European funding opportunity for staff exchanges and networking

Marie Curie Action - international research staff exchange scheme - FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES

The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for Marie Curie Action - international research staff exchange scheme under its Framework 7 programme (FP7). The aim of this scheme is to strengthen research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking activities between European research organisations and organisations from other countries.

This 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.

Financial support will be provided for a period of 24 to 48 months to joint programmes aiming at transnational mobility of researchers, technical and management staff. The duration of exchange for each researcher or technical/ management staff will be for a maximum duration of 12 months. The staff to be exchanged should be seconded, so as to guarantee full reintegration and the positive recognition of the mobility experience, thus maximising the benefit of the action for long term cooperation.

Deadline: 5pm Brussels local time, 27 March 2009

Full details of the FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES call are available on the Cordis website at:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.PeopleDetailsCallPage&call_id=174

EU funding applications generally involve a lot of work and are highly competitive. You need to allow plenty of time (we advise 3 months) to prepare your application and to receive advice about how to strengthen it, to give it the best chance of success. Before considering making an application, please read the eligibility criteria in the full call (not just the summary) carefully and make sure that you meet all the criteria. Please make sure that you give as much notice as you possibly can to the administrators who will need to support you with financial information.