Applications are
available for individual fellowships to support individual researchers at the
postdoctoral level and beyond to work on a research project of their own
design.
Marie
Skodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) aims to
enhance the creative and
innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their
individual competence in terms of skill acquisition through advanced training, international
and intersectoral mobility.
National Contact
Points (NCPs) have been set up across Europe by the national governments to
provide information and personalized support to H2020 applicants in their
native language. The mission of the NCPs is to raise awareness, inform and
advise on H2020 funding opportunities as well as to support potential
applicants in the preparation, submission, and follow-up of the grant
applications.
Applicants need to
demonstrate that they have a good level of written and spoken English.
Course
Level: Fellowship
supports individual researchers at the postdoctoral level and beyond to work on
a research project of their own design.
Study
Subject: All
fields may be funded – that advances researchers’ careers.
Scholarship
Award: The
financial support for Marie Sklodowska-Curie IFs takes the form of a grant
covering up to 100% of the costs. Funding is calculated exclusively based on
the unit costs set out in the work programme.
The European Union contribution and rates under this action are set out in Part
3 of the Work Programme 2016-2015 and cover:
- The
recruitment of the researcher to be trained; - Research,
training and networking costs; - Management
and indirect costs.
Scholarship
can be taken in European
Fellowship takes place in the EU Member States (MSs) or Associated Countries
(ACs) and the Global Fellowships start with a significant period spent at a
partner organisation located outside of Europe and conclude with a mandatory
return phase in Europe.
Eligibility:
European
Fellowships:
- The
researcher must be an Experienced Researcher: s/he must, at the deadline
for the submission of proposals, be in possession of a doctoral degree or
have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience (as
described under Definitions). - The
researcher may be of any nationality. - The
researcher must move or have moved (transnational mobility) from any
country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located.
Global Fellowships: - The
researcher must be an Experienced Researcher as described under
Definitions. - The
researcher must be national or long-term resident of a MS or AC as
described under Definitions. - The
researcher must move or have moved (transnational mobility) from any
country to the partner organisation located in the TC. The researcher must
comply with the GF mobility rule as described under Definitions. - The
beneficiary must be located in an MS or AC. - The
partner organisation for the initial outgoing phase must be situated in a
TC and is the entity where the initial compulsory outgoing phase takes
place. The partner organisation in a TC must include an up-to-date letter
of commitment in Part B of the proposal to demonstrate its real and active
participation in the proposed action, and its precise role should also be
clearly described in the proposal.
Nationality:
Researchers
of any nationality can apply for these Marie Curie Fellowships. However, the
Global Fellowships and the Reintegration Panel of the European Fellowships are
restricted to nationals or long-term residents of the Member States or
Associated Countries. Long-term residents are defined as researchers who spent
a period of full-time research activity of at least five consecutive years
(without breaks in research) in one or more Member States or Associated
Countries.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement: A proposal is admissible if it:
- Is
submitted via the official online submission system before the call
deadline - Is
complete – accompanied by the relevant administrative forms, proposal
description and any supporting documents specified in the call. See the
Standard admissibility criteria for details of what supporting documents
are required - Is
readable, accessible and printable - Grant
proposals must include a draft plan for the exploitation and dissemination
of the results, unless otherwise specified in the call conditions. The
draft plan is not required for proposals at the first stage of two-stage
procedures. - Furthermore,
page limits will apply to proposals/applications. Your proposal must not
exceed the maximum number of pages indicated in the proposal template
(PartB). The system will warn you of the consequence of submitting
over-long proposals. (Excess pages will be automatically overprinted with
a “watermark”, after the call deadline.) - Unless
otherwise stated in the call conditions, the limit for a full proposal is
70 pages, except for coordination and support actions and ERA-NET Cofund
actions, where the limit is 50 pages. The limit for a first-stage proposal
is 10 pages. For prize applications, any specific limits will be set in
the Rules of Contest. - Test
Requirement: No
English Language
Requirement: Applicants need to demonstrate that they have a good level of
written and spoken English.
How to
Apply:
Proposals must be submitted electronically, using the European Commission’s
Online Submission Service (SEP), by the supervisor. It is your responsibility
to ensure the timely submission of your proposal. To avoid being late and miss
the deadline, you should submit your proposal in SEP as soon as possible since
any other successive submission overwrites the previous version. In the very
unlikely event of a failure of the SEP service during the last 24 hours of this
call, the deadline can be extended by a further 24 hours. Such a failure is
extremely rare and exceptional. Therefore do not assume that there will be an
extension.
Application
Deadline:
The application deadline is September 14, 2017.
