Commission offers Marie Curie Individual and Experienced Researcher Fellowships
The European Commission has announced a call for proposals under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (RTD) activities for the period 1998 to 2002. The call invites proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for RTD relating to "Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base" in the field of Marie Curie Individual Fellowships and Marie Curie Experienced Researchers Fellowships. The call texts, together with all the documentation necessary to make a proposal, are accessible via: URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/improving(opens in new window) The call relates to proposals with a fixed deadline, following which evaluation will take place. Only proposals submitted before this deadline will be considered under the call notice. Marie Curie Individual Fellowships are awarded to the best of Europe's young researchers with the necessary research experience, who wish to receive advanced training through research in a host institution in a country other than their own, with a view to these fellows becoming Europe's leading researchers. In addition, after completion of a two-year Individual Fellowship, Fellows originating from a less-favoured region who wish to return to a less-favoured region in their country of nationality may receive a Return Fellowship. These Fellowships are awarded as a contribution towards counteracting brain drain from less-favoured regions, and in order to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and expertise gained by the Marie Curie Fellows during their Fellowships. Marie Curie Experienced Researcher Fellowships are awarded to experienced researchers to enhance the transfer of knowledge and technology between industry and academia, or to contribute to the scientific development of the institutions active in research situated in the less-favoured regions of the Community. The call covers the Marie Curie Fellowships offered by the Human Potential Programme open to all fields of scientific research that contribute to the Community's objectives in research, technological development and demonstration. The indicative budget for this call is as follows: - Deadline for receipt of proposals: 17 May 1999 - Indicative budget for the deadline is 44.0 million euro; - Deadline for receipt of proposals: 15 March 2000 - Indicative budget for the deadline is 39.5 million euro; - Deadline for receipt of proposals: 13 September 2000 - Indicative budget for the deadline is 39.5 million euro; - Deadline for receipt of proposals: 14 March 2001 - Indicative budget for the deadline is 39.5 million euro; - Deadline for receipt of proposals: 12 September 2001 - Indicative budget for the deadline is 39.5 million euro; - Deadline for receipt of proposals: 13 March 2002 - Indicative budget for the deadline is 42.0 million euro. Information on the rules for participation in the Programme and how to prepare and submit proposals is given in the European Commission's Guide for Proposers, which can be obtained, along with the work programme and other information relating to the call, from the address below. For more information, please contact: European Commission Directorate General XII Science, Research, and Development Directorate F Rue de la Loi 200 B-1049 Brussels Fax +32-2-2969926 E-mail: research@ec.europa.eu URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/improving(opens in new window)