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COFUND Fellows

COFUND Fellows. Rüdiger Voss PH Senior Staff, April 20, 2009. Key features. COFUND: New FP7 funding tool for co-funding of existing or new Fellowship programs Total budget of 2007 call: 65 M€ EC 40% funding for part of Fellowship program, up to 5 M€ over 4 years

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COFUND Fellows

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  1. COFUND Fellows Rüdiger VossPH Senior Staff, April 20, 2009

  2. Key features • COFUND: New FP7 funding tool for co-funding of existing or new Fellowship programs • Total budget of 2007 call: 65 M€ • EC 40% funding for part of Fellowship program, up to 5 M€ over 4 years • 7.5 M€ from CERN existing ‘DGP’ budget • total budget 12.5 M€ • Excellent career development opportunity for 40 excellent Senior Fellows (CERN–Marie Curie COFUNDED [CMCC] Fellows)

  3. Special Benefits 3-year contract, non-renewable (CERN SRR) possibility to spend (part of) 3rd year outside CERN open to ALL nationalities (no MS restriction) research cost contribution (4’800 €/year) free choice of research topic for ALL successful applicants (including Applied Fellows) based on personal research proposal research proposal must be compliant with the mission and research programs of CERN, and feasible with the existing infrastructure

  4. History • Proposal submitted in spring 2008 • New funding instrument, sceptical about our chances... • Very positive evaluation received in May 2008 • Contract with EC signed in early March 2009 ... • just before application deadline for present exercise • has prevented adequate publicity • Post-mortem remedy: eligible candidates invited to convert previous application into COFUND application • has prevented adequate planning of implementation in selection procedures etc.

  5. Proposed implementation • 40 eligible Fellows, share 20+20 (adjustable) between May + November 2009 committees • COFUND pays for 40% of these • Corresponding amount of money freed in DGP budget, however not in a 1:1 ratio because of ~20% higher cost of CMCC Fellows • Net gain to CERN ~40 Fellow-years • Expect to recruit ~12 additional Fellows (conservatively) in 2009 • Focus on Research Fellows • Share between May + November committees

  6. Extra cost of CMCC Fellows • Total cost of CMCC Fellows ~20 higher than “standard” Senior Fellow • Elements: • Research cost contribution 4800 €/year • Management cost • 10% overheads • Overheads supposed to cover • Exchange rate fluctuations • Ineligible costs • Deviations from standard salary cost • Re-investment of unused overheads?

  7. Proposed Selection Procedure • Share budget about equally between Research and Applied Fellows (~ 10+10 per committee) • Merit-based selection should be unbiased by Research/Applied distinction: • Ranking panels to shortlist ~15 candidates each from their area • Ad-hoc panel to make final choice by direct comparison between the two shortlists • AFC Chair, 1–2 members of each ranking panel • Identify reserve candidates

  8. Perceived problem: free choice for Applied Fellows Departments request Applied CMCC Fellows in the usual way Applied CMCC Fellows are committed to their Research Proposal – should allow for unambiguous matching Fellow ⬌ group/activity in vast majority of cases CERN is not obliged to hire a CMCC candidate if a good match cannot be found! In PH, most CMCC Fellows expected to be Research Fellows!

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