A COFUND - FP7 People Programme (2012 2016) coordinated by INRA and Agreenium. Agreenium : INRA, CIRAD + APT, MSA, ACO, INPT-ENVT in the fields of agriculture, environment, food and nutrition, and animal health To increase Attractiveness Internationalization of research activity & administrative processes AO 2010, negotiation end 2011, first call June 2012
At a glance Openness : World wide open, without any discrimination in terms of nationality, gender, career breaks, discipline and type of research (basic or applied) Attractive : Salary conditions 50% above French state salaries Selective : international (reviewing + scientific committee) Flexibility : mobility stay planning, calls for resubmission For 142 fellow years over 4 years (recruiting from 2012 to 2015) Incoming and outgoing mobility up to 24 months Good science and challenging research projects Training, career development plan support and networking
Eligibility criteria/ Research experience Eligibility criteria/ mobility Incoming Outgoing Holding a PhD; Having a maximum of 10 y research experience after Master s degree; Having published in a peer-reviewed journal; Not having spent more than 12 months in the last 3 years in the country of host organisation; Being a researcher working for an Agreenium member organization Duration of mobility stay 12 to 24 months 6 to 24 months Mobility allowances (over basic salary provided by labs) 1280 /month Depending on country and current change around 2400 /month Animation and support Annual meetings, scientific meetings, training sessions Support in Individual Career Development Plan Alumni network
Some key points for success Hosting institution engagement and support Planning ahead (6 months before first call ) and investment in a dedicated management team Some type of challenges Reviewing : finding and convincing experts for reports Institutional aspects : adequacy and flexibility of our administrative processes Dedication of international experts and committee members Continuous communication and broad dissemination And the quality of processes and of the selected Fellows!
Submitted Selected Selection rate Nr Application 119 37 31 % Pers x month 2246 709 Nr Application Incoming 85 26 31 % Nr Application outgoing 34 11 32 % Outgoing ratio (%,) 28.6 29.7 out ratio (%, pers x month based) 20.3 21.7 Gender Balance F:M 61/58 18/19 Years of experience 6.3 6.0 Age of candidates 32.1 31.4 Une diversité des profils Entrants : Europe (hors Fr.) 46%, USA Canada 16%, Amérique du Sud 16%, Asie 12 %, France 10% Sortants : CR, IR, CJS, Enseignants-Chercheurs. Une large couverture thématique
Animation, training, support Nov 2013 first annual seminary Focus on : Exchanges Science Integrity in research + Ethics 2014 and up... More training sessions and research schools
AgreenSkills AgreenSkills + 2012-2016 Total budget :12 Meuros FP7 : 4.9 meuros 142 person. years AgreenSkills pass prototype & awards 2014-2019, one y overlapping with AgreenSkills Total budget under negotiation: 22.6 Meuros FP7 : 8.6 meuros 200 person. years AgreenSkills pass &awards Wider eligibility criteria (up to 10 y post PhD target : independent researchers) Up to 3 years duration stay (incoming) More outgoing capacities Possibility of partnership for individual agreement or twining programmes of mobility
Further information and online applications: www.agreenskills.eu Coordinators of AgreenSkills programme Dr. Gilles Aumont (INRA) - Tel : +33 1 42 75 93 51 / Cel : +33 6 74 90 57 77 Dr. Odile Vilotte (Agreenium) )- Tel : +33 1 42 75 92 19 / Cel : +33 6 67 17 18 08 National Institute for Agricultural Research, 147 rue de l'université, F-75338 Paris, FRANCE Email: gilles.aumont@paris.inra.fr ; odile.vilotte@agreenium.org ; coordinators@agreenskills.eu contact@agreenskills.eu,
Composition, chaired by Stephen Bishop Roslin Institute Panel 1 Field Linda M. UK BBSRC Mauch-Mani Brigitte CH Univ de Neuchatel Panel 2 Bishop Stephen UK Univ. of Edinburgh, Roslin Int. Puigdomenech Pere SP CSIC CRAG Barcelona Panel 3 De Blois Sylvie CA McGill University Hagedorn Frank SWT Swiss Federal Institute WSL Panel 4 Tappy Luc CH University of Lausanne Panel 5 Sennerby-Forsse Lisa SE SLU University (Uppsala) Poutanen Kaisa FIN VTT Finland, Univ Kuopio Panel 6 Gibson Gavin UK Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh Impe Jan Van NL University Leuven (Louvain) Panel 7 Murcott Anne UK University of Nottingham Chavas Jean-Paul US Wisconsin-Madison University Missions To evaluate the mobility project To follow up the fellow s project To support the scientific sides of the programme: animation, training outcomes
Composition, Chaired by Gilles Aumont Paul Colonna (INRA - Food process and biotechnology Erwin Dreyer (INRA - Forest sciences, Ecology) Philippe Chemineau (INRA - Animal Sciences, Physiology) Patrice Caron (CIRAD Scientific Director, Social and Economic Sciences Thierry Dore (AgroParisTech Scientific Director, Agronomy) Odile Vilotte (Agreenium, management of scientific organizations) Gilles Aumont (INRA, Animal health and pathology) Missions To validate the SC composition To ensure the right implementation of the programme according to the DOW : dissemination, evaluation, training, animation, financial plan To ensure the relevance of the list, notably in terms of financial operability To make a list of applications in 3 boxes : selected, reserved, rejected
Composition, Chaired by M Giordano Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Paris- France Marie-Hélène Parizeau, Québec-Canada Matthias Kaiser, Norway Darryl Macer, New Zealand-Thailand-Japan Magda Giordano, Mexico Missions To ensure that the ethical issues are properly addressed in the AgreenSkills fellows' research projects; To increase awareness of young researchers and help them to integrate ethics considerations within their research project; To contribute to AgreenSkills programme thinking on ethical issues regarding the fields of Agreenium; To supervise the setting up of an ethics platform; To monitor an international ethics research school ;
Composition, coordinated by G, Aumont & O, Vilotte Gilles Aumont, INRA Odile Vilotte, Agreenium Theodora Tsentas, Programme manager, AgreenSkills Fabrine Ducurdoy, Secretariat, AgreenSkills Ussama Anas, Web master Missions at your disposal Coordination Dissemination process Reviewing process Training set up Relationships between and within Agreenium members Organization of events and meetings Links with Management Relationships with the European Commission
Applicants Fellows Applicants Fellows Argentina 1 1 Belgium 1 1 Brazil 1 1 Bulgaria 1 0 Canada 1 1 Chile 1 1 China 4 1 Croatia 1 0 Cuba 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 Denmark 2 0 Ethiopia 1 0 France 13 3 Germany 4 2 Greece 2 0 Hungary 1 0 India 4 1 Ireland 1 0 Italy 5 0 Kenya 1 0 Macedonia, 1 0 New Zealand 1 0 Peru 1 0 Poland 2 1 Russian Federation 1 0 Serbia 1 1 Spain 20 6 Switzerland 1 0 Syrian Arab Republic 1 0 Tunisia 2 0 Turkey 1 0 United Kingdom 1 0 United States 6 3 Vietnam 1 0