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MSCA:
Developing talents,
advancing research!
Horizon Europe
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Doctoral Networks 2021
Webinar 25. June 2021
Berit Sundby Avset and Per Magnus Kommandantvold,
National Contact Points for MSCA and ERC in Norway
@MarieCurie_NCP
#DN2021
Horizon Europe 2021 - 2027
Total budget: EUR 95.5 billion
Excellent Science (EUR Global Challenges and European Industrial Innovative Europe
25.8 billion) Competitiveness (EUR 52.7 billion) (EUR 13.5 billion)
Clusters European Innovation Council
European Research Council (ERC)
1. Health (EIC)
2. Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies
Marie Skłodowska-Curie 3. Civil Security for Society
Actions (MSCA) 4. Digital, Industry & Space Innovation ecosystems
Budget 6,6 billion
5. Climate, Energy and Mobility
6. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture &
Environment European Institute of Innovation
Research Infrastructures
EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Technology (EIT)
Widening participation and strengthening the European research area (EUR 2.1 billion)
Widening participation and spreading excellence.
Reforming and enhancing the European R&I system.
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The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
• The EU flagship programme for funding research training
and mobility since 1994
• Part of the Excellence pillar in Horizon Europe
• 145,000 researchers funded so far
• Bottom-up
• Open to all disciplines
• International, intersectoral and interdisciplinary (3 I´s)
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• MSCA in Horizon Europe 2021-2027:
• 1. MSCA Doctoral Networks - networks training doctoral candidates
• 2. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - postdoctoral researchers
• 3. MSCA Staff Exchanges - any type of research(-related) staff
• 4. MSCA COFUND - co-funding training programmes
• 5. MSCA and Citizens - public outreach events
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MSCA call deadlines & budget
Funding
Call opens Call closes (deadline!) Budget
scheme
Postdoctoral
22/06/2021 12/10/2021 242 mEUR
Fellowships
Doctoral
22/06/2021 16/11/2021 403 mEUR
Networks
COFUND 12/10/2021 10/02/2022 89 mEUR
Staff Exchange 07/10/2021 09/03/2022 72 mEUR
Budget and dates acc. to the work programme of 15. June 2021
Objective – Doctoral Networks The objective of Doctoral Networks is to implement doctoral programmes by partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-term.
Horizon 2020
MSCA The same overall aim;
Innovative Changes in details and
Training Networks implementation NEW
MSCA
Doctoral
Networks
What is a Doctoral Network?
• A consortium of organisations from different countries and sectors
• Propose a joint research training programme
• Recruit Doctoral Candidates across the consortium – each candidate has an Individual Research
Project
• The candidates must comply with the MSCA mobility rule – max 12 months in the country
of their host in the 3 years prior to recruitment.
• The candidates may come from any country in the world
• Advanced research skills and transferable skills training – local and network-wide
• Networking events
• Secondments of the doctoral candidates
Academic and non-academic sectors
Academic sector
• public or private higher
education Non-academic sector
establishments
• any socio-economic
• public or private non- actor not included in the
profit research academic sector
organisations
• International European
Research Organisations
Three modalities:
Doctoral Networks (standard) Joint Doctorates Industrial Doctorates
Training in academia and/or Joint or multiple degrees, Training in academia and industry
industry
Pre-agreement for joint degrees Minimum 50% of the time in the
required non-academic sector
New
The academic and non-academic New
host of a doctoral candidate can be
in the same country
New Size: up to 360 person-months Size: up to 540 person-months
Size: up to 540 person-monthsCommon features • Max duration: 48 months • Doctoral candidates: between 3 and 36 months • All candidates must be enrolled in a PhD programme New • All beneficiaries must recruit at least one doctoral New candidate • Secondments: worldwide, up to 1/3 of fellowship duration • Max. 40.0% of the EU contribution may be allocated to beneficiaries in the same country
DN – Industrial doctorates
• Minimum 50% stay in the non-academic sector
• Each doctoral candidate must be recruited (employment contract) by both the New
academic and the non-academic host.
