Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES)

Deadline:  25 maa 2010

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Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES
Publication Date: 25 November 2009
Budget: € 30 000 000
Deadline: 25 March 2010 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)
OJ Reference: OJ C284 of 25 November 2008
Specific Programme(s):  People 
Theme: PEOPLE

Introduction and objective of the action
The Marie Curie International Staff Exchange Scheme is a new type of action first implemented in 2008, that aims to strengthen research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking activities between European research organisations and research organisations from countries with which the Community has an S&T agreement or are in the process of negotiating one16, and countries covered by the European Neighbourhood policy. Compared to existing Marie Curie actions, which provide mobility possibilities to individual researchers, this new action will provide support to research organisations to establish or reinforce long-term research cooperation through a coordinated joint programme of exchange of researchers for short periods.

Eligible programmes and eligible staff
Participants will submit to the Commission multi-annual proposals for joint programmes for short exchanges of research staff. Technical and management staff may however, also participate in the exchanges.

Financial support will be provided for a period of 24 to 48 months, to joint programmes aiming at trans-national mobility of researchers, technical and management staff. For organisations in Member States and Associated countries, the mobility must be towards the third country partners, and vice-versa. The duration of exchanges for each researcher or technical/management staff will be for a maximum of 12 months. The staff to be exchanged should be 'seconded' (i.e. maintain their salary in their institution of origin, and have the right to return), so as to guarantee full re-integration and the positive recognition of the mobility experience, thus maximising the benefit of this action for long term cooperation.

The grant agreement will be concluded with the participants located in the Member State or associated country, while the other members of the partnership are defined as partner organisations.

The size of the joint programme and of the partnership will depend on the number of expected researchers, technical and management staff to be exchanged.

Expected impact
Projects under this action are expected to contribute significantly to constructing new and enhancing existing networks of beneficial international research collaborations between Member States and Associated countries and those third countries covered by the Science and Technology agreement or by the European Neighbourhood Policy. At the same time the participants bring with them knowledge encouraging an exchange of best practice.

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Technical content/scope
Participants: A participant in this action is a research organisation that will be a member of the partnership that contributes directly to the implementation of the joint exchange programme, by seconding and/or hosting eligible researchers.

A partnership in this action shall be composed of at least two independent participants established in at least two different Member States or Associated countries, and one or more organisations either located in countries with which the Community has an S&T agreement or are in the process of negotiations, or in countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy.

Budget: € 30 000 000

In principle, the scheme is intended to provide a balanced exchange of researchers between the European partners and the third country partner organisations, each respectively funding the mobility costs of their 'outgoing' researchers.

The fixed Community contribution is 1900 EUR per exchanged staff member per month. This amount should cover the cost of travel and subsistence of the exchanged staff. Networking actions, management costs and overheads related to the execution of the exchange may also be included in the contribution. For countries located a long distance from Europe (see list of eligible countries in Annex 1.3), an additional long distance allowance of 200 EUR per exchanged staff member per month is paid to cover their higher travel costs.

For International Cooperation Partnership Countries (these include all countries covered by the European Neighbourhood policy), an identical Community contribution will be provided if requested. The evaluation, selection and award criteria are set out in Annex 2.

Contact in Vlaanderen:
De Brabandere Anne
IWT (Instituut voor de aanmoediging van Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie in Vlaanderen)
Bischoffsheimlaan 25
1000 Brussel
T 027881568
E adbr@iwt.be 
http://www.europrogs.be/