APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research)

1. THE PEOPLE PROGRAMME 14 December 2010 Katia Insogna National Contact Point APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research)

2. AGENDA APRE: mission and activities Role of People NCPs PeopleNetwork Brief introduction to FP7: structure and budget The PEOPLE PROGRAMME: policy frame, basic features, participation rules, Marie Curie Actions • Marie Curie Host-Institution driven Actions/ Marie Curie • individual Actions: general overview, contents, eligibility criteria • How to find a call and submit a proposal • How to present a successful individual proposal: how to fill in PART A and PART B of the IEF proposal, tips and practical examples

3. APRE Agency for the Promotion of European Research non profit research organisation, born in 1989 with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Education and the EC To promote the Italian participation to EU R&D Programmes and funding, with a focus on the Framework Programmes Who we are MISSION www.apre.it

4. MISSION On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR), APRE aims at providing information, dissemination and assistance services to public and private entities, as well as individuals Hosts the National Contact Points (NCP) Improve the “Quality” of the Italian participation in R&D European programmes Assistance Training Information

5. APRE as NCP

6. National Contact Points http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/get-support_en.html

7. ROLE OF NCPs National Contact Points (NCPs) play a crucial role in FP7 as providers of information and assistance to public and private research, higher education and business organizations, to researchers and managers all around Europe NCPs inform and raise awareness about the funding opportunities of FP7, advise and assist potential applicants in the preparation, submission and follow-up of grant applications, and offer support during the execution of projects – especially with respect to the management and administrative aspects of projects

8. PEOPLE NCPs’ MAIN ACTIVITIES

9. PEOPLE NCPs’ MAIN ACTIVITIES

10. PEOPLE NCPs’ MAIN ACTIVITIES

11. PeopleNetwork • Intra-EU Network of People NCPs within the objective of: • - Developing a coordination mechanism for stimulating closer cooperation among People NCPs • Facilitating the improvement of the overall quality of NCPs services across Europe in the area of mobility

12. 19 partners plus 22 associated InstytutPodstawowychProblemowTechnikiPolskiejAkademiiNauk (IPPT PAN) – Poland • Archimedes Foundation (Archimedes) – Estonia • Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) – Malta • Agenzia per la PromozionedellaRicercaEuropea (APRE) – Italy • Irish Universities Association (IUA) – Ireland • National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH) – Hungary • Sofia University St. KlimentOhridski – NIS (SU-NIS) – Bulgaria • National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) – Greece • SenterNovem – Netherlands • The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) – Greece • EURESEARCH – Switzerland Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) – Spain • Centre for Research and Technology - Hellas (CERTH) – Greece • University St. KlimentOhridski (UKLO) – FYR Macedonia • Croatian Institute of Technology (HIT) – Croatia • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) – Portugal • The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) – Turkey • Conference des Presidents d'Universite (CPU) – France • Matimop the Israeli Industry Center for R&D (ISERD) – Israel

13. PeopleNetwork The basic project objectivesare: Reinforcing the network of NCPs by promoting trans-national cooperation Identification and promotion of best practices Provision of training and twinning measures tailored to the specific needs of PEOPLE NCPs Improved communication with stakeholders Improved industrial participation

14. PeopleNetwork Some outputs so far: Participation to many international events, to present People Programme and/or services offered by the Network First mapping of NCPs services; final on the way! Drafting of best practices Development of guidelines regarding of MC actions’ rules Organisation of three slots of training sessions for NCPs (including less experienced NCPs and third countries); other sessions foreseen in 2011 Starting of virtual mentoring activities tailored to specific needs 2011: Twinning year! Improved communication with REA, creation of specific group… Many others ………

15. www.fp7peoplenetwork.eu • General information about the People Programme; industry involvement • Information on relevant events & workshops • Information on People Calls

16. What is FP7? The Seventh Framework Programme for Research & Development (FP7) isthemain financial tool through which the EU supports research and development activities covering almost all scientific fields (2007-2013) Which countries can participate? MEMBER STATES - The EU-27 ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES – with science and technology cooperation agreements that involved contributing to the framework programme budget; CANDIDATE COUNTRIES – currently recognised as candidates for future accession THIRD COUNTRIES (included ICPCs) What is the total budget? Overall budget of €50 billion for the period 2007-2013 FP7: AN OVERVIEW

