Calls for proposals under the Marie Curie action programme
The European Commission has published three calls for proposals under the Marie Curie action programme. This call for proposals consists of three distinct areas: Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF), Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF), and Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) - Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF) The action addresses experienced researchers who are at a stage of their career when they can benefit from a life-long training and career development measure. This includes researchers with a more senior profile in terms of experience. Researchers must be experienced researchers at the relevant deadline for submission of proposals. Researchers shall be considered eligible under this action if they are nationals of a Member State or associated country. However researchers from other third countries who have been residing and carrying out their main activity in Member States or associated countries for at least the 5 years prior to the submission deadline are also eligible for this action. For the outgoing phase, applicants must demonstrate mobility from a Member State or associated country to another third country, and must comply with the rule for mobility at the deadline for submission of proposals. - Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) This action is to support the career development, or restart, of experienced researchers at different stages of their careers, and seeks to enhance their individual competence diversification in terms of skill acquisition at multi- or interdisciplinary level and/or by undertaking intersectoral experiences. The aim is to support researchers in attaining and/or strengthening a leading independent position, e.g. principal investigator, professor or other senior position in education or enterprise. The action may also assist researchers to resume a career in research after a break. To assure equal opportunities to all proposals, applicants for such proposals can apply to be evaluated in a separate multi-disciplinary panel. To qualify for evaluation in this 'career restart' panel, researchers must not have been active in research for at least 12 months immediately prior to the deadline for submission. Support is foreseen for individual, trans-national, intra-European fellowships awarded directly at European Union level, to the best and most promising researchers active in Member States or associated countries, based on an application made by the researchers in conjunction with the host organisations. - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) Researchers must be experienced researchers at the relevant deadline for submission of proposals. It is however expected that the researchers will typically have a more senior profile in terms of experience. Applicants can be of any nationality, and must demonstrate mobility from another third country to a Member State or associated country, and must comply with the rule for mobility with respect to the 'host organisation' at the deadline for submission of proposals. The benefit of the proposed mobility will also be assessed during evaluation in terms of benefit for the European Research Area.To see the official call announcement, please consult: OJ No C 74 of 13 March 2012(opens in new window) and the following links: - Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF)(opens in new window) - Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)(opens in new window) - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF)(opens in new window)