The MSCA-RICE Action aims to promote international and intersectoral collaboration through the exchange of research and innovation staff (early-stage/experienced researchers or administrative, managerial and technical staff). Consortia participating organisations should propose a joint R&I action as the common basis for their collaboration. The actions should add value by sharing knowledge and ideas from research to market and vice-versa and by developing careers of the staff members involved. Participating organisations are expected to implement R&I tasks/deliverables through staff exchanges (so-called secondments) and enable networking activities, organize workshops and conferences to facilitate sharing of knowledge, new skills acquisition and career development for R&I staff members.

Consortia criteria:

Participating organisations can be from Europe (member state: MS or associated country: AC) or outside Europe (third country: TC).

Minimum of 3 independent organisations from 3 different countries, of which at least two must be from MS and/or AC.

For consortia composed of MS/AC countries only, at least one organisation should belong to a different sector (academic or non-academic).

Consortia members should respect the Horizon 2020 strategic priority of Open Science, deposit publications resulting from the action in open access repositories and are encouraged to engage in research data sharing.

Grants cover:

Research Costs:

The researcher benefits of €2,100 per month to support travel, moving, accommodation and subsistence costs. The researcher in parallel continues to receive salary from beneficiary / partner organisation (home institution).

Institutional Costs:

Research, Training and Networking: €1,800 per person month managed by the host beneficiary (i.e.: purchasing of consumables, laboratory costs, participation to conferences, workshops, coordinate and review meetings and networking activities).

Management and indirect costs: €700 per month.

Duration: A typical joint action lasts 48 months with total 200-400 months of secondments for all staff members.

Indicative timetable:

Statement of interest : March 1st, 2019 by email (ajuts@vhir.org)

Please, it is highly recommended to respect the deadline of Statement of Interest to ensure all steps of the submission procedure.

In case you need International partners, we kindly recommend you to contact us as soon as you have clearly identified the required partner profiles.

Internal deadline for proposal review (optional): 8th March

Internal deadline for applications:  April 1st at 17:00 CET (24h before the official deadline) in case you are the coordinator.

*Please note that the Research Grants Office will not be responsible for those applications submitted less than 24h before the Official Deadline.

Official deadline for pre- applications: April 2nd, 2019 at 17:00 CET

Evaluation of the proposals: May 2019

Information on the outcome of the evaluation: June 2019

Signing of Grant Agreements: October 2019

Indicative call Budget 2019: €80.00 million.

More information:

Funding & Tenders portal MSCA-RISE call page

MSCA-RISE Guide for applicants (document attached in this email).

We want to encourage you to participate and to contact us as soon as possible if you are interested in this call. We will help you in the preparation of the proposal (checking the eligibility criteria, partner search, budget elaboration…), as well as in its submission.