German Research Fair
27th April 2023

Horizon Europe
How to participate from Japan
National Contact Point for Horizon Europe
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
As of January 2022

Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe consists of various programs and thematic research areas categorized under three pillars:"Science Excellence", "Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness", and "Innovative Europe".

Total Budget 95.5B EUR（JPY: 約12兆７千億円）

Bottom-up type of calls

Top-Down type of calls+Mission Research
参加の拡大と欧州研究圏（ERA）の強化

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions(MSCA)

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions（MSCA）Fostering career development and transferable skills of researchers who are expected towork in the EU through 3Is: intersectoral (industry-academia), interdisciplinary andinternational mobility. Mobility is the key to the program.
Doctoral Network(DN)• Consortia host and provide postdoctoral
training for candidates who wish toobtain postdoctoral degree.（doctoralcandidates apply to call for by a hostinstitute.）

Staff Exchange• Participate in short-term exchange of
researchers and staffs within a consortium
to cooperate in research.
（Researcher needs to apply from an entity）

Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF)Postdoctoral fellows and above conduct
research in Europe to hone their new skills.
（Host institute submit with a fellow）

COFUND
Funding is provided through tie-ups withEuropean funding agencies.
Japanese institutions are not eligible toapply. (Individual fellows should apply
separately to the call for application by
the project team)4

Doctoral Network
European research institutions jointly apply to implement the PhD. program
and trainings. Researchers in Japan can participate as a host or as a doctoralcandidate to take the training program provided by the host organization.
Anyone can apply as acandidates to a doctoral
training program provided by
the project as long as theymeet the requirements
provided by the beneficiary.
Beneficiary

Project Consortium
Beneficiary

Candidates selected by EU side moves to a host partner organsation in Japan

AssociatedPartner
Beneficiary

AssociatedPartner

Beneficiary
Beneficiary

Doctoral Program

As a Host or Fellow

Bottom-up

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Doctoral Network(Participation as a individual candidates)
Participation as a Doctoral Fellow
Individua researcher (a fellow) can participate in doctoral training programs
conducted by the project selected by Horizon Europe.
(A fellow can apply to open call for doctoral fellowship from application page
published in EURXESS or the host institution’s own web page).

Doctoral Network
Criteria for Individual Candidates (fellows)
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Project duration: 36 months (candidates can be seconded up to 1/3 ( =12 months) to other partnerorganizations）
Researcher with any nationality may apply
Researcher should be candidate of PhD (candidate who has not obtained PhD. yet)Researcher must join at least one program hosted by at least one entity in EU/AC（must choose two entities from EU/AC if project offers Joint Doctorate program）
The applicant must not have stayed/researched in the host country for more than 12 months in total
during the past 36 months.
Travel cost, salary must be provided by the host institution (EU/AC).

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Doctoral Network（Costs covered by the fund）
Allowances for EU researchers and research activity costs covered by the host institutions in EU and Japan
Funds paid by EC to EU/AC host institution to cover the allowancesfor each fellow per monthFunds paid by EC to EU/AC hostinstitution to cover research costs
for each fellow per month

Researcher Unit Cost （Person Month)

Institutional Unit cost
(Person Month)

科目

Livingallowance

Mobility
allowance

Familyallowance*if applicable

Long-termleaveallowance*if applicableSpecialneeds
allowance*ifapplicableResearchtraining,
networking
contributions

Managementcost

Postdoctoral
Network

EUR 3400

EUR 600

EUR 660

EUR 4000
X% covered bybeneficiary

Requested
unit x(1/numberofmonths)

EUR 1600

EUR 1200

It covers:
Allowances for a JP doctoral candidate who moves toEU/AC to participate in Doctoral Network.
*Funds are directly paid to host institutions in EU/ACIt covers:
Research and Mgt costs
incurred by host institutions inEU and Japan to host thecandidates.( PA is required.）**No direct funding from Horizon to Japan, but fund received by EU host organizations indirectly cover some administrative costs incurredby Japanese institutions for hosting EU PhD candidates. (Partnership Agreement (PA) is required).

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Postdoctoral FellowshipResearcher with PhD or equivalent moves to host a institution forfurther research and to obtain new skills. （Each fellow prepare aproposal and apply together with EU/AC host institutions）
European Fellowship: Japanese researcher moving to EU/AC hostinstitutions
Global Fellowship: EU/AC researchers moving to associatedpartner (host) in third country and go back to EU/AC hostinstitution at the end of the project.

European Fellowship (EF)

Mobility for European Fellowship (EF)(researcher with any nationality

European Fellowship (EF)
Mobility for Global Fellowship (GF)
*Individual fellow must have a citizenship in EU/AC.
Japanese researcher with no EU/AC citizenship canparticipate from Japan as a host (associated partner).

