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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
How mobility programmes can
support SME R&D
Dr. Jennifer BrennanNational Contact PointNational Delegate
Irish Universities Association
• Who are we?• Representative body for the seven
Irish Universities
• What do we do?• Support the universities in
developing sectoral policies and strategies
• What services do we offer to researchers? • Available to Universities, IOTs,
Research Centres and Companies• EURAXESS Ireland• Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office
Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office
Sponsored by the Irish Research Council
• Promote the Actions to Irish researchers and research organisations
• Support researchers in preparing funding applications
• Contribute to policy initiatives relevant to the Actions
Two staff members:
• Dr. Suzanne Miller-Delaney (SFI Centres)
• Dr. Jennifer Brennan
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions in Horizon 2020:
€6.1 billion budget
Funds all research areas (no thematic calls or priorities)
Implemented via Annual Calls for Proposals
Marie S-Curie Actions
Training
MobilityCareer
Develop R&D base
Access to knowledge
Access to €
Access to
people
What’s in itfor me?
“ATWARM” – Innovative Training Network
• Research in water resource management
• 7 partners from 3 countries, including 2companies
• Training 15 students to Masters’ or PhD level
• Each partner takes on 1 or 2 students
• Students spend time at other partners within the network (secondments)
• Funding of 3.5 M€ over 4 years: ~€85,000 per student per annum
“MET-A-FOR” – European Industrial Doctorate
• Research in detection of drug abuse in animals
• 2 partners from 2 countries, one ROI, one NI
• Training 3 students to PhD level
• Students spend min. 50% of time working in the company
• Funding of €820k over 4 years• Includes students’ salary, research training
costs, management costs and overheads: ~€85,000 per student per annum
• Cancer Research
• Network of 9 Partners in 5 Countries
• Including 4 small companies
• Carrying out a knowledge transfer project by exchange of staff and students (secondments)
• Funding ~€3500 per person per month
Industry-Academic Partnership: “TARGET MELANOMA”
SAGE-CARE - R&I Staff Exchange
Research in e-Health – Project Budget €450k
UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED
SCIENCES H-DA (Germany)
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
(UK)
UBITECH(Greece)
NSILICO LIFE SCIENCE LIMITED
(IE)
Academic
Non-Academic
MSCA Individual Fellowships
1. Recruiting a specific researcher into your organisation for 1-2 years
AND / OR
2. Providing a 3-6 month placement for a researcher on a MSCA Fellowship at a Higher
Education Institution (here and abroad)
Partnering with Northern Ireland• Strong track record of successful North-South
partnerships
• N/S Horizon 2020 target €175 million (€80M in FP7)
• Partnerships facilitated by InterTradeIreland, Invest NI and new Northern Ireland Contact Points / EEN• Financial Supports
• Horizon 2020 app – register and post details of your R&D interests
• Research Connections – interactive map of R&D active organisations North and South
Practicalities - 1• Funding
– No match funding required
– Flat rate funding: Fixed amount per researcher
– Don’t need detailed records of expenditure
– Implement the programme as specified, you claim the flat rate
– Decreases reporting requirements and need for audit
• EU Bureaucracy: Let the HEIs coordinate the proposal/consortium– No need for Consortium Agreement
– Yearly reporting requirements but they are “light” compared to other EU funding programmes
– Your NCP/NICP/EEN will provide support
Practicalities - 2• Timescales:
– 5 months from Call close to Results Announcement
– 3 months max after that to sign the Contracts
• Intellectual Property – Researchers must be given enough access to background IP to allow them to carry
out their research (on a royalty free basis)
– Foreground IP resulting from the project remains the property of the organisation that has generated it
– Should not disseminate the project results until a decision on the foreground’s protection has been made
The MC project has to fit with your business plan
How the MSC Office can help
• Email Distribution List ([email protected])
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office Ireland on Linkedin
• Dedicated website www.iua.ie/mariecurie
• YouTube channel MarieCurieActionIre
Information
• Training Webinars for specific Calls (recordings on website and YouTube)
• Advice on whether your concept ‘fits’ the Call
• Partner search via MSCA NCP network
Support
• Innovative Training NetworksITN
• Research & Innovation Staff ExchangeRISE
• Individual FellowshipsIF
