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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
…a General Overview
European Research Day 2017
Pierantonios Papazoglou
BSc-ENV, MEng-ENV, 6-sigma, NEBOSH, CSTC, Vocational Trainer, PhD Cand. Crisis Mngt
Scientific Coordinator – EEWRC
MSCA-IF | Environment | Marine | Space | Security
Presenter’s Background and Organization § Professional (past) Experience: – 2000-2005. Laboratory Researcher (Aegean & Stevens) – 2007-2008. Environment Officer (Univ. Nicosia) – 2008-2017. National Contact Point & Programme Committee Member FP7 – H2020 (Research Promotion Foundation): à “Marie Curie” | EURAXESS | “Climate Action & Environment” | Space § CyI – EEWRC: – EMME-CARE…! – Project Management (Atmo-Clima and Water) – Identification of (funding) Opportunities and Networking – Proposal Writing Support – Mentoring/ Training/ Capacity Building for European Grants – MSCA-IF/ ERC/ EURAXESS/ Environment/ Space/ Security/
OUR INSTITUTE – OVERVIEW A research and educational institution suited to a knowledge economy, taking advantage of the Cyprus «gateway» niche. A European institution, for the Eastern Mediterranean based in Cyprus. A non-governmental institution devoted to the public benefit and for advancing peace and prosperity in the region, using science and technology.
OUR RESEARCH CENTERS
Our 3 Energy, Environment & Water (EEWRC)
Fundamental Science Technology in Archaeology & Culture (STARC)
Building
Units Computation-Based Science & Technology (CaSToRC)
Energy, Environment Water
Research Center (EEWRC):
Renewable Active
Energy
Sustainable Climate
Built
Environment
Change and
Impact
Management
19
Environmental
of Water
Monitoring Resources Projects
Efficient
Use of Founding
Water and
Energy
Partnership
41
EEWRC
Research ACHIEVEMENTS
33 EU
Projects
Projects
(FP7 & EEWRC -
HORIZON 2020)
Established
since 2007
(8 years of
operation)
EEWRC
Facts
(July 2016) €13.3 Million
External
Funding
236
Peer -
reviewed
Publications
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Doctoral Program in Energy, Environment and Atmospheric Sciences
Doctoral students carry out research in Environmental and Atmospheric Science
with an option to follow specialization in the following fields:
Solar Energy and Desalination
Climate Change and Impact
Environmental Research and Monitoring
Water Research & Management
Sustainability and Built Environment
Courses are taught and candidates are supervised mainly by faculty of the
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC)
Collaborations
Educational Agreements
Joint/dual PhD degrees
ØUniversity of Illinois
ØUniversity Paris-Saclay
ØUniversity of Lund
ØUniversity of RWTH Aachen
ØUniversity of Wuppertal
ØUniversity of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Cross-registration
Ø University of Cyprus
Ø SISSA the International School for Advanced Studies
Cogeneration of Electricity & Desalinated Sea Water
Aerial View of the PROTEAS Field Facility
Tower
ISTORE
Control Center
Offices
Cool Heliostat Field
Automated Materials Lab
meteo Station
Warehouse
Photovoltaic
DesalinationLinear Fresnel systems for Building HVAC
Solar Cooling/Heating of Buildings
Development of small scale solar-thermal district units for
Mediterranean communities
Linear Fresnel system for solar harvesting (thermal oil as heat medium, 186
m2 reflective aperture area, 70 kw thermal power, 150 kWh storage)
Thermal energy used for cooling/heating in summer/winter seasons
System integrated in building HVAC system
35 kW cooling capacity absorption chillerHydrologic monitoring
Groundwater recharge
Meteorology
Sediment traps
Streamflow
Forest water dynamicsFacility for
Atmosphere &
Chemical Analysis
Climate FCA)
Research
Infrastructure GC-MS ICP-MS
SUNSET LAB ICS 5000 IC-PAD
Cyprus Atmospheric Unmanned Systems
Observatory (CAO) Research Laboratory
(USRL)
NICOSIA
AGIA MARINA
XYLIATOU CAVO GRECO
TROODOSUnmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL)
http://www.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/usrl.html
Strategic partners
Mobile Ground Control Station
UAV lab at CyI
UAV air space notification
2.5km
~ 5 X 5 km
Aerial view of the CyI runway (Feb. 2016) Private UAV flight zone at Agia Marina XyliatouOverview … of Presentations
• “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions”:
àGeneral Overview
•Speed-Workshop on MSCA Individual
