MSCA Feedback To Policy 2023

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Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Coordinated monitoring and exploitation of the contribution of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe MSCA projects[1] to the EU Missions[2];
• Enhanced interaction between MSCA beneficiaries, researchers and policymakers, on research results and their contribution to policy developments, and greater collaboration among MSCA beneficiaries and researchers themselves particularly in view of possible follow-up partnerships and funding opportunities[3];
• Detailed MSCA portfolio analysis in the EU Missions areas;
• Recommendations for strengthening the policy impact of the MSCA;
• Assessment of the contribution of the MSCA to the ERA policy objectives related to support for researchers’ training and skills development, and intersectoral cooperation;
• Strengthened synergies and complementarities between the MSCA and other relevant EU-funded initiatives and programmes linked to the EU Missions, researchers’ training, skills and career development and related intersectoral cooperation. Scope:While the bottom-up nature of the MSCA is and will remain its core principle, there is a need to have an overview of the funded research portfolio and make stronger thematic links between MSCA projects, raise visibility of their impact on ERA priority areas and gather stakeholder feedback on ways to maximise the MSCA impact. Given the thematic diversity of MSCA-funded projects, the scope of this call cannot cover all the areas to which the MSCA contribute. It should be seen as a pilot to map areas and types of intervention for possible similar actions in the future that will support a broader policy feedback process.
One of the objectives of this action is to support ongoing and planned Commission initiatives[4] which focus on exploiting and assessing the impact of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects results in relation to thematic and cross-cutting priorities, including the EU Missions.
It also aims to assess the extent to which MSCA projects achieve two of the core horizontal policy objectives of the programme: the development of researchers’ training, skills and career and the related promotion of intersectoral collaboration.
Activities should therefore include the contribution and impact of MSCA projects in relation to:

• The EU Missions and societal challenges they address;
• Researchers’ skills development, including but not limited to the skills needed to tackle the thematic areas of the Missions;
• Cooperation between academic and non-academic organisations[5], with the emphasis on the business sector. The activities should contribute to strengthening complementarities between ongoing MSCA projects, especially with a view to better exploiting their results and maximising their impact vis-à-vis the thematic and cross-cutting priorities mentioned above.
The proposed activities should include:

• Consolidating the ongoing EU Missions cross-portfolio analysis to make full use of MSCA projects results and analyse their contribution to each individual Mission;
• Identifying good practice examples of cooperation between academic and non-academic organisations, with a special emphasis on the business sector as well as the main obstacles for stronger intersectoral cooperation in MSCA;
• Identifying researchers’ training, skills and career development needs (both research-related and transferable) to tackle societal challenges, including those covered by the Missions;
• Exploring ways to consolidate the available training material developed in MSCA projects, especially on transferrable skills, and exploring how to make it more broadly accessible for further exploitation;
• Following up the existing policy feedback activities under the MSCA, particularly through coordination with the ongoing Commission activities (cluster events, studies and analyses) and through regular consolidation of the outcomes and deliverables of policy feedback activities;
• Supporting/complementing existing communication and dissemination efforts by the European Commission[6] to promote and share MSCA success stories and examples of good practice in the thematic and horizontal priorities of this call (EU Missions, intersectoral cooperation, researchers’ training, skills and career development);
• Identifying good practice of synergies between MSCA projects and other relevant programmes and initiatives;
• Providing practical recommendations on how to better exploit MSCA project results and enhance impact in the areas of EU Missions, intersectoral cooperation and researchers’ skills and career development in line with the call’s objectives.
• Analysing trends in research to feed back into the MSCA and Commission R&I policy. Due to their bottom-up nature, the MSCA provide a valuable resource for tracking changing research trends and can provide and evidence base for any changes in the latter stages of Horizon Europe as well as the design of subsequent framework programmes; The expected deliverables should include a combination of analytical reports, ad hoc policy briefs, stakeholders’ events and meetings, policy roundtables and different communication and dissemination support actions, such as:
- Studies, analyses, reports looking into trends and developments in MSCA relevant to:

• The EU Missions, including citizens’ engagement activities;
• Researchers’ skills and career development and training;
• Intersectoral cooperation between academia and other sectors (businesses, industry, SMEs, public administration, civil society organisations, etc.), as well as motivation and obstacles to engage in such cooperation;
• Examples of synergies and complementarities with other EU/national/regional programmes and frameworks. - Consolidation of projects results for policy feedback and communication and dissemination purposes;
- Dissemination and networking activities using the results of cluster events and communities of practice identified for the events; consulting project beneficiaries on policy needs, dissemination based on reports and feedback from cluster events; providing input into coordination of cluster events (e.g. suggesting themes, format and structure of cluster events);
- Synthesis of coordination activities linked to policy feedback and the improved exploitation of MSCA projects results: e.g. preparatory briefings, follow-up reports, feedback consolidation linked to MSCA cluster events, ad hoc policy briefs and monitoring of exploitation opportunities.
The maximum duration of the action is 48 months.
[1] This refers to MSCA Innovative Training Networks, Individual Fellowships, Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges, COFUND, NIGHT in Horizon 2020, and MSCA Doctoral Networks, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Staff exchanges, COFUND, MSCA and Citizens in Horizon Europe.
[2] EU Missions in Horizon Europe | European Commission (europa.eu)
[3] E.g. by following up outcomes and feedback received from MSCA cluster events through ensuring interaction with and between stakeholders
[4] E.g. Horizon Results Platform, Horizon Results Booster
[5] See definitions at the end of this Work Programme part
[6] E.g.: Horizon Results Platform and Booster, Euraxess

Status

Closed

Deadline

6 June 2023 (time not stated)

Opens

7 March 2023

Published

7 December 2022

Total budget

€2,000,000

Grant range

€1,500,000 – €2,000,000

Country

European Union (EU-wide)

Programme

Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Official page

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