Introduction: In FP7, Marie Curie Actions have been regrouped in the PEOPLE programme. The "Marie Curie in a nutshell" document gives you an overall introduction to the Marie Curie Actions.

Objectives: With the Marie Curie Actions, PEOPLE aims to increase the trans-national mobility of researchers. It encourages European researchers to stay in Europe, and attract to Europe researchers from the entire world.

Thematic domains: Marie Curie Actions are cross cutting, e.g. they cover any scientific topic. They also follow a bottom-up approach: the research topic is chosen by researchers. More information in the Work Programme PEOPLE 2012. 

Target public: Individual researchers, Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (EPFL and ETHZ), SMEs and large companies.

Calls: You’ll find here all the open calls; expected calls; past calls.

Events: Here you have an overview of the people related events in the first half of year 2011.

Four categories of Marie Curie Actions:

• Life-long training: Actions aiming at supporting experienced researchers in acquiring new skills thank to stays abroad: Intra-European Fellowship (IEF), Career Integration Grant (CIG) and COFUND
• International dimension: Actions aiming at increasing the co-operation with third countries: International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF), International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) and International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)
• Initial training: The Initial Training Network (ITN) aims to improve early-stage researchers’ career perspectives in both public and private sectors
• Industry-Academia: The Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways scheme (IAPP) aims to increase the co-operation between private & private sectors

Infosheets for all Marie Curie Actions are here!

Marie Curie Individual Fellowships Success rates 2011

*based on rather small number of proposals

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You are based in Switzerland or you plan to come & do research in Switzerland, please contact:
Dr. Juliane Sauer, National Contact Point Mobility: juliane.sauer@euresearch.ch (on maternity leave until July 2012)
Dr. Judith Zbinden, Acting National Contact Point Mobility (until July 2012):
judith.zbinden@euresearch.ch
Véronique Sordet, scientific collaborator Mobility: veronique.sordet@euresearch.ch

For other countries, please contact the adequate National Contact Point!

External link: Check out Cordis, the FP7 website !