• Mandatory joint supervision by both the academic and non-academic host
• A doctoral candidate can have his/her academic and non-academic host in the same
New
country.DN – Joint Doctorates • Joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees recognised in at least two EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries • Joint supervision is mandatory • Joint governance structure with joint admission, selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment procedures • It is expected that each doctoral candidate is recruited (employment contract) multiple times in order to receive the correct salary (country correction coefficient) • A pre-agreement to award a joint, double or multiple degree must be provided when the proposal is submitted New The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR): Joint Degrees at the PhD Level Introduction and Guidelines (2015) https://www.uhr.no/_f/p1/i1bd6acae-1051-49f8-8464-b1bb18326bc7/joint_degrees_at_the_phd_level.pdf
Who applies? • Consortia of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors • At least three independent legal entities (beneficiaries), each established in a different MS or AC; minimum of 1 beneficiary from a MS New (on top of this minimum, any entity from any third country can join; no minimum for associated partners)
Eligible participants:
Beneficiaries and Associated partners
Beneficiaries Associated partners
Academic / non-academic yes yes
Signs the Grant Agreement yes no
Recruits researchers yes no
Training and/or hosting of yes yes
seconded researchers
Participation in yes yes
Supervisory Board
Directly claim costs yes noEligible researchers
New
• Supported researchers must be doctoral candidates (not
already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of
recruitment)
• Researchers must be enrolled in a doctoral programme, New
in at least 1 EU Member State/Associated Country (at
least 2 for Joint Doctorates)
• Any nationality
• Mobility rule: must not have resided or carried out main
activity in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for
more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately
before their (first) recruitment dateDN (Standard) DN-ID DN-JD
Minimum Number of
3 3 3
beneficiaries
Minimum MS or AC 3 3 3
Minimum MS (beneficiaries) 1 1 1
BENEFICIARY (IES)
Minimum 3 entitled to award doctoral
degrees; at least 2 (beneficiaries/ associated
Academic sector No restrictions Minimum 1 partners/ associated partners linked to a
beneficiary) conferring the degree
established in MS/AC.
Non-academic sector No restrictions Minimum 1 No restrictions
Max no. of person months 360 540 540
Max 40.0% budget for 1
country/international Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
organisation
Mandatory (beneficiary or Mandatory (beneficiary or
Beneficiary (or associated partner/associated Mandatory for minimum 3 beneficiaries in
associated partner/ associated associated partner/ associated
partner linked to a beneficiary) awarding PhD MS/AC
partner linked to a beneficiary) partner linked to a beneficiary)
Joint award of PhD Optional Optional Mandatory
Joint degree – letter of pre-agreement N/A N/A Mandatory
Joint supervision for researchers Encouraged Mandatory (from the 2 sectors) Mandatory
Researchers enrolment in the PhD Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
Stay in non-academic sector Encouraged Min 50% of fellowship duration Encouraged
Secondments ≤ 1/3 ≤ 1/3 ≤ 1/3
Associated partner: Letter of Commitment Mandatory
Ranking lists 8 (Scientific) panels
Budget ~€403 MillionSecondments – if added value! The purpose of secondments in MSCA is to expose the researchers to other environments, preferably in another sector. • A planned, longer stay at another beneficiary or at an associated partner • The E receives training and supervision at the secondment host • Must be relevant, feasible, beneficial for the researcher and in line with the project objectives • Up to 1/3 of recruitment period • Can be pursued in any country, also outside of Europe.
Funding – unit costs
• Linked to the person-
months of the
recruited researchers
• Family allowance can
New
be granted during the
project if the status of
a researcher changes
• Long-term leave and
special needs
New allowance if not
covered by social
security or similar
• Living allowance is
subject to a Country
Correction CoefficientContributions for recruited researchers
• Living allowance to cover personnel costs NB!
Each beneficiary must
for the employment of researchers with full be able to document
social security coverage. that these
contributions were
spent on the
• Mobility allowance: additional, private researcher(s)
mobility-related costs
Exchange rates!
• Family allowance to contribute to mobility-
related costs of researchers with family
obligationsContributions for institutional costs
• Research, training and networking contribution: costs
for training and networking activities, research NB!
expenses, visa-related fees and travel expenses, Coordination costs and
joint training costs.
additional costs arising from each secondment of six
Agree at the proposal
months or less, which require mobility from the place of stage!!