Support for
Postdoctoral
fellows

Participate as ahost or a fellow

Bottom-up
Research topic8Postdoctoral Fellowship-European Fellowship（ Participation as a individual fellow）
Researchers with PhD. to conduct postdoctoral research inEurope to develop new further skills.
(Individual researchers must first find the host institution.)
Requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowship –European Fellowship
Eligibility of an host organization••

At least one entity from EU/AC as a host.
Host organization must submit proposal together with the fellow.

Eligibility of a fellow
Japanese researcher can apply as a fellow• Nationality: No restriction• Research can be done in any scientific fields (bottom-up topic) including Euratom area.
• in possession of PhD at the call deadline and up to 8 years research experience after PhD.
• Not resided /main activity in the country of the beneficiary more than 12 in the 36 months before calldeadline.
Host institution must be resided in EU/AC.
Mobility Rule
JP individual researcher must research abroad.
• Project duration：12-24 months• Must be hosted by Industrial-academic institutions within EU/AC.
• Secondments worldwide up to 1/3 of the fellowship duration (novelty)• Optional additional placement of up to 6 months in a nonacademic European organization• Allowed to be seconded to organization outside of host institution for 3 to 6 months.
Allowance for individual researcher （covered by host entity）• 12-24 months research scholarship opportunity (Employment agreement including allowances and travelcosts)
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Postdoctoral Fellowship(Costs covered by the MSCA PF）
Allowances for EU researchers and research activity costs covered by the host institutions in EU and Japan
Funds paid by EC to EU/AC host institution to cover the allowances for eachfellow per monthFunds paid by EC to EU/AC hostinstitution to cover research costs
for each European fellow per monthResearcher Unit Cost (PM）Institutional Unit cost (PM）科目

Livingallowance

Mobility
allowance

Familyallowance*If applicable

Long-termleaveallowance*If applicableSpecialneeds
allowance*IfapplicableResearchtraining,
networking
contributions

Managementcost

PostdoctoralFellowship

EUR 5080

EUR 600

EUR 660

EUR 5680
X% covered bybeneficiary

Requested
unit x(1/numberof months)

EUR 1000

EUR 650

It covers:
Allowances for a JP research fellow who moves toEU/AC to participate in European Fellowship.
*Funds are directly paid to host institutions in EU/AC.

It covers:
Research expenses incurred by
the JP host institution for EU/AC
researchers in Global Fellowship.
(PA is required）

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MSCA Calendar WP 2021- 2022 & WP 2023-2024

2022

2023

2024

Call Topics

Call Open

Deadline

Doctoral Network（DN）

3 May 2022

15 November 2022

Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF)13 April 2022

14 September 2022

Staff Exchange（SE）

6 October 2022

8 March 2023

COFUND

11 October 2022

9 February 2023

Call Topics

Call Open (2022.12)

Deadline (2022.12)

Doctoral Network（DN）

30 May 2023

28 November 2023

Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF)12 April 2023

13 September 2023

Staff Exchange（SE）05 October 2023

28 February 2024

COFUND

10 October 2023

08 February 2024

Call Topics

Call Open (2022.12)

Deadline (2022.12)

Doctoral Network（DN）

29 May 2024

27 November 2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF)10 April 2024

11 September 2024

Staff Exchange（SE）

10 October 2024

5 March 2025

COFUND

8 October 2024

6 February 202511

European Research Council(ERC)

12European Research Council(ERC)
Encourage the highest quality research in Europe and support investigator-driven frontierresearch across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence.
(Arrange with the host institution in advance and apply individually to Horizon Europe.)
Excellent researchers from all over the world (including Japan)
move to EU/AC organizations for research.

Frontier
Research

Individualresearcher

Bottom-up

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European Research Council(ERC)
Supporting frontier research by researchers (Principal Investigator: PI）
should spend at least 50% of their total working time in an EU Member State
Starting Grant

Consolidator Grant( for young researchers)(for Independent researchers)
Target:Target：2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD

7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD
and who want to consolidate their independence

Funding amount：

Funding amount:

Up to € 1.5 million for a period of 5 years

Up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years

One of this small group of Principal Investigators can behosted full-time by an institution outside of the EU

Advanced Grant( for senior researchers)
Target:who have a track-record of significant researchachievements in the last 10 years.
Funding amount:
Up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5

Synergy Grant(for team of multiple researchers)
Principal Investigators work together and bring different
skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems
A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators
Up to a maximum of € 10 million for a period of 6 years(pro rata for projects of shorter duration)

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ERC Implementation Arrangement (IA)Participate from the entity that researcher belongs
European Commission (EC) and Japanese granting organizations both intend to provide
opportunities for Japan-based researchers supported by active Japanese granting projects topursue research collaboration with European colleagues already supported through the EU
funded ERC grants.
Implementation Arrangement between the EC and Japanese granting organizations

IA between JSPS and EC
IA between JST and EC

For more details,
please check theapplication of eachgranting organization.

IA between AMED and EC

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Thank you!
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