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Research Foundation - Flanders - Regulations for OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships
Regulations for OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships
§1 These regulations apply to OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) with co-funding from the EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND programme (GA 665501).
§2 OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships are regular postdoctoral fellowships with a duration of three years, the first two years of which involve research being conducted at a foreign research institution or company, the third year being a return year during which research must be carried out at the Flemish host institution to which the fellow is affiliated.
§3 Researchers can apply for a postdoctoral fellowship in the first 3 years after obtaining their PhD (date of PhD degree), calculated from June 1 (for call with deadline 1 February 2016) or November 1 (for call with deadline 1 May 2016) of the year of applying.[1] This time limit is extended by one year per period of at least 3 months of maternity leave or per continuous period of at least 3 months full-time parental leave or military and/or civilian service between the date of the PhD degree and the application.
§2 For the first two years of the three-year fellowship, the research must be conducted at a foreign host institution in the academic or non-academic sector in any country or region other than Belgium.
§3 If the research is conducted abroad in the non-academic sector, the following requirements must be met:
The project covers fundamental research.
The head supervisor in the Flemish Community is an Independent Academic Staff member of the Flemish host institution to which the fellow remains affiliated.
The intellectual property of the results is governed by an agreement concluded between the foreign and Flemish host institution prior to the start of the stay abroad.
§4 The third year comprises an obligatory return year to the Flemish Community during which the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow continues his/her research at the Flemish host institution (as defined in Art. 3§1) to which the fellow is affiliated throughout the full three-year fellowship.
§1 The programme is open to all nationalities. In those cases where the foreign host institution is located in an 'Other Third Country'[2], the candidate must have the nationality or long-term resident status of one of the member states or associated countries. Long-term residents are understood to mean researchers who have conducted full-time research activities in one of the member states or associated countries for a period of at least 5 consecutive years.
§2 Candidates for an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship must carry out research at a university in the Flemish Community or at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven or the Faculty for Protestant Theology in Brussels, or at a Flemish or federal scientific institution, at least one year before the date of applying.
§3 Candidates can only apply for an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship if they performed their principal activity (work or studies) or stayed in the country of the foreign host institution where they wish to conduct research for the first two years of their fellowship, for no longer than 12 months during the last three years preceding the start of the fellowship. National service and/or short stays such as holidays will not be taken into consideration. Appointments at international European (interest) organisations such as the European Commission, WHO, UN, etc. will not be taken into consideration either. In such a case, candidates shall have stayed with the foreign host institution where the first two years of the fellowship will be completed, for no longer than 12 months during the last three years preceding the start of the fellowship.
§1 Persons cannot apply for a fellowship of which they have previously, even if only partially, been the beneficiary. It is also not possible to apply for a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship and a regular FWO postdoctoral fellowship in the same calendar year. Moreover, only one application for a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship can be submitted per calendar year.
§2 [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships are considered regular postdoctoral fellowships for this purpose. Beneficiaries of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship as an initial FWO postdoctoral fellowship can no longer apply for an initial regular postdoctoral fellowship with the FWO, but they can apply for renewal of a postdoctoral fellowship. Such postdoctoral renewal must follow on the [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship and should therefore be requested in the last fellowship year or return year.
The OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship can also be regarded as a postdoctoral extension. In this case, the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship must follow on the initial regular FWO postdoctoral fellowship and be requested in the last fellowship year of the first regular FWO postdoctoral fellowship. Art. 2§3 does not apply for a postdoctoral extension.
§2 In a first step at least 2 external referees active in the same discipline as the candidate, are asked for advice. For the specific regulations and admissibility requirements relating to these external referees, reference will be made to the ‘Regulations for external and internal peer review’.
§3 In a second step the applications and the advice of the external referees are submitted to the relevant expert panel. The choice of panel is made by the candidate and must be justified, taking into account the specific scope of the relevant panel. The expert panel evaluates the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie applications in accordance with the procedure for regular postdoctoral fellowships, but taking into account the specific selection criteria of the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, and then establishes a ranking of the applications.
§4 In the third and final step the domain-specific expert panels report to the Panel for International Collaboration (CIS), which establishes the overall ranking of all candidates from all expert panels, for the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships. This ranking should, however, not contradict the individual rankings established by the domain-specific expert panels. The Panel for International Collaboration then reports to the Board of Trustees, which endorses the appointment of the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows.
Holders of an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie are offered a three-year employment contract with FWO.
§1 [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows are administratively and legally dependent on the FWO Board of Trustees, represented by its Chair and its Secretary General. In disciplinary matters, they are subject to the academic authority of the Flemish university and the institution where the foreign fellow is employed. In addition, they undertake to comply with the FWO regulations and those of the academic authorities of the relevant Flemish university (host institution) and the regulations of the foreign institution where they are employed.
§2 All OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows are entitled to personalised career counselling and guidance by the personnel department and/or other department of their foreign and Flemish host institution.
§3 All OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows are entitled to take part in training activities aimed at optimising non-research related skills, organised by the personnel department and/or other department of their foreign and Flemish host institution, provided they meet the proposed requirements for such training activities.
