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Call for proposals: Horizon 2020 "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)" - MSCA-ITN-2018

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Horizon 2020 – Excellence Science – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) - MSCA-ITN-2018

 

Objectives and description


A call for proposals for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) (identifier: MSCA-ITN-2018) has been published under the Horizon 2020 within the pillar of “Excellence Science. The scheme aims to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit.

 

ITN will raise excellence and structure research and doctoral training, extending the traditional academic research training setting, incorporating the elements of Open Science and equipping researchers with the right combination of research-related and transferable competences. It will provide enhanced career perspectives in both the academic and non-academic sectors through international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral mobility combined with an innovation-oriented mind-set

 

ITN supports competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, research infrastructures, businesses, SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. Partnerships take the form of collaborative:

 

·         European Training Networks -  MSCA-ITN-2018 (MSCA-ITN-ETN)

These networks have the objective of training highly-skilled researchers and stimulating entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation in Europe.

 

·         European Joint Doctorates -  MSCA-ITN-2018 (MSCA-ITN-EJD)

EJD has the objective of promoting international, intersectoral and multi/interdisciplinary collaboration in doctoral-level training in Europe through the creation of joint doctoral programmes, leading to the delivery of joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees.

 

·         European Industrial Doctorates - MSCA-ITN-2018 (MSCA-ITN-EID)

EID aims to meet the objectives of ITN in particular by involving the non-academic sector in doctoral training so that skills better match public and private sector needs.

 

Eligible activities


Each programme should have a clearly identified supervisory board co-ordinating network-wide training and establishing active and continuous communication and exchange of best practice among the participating organisations to maximise the benefits of the partnership.

 

The programme should exploit complementary competences of the participating organisations, and enable sharing of knowledge, networking activities, the organisation of workshops and conferences.

 

Training responds to well identified needs in defined research areas, with appropriate references to inter- and multidisciplinary fields and follows the EU Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training. It should be primarily focused on scientific and technological knowledge through research on individual, personalised projects.

 

In order to increase the employability of the researchers, the research training should be complemented by the meaningful exposure of each researcher to the non-academic sector. Secondments of the researcher to other beneficiaries and partner organisations are encouraged, but should be relevant, feasible, beneficial for the researchers and in line with the project objectives.

 

Substantial training modules, including digital ones, addressing key transferable skills common to all fields and fostering the culture of Open Science, innovation and entrepreneurship will be supported.

 

In order to reflect the new modus operandi of research supporting the development of open science, training should prepare early-stage researchers for increased research collaborations and information-sharing made possible by new (digital) technologies (e.g. collaborative tools, opening access to publications and to research data, data management, public engagement and citizen science, etc.).

 

A Career Development Plan should be established jointly by the supervisor(s) and each early-stage researcher recruited by the selected network. In addition to research objectives, this plan comprises the researcher's training and career needs, including training on transferable skills, teaching, planning for publications and participation in conferences.

 

Attention is paid to the quality of supervision and mentoring arrangements as well as career guidance. Joint supervision of the researchers is mandatory for EJD and for EID, and encouraged in ETN. In EID, the joint supervision of the researcher must be ensured by at least one supervisor from the academic sector and one supervisor from the non-academic sector. These arrangements will be taken into account during the evaluation of the proposal.

 

In EID and EJD, fellowships offered to early-stage researchers should lead to a doctoral degree. EJD result in joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees awarded by institutions from at least two different countries, primarily within Europe.

 

In EID and EJD, enrolment in a doctoral programme and the creation of a joint governance structure - with joint admission (EJD only), selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment procedures - is mandatory. These arrangements will be taken into account during the evaluation of the proposal.

 

All applicants to the MSCA calls are encouraged to adopt an RRI approach (Responsible Research and Innovation) into their proposals.

 

Gender aspects are integrated in the award criteria.

 

Eligible candidates


ITN supports competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, research infrastructures, businesses, SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond.

 

For ITN European Training Networks (ETN) and ITN European Joint Doctorates (EJD): the consortium must be composed of at least three beneficiaries located in three different EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries. All three legal entities shall be independent of each other. In order to reach the objectives of EJD, at least three beneficiaries must be entitled to award doctoral degrees.

 

For ITN European Industrial Doctorates (EID): the consortium must be composed of at least two independent beneficiaries located in two different EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries. Given the nature of EID, at least one beneficiary must be from the academic sector and at least one beneficiary must come from the non-academic sector, primarily enterprises.

 

All beneficiaries are required to host at their premises and supervise recruited researchers. ITN actions must include the recruitment of researchers by the beneficiary. Supported researchers must be early-stage researchers and must comply with the mobility rule. Researchers may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the recruitment.

 

Consortia agreements are mandatory for ITN. Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.


Funding conditions and duration


The overall budget for this call for proposals is 442 million EUR, and it is distributed as follows:

 

MSCA-ITN-ETN : 375 million EUR

MSCA-ITN-EJD: 35 million EUR

MSCA-ITN-EID: 32 million EUR

 

The EU contribution under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions is based on unit costs expressed in person-months.The overall EU contribution for ITN actions is limited to a maximum of 540 person months. For EID with only two beneficiaries, this limit is set to 180 person-months.

 

Not more than 40.0% of the requested EU contribution may be allocated to beneficiaries in the same country or to any one international European interest organisation or international organisation (except for EID with only two beneficiaries).

 

The maximum duration of the action is 48 months from the starting date set out in the grant agreement.

 

Deadline of proposals’ submission


The deadline of the call is 17 January 2018 (17:00 Brussels local time).

 

Applicants must submit their proposal electronically, following the link on the submission service.

 

Further information


Please find attached the call documents.

 

More information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/msca-itn-2018.html

 

 

Kind Regards,

Rosemary

Rosemary STREVINIOTI
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