Net4MobilityPlus — Network of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action National Contact Points for the mobile scientific and innovation community

Results in brief

Network of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action National Contact Points for the mobile scientific and innovation community

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are a very specific part of the EU Framework Programmes for research and innovation characterised by a separate set of rules, diversity of target groups and its openness to all scientific disciplines and nationalities. The international network of MSCA National Contact Points (NCP) is usually the first point of information about this attractive but rather complicated programme offering many different opportunities for interested researchers and institutions. Thus, the overall objective of the 3.5 year Net4Mobility+ project was to build up and strengthen the professionalism and visibility of the MSCA NCP network. Ensuring the network’s sustainable development through updating and acquiring new knowledge and exchanging expertise and good practices contributed to equal access to information as well as raising the quality of support provided by each NCP to the worldwide research community. In addition, due to the COVID-19 restrictions introduced all over the world, the consortium took up various actions to enrich the created toolkit in order to meet the challenge of switching from the physical services to the online format.

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Project objective

The National Contact Points (NCPs) play an important role in assisting potential applicants and project beneficiaries during their journey through the Horizon 2020 instruments. According to the EC Guide on the NCPs principles, they are responsible for raising awareness about available funding opportunities; advising and training potential applicants in the preparation, submission and follow-up of their grant proposals; providing support during the project execution as well as giving feedback on difficulties in the programme implementation. Thus, the NCPs constitute the main interface between the Programme and the R&I community in Europe and beyond, as well as between them and the EC. Basing on such a position, Net4Mobility+ aims at strengthening the consistency and professionalism of the NCPs for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – part of H2020 supporting international and intersectoral mobility and researchers’ career development. The consortium of 19 beneficiaries and 6 associated partners representing the Member States, Associated and Third countries will execute a set of activities tailored to the nature of MSCA and to priorities and capacity of the entire NCPs network, including needs of the “widening countries”. The focus on sharing expertise and good practices, transfer of knowledge to less experienced NCPs, joint support provided on a daily basis, enhancing knowledge and skills, broadening tools and methodology will facilitate the improvement of the overall professionalism of NCP services across and outside Europe. Outcomes of project events (training, twinning, seminars), jointly developed materials (guides, recommendations) and communication and dissemination platform (website, social media) will result in lowering entry barriers for newcomers, simplifying access to MSCA calls and raising the quality of applications. For reaching the project objectives and ensuring the impact, the consortium will work closely, keeping high management and quality standards.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

INSTYTUT PODSTAWOWYCH PROBLEMOW TECHNIKI POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK · WARSZAWACoordinatorPoland
ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ASRT · CairoEgypt
AGENCIJA ZA MOBILNOST I PROGRAME EUROPSKE UNIJE · ZagrebCroatia
AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA · RomaItaly
BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · SofiaBulgaria
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV · KOLNGermany
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS · THERMI THESSALONIKIGreece
FUNDACION ESPANOLA PARA LA CIENCIAY LA TECNOLOGIA, F.S.P., FECYT · AlcobendasSpain
IDRYMA EREVNAS KAI KAINOTOMIAS · NicosiaCyprus
IRISH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION · DublinIreland
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CULTURA · MontevideoUruguay
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AUTHORITY · JerusalemIsrael
NEMZETI KUTATASI FEJLESZTESI ES INNOVACIOS HIVATAL · BudapestHungary
OSTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFORDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH · WienAustria
RANNSOKNAMIDSTOD ISLANDS · ReykjavikIceland
SIHTASUTUS EESTI TEADUSAGENTUUR · TartuEstonia
TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU · AnkaraTürkiye
UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTELE VIETII REGELE MIHAI I DIN TIMISOARA · TimisoaraRomania
VEREIN EURESEARCH · BernSwitzerland

Net4MobilityPlus · Network of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action National Contact Points for the mobile scientific and innovation community

Results in brief

Network of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action National Contact Points for the mobile scientific and innovation community

Project objective

Participants

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