MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023
HORIZON TMA MSCA Staff Exchanges
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01
- Programme
- MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- October 5, 2023
- Deadline
- February 28, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €78,495,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01
Description
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
For staff members
- Increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia;
- More knowledge and innovative ideas converted into products, processes and services;
- More entrepreneurial mind-sets, testing new and innovative ideas;
- Increased international exposure leading to extended networks and opportunities;
- Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact.
For participating organisations
- Innovative ways of cooperation and transfer of knowledge between sectors and disciplines;
- Strengthened and broader international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaborative networks;
- Boosted R&I capacity.
MSCA Staff Exchanges involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from across the globe.
Support is provided for international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of R&I staff leading to knowledge transfer between participating organisations.
Mobility through secondments
The organisations constituting the partnership contribute directly to the implementation of a joint R&I project by seconding and/or hosting eligible staff members. Such a project must explore activities that can be based on previous work but should go beyond and generate or strengthen long-term collaborations. Secondments must involve physical mobility[1] of the eligible staff members and must always take place between legal entities independent from each other.
MSCA Staff Exchanges can address three dimensions of mobility: international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary[2]. While exchanges between organisations within EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries should mainly be inter-sectoral, same-sector exchanges[3] are also possible under the condition that they are interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinarity is not required for same-sector exchanges with non-associated Third Countries.
Secondments between institutions established in non-associated Third Countries or within the same EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country are not eligible.
The collaborative approach of MSCA Staff Exchanges should exploit complementary competences of the participating organisations and create synergies between them. The secondments should be essential to achieve the joint project’s R&I activities. The project should inter alia enable networking activities and the organisation of workshops and conferences, to facilitate sharing of knowledge and testing of innovative approaches for specific R&I topics.
Skills’ development
For participating staff members, the project should offer new skills acquisition and career development perspectives. Participating organisations must ensure that the seconded staff are adequately mentored.
[1] Virtual mobility is not allowed for secondments.
[2] Interdisciplinarity means the integration of information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts or theories from two or more scientific disciplines (see definitions at the end of this Work Programme part).
[3] See specific conditions at the end of this Work Programme part.
Destination & Scope
MSCA Staff Exchanges promote innovative international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff and sharing knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation chain. The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps turn ideas into innovative products, services or processes. It is open to research, technical, administrative and managerial staff supporting R&I activities.
Expected impact
Proposals under this Action should contribute to the following expected impacts:
- Increase international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of research staff within Europe and beyond through collaborative research networks and activities;
- Strengthen the R&I human capital base in Europe and beyond;
- Increase Europe's attractiveness as a leading destination for R&I;
- Contribute to Europe's competitiveness and growth through high-quality R&I;
- Foster the culture of open science, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual
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Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
Specific conditions
7. Specific conditions: described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE MSCA SE)
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE MSCA)
MGA
Call-specific instructions
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 2. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Support & Resources
Online Manual is your guide on the procedures from proposal submission to managing your grant.
Horizon Europe Programme Guide contains the detailed guidance to the structure, budget and political priorities of Horizon Europe.
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – find the answers to most frequently asked questions on submission of proposals, evaluation and grant management.
Research Enquiry Service – ask questions about any aspect of European research in general and the EU Research Framework Programmes in particular.
National Contact Points (NCPs) – get guidance, practical information and assistance on participation in Horizon Europe. There are also NCPs in many non-EU and non-associated countries (‘third-countries’).
Enterprise Europe Network – contact your EEN national contact for advice to businesses with special focus on SMEs. The support includes guidance on the EU research funding.
IT Helpdesk – contact the Funding & Tenders Portal IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
European IPR Helpdesk assists you on intellectual property issues.
CEN-CENELEC Research Helpdesk and ETSI Research Helpdesk – the European Standards Organisations advise you how to tackle standardisation in your project proposal.
The European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for their recruitment – consult the general principles and requirements specifying the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of researchers, employers and funders of researchers.
