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1. FP7 Marie Curie
Industry / Academic Partnership
and Pathways
Dr Conor O’Carroll, IUA
Wednesday, 6th October 2010 www.iua.ie

2. FP7 overview (2007-2013)
EU’s main instrument for funding research
Aim : Contribute to EU becoming the world’s leading research area
Cooperation : Ideas :
Total FP7 budget : M€ 50 500
M€ 32 500 M€ 7510
Collaborative research ERC FP6 (2002-2006)
Marie Curie Actions
10 THEMATIC € 1580 million
AREAS
Marie Curie
Research
Capacity
People : M€ 4750
Capacities : M€ 4100
JRC : M€ 1750
Euratom : M€ 2750
Nuclear research

3. 1. Statistics: Fellows in Host country per 1000 Researchers
Last updated 07/10/2010 14:40

4. 1. Statistics: Fellows Nationality per 1000 Researchers
Last updated 07/10/2010 14:40

5. Marie Curie Actions - Overview
Initial training of researchers
Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)
Life-long training and career development
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)
European Reintegration Grants (ERG)
Co-funding of regional/national/international programmes (COFUND)
Industry-academia pathways and partnerships
MC Industry-Academia Pathways and Partnerships Scheme (IAPP)
International dimension
MC International Outgoing and Incoming Fellowships (IOF / IIF)
MC International Reintegration Grants (IRG)
MC International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)
Specific actions
Researchers’ Night (NIGHT)
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6. ‘People’ – deadlines, budgets, success
rates
Action Call Closes/ Cut-off Budget (and budget/size Success rates
date per project, where (expected)
applicable)
IAPP Industry Academia 7 December 2010 80M€ (~250k€ - 3M€) 15% or more
Partnerships & Pathways
IEF Intra-European Fellowships 11 August 2011 110M€ 15% - 20% depending
IOF International Outgoing Fellowship 40M€ on scheme
IIF International Incoming Fellowships 40M€
IRSES International Research Staff 17 February 2011 40M€
Exchange Scheme
RG Reintegration Grants 2nd cut off 32M€ 50% or more
7 September 2010
ITN Initial Training Networks 26 January 2011 318M€ (average 3.4M€, 9 5%
partners)
CO-Funding of Regional, national & 17 February 2011 90M€ (max. 5M€ per 70% or more
International Programmes applicant)

7. Objectives
• Focus is on knowledge transfer between academia and
industry
• Support for creation, development and reinforcement
and execution of strategic partnerships, aimed at
knowledge sharing and inter-sector mobility, based on
targeted human resources interaction
• Open to all disciplines – from Engineering to Social
Sciences and Humanities
• Bottom-up – no pre-defined topics or priority areas

8. Industry-Academia Partnerships and
Pathways (IAPP)
• Minimum configuration is a university and company (one
in Ireland, one abroad)
• Funds staff exchange of
– early stage (PhD)
– experienced researchers (Postdocs)
– Technical
– Research managerial
• Also funds hiring of additional staff (experienced
researchers)

9. IAPP Objectives
Foster co-operation between non-commercial
research organisations & commercial
enterprises based on joint research projects.
Stimulate long-term collaboration between
sectors through secondment of researchers
between the public & private research domains.
Diverse career possibilities & research
experience for researchers, knowledge
sharing/cultural exchange.

10. IAPP Participants
At least 1 non-commercial organisation
At least 1 commercial enterprise
Non-Commercial
– Universities/research centres
– Non-profit or charitable organisations
– International European interest organisations
– Joint Research Centre of European Commission
– International organisations (WHO, UNESCO)
Commercial
– Commercial enterprises of ALL sizes (incl. SMEs, spin offs,
start ups)
– National organisations if commercial

11. IAPP Participants
At least 2 different EU or Associated States
+ free choice.
EU Member States (MS) & Associated Countries (AC):
EU27 + Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Turkey, Croatia, FYROM, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro,
Bosnia.
“Third Countries” 2 categories
International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC):
based on three categories according to income per capita
(low-income, lower-middle-income, or upper-middle-income)
Other Third Countries (OTC):
US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore,
Australia, New Zealand.

12. IAPP Main activities
Compulsory Secondment of staff
• Majority of support in IAPP
• Always inter-sector
• Normally 2-way with in-built return
• Up to 30% for secondments within 1 country
Optional Recruitment of experienced researchers
• Not substitute for secondment (<=50%)
Other
• Networking activities
• Workshops & Conferences: participants' own
research staff & external researchers

13. IAPP Eligible Researchers
Secondment
Early-stage/Experienced researchers (2-24 months)
Must be staff members for at least 12 months
Reintegration into the home institution for at least 1 year
Recruitment
Experienced researchers from any country (12-24 months)
Early-stage researchers (ESR) Experienced researchers
Experience ≤ 4 years 2 pay scales
No PhD 4-10 years experience (ER)
>10 years of research (MER)

14. IAPP Nationality Rules
Secondment
No nationality restrictions
Recruitment
Researchers not residing / having main activity in
country of the host > 12 months in last 3 years
before recruitment
Hosts in ICPC or OTC can only recruit MS or AC
nationals

15. IAPP Activities
Joint Research Project
Research of mutual interest to all partners
Milestones & deliverables
Secondments underpin co-operation between
partners in different sectors
Possibility to recruit experienced researchers
Networking Activities
Organisation of scientific/managerial network meetings
Invitation of external experts
Attendance at international conferences & workshops
Electronic networking (internet webpages, email, video
conferencing)