17. FP7: AN OVERVIEW http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

18. Cooperation : M€ 32 500 Ideas : M€ 7510 Collaborative research 10 thematic areas Frontier Research- ERC Marie Curie Actions Research Capacity People : M€ 4750 Capacities : M€4100 JRC : M€ 1750 Euratom : M€ 2750 Nuclear research FP7 BUDGET OVERVIEW (2007-2013) Total EC budget : M€ 50 500 FP7 breakdown (€ million) FP6 (2002-2006) Marie Curie Actions € 1580 million

19. THE PEOPLE PROGRAMME

20. Greater mobility of researchers in Europe Introduction of a European dimension into research careers Making Europe more attractive to researchers from all over the world Objectives: from 2000 … POLICY FRAME IN THE ERA ERA is essentially about providing opportunities in/across Europe while dealing with knowledge

21. Why researchers in the ERA:PROGRESS SO FAR! • Some examples: • 7PQ € 4,75 Bn ‘People’ programme • The European Researcher’s Mobility Portal and the European Network of Mobility Centres: for better information and practical assistance (EURAXESS) • Development, adoption and implementation of the ‘Scientific visa’ for third country nationals • Conception and adoption of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their Recruitment • 7PQ € 7 Bn ‘Ideas’ programme implemented by ERC

22. PEOPLE: MAIN OBJECTIVES • The Marie Curie Actions aimto: • Encourage transnational mobility of researchers • Attract researchers to Europe and/or retain them • Reinforce the international dimension: open to researchers/organisations from outside Europe

23. http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions

24. Trans-nationalandintersectoral mobility is a key feature of the PEOPLE Programme, including participation of Third Countries!!!!!! Strong participation of Industry and in particular SMEs is considered a decisive added value Cross-cutting actions, they cover any scientific field: “bottom-up approach” No age limit for researchers PEOPLE: BASIC ELEMENTS

25. Chemistry CHE Social and Human Sciences SOC Economic Sciences ECO Information science and Engineering ENG Environment and geosciences ENV Life sciences LIF Mathematics MAT Physics PHY 8 Research Panels

26. MC HOST-DRIVEN ACTIONS MC INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS PEOPLE – WHO? EARLY-STAGE RESEARCHER EXPERIENCED RESEARCHER

27. INITIAL TRAINING NETWORKS (ITN) INDUSTRY-ACCADEMIA PARTNERSHIPS AND PATHWAYS (IAPP) INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STAFF EXCHANGE SCHEME (IRSES) CO-FUND MC HOST DRIVEN ACTIONS Individualresearchers EC evaluation Organisations Fundedprojects

28. LIFE LONG LEARNING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT (IEF) INTERNATIONAL OUTGOING FELLOWSHIP (IOF) INTERNATIONAL INCOMING FELLOWSHIP (IIF) CAREER REINTEGRATION GRANTS (CIG) MC INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS EC callevaluation Individual researchers + Host organisations Fundedprojects

29. MC host-driven actions

30. ITN: Initial Training Network - improves the career perspective of early stage/experienced researchers in both public & private sectors - promotes S&T transfer and creates a win-win situation for private sector and academic groups IAPP: Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways - opens and fosters collaboration between public research organisations and private sector, in particular SMEs, through a common research project - funds recruitment of staff, research and networking activities

31. FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN Pubblication: 15 September 2010 Deadline: 10 February 2011 Budget: 309 ML Euro Evaluation: 4 months (June 2011) GA: from November 2011

32. ITN Initial Training Networks ITN, Initial Training Networks are networks of academic and private research organisations which collaborate to train researchers in order to improve their scientific and entrepreneurial skills and enhance their career prospects in both public and private sectors (i.e. PhD programmes/courses) Duration The usual funding duration for ITN is four years

33. ITN Initial Training Networks ITN Initial Training Networks Funding supports Recruitment of early stage researchers/experienced researchers Recruitment of experienced “visiting” researchers of outstanding stature in international training and collaborative research, so that they can strengthen knowledge transfer Networking activities, workshops or conferences that involve research staff from the participating research establishments and external researchers.