Partner Search Services help you find a partner organisation for your proposal.
Latest Updates
CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS
EVALUATION results
Published: 06/12/2022
Deadline: 28.02.2024
Available budget: EUR 78 495 000
The results of the evaluation for each panel are as follows:
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|
CHE |
ECO |
ENG |
ENV |
LIF |
MAT |
PHY |
SOC |
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Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) |
22 |
11 |
79 |
33 |
34 |
7 |
12 |
35 |
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Number of inadmissible proposals |
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|
1 |
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|
|
|
|
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Number of ineligible proposals |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
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Number of withdrawn proposals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
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Number of above-threshold proposals |
15 |
9 |
43 |
19 |
21 |
4 |
9 |
22 |
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Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals |
17.098.200 € |
11.753.000 € |
47.090.200 € |
24.081.000 € |
24.062.600 € |
3.302.800 € |
10.644.400 € |
23.386.400 € |
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Number of proposals retained for funding |
7 |
4 |
24 |
10 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
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Number of proposals in the reserve list3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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Funding threshold3,[1] |
86,40 |
81,00 |
87,00 |
81,60 |
81,00 |
75,20 |
86,80 |
80,00 |
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Ranking distribution based on percentile |
Summary of observer report:
The overall quality of the evaluation was very good. All experts and VCs followed procedures which were clearly described in guidance documents and precisely explained during several briefings. The transparent, impartial, fair, and confidential process of the assessment was perfectly supported by the verification procedure of a high quality which was applied to all Consensus Reports – in such a way the complete consistency among reports has been achieved. This resulted in the high-quality Evaluation Summary Reports (ESRs) which provide applicants with the clear, accurate and fair assessment of their proposals.
In addition, experts were loudly expressing and sharing the positive feedback related to the benefits originating from having face to face meetings and having the consensus phase in the on-site form. In their opinion, such an approach allows them to share their assessments in an open-minded way and reach consensus through fruitful and constructive exchange of opinions, including scientific views. Also, the quality of the assessment was positively impacted, as on-site actions boost engagement and focus.
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact [email protected] or the Research Enquiry Service.
[1] Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
FLASH INFORMATION ON THE CALL RESULTS (FLASH CALL INFO) PERCENTILE
Call Horizon-MSCA-2023-SE-01 has closed on the 28/02/2024.
233 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per panel is:
· CHE: 22 proposals
· ECO: 11 proposals
· ENG: 79 proposals
· ENV: 33 proposals
· LIF: 34 proposals
· MAT: 7 proposals
· PHY: 12 proposals
· SOC: 34 proposals
Dear Applicants,
We would like to remind you of the call deadline on 28 February 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time.
While we believe that the Guide for Applicants and Proposal Part B templates already provide clear guidance on the application rules, you can always consult the FAQs document and contact Research Enquiry Service for further clarifications concerning the application process.
If you find yourself in a situation where more guidance is needed, please do not hesitate to reach out to us by sending an email to our functional mailbox, [email protected].
Best regards,
REA MSCA HE SE team
Dear Applicants,
We inform you that we are available to provide clarifications should you encounter any issues about the submission procedure.
While we believe that the Guide for Applicants and Proposal Part B templates already provide clear guidance on the application rules, we are prepared to offer clarifications concerning the application process. If you find yourself in a situation where more guidance is needed, please do not hesitate to reach out to us by sending an email to our functional mailbox, [email protected].
Best regards,
REA MSCA HE SE team
Please note that the application form (Part B) template for the call MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01) has been recently updated to version 3.1
Dear applicants,
Please note that the application form (Part B) template for the call MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01) has been recently updated to version 3.1
Dear applicants,
We are pleased to announce the release of the HE MSCA Financial Guide: V1.0.
This comprehensive document is designed to assist you in gaining a deeper understanding of the features of our action. Consequently, it will provide valuable insights on how to enhance the preparation of your proposal. We encourage you to review this guide thoroughly.
Thank you for your attention, and we wish you the best in your application process.