Mobility opportunity for Experienced Researchers:
The Individual Fellowship (IF) of the Marie
Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Sibylla Martinelli PhD, MSCA NCP Switzerland
Webinar 2 June 2020
Swiss MSCA National
Contact Point (NCP):
Dr. Sibylla Martinelli
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Agenda
1. THE MSCA
2. INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (IF):
Different Types of IF, Eligibility
criteria, Statistics, Documents,
Submission, Proposal & Support
1. THE MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE
ACTIONS (MSCA)
There is a MSCA for every stage
of a career!
http://ec.europa.eu/research/
mariecurieactions/
MSC Actions
ITN, RISE, COFUND, NIGHT & IF
Mobility, Researchers’ Training
& Career Development
MSC Actions
Innovative Training Networks
(ITN)
MSC Actions
Research and Innovation
Staff Exchanges (RISE)
MSC Actions
COFUND
MSC Actions
Researchers’ Night
MSC Actions
Individual Fellowships (IF)
MSC Actions
Timetable – MSCA 2020 Calls
IF
Opens: 8 April 2020
Closes: 9 September 2020
COFUND Opens: 8 April 2020
Closes: 29 September 2020
ITN Opens: 12 October 2019
Closes: 9 January 2020
RISE Opens: 5 December 2019
Closes: 12 May 2020
2. INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (IF)
The MSCA IF is all about Mobility
& Career Development!
Mobility & Career Development
IF are awarded to the best and
most promising researchers
Individual, Transnational Fellowships
Mobility across borders of
countries, sectors & disciplins
Triple i:
international, intersectoral, interdisciplinary
Mobility
Eligible Researchers need a PhD or
4 years of research experience
No restriction on age or nationality
Eligibility
Eligible Host Institutions
must be located in EU Member
States or Associated Countries
(EU MS/AC)
Institutions must be active in research
and training in academic or non-
academic sector!
Eligibility
Mobility Rule!
Mobility
Any field may qualify for MSCA-IF
funding
Bottom-up approach
Bottom-up
Benefits for researchers
AND institutions
Benefits
Only 1 proposal per researcher can
be submitted to a call!
One Proposal per Researcher
Individual
Fellowship
(IF)
Different Types of IF
European
Standard
Career Restart
Reintegration
Society & Enterprise
Global
For fellows coming to or moving
within Europe
(12-24 months)
European Fellowships
Researcher applies jointly with a
host institution
(in EU MS/AC)
European Fellowships
Standard
8 Scientific Fields (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV, LIF,
MAT, PHY), standard mobility rule
(12 months in 3 years prior to call deadline)
For experienced researchers of any nationality!
Standard European Fellowship
Career Restart (CAR)
Multidisciplinary, CAR mobility rule
(36 months in 5 years prior to call deadline), for
EU MS/AC citizens or long term residents
Career break: not active in research for at least
12 months prior to deadline, up to 36 months!
CAR European Fellowship
Reintegration (RI)
Multidisciplinary, RI mobility rule
(36 months in 5 years prior to call deadline),
for EU MS/AC citizens or long term residents
Researchers must move or have moved
directly from a TC to the MS/AC where the
beneficiary is located.
RI European Fellowship
Society & Enterprise (S&E)
Multidisciplinary, S&E mobility rule
(36 months in 5 years prior to call deadline),
for researchers of any nationality
HIGH SUCCESS RATE!
