VINNOVA hereby invites researchers and organizations to submit project financing proposals under the call VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming. It is one of several parallel calls currently open within the program Mobility for Growth. The final date for application in this first call is March 14, 2014.
The call targets internationally experienced researchers currently working outside Sweden who have a doctorate (or at least four years’ full-time equivalent research experience) in collaborating with private and/or public sector organizations. For highly experienced researchers (more than ten years’ full-time equivalent research experience) collaboration is optional.
Information on this call, plus terms and conditions of participation, appear in the complete call text on the right hand side on this webpage.
The program offers a planning grant to cover travel costs for the researcher and enable them to establish a solid relationship between two organizations as a basis for preparing a high quality, full proposal. VINNOVA strongly recommends applying for a planning grant.
Study Subject:
VINNOVA has opened a call for proposals within the Mobility for Growth program entitled VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming.
Eligibility:
The call, VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming targets internationally experienced researchers currently working outside Sweden who have a doctorate or at least four years’ full-time equivalent research experience in collaborating with private and/or public sector organizations. For highly experienced researchers (more than ten years’ full-time equivalent research experience) collaboration is optional.
- The call targets international researchers interested in transnational mobility as a career development option, as well as Swedish private or public R&I organizations (as host organizations) which promote and invest in key people and value-collaboration between private and public sectors as a pathway to success.
- The call promotes gender equality, as noted in VINNOVA’s mission statement. Under representation of gender among female and male researchers can be given strategic priority in areas where there is great need to equalize such imbalances.
- The Swedish-based organization is the applicant and formal recipient of the grant but the researcher should be the project leader for the research project and the main author of the application.
- The call, VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming and the program Mobility for Growth is co-financed by the European Union through the Marie Curie Action. No individual researcher may benefit from more than one Marie Curie Action at a time. Researchers who already have ongoing Marie Curie fellowships may only start a VINNMER Marie Curie fellowship after completing their first fellowship. Current or former VINNMER Fellows may not apply to VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming.
Scholarship Value:
No budget has been earmarked for this call; rather, decisions on proposals within the program as a whole will be accommodated within the program’s overall budget:
- VINNOVA funding 2013-2017: SEK 120 million.
- EU funding via Marie Curie Actions 2013-2017: EUR 10 million.
- Co-financing from applicants: SEK 100-150 million
How to apply?
Applications are submitted electronically through the application service on VINNOVA’s e-Services Portal.
N.B The application portal is in Swedish, so researchers are advised to contact the Swedish host organization for assistance if needed.
To submit an application, you must first create a user account with VINNOVA, then use it to log into the application service. If you already have a VINNOVA user account, please use this.
Please note that applications should be received no later than 14.00 CET on the final application date. No additions may be made to applications after this unless VINNOVA requires them.
In case of questions about the electronic application function, please contact VINNOVA’s IT Support: +46 8 473 32 99, This is an email address. IT Support is open weekdays, 08.00-16.30 CET.
Selection criteria:
The following criteria will determine VINNOVA’s decision on financing of project proposals:
- Relevance
- R&I Quality
- Feasibility
- Exploit-ability/Utilization
- Assessment of need for better gender balance in higher positions (such as professors, research director and the like) can be carried out when documentation is provided. Proposals within areas with a high level of need for better gender distributions can result in strategic decisions which promote the underrepresented gender so as to equalize gender imbalances.
Application Deadline: March 14, 2014.
For further information: VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming Fellowships