Fellowships:
à The… “Reviewer’s Mindset”
à“Deciphering” Expected Content
à “Hints” and “Tips” from the
… “Survivor’s Guide”
5 November 2015
21 Sep.2017, Wash.DC ThessalonikiThe history of the MC actions
Ø FP4 (1994-1998): “Stimulation of
the training and mobility of
researchers” – only a mobility
grant scheme for PhD-holders
under 35 Budget of Marie (Skłodowska-)Curie
Actions
ØFP5 (1998-2002): 7000
Ø"Host-driven actions" 6000
introduced 5000
Million EUR
4000
3000
Ø FP6 (2002-2006):
2000
Ø Third Country nationals and 1000
hosts can take part 0
Ø No limit age FP4 FP5 FP6 FP7 H2020
Ø FP7 (2007-2013):
Ø New focus on attractive
working conditions and inter-
sectoral mobilityOutcomes of the FP7 2007-13 MCA Ø MCA fellows were of 140 different nationalities. 24% were from countries outside the EU Member States or FP7 Associated Countries. Ø 21% of participants in Initial Training Networks were from the private sector. Ø 95% of MCA fellows had employment positions two years after the end of their fellowship. Ø 37% of MCA fellows were women, whereas on average 33% of EU researchers were female. Ø Evidence that participating organisations improved their practices in respect of recruitment and working conditions.
Fellows at the forefront of science
Ø Stefan W. Hell, one of the winners of the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry 2014 was awarded an MCA
postdoctoral Individual Fellowship in 1996: 'a
critical moment in my career'.
Ø 30 scientists supported by the FP7 MCA
were involved in the 2012 discovery of
the Higgs Boson at CERN.
Ø The 2016 discovery of gravitational
waves brought a new way to observe
some of the darkest events in our
universe. An FP7 MCA project contributed
to the breakthrough with 14 early-stage
researchers, coordinated by the
European Gravitational Observatory.Academy Award (Oscar) 2007 dedicated to a FP6 MC project FP6 Marie Curie project: Transfer of Knowledge Industry- Academia Strategic Partnership
20 years of MSCA in a nutshell
8
21 Sep.2017, Wash.DCMSCA Funding schemes
Individual IF Support for experienced researchers to
Fellowships experienced undertake international and inter-sector
Researchers
'post-Doc' mobility, incl. career restart and
reintegration
Innovative ITN Doctoral and initial training: European
Training early-stage Training Networks, European Industrial
Researchers
Networks 'pre-Doc' Doctorates, European Joint Doctorates
Co-funding of COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and
programmes 'pre-Doc' international programmes:
or
'post-Doc' - doctoral programmes (ESR)
- fellowship programmes (ER)
Research and RISE International and inter-sector cooperation
Innovation 'pre-Doc' through the exchange of staff (scientific,
or
Staff Exchange 'post-Doc' administrative and technical)MSCA – Main features
§ Mobility as the key requirement - funding on condition
participants move from one country to another;
§ Funding excellent research in any field, from fundamental
research up to market take-up and innovation services;
§ Entirely bottom-up;
§ Participation of non-academic sector strongly encouraged,
especially industry and SMEs;
§ Promoting business-academia collaborations;
§ Open to researchers of all nationalities, ages and career
stages;
§ Promotion of attractive working and employment
conditions;
§ Particular attention to equality of opportunities.Who can participate?
Academia Business and non-
academia
Public or private Higher
Education Institutions
awarding academic degrees Broad definition:
Public or private non-profit Any socio-economic actor not
research organisations included in the academic
sector definition
International European interest
organisations
Non-profit Other socio-
Universities research IEIOs Industry SMEs economic
institutes actorsMSC actions – Financial Overview
Research, networking,
1800 €
training costs
Top-up allowance 2000 €
Management and
700 €
indirect costs
Research, networking, Living allowance* 3110 €
1800 €
training costs
Mobility allowance 600 €
Management and
1200 €
indirect costs Family allowance 500 €
Research, networking, Living allowance* 4650 €
800 €
training costs
Mobility allowance 600 €
Management and
500 € Family allowance 500 €
indirect costs
Living allowance 1855 €
Early-stage researchers
Management costs 325 €
Living allowance 2625 €
Experienced researchersWhich MSCA is made for you?
