Marie Curie Actions
Marie Curie Actions research fellowship program is a set of mobility research grant schemes funding pre- and post-doctoral researchers in Europe as well as experienced researchers. The Marie-Curie Fellowship is Europe’s most competitive and prestigious awards aimed at fostering interdisciplinary research and international collaborations.
Description
Fellowships are awarded by the European Commission in various scientific disciplines within the People programme (FP7).
Marie Curie Actions are grouped into:
- Initial Training Networks (ITN),
- Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP),
- Intra-European Fellowships (IEF),
- International Incoming Fellowships (IIF),
- International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF),
- Career Integration Grants (CIG),
- Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND),
- International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) and
- the Researchers' Night.
Its budget is 9% of the non-nuclear budget of the Seventh Framework Programme (i.e. €4.59 billion).
Examples of Marie Curie Actions
Initial Training Networks (ITN) networks:
- EDUSAFE ITN
- ARTISAN ITN
- ACRITAS ITN
- TRANSMIT ITN
- MULTI-POS ITN
- PURESAFE ITN
- CREAM ITN
- SPHINGONET ITN
- SMARTEN ITN
- SANITAS ITN
- NANOS3 ITN
- EPIHEALTHNET ITN
- DiXiT ITN
- ECO ITN
- Energy SmartOps
- TRANCYST ITN
- DECIDE ITN
- TECAS ITN
Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)
References
- "Marie Curie Actions" (PDF). European Commission. 2012. p. 5. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
See also
- Seventh Framework Programme
- Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)
- Marie Curie Fellows Association (MCFA)