Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)
Marie Curie Actions offer additional funding to existing or new regional, national and international fellowship programmes for research training and career development. This COFUND scheme can also support and strengthen existing and new international programmes.
Who can apply?
Applicants for COFUND funding should be public or private bodies that are responsible for funding and managing fellowships or research training programmes. They may be ministries, research academies or agencies, international organisations or other bodies with a public mission. COFUND is a mono-beneficiary action.
What does the funding cover?
COFUND participants submit multi-annual proposals for specific fellowships/research training programmes for co-funding. These programmes must include at least one form of transnational mobility, such as incoming or outgoing mobility of researchers or an action to reintegrate them into research employment in Europe.
The COFUND contribution consists of a fixed amount contribution per fellow-year to the programme costs, with a maximum funding cap. Grant agreements are signed with the REA for a period of two to five years.
Which topics can be funded?
All fields of research and research training are eligible for COFUND, with the exception of research areas covered by the EURATOM Treaty., provided that the project contains an element of mobility across borders.
How are projects selected?
COFUND proposals are selected in an open competition. Selection is through transparent, independent peer review, based on excellence using a series of predetermined criteria with focus on the quality of the evaluation process for selecting the fellows in terms of transparency and equal treatment; the management capacity; the user friendliness of the application process and the benefit of the programme in terms of career development of the participating researchers.