34. 3 participants from 3 different MS/AC, of which at least one from the private sector (compulsory!!!) In exceptional cases, if duly justified, the industrial partner can be only associated Size There is no predefined size for multi-site networks. However, past experience has shown that a manageable size of such networks would be in the range of 6 to 10 partners * Letter of Commitment Multi-Site Network

35. Mono-Site Network • 1 full network partner • <based in MS/Associated Country • Network of associated partners • academia and industry

36. Ricercatori eleggibili Eligibility criteria at recruitment Contract length Early stage researchers (≥ 80%)* 0 ≤ Research experience ≤ 4 years No PhD 3-36 months INITIAL TRAINING Experienced researchers PhD or > 4 years Research experience But research experience ≤ 5 years 3-24 months Visiting researchers (a limited number) Experienced researchers (experience >> 4 years) with outstanding stature in international training and collaborative research ≥ 1 months Multiple stays Transfer of NEW COMPETENCES Eligible researchers

37. http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/jobs

38. FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP Pubblication: 30 July 2010 Deadline: 9 December 2010 Budget: 75 ML Euro Evaluation: 4 months (April 2011) GA: from Sept 2011

39. IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways) IAPP, Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways are partnerships between public and private research organisations based on a common research project and aim to increase exchange of skills between the two sectors. Duration The duration of the programme is normally 4 years

40. IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways) • Participant rules • At least 1 partner from industry and 1 partner from public sector • Located in at least 2 different MS/AC • Size • There is no pre-defined maximum number of participants. • Under similar schemes in the past the most common number of participants was 2-3 and the largest projects ranged from 5 to 7 participants.

41. IAPP: what does the funding cover? Successful IAPP project proposals receive 100% funding for labour costs. Support will be provided for: • Exchange of know-how and experience through inter-sector two-ways secondments of research staff of the participants; • Research and Networking activities; optionally: • Recruitment of experienced researchers from outside the partnership, for involvement in transfer of knowledge and/or training of researchers; • Organisation of workshops and conferences, involving the participants' own research staff and external researchers • For SMEs: research equipment (up to 10% of the EC contribution for each SME participant) on a duly justified basis

42. INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION Private sector partners must be organisations operating on a commercial basis, i.e. companies gaining the majority of their revenue through competitive means with exposure to commercial markets, including incubators, start-ups and spin-offs, venture capital companies, etc. They may range in size from the smallest micro-companies with a research capability to very large multinational enterprises. • Commercial enterprises (those of small and medium size/SMEs, spin offs, start ups are particularly encouraged) • National organisations (if operating on a commercial basis);

43. The aims of recruitment is to bring new knowledge into the host organisation in order to benefit both local staff development and the IAPP research project. NB: All staff exchanges mainly between the public and private sectors

44. Participants rules At least 2 independent research organisations in two different MS/AC One or more organisations in THIRD COUNTRY Additional partners from any sector and from any other country welcome Joint multi-annual programmes of 24-48 months Eligible researchers : Research staff mainly, but also technical and management staff Min. 1 month - max. 12 months/researcher Staff is seconded (not recruited) CALL PUBLICATION: 20 OCTOBER 2010 CALL DEADLINE: 17 MARCH 2011 IRSES (International Research Staff Exchange Scheme)

45. COFUND Only for experienced researchers Multi-annual proposals for new or existing regional, national or international projects to be co-funded (community contribution 40%) Public authorities and large research centers 3 types of trans-national mobility: outgoing, incoming, re-integration Maximum budget: 10 Ml for a single applicant Duration: up to 60 months CALL PUBLICATION: 20 OCTOBER 2010 CALL DEADLINE: 17 FEBRAURY 2011

46. Thankyouforyourattention!Katia Insognamail: insogna@apre.itTel: +39 06 48939993