As an individual
researcher
Depends on research experience
Support for 2 categories of researchers:
Early Stage Researcher: Less than 4 years of research experience*, and
without a doctoral degree ('pre-doc')
Experienced Researcher: In possession of a doctoral degree or at least 4
years of research experience* ('post-doc')
*counted from the time when the researcher is entitled to embark on a doctoral degreeWHICH MSCA should you choose?
IF
RISE
COFUNDAs an organisation
MSCA Individual Fellowships
IF - Individual Fellowships
For fellows coming to or For fellows from MS/AC going to
moving within MS/AC Third countries and returning
Outgoing phase – 2 years
Fellowship of 1-2 years
Return phase – 1 yearReturn and reintegration of researchers into a longer term
research position in Europe
§Researchers must be nationals or long-term residents of EU or
Associated Countries
§ Long term resident: at least 5 consecutive years of
research activity in one or more EU Member State or AC
§Mobility rule different: Applicants must not have resided or carried
out their main activity in the country of the host organisation for
more than 36 months in the 5 years immediately prior to the call
deadline
§Mobility from a Third Country to the European beneficiaryMSCA Innovative Training Networks
ITN - Innovative Training Networks § Train a new generation of early-stage researchers (‘pre-doc’) and provide them with enhanced career perspectives in both sectors § Raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training § Trigger cooperation and exchange of best practice among participants What? Support to competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes implemented by partnerships of academic and non-academic organisations under which early stage researchers of any nationality are recruited. Budget: EUR 430 million in 2017 (EID: 28 Mio, EJD 32 Mio)
ITN – 3 modes of implementation ETN - European Training Networks §at least 3 beneficiaries independent from each other located in 3 different EU MS or AC. Above this minimum any country can participate. §All beneficiaries must recruit and host at least 1 researcher. EID - European Industrial Doctorates §at least 2 independent beneficiaries located in 2 different MS or AC; §at least one beneficiary must be entitled to award doctoral degrees and at least one beneficiary must come from the non-academic sector, primarily enterprise; §each researcher - enrolled in a doctoral programme and spends at least 50% in the non-academic sector in another coutry; §The joint supervision of fellows by supervisors from each sector is mandatory. EJD - European Joint Doctorates §at least 3 beneficiaries independent from each other located in 3 different EU MS or AC which are entitled to award doctoral degrees; §creation of joint doctoral programmes, leading to the delivery of joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees.
MSCA - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
RISE - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
§ International and inter-sector transfer of
knowledge and sharing of ideas and of
R&I culture
§ Common research and innovation
project as the basis of collaboration
What?
Support is provided for the development of partnerships in
the form of joint research and innovation activities between
the participants implemented through secondments of
research and innovation staff ("exchanges").
Budget: EUR 80 million in 2017RISE - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Beneficiaries: only legal entities that are established in EU MS or AC, sign the Grant Agreement § Eligible staff – early-stage researchers, experienced researchers, administrative, managerial and technical staff of any nationality supporting the research and innovation activities of the project; § Secondments are not subject to a mobility rule; § Staff member – at least 6 months at the sending institution before first secondment; § Secondments from 1 to 12 months, followed by reintegration into the sending institution; § Staff member unit cost is a top-up allowance, not subject to country correction coefficient; § EU contribution maximum 540 person-months
RISE – Eligibility Conditions
• At least 3 independent participants in 3 different countries
(of which at least 2 participants from 2 different MS/AC)
• If all in MS/AC: at least 1 academic and 1 non-academic
From
your
organisation
to:
+ + Third Country
academic/non-academic
organisations
or
Other sector
within EuropeExamples: Europe-Third Countries Exchanges
Country MS/AC 1 MS/AC 2 TC
!
A C
Secondments from a TC to a
Sector MS/AC are not always
eligible for EU funding but all
of them must be described in
Same or
is not
X Different
the proposal.
Third
Country
relevant
B D
21 Sep.2017, Wash.DCPierantonios Papazoglou
Scientific Coordinator
Cyprus Institute – EEWRC
Mobile phone: +357 99 90 03 75
Email: p.papazoglou@cyi.ac.cy
https://cy.linkedin.com/in/pierantoniospapazoglou
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pierantonios_Papazog
lou
Acknowledgements:
DG-EAC and REA
AREA Science Park
Net4Mobility & Italian NCP
CY-RPF
Cyprus Institute RIMS
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