Sonia de la Cierva EC Marie Curie Actions on a timeline.pdf - UNICA

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<strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong> on a timeline:
past, present, future
<strong>Sonia</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> <strong>Cierva</strong>
DG Research & Innovation
Lisette Schermer
DG Education & Culture
6th UNICA meeting
Stockholm University
20-21 October 2011

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<strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong>
management
Research and Innovation DG:
FP6 contracts (2002-2006)

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Budgets of the EU
Framework Programmes
70
€ Billion
FP7 People Programme:
€ 4750 million over 7 years
60
50
40
FP6 human resources and mobility:
€ 1580 million over 5 years
50,5
30
20
10
0
13,12 14,96
17,5
3,27
5,36 6,6
1984-1987 1987-1991 1990-1994 1994-1998 1998-2002 2002-2006 2007-2013

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Why the <strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong>?
● more highly qualified researchers improving careers
● better skills, training improving employability
● mobility EU job market
● more women in research careers gen<strong>de</strong>r ba<strong>la</strong>nce
● exposing researchers to the private sector innovation
● Already at the avantgar<strong>de</strong> of 3 objectives of the EU F<strong>la</strong>gships 2020 : Youth on
the move; New skills for new jobs; Innovation Union

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<strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong>
FP6 objectives
People programme = <strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong>
From pure mobility actions to a <strong>de</strong>dicated programme for structuring training,
mobility and career <strong>de</strong>velopment
Objectives:
● Strengthening the human potential in R&D in Europe
● Stimu<strong>la</strong>ting people to enter into the profession of researcher
● Encouraging researchers to stay in Europe
● Attracting researchers from around the world
● Transfer of knowledge, especially between private and public

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<strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong>
Implementation
● Application through calls for proposals
● Selection criteria:
• S&T quality
• Quality of participants
• Implementation
• Impact
● Addressed to researchers at all stages
of their careers
● One main condition to be eligible:
Geographical
Mobility
Sectorial
● The Tools : Host and Individual actions

Evolution of the MC <strong>Actions</strong>
(FP4 – FP6)
27/10/2011
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<strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> <strong>Actions</strong>
main characteristics
● Competitive sa<strong>la</strong>ries
● Family friendly
● Gen<strong>de</strong>r ba<strong>la</strong>nce
● A<strong>de</strong>quate skills
● Transparency in recruitment
● Enhancing col<strong>la</strong>boration
● Industry participation
● International dimension

FP6 <strong>Marie</strong> <strong>Curie</strong> Activities
• 1,75 billion €
• > 4.100 Projects
• 22.000 Proposals (average success
rate: 18 %)
• 13.000 Fellows from 120 countries
• 1.650 Participating Institutions in
65 countries
• 33.000 Articles published
• ALL scientific subjects
27/10/2011
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Any discipline
• Addressing major societal challenges (health, energy supply, climate change…)
• Open to all domaines of research (Bottom-up approach)
27/10/2011
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What have we achieved?
● Gen<strong>de</strong>r ba<strong>la</strong>nce: 38% of women
● Out of all fun<strong>de</strong>d fellows 90%
are now employed
● Effect on institutions:
coordinators <strong>de</strong>c<strong>la</strong>re that MCA
had an effect on the type of
contract (40%)
● Structural effect on mobility:
50% of fellows do not return
home

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Why the fellows did not come back to their home country ?
Lack of Opportunities
60%
50%
Other
40%
30%
Too Low Sa<strong>la</strong>ries
20%
10%
0%
Family Reasons
Lack of Transparency
Return to Home Institut

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Other
Lack of Opportunities
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
Italy
Too Low Sa<strong>la</strong>ries
Other
Lack of Opportunities
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
United Kingdom
Too Low Sa<strong>la</strong>ries
20%
10%
10%
0%
5%
0%
Family Reasons
Lack of Transparency
Family Reasons
Lack of Transparency
Return to Home Institut
Return to Home Institut
Lack of Opportunities
60%
50%
40%
Po<strong>la</strong>nd
Lack of Opportunities
60%
Germany
Other
30%
20%
Too Low Sa<strong>la</strong>ries
Other
50%
40%
30%
Too Low Sa<strong>la</strong>ries
10%
20%
0%
10%
0%
Family Reasons
Lack of Transparency
Family Reasons
Lack of Transparency
Return to Home Institut
Return to Home Institut

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Publications
33000 Publications
25 yearly publications in Nature
and 25 in Science
Cover of NATURE December 2010

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International col<strong>la</strong>borations:
2100 Researchers from 83 non-EU Countries
1-10
10-50
50-110
200-270
>300

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Private sector’s involvement
in FP6 MCA
● 351 companies
● 253 patents hostdriven
actions
● 17 spin-offs

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THANK YOU
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/