mobility.
Individual Fellowships thus provide opportunities to acquire and
transfer new knowledge and to work on research in a European context (EU
Member States and Associated Countries) or outside Europe. This scheme
particularly supports the return and reintegration of researchers from
outside Europe who have previously worked here. It also develops or
helps to restart the careers of individual researchers that show great
potential, considering their experience. The IF proposals may take one
of the following forms:
European Fellowships (EFs):
For European Fellowships proposals are allocated for evaluation either to one of the 8 main scientific panels or to one of the 2 multidisciplinary panels Career Restart Panel
(CAR) and Reintegration Panel (RI) and
Global Fellowships (GFs):
Global
Fellowships are composed of an outgoing phase during which the
researcher undertakes a secondment to a partner organisation in a Third
Country, and a mandatory 12-month return period to a host organisation
(the beneficiary) located in a Member State or Associated Country
Number of award(s):
Unknown
Duration of award(s):
The
duration for European Fellowships (standard EFs, CAR and RI
multi-disciplinary panels) is between 12 and 24 months. For the Global
Fellowships there is a first outgoing phase between 12 and 24 months and
an additional mandatory 12 months return phase, so the total duration
of this type of fellowship is between 24 and 36 months.
Area Cover:
The
financial support for Marie Sklodowska-Curie IFs takes the form of a
grant covering up to 100% of the costs. Funding is calculated
exclusively based on the unit costs set out in the work programme.
The European Union contribution and rates under this action are set out in Part 3 of the Work Programme 2014-2015 and cover:
-the recruitment of the researcher to be trained;
-research, training and networking costs;
-management and indirect costs.
Selection Criteria: Each
proposal will be assessed independently by at least three experts
chosen by the REA from the pool of experts taking part in this
evaluation. An expert will be designated as the proposal “rapporteur”
and will assume additional responsibilities at the end of this phase and
in the following phases of the evaluation session. Proposals are
submitted in a single stage and evaluated in one step by the experts
against all evaluation criteria.
-Conflicts of interest: under the
terms of the expert contract, all experts must declare beforehand any
known conflicts of interest, and must immediately inform the responsible
REA staff member if they detect a conflict of interest during the
course of the evaluation.
-Confidentiality: the expert contract also
requires experts to maintain strict confidentiality with respect to the
whole evaluation process. They must follow any instruction given by the
REA to ensure this. Under no circumstance may an expert attempt to
contact an applicant on his/her own account, either during the
evaluation or afterwards.
Notification:
Applicants will be notified in February 2015.
How to Apply:
Proposals
in this call must be submitted electronically, using the electronic
submission service of the Commission accessible from the call page on
the Participant Portal. In Part A you will be asked for certain
administrative details that will be used in the evaluation and further
processing of your proposal. Part A constitutes an integral part of your
proposal. Part B of the proposal contains the details of the proposed
research and training programme along with the practical arrangements
planned to implement them. They will be used by the independent experts
to undertake their assessment. For the GF the partner organisations in
TC must include a letter of commitment in the proposal to demonstrate
their real and active participation. These letters should be signed by
the organisation’s legal representative, or someone of equivalent
authority. Please ensure that your proposal is complete. The final
version of Part B must include the letters of commitment required from
TC partner organisations.
Application Deadline:
The application deadline is 11 September 2014.
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