residence (e.g. travel and accommodation costs)
• Management and indirect contribution should cover
the beneficiary’s additional costs in connection with the
actionNew
Long term leave allowance Special Needs Allowance
• personnel costs incurred by the • The disability - long-term physical, mental,
beneficiaries, not reimbursed by the intellectual or sensory impairments must be
social security/other sources, in case of certified by a competent national authority
researchers’ leave, including maternity, • Contributes to the additional costs for the
paternity, parental, sick or special leave. acquisition of special needs items and
• For absences longer than 30 consecutive services for researchers with disabilities
days • Must not have been funded from another
source (e.g. social security or health
insurance)
• Requested when the need arises
• Ten different Unit cost rates
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/unit-cost-decision_he-msca_en.pdfHow to apply Information
Science and Chemistry
Engineering
Part A – on-line form
• Select one of the eight evaluation panels
Social
• Select the specific keywords carefully sciences
Environment
and
and
• Compose the abstract with care humanities
Geosciences
Part B1
• Proposal description, max 4 + 30 pages Economic
Life Sciences
• Follows award criteria sciences
Part B2
• Description of participants
Mathe-
• Letters of commitment matics
PhysicsOverview of the evaluation process
Receipt of Individual Consensus Panel
Finalisation
proposals evaluation group review
Admissibility/eligibility Experts assess All individual experts The panel of experts The Commssion-
check proposals individually disscuss together to reach an agreement on /Agency reviews the
agree on a common the scores and results of the experts’
Allocation of proposals Minimum three experts position, including comments for all evaluation and put
to evaluators per proposals (often comments and scores, proposal within a call, together the final
more) for each proposal checking consistency ranking list
across the evaluations
If necessary, resolve
cases where evaluators
were unable to agree
Rank the proposals with
the same scoreExcellence Impact Quality and efficiency of the
implementation
Quality and pertinence of the Contribution to structuring doctoral training at the Quality and effectiveness of the work
project’s research and innovation European level and to strengthening European plan, assessment of risks and
objectives (and the extent to which they are innovation capacity, including the potential for: appropriateness of the effort assigned
ambitious, and go beyond the state of the art) a) meaningful contribution of the non-academic sector to the doctoral to work packages
training, as appropriate to the implementation mode and research field
b) developing sustainable elements of doctoral programmes
Soundness of the proposed Credibility of the measures to enhance the career Quality, capacity and role of each
methodology (including interdisciplinary perspectives and employability of researchers and participant, including hosting
approaches, consideration of the gender dimension contribution to their skills development arrangements and extent to which the
and other diversity aspects if relevant for the
research project, and the quality of open science consortium as a whole brings together
practices) the necessary expertise
Quality and credibility of the training Suitability and quality of the measures to maximise
programme (including transferable skills, expected outcomes and impacts, as set out in the
inter/multidisciplinary, inter-sectoral and gender as dissemination and exploitation plan, including
well as other diversity aspects)
communication activities
Quality of the supervision (including The magnitude and importance of the
mandatory joint supervision for industrial and joint project’s contribution to the expected
doctorate projects)
scientific, societal and economic impacts
50% 30% 20%• Overall instructions
Document describing • Definitions
Proposal template Part B • Template with instructions
• Template without instructions
Template without instructions
Template with instructionsMSCA Work
Where to find information: Programme, call
text (p 12-15)
Project MSCA Work
description Programme,
template with definitions DN (p
instructions 74 -82)
New principle in Horizon Europe:
➢ Information and definitions should
only appear once, to avoid any
ambiguities FAQ (web)
Guide for
➢ More documents applicantsWhere to find information: (cont.)
• Funding and Tenders portal
• Create and submit your proposal MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021
• Reference documents (Work programme, Application forms, evaluation forms, grant
agreements,….)