In case the postdoctoral researcher is no longer affiliated to a university in the Flemish Community or to the Evangelic Protestant Faculty in Leuven or the Faculty for Protestant Theology in Brussels, possibly in collaboration with a Flemish or Federal scientific institution, the contract of employment will be terminated by operation of law.
§1. The employment contract will be terminated for good cause, without compensation or notice to the researcher, if the latter commits a breach of integrity which immediately and definitively renders any professional collaboration between the FWO and the researcher impossible.
§3. As soon as the FWO becomes aware of breaches of the scientific integrity of one of its researchers, the FWO will hear the researcher.
have the facts put down on record and include this record in the personal file of the researcher with the FWO;
issue a formal warning and include this warning in the personal file of the researcher with the FWO;
dissolve the agreement by operation of law as provided for in article 10bis of the regulations.
The Flemish and foreign host institution may entrust the holders of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship with duties whose total workload shall not exceed 8 hours per week. This provision shall not apply in cases of prolonged sickness, pregnancy and breastfeeding leave, stays abroad, full-time paternal leave, and palliative leave. Such duties may include:
limited activities within the foreign non-academic host institution where the fellow conducts research under the approved project.
§1 The fellowship may not be accumulated with any other remunerated activity, save for the exceptions provided for in the following paragraphs of this article..
§2 For Doctors of Law enjoying an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, the principle of non-accumulation as stipulated in §1 implies that they must not have been registered with the Bar. None of the exceptions mentioned below shall entail a derogation from this provision.
§3 Holders of an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship may be granted full or partial accumulation with grants for study stays abroad. Holders of a travel grant from the FWO, the Flemish Community, the Federal Government or as part of Cultural Agreements, may accumulate such grant with their fellowship. They are requested to notify FWO thereof.
§1 Holders of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship must submit a report on their scientific activities to the FWO at the end of each fellowship year. A copy of this report must be sent to the head of the Flemish institution to which they are affiliated. In addition, for the first two fellowship years of the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, the fellow is required to account for the use of the mobility allowance in a financial report to be submitted to FWO.
Holders of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship who wish to spend a study stay abroad must ask for permission from FWO. Such permission can only be granted if the holder of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship can continue to be subject to the Belgian social security system during his/her stay abroad.
Holders of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship have to register as compulsorily insured persons with the health insurance fund of their choice. In case of illness, the holder has to send a medical certificate stating the period of incapacity to FWO within 48 hours; a copy has to be sent, via his/her departmental head, to the relevant department of the Flemish and foreign host institution to which the fellow is attached.
§1 The salary scale of holders of an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship is the salary scale of PhD Assistant according to the Decree of the Flemish Government of 4 May 2001(Belgian Official Gazette, 9 January 2002).
§2 Travel cost allowance: holders of an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship are entitled to a commuter travel allowance in Belgium during the last fellowship year (when using public transport or a bicycle) to the same extent as established for academic staff of the universities in the Flemish Community.
§3 On top of the salary, the OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow receives a mobility allowance of EUR 1,650 per month during the first two years of his/her fellowship in which he/she conducts research abroad. The fellow is required to account for the use of this mobility allowance in an annual financial report to be submitted to FWO. The mobility grant may be used for expenses relating to the stay abroad.
§4 FWO provides the fellow a one-time allowance for travel expenses to and from Belgium - place of destination. Upon allocation of the grant, the beneficiary books the trip at the FWO authorised travel agent (Omnia), presenting the official original allocation letter.
The invoice is sent directly to the FWO.
The salary and the mobility allowance are paid monthly, at the end of the month, into a Belgian financial account.
§1 Holders of an OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship are covered by legally required insurance against risks inherent in regular seminar and/or laboratory work, and against accidents on the way to and from work (occupational accident insurance). This contract covers also the foreign research assignment in the first two fellowship years and the temporary foreign assignments for which prior permission has been given by FWO. For their travels, fellows may use all the usual means of transportation allowed for carrying passengers over water, in the air or on roads, provided they are not part of the crew.
§2 OUTGOING [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows are covered by travel accident insurance with repatriation throughout their entire stay abroad.
FWO must be notified of all births. FWO will provide the required forms to obtain both the child allowance and the birth premium. This can be requested from the 6th month of the pregnancy. To preserve their right to child allowance, fellows with dependent children are advised to notify FWO of any travel abroad. During any stay abroad they must also maintain a domicile in Belgium.
§1 The holiday periods are the same as those indicated in the regulations of the Flemish host institution and are established in consultation with the competent Flemish and/or foreign departmental head.
§2 Holders of a [PEGASUS]² Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship must inform the FWO secretariat of their annual holidays, also during foreign stays in the first two years of their fellowship. The holiday pay, calculated on the basis of the salary or grant of the month of May, will be paid into the holder's account during the month of May.
Holders of this fellowship may at any time resign their fellowship provided they have notified the heads of the Flemish and foreign host institutions, the heads of their Flemish and foreign research department and FWO thereof.
[1] Cfr. the regular postdoctoral fellowships
[2] An ‘Other Third Country’ is a country other than a EU member state or an associated country under Horizon2020.