Marie Curie Actions

To improve the human research potential and strengthen the socio - economic knowledge base, the Marie Curie Actions offer numerous opportunities to individual researchers to participate in a research team in other country. Funding is available for researchers to move both within Europe and internationally. There are a variety of schemes that are based on individual applications or from research groups in academia or enterprise. Marie Curie Actions also supports national funding agencies to create new schemes to promote international mobility. The applicant applies to the EU commissions jointly with the host institution. The commission selects the most suitable applicants and signs a contract with the host. The individual researchers then signs a contract with the institution.
Emma Seale is an Earth Sciences graduate from UCC and is now a Marie Curi Fellow in an SME at Daithi O'Murchu Research Station in West Cork. She is working on a collaborative.
Brothers Alan and Steven Davy are computer science PHD graduates from Waterford Institute of Technology. Both will be working at the University of Barcelona on wireless network technologies.
Ireland has the highest number of Marie Curie Fellows per capita of researcher of all Eu Member States. During the period 2002-2006 Ireland secured more the 55 m Euros for researchers in academia and industry. Since 2007 the total to date is 43 m Euros. Mari Curie Actions are a strong enabler for at least three of the major EU policy flagships - the Innovation Union, Youth on the Move and the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs. See originally text from the Irish Times dated 30 December online.
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