Researchers Careers and Mobility Policy

• Europe4Researchers (1^st issue: September 2005)
  Newsletter about career development opportunities for researchers in the ERA.
• Keys to mobility – EN, FR, DE ( 175 Kb)
  Brochure about ERA-MORE, the European Network of Mobility Centres providing personalised assistance to mobile researchers from in and outside Europe.
• ERA-MORE network map ( 819 Kb)
  Catalogue number HB-71-05-805-EN-P
  
• Building research careers in Europe ( 810 Kb)
  The brochure presents ten success stories from the Marie Curie Early Stage Training (EST) scheme.
  ISBN 92-894-9993-1
  Catalogue number KI-69-05-747-EN-C
  
• Impact assessment of the Marie Curie fellowships under the 4th and 5th Framework Programmes of Research and Technological Development of the EU (1994-2002) 848 KB – June 2005
  The main findings of the study show that the Marie Curie schemes are essentially a very useful tool which make a good impact on the fellows and host organisations. In addition, they contribute to establishing the European Research Area by creating connections and bringing together knowledge and competences which would otherwise remain fragmented throughout Europe. For more details on the findings, please see the executive summary and conclusions of this report.
  
  
• Researchers in the European Research Area: one profession, multiple careers 390 KB
  18 July 2003: Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
  Also available in all official languages on the PreLex site (by entering the references: COM - 2003 - 0436)
  
  
• "A mobility strategy for the European Research Area"
  Third Implementation Report, 6 April 2005( – 283 KB)
  Second Implementation Report, 1 April 2004 (FR, DE - - 270 KB)
  First implementation report, 4 February 2003 100KB
  Communication from the Commission, 20 June 2001 87 KB
  Final report of high-level expert group on improving mobility of researchers 119KB
  Published in April 2001.
  

Marie Curie Actions

• A Rough Guide to the Marie Curie Actions 4.0 MB
  This document provides some basic information for individual researchers or research organisations that may be interested to participate in Marie Curie Actions (edited in June 2005).
  
• The Marie Curie Actions: Training, mobility and career development opportunities for researchers 289 KB
  Eight-page brochure introducing the Marie Curie Actions.
  Other linguistic versions: ES ; DE ; FR ; IT ; NL
  
  
• Marie Curie Work Programme
  « Structuring the European Research Area. Human Resources and Mobility. Marie Curie Actions. Work Programme » 987 KB – edition of February 2006
  
  
• Marie Curie Handbooks
  A Handbook is available for each of the twelve Marie Curie Actions. These documents explain the purpose and rules of the actions through practical examples, and address crucial issues, such as the eligibility criteria (who can apply?) and the financial aspects (what is covered by the Community contribution?). Also practical advice on how to put together a proposal is provided.
  Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN) (594 Kb) - 4th edition of June 2005
  Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training (EST) (450 Kb) - 3rd edition of September 2004
  Marie Curie Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge (TOK) (716 Kb) - August 2005
  Marie Curie Conferences and Training courses (SCF/LCF) (546 Kb) - 4th edition of January 2006
  Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) (435 Kb) edition of July 2005
  Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) (457 Kb) edition of July 2005
  Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) (451 Kb) edition of July 2005
  Marie Curie Excellence Grants (EXT) (766 Kb) - September 2005
  Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) (755 Kb) - September 2005
  Marie Curie Excellence Awards (EXA) (549 Kb) - September 2005
  Marie Curie European Reintegration Grants (ERG) (611 Kb) - October 2005
  Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants (IRG) (212 Kb) - Draft December 2004
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions

• Evaluation of proposals for Human Resources and Mobility actions
  Guidance notes for Evaluators (ZIP file - 110 Kb)

Project examples

• Marie Curie Excellence Grants and Marie Curie Chairs: Projects funded
  • Social Sciences & Economics. Projects funded in 2003-2004-2005 (2 MB)
  • Chemistry & Physics. Projects funded in 2003-2004-2005 (21 MB)
  • Life Sciences. Projects funded in 2003-2004-2005 (6 MB)
  • Mathematics, Information Science, Engineering and Environment. Projects funded in 2003-2004-2005 (1.8 MB)
    
    
• Training Researchers - High-Level Scientific Conferences3.771 KB
  This booklet gives examples of projects funded under the High-level Scientific Conferences (HLSC) activity of the EU's Fifth Framework Programme for RTD (1998-2002) (FP5). Nearly 150,000 individual researchers have benefited directly or indirectly from this training scheme with a total budget of 35.5 million Euro.
  
  
• Publications under the training and mobility of Researchers FP5 Programme
  
  
• Marie Curie Fellowships on Research and Training in Physics and Technology
  - Proceedings of the Special Workshop held at CERN, Geneva, 3-4 October 2002)
  
  
• 14th Workshop of Marie Curie Fellows: Research Training in Progress 6 Mb
  Held at Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain 28-30 November 2002
  
  
• Research Training in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: Current Status and Future Needs
  Presentations given at the conference held in the Borschette Centre in Brussels, 14-15 April 2005

Background documents

• Mobility and excellence in the European Research Area’ (Mobex)
  This study, which was supported by the European Commission’s Phare programme and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council, looks at a range of mobility issues affecting scientists, asking how these might impact on European scientific excellence. It considers which factors shape scientists’ migration decisions, and the potential barriers to mobility for outbound and returning scientists.
  
  
• An Enlarged Europe for Researchers - Proceedings of the Conference held in Brussels 27 - 28 June 2001
  
  
• Human resources in European RTD - Final report from the Strata-Etan expert working group, 21.08.2002 1.4 Mb
  

• Europe and the challenge of the brain drain
  Written by Sami Mahroum from the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain.
  
  
• Graduate Education Reform in Europe, Asia and the Americas and International Mobility of Scientists and Engineers
  Proceedings of a National Science Foundation workshop, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 17-18 November, 1998.