FP7 Marie Curie Actions Workshop

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Luxinnovation, the National Agency for Innovation and Research, and the National Research Fund, Luxembourg’s two national contact points for the FP7 People Programme,

invite to a workshop "FP7 MARIE CURIE ACTIONS - Individual Fellowships for Mobility and Career Development of Experienced Researchers"

which will take place in the presence of François BILTGEN, Minister for Higher Education and Research

on Tuesday 20th April 2010 from 10:30 until 15:30 at the Chamber of Commerce (7, rue Alcide de Gaspéri, Luxembourg-Kirchberg).

The workshop will be held in English, entrance is free. Visitors' parking available.

Breaking Boundaries: Easing International Researcher Mobility

Knowledge knows no limits and yet a multitude of barriers have long stood in the way of international research opportunities. The FP7 People programme is supporting researcher mobility and career development, both for researchers inside the European Union and internationally. It is implemented via a set of Marie Curie Actions, providing fellowships and other measures to help researchers build their skills and competences throughout their careers.

The 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7) is the EU’s main funding instrument for research, development and innovation.

Calls for Individual Fellowships

3 calls for individual fellowships have been published on 17 March 2010 (deadline 17 August 2010) amounting to a total budget of 151 Mio. EUR:

  • Intra-European Fellowships for career development (IEF)
  • International Outgoing Fellowships for career development (IOF)
  • International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

Information concerning the calls is available on:

Eligible researchers for funding are experienced researchers: research experience ≥ 4 years or PhD holder. Applicants are individual researchers in liaison with potential supervisor / host institution. The workshop aims at presenting the funding schemes, the content of the calls, the application procedures and also aims at exchanging about best practices and potential project ideas. In this respect, bilateral meetings are foreseen during the afternoon session for researchers willing to further discuss their project ideas and receive advice to prepare their proposals before the deadline of the calls.

Furthermore, in order to enhance the chances of success of applicants, Luxinnovation and the FNR will be offering a specific training on how to write a successful proposal under the Marie Curie Actions on 25 May 2010.

Programme:

The programme of the workshop on 20 April 2010 is twofold (information session in the morning and individual coaching in the afternoon):

10:00 Registration and coffee

10:30 Welcome speech François BILTGEN, Minister for Higher Education and Research

10:50 Services provided by the People National Contact Points: Stéphanie DE GEETER (Luxinnovation) and Ulrike KOHL (FNR)

11:00 “EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion”: Practical assistance for researchers moving to and from Luxembourg Barbara DANIEL, Euraxess Services Centre Luxembourg

11:10 IEF – IOF – IIF calls : content, application procedures, success stories: Georges BINGEN, European Commission

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Individual appointments with NCPs (20 mn parallel sessions) upon request

15:30 End of workshop

Registration

Registration is mandatory by returning the registration form attached to: events@luxinnovation.lu before 13th April 2010.

Please mention if you wish to book an appointment and give an outline of your project idea.

Useful Links:
Contacts:

FNR : Ulrike KOHL & Helena BURG - NCP People / National Research Fund
phone: +352 261 925 – 32 / ulrike.kohl@fnr.lu _ helena.burg@fnr.lu

Luxinnovation: Stéphanie DE GEETER - NCP People / Luxinnovation

phone: +352 43 62 63 1 / stephanie.degeeter@luxinnovation.lu

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