16. Community contributions
Gross amounts (rates for 2010)
Living allowance*
Fellow expenses
€ 38,000 / 19,000 per year (ESR: post-graduates)
€ 58,500 / 29,250 per year (ER: 4-10 years)
€ 87,500 / 43,750 per year (MER: > 10 years)
Mobility / travel allowance* € 700 or 1000 per month
Research/training/networking costs € 1800 per researcher-month
expenses
Small equipment expenses for SMEs max. 10 % of SME contribution
Overheads 10% of direct costs
Management costs max. 10% of total contribution
Host
*Correction Coefficients apply; IE = 114.7

17. What does IAPP offer?
100% funding for salaries and contribution to research
and other costs
Simple application procedure: short and precise
Few reporting requirements – 2 main reports in 4 years
Support – in particular NCPs
Top class public and private sector evaluators
Marie Curie label
Networking and conference costs
SMEs – equipment contribution

18. Industry-Academia Partnerships and
Pathways (IAPP)
• Duration: 3-4 years
• Funds the associated salary costs and contribution to
research, management and overheads
• Call open on 30 July 2010, deadline 7 December 2010
• Budget €80 million
• Success rate 2009: 17% (Ireland 37%)

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20. Industry-Academia Partnerships and
Pathways (IAPP)
2007 2008 2009
Submitted 103 (0!!)* 141 (9) 358 (21)
Evaluated 102 141 (9) 356 (21)
Selected 41 51 (6) 59 (9)
Budget (M Euro) 38.5 45 65
Success rate 40 % 36 % (66%) 16.6 % (43%)
*Ireland in brackets

21. Overall Country Participation EU 27 2009
Total A list
UK 209 41 250
DE 156 27
IT 132 19
FR 76 16 200
IE 41 15
FI 30 12
BE 45 11 150
ES 129 11
EL 55 9
PL 39 9 100
PT 46 9
AT 29 6
DK 19 5
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NL 55 4
SE 42 4
HU 33 3
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CY 11 2
EE 5 2
LU 6 2
CZ 13 1
SI 9 1

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23. Industry-Academia Partnerships
and Pathways (IAPP) - 2009
• 21 Irish led proposals
• 9 funded
• NUIM, NUIG, TCD, UCD, DIT, DKIT,
NCAD, RCSI
• DePuy, Oncomark, Vorna

24. DePuy Cork Marie Curie IAPP – “MedCast”
Virginia Morris
29th September 2010

25. •Development of Foundry Casting Methods for Cost-Effective Manufacture of
Medical Implants
•This project will aim to advance the state of art in investment casting processes for
medical devices by intersectoral cooperation between DePuy Ireland and
University of Birmingham to develop the concept of the automated “Foundry of the
Future”.
• The project will be funded to the value of €1.5million over 4 year period.
• Collaborative Programme between DePuy and UoB, has 7 research
modules/work packets

26. Dr. Julie Maguire
RIA – Dublin 29th Sept 2010

27. MABFUEL – Early Ideas
Marine Algae as Biomass for Biofuel
Research Questions??
• Which species? Micro or Macro
or both?
• What extraction procedure?
• What method of algal culture?
• Economic evaluation
EU Calls (which one?)
• Marie-Curie Industry-Academic
Partnership
• FP7 – Capacities – Research for
the benefit of SMEs
• INTERREG
Partners (which?)
• Process engineers – biofuel
extraction
• Phytoplankton experts
• Macro-algal biologists
• Risk assessors

28. Why IAPP??
• Gain new expertise and outlook and
enhance skills
– Biofuel extraction
– Husbandry techniques, new practices and
processes
• Transnational co-operation
• New staff
• SMEs / Research Institutes treated the
same

29. Partners
1. Daithi O’Murchu Marine Research Station
Co-ordination
Provide infrastructure for micro-algal culture and macro-algal ongrowing.
Aid in environmental and economic risk assessment
Host Fellows from Partners 3 and 6
2. Green Biofuels Ireland Ltd.
Provide practical know-how of the biomass processing industry.
Host Fellow from Partner 3, 4, 5 and 6
These fellows will provide expertise in bio-fuel extraction technology and
processes specific for algal biomass
3. Queens University Belfast
Provide scientific knowledge of micro-algal culture and macro-algal biology,
ecology and culture techniques
Host Fellows from Partners 1 and 2
4. Centre for Renewable Energy - Dundalk Institute of Technology
Chemical analysis of the quantity and quality of biomass samples and
knowledge of extraction process
Host Fellows from Partner 2 and 7

30. Partners continued
5. Gaziantep University
Provide knowledge on the most appropriate extraction process technology
for converting biomass to biofuel particularly in relation to extrusion
technology.
Aid in risk assessment and cost benefit analyses
Host Fellows from Partners 1, 2 and 7
6. Ege University
Provide knowledge on photobioreactors and appropriate processes for
extracting oils from micro-algae (chemical solvents and supercritical CO2)
and for determining optimal extraction conditions for maximum yield.
Host Fellows from Partners 1 and 2
7. Dolphin Sea Vegetable Company
Provide samples from a range of macro-algal species for analysis and
practical know-how of a commercial seaweed operation.
Host Fellows from Partners 4 and 5

31. Further Information
• Full call docs and Guide for Applicants
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=314
• Financial Assistance for proposal
preparation
• Academic - Coordination & Travel
• Companies (EI/IDA) – Proposal preparaton

32. Further Information
• Planning a proposal writing workshop
late October
• Also see following brochure for examples
http://www.iua.ie/publications/documents/publications/2009/
IUA_Marie_Curie_2009_IAPP_Success_Stories.pdf