Webinar 2 June 2020

Mobility opportunity for Experienced Researchers:

The Individual Fellowship (IF) of the Marie
Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Sibylla Martinelli PhD, MSCA NCP Switzerland

Today’s Speaker

Swiss MSCA National

Contact Point (NCP):
Dr. Sibylla Martinelli
msca@euresearch.ch
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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)
MSC Actions

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)

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)
Mobility & Career Development

The MSCA IF is all about Mobility

& Career Development!
Individual, Transnational Fellowships

IF are awarded to the best and

most promising researchers
Mobility

Mobility across borders of

countries, sectors & disciplins

Triple i:
international, intersectoral, interdisciplinary
Eligibility

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!
Mobility

Mobility Rule!
Bottom-up

Any field may qualify for MSCA-IF

funding

Bottom-up approach
Benefits

Benefits for researchers

AND institutions
One Proposal per Researcher

Only 1 proposal per researcher can

be submitted to a call!
Different Types of IF

European
Individual Standard
Career Restart
Fellowship
Reintegration
(IF) Society & Enterprise

Global
European Fellowships

For fellows coming to or moving

within Europe

(12-24 months)
European Fellowships

Researcher applies jointly with a

host institution
(in EU MS/AC)
Standard European Fellowship

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!

CAR 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!
RI 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.
S & E 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!

Global Fellowship

Global

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
Secondments

Secondments are possible

Only in EU MS/AC, single period or

several shorter periods, at one or more
partner organisations, 1 to 6 months
Indicative Budget 2020

Total: € 328 million

GF: € 55 million
EF: € 263 million
S&E: € 10 million
Special Weighting for CAR & RI

CAR 2x
RI 1.5x
Widening Fellowship

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
Budget

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

Expenses covered by the EU:

Most countries tax the income!

Budget Example - EF
Budget Example - GF
 Evaluation

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
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

9709 proposals were evaluated

1475 on Mainlist
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

9709 1475
roposals retained
evaluated for funding
 Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

Success Rate
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%
Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

Resubmissions TOTAL
declared: 1825
confirmed: 1584
confirmed & eligible: 1576
retained for funding: 347
success rate: 22,02%
 Call Statistics MSCA-IF-2019

Success rate
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%
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

Proposal Content

Part A, Part B-1, Part B-2

Proposal – Part A

General Information, administrative

data of participating organisation,
budget, ethics, declarations related to
eligibility and personal data
Proposal – Part B1

The of the IF proposal:

Section 1 - Excellence
Section 2 - Impact
Section 3 - Implementation
Proposal – Part B2

Section 4 – CV
Section 5 - Capacity of particip. Org.
Section 6 - Ethical aspects
Section 7 - Letter of commitment (GF)
Project Examples

Examples of IF projects are

available on Cordis

https://cordis.europa.eu/projects
Submission of Proposals

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
Support

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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