FAQ: What are the Marie Curie actions in FP6?
19th January 2006
Answer:
The Sixth Framework Programme’s Human Resources and Mobility activity is focused on training and mobility for researchers. These activities, known as the Marie Curie Actions (MC), are aimed at the development and transfer of research competencies, the consolidation and widening of researchers’ career prospects, and the promotion of excellence in European research. The Marie Curie actions have a “bottom up” approach. This is expressed in the freedom of choice of field of research projects.
The 40 pages handbooks about these fellowships are very well done and quite complete to have a good overview of the schemes.
To apply to a fellowship:
- Note that the next calls will be open with the new Framework programme (between late 2006 to early 2007) and have news conditions.
- The calls for proposal are announced on the CORDIS website
- Read the work programme of the scheme for the exact scope of each call, study the latest Guide for Proposers (i.e. Outgoing International Fellowships), the commission also proposes guidelines for evaluators, model contracts that will be very useful when writing an application.
- In any case you will need to contact a host institution in Europe, then try to get someone with the experience in writing MC fellowships for advices.
- For a summary of Marie Curie Actions, download FEAST focus #17 (p.5)
- For detailed information about each Action europa.eu/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/indexhtm_en.html
