• 347 proposals, 316 eligible, 31 funded (11%)
• 399 proposals, 373 eligible, 30 funded (8%)

Description/object of the call for proposals:
The European Commission has launched the 4th call for proposals for Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses (FP6-2006-Mobility-4) as part of the Human resources and mobility activity area.

The 4th call is implemented as a ‘Series of Events’ (SCF) for the purpose of providing training primarily to researchers with up to ten years of experience. Projects (series of events: conferences and training courses) should enable junior researchers to benefit from the experience of leading researchers. Support will be given to specific training activities (including virtual ones) that highlight particular European achievements and interests.

This action concentrates on measures to support the organisation of coherent series of training courses and/or conferences with a specific training value, as well as the funding of the participation of eligible researchers in these events.

Events can last from a few days to a few weeks, and are to be presented as a single proposal by one or more organisers and covering one or more particular subjects.

The events should highlight either particular European achievements in research or alternatively research topics in which Europe has a strong interest and where the event contributes to its uptake in Europe. This means that the subjects to be discussed or taught should be those where recent advances achieved in the Member States or Associated States are worth being passed on to researchers in the early stages of their career, or those where recent advances achieved elsewhere, in topics of interest to Europe, need to be passed on to researchers from the Member States and Associated States. In both cases, the foreseen composition of the audience and the identity of the speakers will be a factor in determining the Community added value.

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