Date: in 12 pts

Entrepreneurship in

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Kamila Partyka

DG EAC.C3

Education

and Culture

Brussels, 10 April 2013

Excellence

Research

Training

Careers

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and Culture

MSCA Features

MSCA in Horizon 2020

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and Culture

Innovative

Training Networks

ITN Training Networks, European Industrial Doctorates,

Joint Doctorates

Individual

Fellowships

IF Support for experienced researchers undertaking

international and inter-sector mobility

Research and

Innovation Staff

Exchange

RISE International and inter-sector cooperation through

the exchange of staff

Co-funding of

programmes

COFUND Co-funding of regional, national and international

programmes:

- doctoral programmes

- fellowship programmes

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• Europe 2020: EU's growth strategy

• Innovation Union: research and innovation as

driving forces for competitiveness and job

creation

• Entrepreneurship - key competence and

instrument to improve employability

Why entrepreneurship?

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• Enhancing knowledge

• Improving innovative capabilities

• Promoting entrepreneurial environment

• Stimulating new mind-set and skills

• Encouraging commercial exploitation

of research results

Entrepreneurship in MSCA

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How does it work in practice?

Taking into account:

• bottom-up approach

• different stages of research careers

• international collaboration and mobility

Entrepreneurship in MSCA

Opportunities to develop research-related and complementary skills quoted by more

than 90% of MCA researchers as the main motive for getting involved into a MCA

project (MCA Interim evaluation, PPMI 2013)

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Skills development: FP7 MCA results

Source: FP7 MCA Interim Evaluation (PPMI, 2013)

Formal or informal training provided to the Marie Curie fellows

(above - % of the beneficiary organisations that selected the answer “yes, frequently” and

“yes, rarely”, below - % of the fellows that selected the answer “yes”)

IAPP IRSES ITN Total

Interdisciplinary techniques 78.8 54.5

71.4 48.0

87.4 59.4

80.6 53.1

Use of specialised equipment 70.3 50.0

64.5 29.3

84.8 50.2

75.5 39.3

Proposal and report writing 71.7 34.1

66.2 29.9

83.5 52.6

75.7 39.4

Research project and human resource management 58.9 18.2

50.2 16.2

72.1 23.7

62.5 19.4

Publishing 70.5 29.5

69.5 16.2

86.8 49.8

78.3 39.7

Research ethics 57.6 18.2

49.3 11.5

79.3 34.9

65.6 21.5

Intellectual property rights 62.4 20.5

49.1 5.0

72.8 34.5

62.9 18.1

Commercialisation of research outputs 63.5 9.1

30.4 3.7

54.2 13.7

47.1 8.1

Entrepreneurship 49.4 20.5

25.6 2.8

52.6 8.8

42.5 6.5

Public speaking and communication 56.4 15.9

52.5 30.2

84.0 64.7

68.9 43.2

Training and supervision of students 60.8 15.9

63.0 16.8

76.9 30.9

69.7 22.5

Languages 65.4 31.8

51.9 31.8

78.7 48.6

67.2 38.6

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Skills development: FP7 MCA results

The share of fellows who received training in transferable skills and the share of fellows

who acknowledged influence of this training on the level of their skills

Source: FP7 MCA Interim Evaluation (PPMI, 2013)

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Doctoral level

• Collaborative work in multidisciplinary consortia

• Strong focus on transferable skills: commercialisation of

research outputs, IPR, management, entrepreneurship

• European Industrial Doctorates

• Exposure to private sector through secondments,

internships and placements

• Joint supervision with industry

• On-going mentorship by private sector

• Summer schools and training modules

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• Case studies

• Business plans with clear objectives to put new products or

applications on the market

• Commercial applications, exploitation of products / IP: licensing,

confidentiality, collaboration

• Consulting and business games

• Team-working

Doctoral level

Real-life experience: content of entrepreneurship training

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• Networking

• Significant involvement of businesses,

including SMEs and other socio-

economic actors

• Inter-sector secondments and

combined positions in IF

• Dedicated inter-sector staff exchange

scheme

• Possible TTO's involvement

Post-doctoral level

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MSCA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize

• First contest held in 2012

• 3 categories: Communicating Science; Innovation and Entrepreneurship;

Promising Research Talent

• Winners announced in Nicosia during the Marie Curie Actions Cyprus

Presidency Conference (5-6 November 2012)

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Winner: Dr Sarit Sivan, Dept.

Biomedical Engineering Technion ‐ Israel Institute of Technology

"We have created this new award to highlight the excellence and

talent of Europe's best young researchers. I hope the Marie

Curie Prize will encourage other researchers and inspire more

young people – especially girls – to consider a career in science"

Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education,

Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

Marie Curie Actions Website

http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions

Horizon 2020

http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

Kamila.Partyka@ec.europa.eu

+ 32-2-29-99-842

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