H2020 - Call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions "Research and Innovation Staff Exchange" (RISE) now Open

[Susanne Henningsen]

H2020 MSCA-RISE-2017 call open, deadline 5 April 2017, for details, see 
link:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/msca-rise-2017.html


          *Topic Description*

Objective:

The RISE scheme will promote international and inter-sector 
collaboration through research and innovation staff exchanges, and 
sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa).

The scheme fosters a shared culture of research and innovation that 
welcomes and rewards creativity and entrepreneurship and helps to turn 
creative ideas into innovative products, services or processes.

Scope:

RISE involves organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors 
(in particular SMEs), based in Europe (EU Member States and Associated 
Countries) and outside Europe (third countries).

Support is provided for the development of partnerships in the form of a 
joint research and innovation project. This is aimed at knowledge 
sharing via international as well as intersectoral mobility, based on 
secondments of research and innovation staff (exchanges) with an 
in-built return mechanism.

The organisations constituting the partnership contribute directly to 
the implementation of a joint research and innovation project by 
seconding and/or hosting eligible staff members. Secondments shall 
always take place between legal entities independent from each other^[1] 
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RISE should exploit complementary competences of the participating 
organisations, as well as other synergies, and enable networking 
activities, organisation of workshops and conferences to facilitate 
sharing of knowledge, new skills acquisition and career development for 
research and innovation staff members.

RISE projects can focus either on one dimension of mobility 
(intersectoral / international), or include a combination of both.

Exchanges can be for both early-stage and experienced researchers' 
levels and can also include administrative, managerial and technical 
staff directly involved in the research and innovation activities of the 
proposal.

Support for the exchanges between institutions within Europe (EU Member 
States and Associated Countries) covers only intersectoral secondments.

Exchanges with institutions from and to third countries can be 
intersectoral as well as within the same sector.

Secondments between institutions located in third countries or within 
the same EU Member State or Associated Country will not be supported.

Expected Impact:

At staff member level:

  * Increased set of skills, both research-related and transferable
    ones, leading to improved employability and career prospects both in
    and outside academia
  * Increase in higher impact R&I output, more knowledge and ideas
    converted into products and services
  * Greater contribution to the knowledge-based economy and society

At organisation level:

  * Enhanced cooperation and transfer of knowledge between sectors and
    disciplines
  * Strengthening of international and intersectoral collaborative networks
  * Boosting of R&I capacity among participating organisations

At system level:

  * Increase in international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral
    mobility of researchers in Europe
  * Strengthening of Europe's human capital base in R&I
  * Increase in Europe's attractiveness as a leading destination for R&I
  * Better quality R&I contributing to Europe's competitiveness and growth

Cross-cutting Priorities:

International cooperation
Gender
Socio-economic science and humanities