Download or read book Mid-term Review of Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions Unit Costs written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 27.11.2013, the Commission adopted Decision C(2013)8194 authorising the use of reimbursement on the basis of unit costs for Marie Sk{u019A}odowska-Curie Action (MSCA) under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. This Decision defines a unit cost model for all MSCA (except for Coordination and Support Actions) covering all cost categories. The methodology to derive at the various unit costs was developed on the basis of a statistically robust set of data. As a method of revision, the Commission Decision foresees a mid-term review of the adopted unit costs compared to real costs and researchers' salary development in Europe and beyond. ICF carried out this mid-term review between May 2016 and January 2017. Based on the information gathered, the study proposes some updates to the unit costs for the period 2018 to 2020. In order to collect data on real costs, 162 interviews were conducted with 83 MSCA fellows and 79 MSCA coordinators whose applications were successful in the 2014 MSCA calls, covering all four actions and all cost categories. It is important to note that none of the projects had received their payment of the balance at the time of the study.