Objective

The Innovative Training Networks (ITN) aim to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit.

ITN supports competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions, research infrastructures, businesses, SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond.

Partnerships take the form of collaborative European Training Networks (ETN), European Industrial Doctorates (EID) or European Joint Doctorates (EJD).

Main characteristics

-  European Training Networks (ETN):ETNs are multi-partner research training networks and must be composed of at least three beneficiaries established in at least three different EU Member States or Associated Countries. It is expected that beneficiaries will be drawn from the academic and non-academic sectors and that ETN proposals will offer intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training as well as high-quality supervision arrangements. Each beneficiary must recruit and host at least one Early Stage Researcher.

-  European Industrial Doctorates (EID): EIDs have the objective of training highly-skilled researchers and stimulating entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation in Europe. This is to be achieved in particular by involving the non-academic sector in doctoral training so that skills better match public and private sector needs. Each EID is composed of at least two beneficiaries established in two different Member States or Associated Countries. At least one beneficiary must be entitled to award doctoral degrees and at least one beneficiary must come from the non-academic sector, primarily enterprise. Each participating researcher must be enrolled in a doctoral programme and spend at least 50% of their time in the non-academic sector. The joint supervision of fellows by supervisors from each sector is mandatory. A wider set of partner organisations may also complement the training.

- European Joint Doctorates (EJD): EJDs have the objective of promoting international, intersectoral and multi/inter-disciplinary collaboration in doctoral-level training in Europe through the creation of joint doctoral programmes, leading to the delivery of joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees. They are composed of at least three beneficiaries established in different Member States or Associated Countries that are entitled to deliver doctoral degrees.

Funding

The financial support for Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITNs is calculated on the basis of eligible researcher-months and takes the form of grants covering up to 100% of the costs. Funding is exclusively in the form of unit costs per person/month.

Types of expenses

- the recruitment of researchers to be trained;

- training and networking costs, organization of joint activities and conferences;

-Management and overheads.

See the Guide for Applicants for specific amounts.

Duration

48 months

Call

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-msca-itn-2016.html#c,topics=callIdentifier/t/H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016/1/1/1&callStatus/t/Forthcoming/1/1/0&callStatus/t/Open/1/1/0&callStatus/t/Closed/1/1/0&+identifier/desc

In case of interest, please contact with FSJD Research's Department

Leonor Norton lnorton@fsjd.org 93 6009751 ext. 77813