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Marie Curie Fellowships - Guided Tour - Tour 1 - Categories of Marie Curie Fellowships
Marie Curie Fellowships
Categories of Marie Curie Fellowships
There are six categories of Marie Curie Fellowship available under the Fifth Framework Programme for Community activities in research, technological development and demonstration (1998 - 2002).
Marie Curie Fellowships are divided into Marie Curie Individual Fellowships and Marie Curie Host Fellowships.
Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
Applicants make a proposal for an individual fellowship by applying, in conjunction with a host institution, to the Commission. Independent experts, selected by the Commission, will evaluate the proposals and the Commission will then select Marie Curie fellows upon their recommendations.
Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
Fellowship
Category |
Rationale |
Applicant |
| Marie Curie Individual Fellowships (category 30) |
Fellowships awarded to the best of Europe's young post-doctoral researchers for high level research training in an institution in a country other than their own. |
Young
post-doctoral level researchers |
Marie Curie
Return
Fellowships (category R) |
Fellowships for Marie Curie fellows from a less-favoured region (LFR) of the Community, to return to any LFR in their home country, upon completion of a two-year individual post-doctoral Marie Curie fellowship. |
Marie Curie fellows wishing to return to a less-favoured region |
| Marie Curie Experienced Researchers' Fellowships (category 40) |
Fellowships awarded to experienced researchers for the transfer of knowledge and technology between (i) industry and academia and (ii) towards institutions in less-favoured regions of the Community. |
Experienced
researchers |
Marie Curie HostFellowships
Organisations apply to the Commission and propose to host a number of young researchers within a research area. Independent experts, selected by the Commission, will evaluate the proposals and the Commission will then select the host organisations based upon the experts' recommendations.
After selection by the Commission, successful organisations will advertise positions for researchers and an advertisement will be placed on the Commission's Internet site given below. Young researchers will apply directly to the selected host organisations. These organisations will take responsibility for the evaluation and selection of fellows according to rules set by the Commission. The Commission will subsequently confirm the selection of fellows.
Marie Curie Host Fellowships
Fellowship
category |
Rationale |
Applicant |
Marie Curie
Industry
Host Fellowship |
Fellowships awarded to registered companies active in research for the training of young postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers (particularly those without any previous industrial research experience) in an industrial or commercial environment. |
Registered companies or research groups in registered companies |
Marie Curie
Development
Host Fellowships |
Fellowships awarded to institutions active in research in less-favoured regions of the Community. Institutions must have a need for a particular research competence which they will develop by hosting post-doctoral level researchers. |
Research groups in academia, research centres and industrial or commercial enterprises |
Stays at
Marie Curie
Training Sites |
This scheme will support short stays by young researchers pursuing doctoral studies, providing them with the possibility of undertaking part of their doctoral studies in a country other than their own, and allowing them the benefit of working within an internationally recognised group in their specialised area of research. |
Research groups in academia, research centres and industrial or commercial enterprises | | 