S & E European Fellowship
For fellows from Europe going to Third
Countries (12-24 months) and returning
(12 months)
Global Fellowship
Global
8 scientific areas (CHE, SOC, ECO, ENG, ENV,
LIF, MAT, PHY),
mobility rule applies to outgoing phase
(12 months in 3 years prior to call deadline),
for nationals or long-term residents of EU
MS/AC, Beneficiary located in EU MS/AC
Global Fellowship
Global
Possibility to spend up to 3 months in host
institute of EU-MS/AC before outgoing phase,
letter of commitment required from partner
organisation in Third Country
Global Fellowship
Global
Only in EU MS/AC, single period or
several shorter periods, at one or more
partner organisations, 1 to 6 months
Secondments
Secondments are possible
Total: € 328 million
GF: € 55 million
EF: € 263 million
S&E: € 10 million
Indicative Budget 2020
CAR 2x
RI 1.5x
Special Weighting for CAR & RI
Support for excellent projects to
undertake an IF in a ‘widening
country‘
WF call is part of the Work Programme
‘Spreading Excellence and Widening
Participation’, not MSCA
Widening Fellowship
The budget is calculated
automatically
Fully based on unit costs
Total = unit costs* x number of units
Budget
Expenses covered by the EU:
Recruitment of the researcher,
Research, training and networking costs,
Management and indirect costs
Budget
Most countries tax the income!
Budget
Expenses covered by the EU:
Budget Example - EF
Budget Example - GF
Evaluation of proposals by
independent experts
Organized by the Research Executive
Agency (REA), proposals are evaluated in
one step by at least three experts
Evaluation
Evaluation against
3 award criteria
Excellence: 50%
Impact: 30%
Implementation: 20%
Evaluation
Each evaluation criterion is
scored out of 5
0 — cannot be assessed
1 — Poor
2 — Fair
3 — Good
4 — Very good
5 — Excellent
Evaluation
Self-Evaluation Form available
on Funding & Tenders Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/da
ta/ref/h2020/call_ptef/ef/2018-2020/h2020-
call-ef-msca-if-2018-20_en.pdf
Evaluation
Timeline IF 2020
Call Deadline: 9 Sept 2020
Evaluation: October – Dec 2020
Launch Grant preparation: Feb 2021
Starting dates: 1 Mar 2021 - 1 Sept 2022
Evaluation
9709 proposals were evaluated
1475 on Mainlist
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019
9709
roposals
evaluated
1475
retained
for funding
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019
ST CAR RI SE GF
2019 13,08% 20,14% 20,37% 27,55% 24,64%
2018 12,40% 17,97% 19,39% 15,29% 21,68%
Success Rate
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019
Resubmissions TOTAL
declared: 1825
confirmed: 1584
confirmed & eligible: 1576
347
success rate: 22,02%
retained for funding:
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019
0-3y 4-6 y 7-9y 10-12y 13-15y >15y PhD in progress No PhD
16,49% 15,53% 14,72% 14,25% 7,01% 6,76% 10,99% 5,41%
Success rate
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019
Call Statistics
IF-EF Proposals per Sub-Action
Call Statistics
IF-GF Proposals per Sub-Action
Call Statistics
IF-EF Proposals per Country
Call Statistics
IF-GF Proposals per Country
Part A, Part B-1, Part B-2
Proposal Content
General Information, administrative
data of participating organisation,
budget, ethics, declarations related to
eligibility and personal data
Proposal – Part A
The of the IF proposal:
Section 1 - Excellence
Section 2 - Impact
Section 3 - Implementation
Proposal – Part B1
Section 4 – CV
Section 5 - Capacity of particip. Org.
Section 6 - Ethical aspects
Section 7 - Letter of commitment (GF)
Proposal – Part B2
Examples of IF projects are
available on Cordis
https://cordis.europa.eu/projects
Project Examples
IF project application via EC’s
Funding & Tenders Portal
Funding & Tenders Portal
Submission of Proposals
Host organisations must have a
Participant Identification Code (PIC)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-
tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-
to-participate/beneficiary-register-search
Submission of Proposals
Familiarize yourself with the most
important documents
Guide for Applicants IF 2020
& Work Programme 2018-2020
Support
Worldwide support by National
Contact Points (NCPs)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-
tenders/opportunities/portal/scre
en/support/ncp
Support
Fast answers by the EC’s
H2020 Enquiry Service
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cf
m?pg=enquiries
Support
The official EC’s MSCA Website
http://ec.europa.eu/msca
Support
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