Horizon Europe Event, March 5 at 10:00-12:50:  Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions & ERC

 

University of Oulu together with University of Lapland and University of Eastern Finland is organizing an online event on the Horizon Europe funding instruments for excellent science  5 March 2021 at 10:00-12:50 EET. The speakers include the European Commission officials responsible of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions and ERC instruments and the respective Finnish National Contact Points (NCP) who will introduce the possibilities these funding instruments offers to researchers and share their insights on the novelties and requirements. The European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Sk³odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are discussed in separate sessions allowing you to pick and choose the part you are most interested in or follow the whole event.

 

Horizon Europe is the next EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme for the years 2021–2027. This online event will focus on the main funding instruments of Horizon Europe Pillar I Excellent Science: the European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Sk³odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). These instruments are open to all domains and include funding opportunities for individual researchers to boost their academic career development with the frontier research projects and mobility. The event will also inform the participants of the novelties and changes in the new programme compared to its predecessor Horizon 2020 programme.

Time: 5 March 2021 at 10:00 EET
Place: Online event REGISTER HERE   (Teams link provided for registered participants)

 

PROGRAMME ( Draft)

 

Moderator Harri Malinen, Senior Expert, University of Lapland

 

10:00 Welcome!
Harri Malinen, Senior Expert, University of Lapland

 

10:05  EU research policy developments and future goals related to frontier science, researcher mobility and career development
Rinske van den Berg, Policy Officer, Academic R&I and Research Organisations, DG RTD, European Commission (TBC)

 

10:25  European Research Council

Annika Raitala, Senior Science Adviser, Academy of Finland
Maiju Gyran, Senior Science Adviser, Academy of Finland
Anna Kalliomäki, Senior Science Adviser, Academy of Finland
Janne Salo, Scientific Officer, ERC Executive Agency, European Commission

 

11:25 – 11:35 Break

 

11:35 Marie Sk³odowska-Curie Actions

Outi Ala-Honkola, Science Adviser, Academy of Finland
Mervi Lipponen, Science Adviser, Academy of Finland
Kaisa Hellevuo, Deputy Head of Unit, Marie Sk³odowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, European Commission

 

12:35 Comment from an ERC Grantee
Tanja Tarvainen, Associate Professor, Computational Imaging and Modelling, Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland

 

12:50 Closing remarks

 

 

 

Kind regards

Päivi

 

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