Dec 8: Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme opens

Posted December 8th, 2009 by Jeannette

The European Commission has opened a new call for the Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) targeting projects starting at the end of 2010.

The International Research Staff Exchange Scheme aims at strengthening research partnerships through short staff exchanges between two or more European research organisations and organisations from countries like Australia, Canada, NZ and the  USA for a period of 24-48 months.
 
Individual staff exchanges will not exceed 12 months.
 
These actions have a bottom-up approach, and research fields are chosen freely by the applicants. Since the start of the program in 2008, 29 selected projects involved Australian teams.
 
Applications close Thursday 25th March 2010

Funding Organisation: European Commission
More information: European Commission website
Funding for European staff
European staff will receive a monthly subsistence allowance of €1,900, covering all mobility costs (including travel) from the European Commission
 
Funding for Australian staff
This Marie Curie action is not totally supported by the European Commission. Australian staff will need to seek funding from their own institutions or/and other domestic sources.
 
Application
Proposals are submitted electronically via the Commission's Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS) and are evaluated by external independent experts against a series of predetermined criteria. The lead participant or coordinator must be from Europe.