• https://rea.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/horizon-europe-marie-sklodowska-curie-
actions/msca-doctoral-networks-2021_en
• https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/doctoral-networksGetting the concept right
DN is not a
Research Project
It is a Research
Training
Programme
25.06.2021 29Central quality elements of an DN proposal
▪ Develop a comprehensive programme vision
▪ Provide an integrated training and research strategy
▪ Develop a realistic management, financial and
institutional strategy
▪ Recruit excellent students and deliver value to them
25.06.2021 30The project as seen from Personal Career Development Training through research
the doctoral candidate Plan in an individual,
personalised project
Recruited by beneficiary
• open process, preferably Supervisor(s) at host
coordinated at consortium organisation(s), (co-
level supervisor at
• 3-36 months secondment host if
• PhD-enrolment mandatory relevant)
Seconded to associated
Networking through partner or other
secondments, short visits and beneficiary, max 1/3 of
consortium-wide joint the total recruitment
workshops/summer schools period
Representation of 1-2 Training in “transferable skills”, at Exposure to (non-)
Researchers in the host, at partner organisations, academic sector
Supervisory board and/or through (annual)
Must make sense for
consortium-wide workshops
the training of the
ResearcherMSCA Green Charter and Guidelines for Supervision
• Two new publications to be aware of in the proposal development:
• Green charter: A set of general principles and objectives that promote
the sustainable implementation of research activities in line with the
European Green Deal, the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda and the
Sustainable Development Goals. The MSCA Green Charter constitutes a
code of good practice for all recipients of MSCA funding – both
individuals and institutions – and promotes the mainstreaming of
environmental considerations in all aspects of project implementation.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2bfbb0d9-9b3c-11eb-b85c-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
• Guidelines for Supervision: A set of recommendations to be adopted on
a best-effort basis by participants in the programme – both individuals
and institutions – in order to help institutions and supervisors in
guiding/mentoring MSCA researchers
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/bb02d56e-9b3c-11eb-b85c-01aa75ed71a1/language-enResubmission restrictions from the 2022 call
“Proposals submitted to the previous call of MSCA
Doctoral Networks under Horizon Europe and
having received a score of less than 80% must not
be resubmitted the following year.1»
- Purpose: Increase the successrate by decrease
number of applications ( 7 – 10 % successrate in
H2020)
- Does not apply to proposals submitted in
Horizon 2020
- It is not clearly defined what constitutes a
resubmission
1) Work Programme 2021-2022, MSCA page 77.• Opening of call:
22. June 2021 - delayed
• Deadline for submission of proposals: (tbc)
16. November 2021 at 17:00:00, Brussels local time
What happens • Evaluation of proposals:
November 2021 – March 2022
when?
• Information on the outcome of the evaluation:
April 2022
• Indicative date for the signing of Grant Agreem.:
July 2022Proposal submission: Gender Equality Plan (GEP)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/strategy-2020-2024/democracy-and-citizens-rights/gender-equality-research-and-innovation_en
35 https://kifinfo.no/nb/content/handlingsplaner-likestillingHorizon 2020 – ITN
Success rates and Norwegian applications
12% 350
10% 300
250
8%
200
6%
150
4%
100
2% 50
0% 0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
suksessrate, alle søknader norsk suksessrate, søknader Norske deltakelser Søknadermed norsk deltakelseEssential advice to take into consideration
• The proposal is not a research proposal, but a proposal for a training programme in research
• The weighting of criteria is 50% - 30% - 20%. You need to perform at close to 100% on each
• The employability of the early-stage researchers (fellows) is key, in and outside of academia
• The Guide for Applicants, the Work programme and the Proposal templates are Must Reads
• Follow the template
• Start early. It takes time to develop an DN consortium and training programme
• Be innovative, think outside of the box
• Be detailed, address it all
• Your reviewers may not be specialists in your field, give them reasons to rank you highly
37 25.06.2021 KolumnetittelEssential advice to take into consideration • Figures/illustrations/pictures are sometimes better than words and makes reading less boring… • Write part B, leave it for 1-2 weeks, read it carefully again. Have you explained everything in a clear language that the evaluators will understand in the way they are meant to understand it? • Ask someone to do a mock-up evaluation, use the evaluation forms https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp- form/ef/ef_he-msca_en.pdf • In the 2018 call, almost 12% of the 976 evaluators were from the private sector. Will they be pleased? • Budget: Discuss the RTN-allowance distribution with partners and beneficiaries at an early stage 38 25.06.2021 Kolumnetittel
Common pitfalls I
Collected from Evaluation Summary Reports in H2020
• Unclear research objectives
• State of the art/progress beyond poorly explained
• Lack of inter-/multidisciplinarity
• Gender aspects ignored
• High complexity of proposal
• Non-academic sector neglected
• Proposal not easy to read
• 40% rule is not respected (eligibility)
• No clear communication or dissemination plan
• Individual Researcher-projects poorly explainedCommon pitfalls II
▪ Training programme is unfocused and
not clearly presented
▪ Local host training opportunities not used
▪ Not using network wide training opportunities
▪ Balance between the two
▪ Non-academic contribution to the training is poor
▪ Transferable skills neglected
▪ Risk management neglected
▪ Impact section neglected
▪ No mention of Personal Career Development PlansNCP-team ERC and MSCA Berit Sundby Avset bsa@rcn.no, ph. 930 59 324 Per Magnus Kommandantvold pmk@rcn.no, ph. 922 47 635 Twitter and LinkedIn:
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