Agreenium : INRA, CIRAD + APT, MSA, ACO, INPT-ENVT

in the fields of agriculture, environment, food and nutrition, and

animal health

To increase…

Attractiveness

Internationalization of research activity & administrative

processes

AO 2010, negotiation end 2011, first call June 2012

A COFUND - FP7 People Programme (2012 – 2016) coordinated by INRA and Agreenium.

Openness : World wide open, without any discrimination in terms of

nationality, gender, career breaks, discipline and type of research

(basic or applied)

Attractive : Salary conditions 50% above French state salaries

Selective : international (reviewing + scientific committee)

Flexibility : mobility stay planning, calls for resubmission

For…

142 fellow years over 4 years (recruiting from 2012 to 2015)

Incoming and outgoing mobility up to 24 months

Good science and challenging research projects

Training, career development plan support and networking

At a glance…

Incoming Outgoing

Eligibility criteria/ Research

experience

Holding a PhD;

Having a maximum of 10 y research experience

after Master’s degree;

Having published in a peer-reviewed journal;

Eligibility criteria/ mobility

Not having spent more

than 12 months in the last

3 years in the country of

host organisation;

Being a researcher

working for an

Agreenium member

organization

Duration of mobility stay 12 to 24 months 6 to 24 months

Mobility allowances (over basic

salary provided by labs)

1280 €/month Depending on country

and current change

around 2400 €/month

Animation and support

Annual meetings, scientific meetings, training

sessions

Support in Individual Career Development Plan

Alumni network

Hosting institution engagement and support

Planning ahead (6 months before first call ) and investment in a

dedicated management team

Some type of challenges…

Reviewing : finding and convincing experts for reports

Institutional aspects : adequacy and flexibility of our

administrative processes…

Dedication of international experts and committee members

Continuous communication and broad dissemination

And… the quality of processes and of the selected Fellows !

Some key points for success …

Submitted Selected Selection rate

Nr Application 119 37 31 % Pers x month 2246 709

Nr Application Incoming 85 26 31 %

Nr Application outgoing 34 11 32 %

Outgoing ratio (%,) 28.6 29.7

out ratio (%, pers x month based) 20.3 21.7

Gender Balance F:M 61/58 18/19

Years of experience 6.3 6.0

Age of candidates 32.1 31.4

Une diversité des profils Entrants : Europe (hors Fr.) 46%, USA Canada 16%, Amérique du Sud 16%, Asie 12 %, France 10%

Sortants : CR, IR, CJS, Enseignants-Chercheurs.

Une large couverture thématique

Nov 2013 – first annual seminary

Focus on :

Exchanges

Science

Integrity in research + Ethics

2014 and up... More training sessions and research schools

Animation, training, support

2012-2016

Total budget :12 Meuros

FP7 : 4.9 meuros

142 person . years

AgreenSkills pass prototype

& awards

AgreenSkills AgreenSkills +

2014-2019, one y overlapping with AgreenSkills

Total budget under negotiation: 22.6 Meuros

FP7 : 8.6 meuros

200 person . years

AgreenSkills pass &awards

Wider eligibility criteria (up to 10 y post PhD

target : independent researchers)

Up to 3 years duration stay (incoming)

More outgoing capacities

Possibility of partnership for individual

agreement or twining programmes of mobility

Further information and online applications:

www.agreenskills.eu

Coordinators of AgreenSkills programme Dr. Gilles Aumont (INRA) - Tel : +33 1 42 75 93 51 / Cel : +33 6 74 90 57 77 Dr. Odile Vilotte (Agreenium) )- Tel : +33 1 42 75 92 19 / Cel : +33 6 67 17 18 08 National Institute for Agricultural Research, 147 rue de l'Université, F-75338 Paris, FRANCE Email: gilles.aumont@paris.inra.fr ; odile.vilotte@agreenium.org ; coordinators@agreenskills.eu contact@agreenskills.eu,

Composition, chaired by Stephen Bishop Roslin Institute Panel 1 Field Linda M. UK BBSRC

Mauch-Mani Brigitte CH Univ de Neuchatel

Panel 2 Bishop Stephen UK Univ. of Edinburgh, Roslin Int.

Puigdomenech Pere SP CSIC – CRAG Barcelona

Panel 3 De Blois Sylvie CA McGill University

Hagedorn Frank SWT Swiss Federal Institute WSL

Panel 4 Tappy Luc CH University of Lausanne

Panel 5 Sennerby-Forsse Lisa SE SLU University (Uppsala)

Poutanen Kaisa FIN VTT Finland, Univ Kuopio

Panel 6 Gibson Gavin UK Heriot-Watt Univ. , Edinburgh

Impe Jan Van NL University Leuven (Louvain)

Panel 7 Murcott Anne UK University of Nottingham

Chavas Jean-Paul US Wisconsin-Madison University

Missions To evaluate the mobility project

To follow up the fellow’s project

To support the scientific sides of the programme: animation, training outcomes

Composition, Chaired by Gilles Aumont Paul Colonna (INRA - Food process and biotechnology

Erwin Dreyer (INRA - Forest sciences, Ecology)

Philippe Chemineau (INRA - Animal Sciences, Physiology)

Patrice Caron (CIRAD Scientific Director, Social and Economic Sciences

Thierry Dore (AgroParisTech Scientific Director, Agronomy)

Odile Vilotte (Agreenium, management of scientific organizations)

Gilles Aumont (INRA, Animal health and pathology)

Missions To validate the SC composition

To ensure the right implementation of the programme according to the DOW :

dissemination, evaluation, training, animation, financial plan

To ensure the relevance of the list, notably in terms of financial operability

To make a list of applications in 3 boxes : selected, reserved, rejected

Composition, Chaired by M Giordano Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Paris- France

Marie-Hélène Parizeau, Québec-Canada

Matthias Kaiser, Norway

Darryl Macer, New Zealand-Thailand-Japan

Magda Giordano, Mexico

Missions To ensure that the ethical issues are properly addressed in the AgreenSkills fellows'

research projects;

To increase awareness of young researchers and help them to integrate ethics

considerations within their research project;

To contribute to AgreenSkills programme thinking on ethical issues regarding the

fields of Agreenium;

To supervise the setting up of an ethics platform;

To monitor an international ethics research school ;

Composition, coordinated by G, Aumont & O, Vilotte Gilles Aumont, INRA

Odile Vilotte, Agreenium

Theodora Tsentas, Programme manager, AgreenSkills

Fabrine Ducurdoy, Secretariat, AgreenSkills

Ussama Anas, Web master

Missions … at your disposal Coordination

Dissemination process

Reviewing process

Training set up

Relationships between and within Agreenium members

Organization of events and meetings

Links with

Management

Relationships with the European Commission

…

Applicants Fellows Argentina 1 1 Belgium 1 1 Brazil 1 1 Bulgaria 1 0 Canada 1 1 Chile 1 1 China 4 1 Croatia 1 0 Cuba 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 Denmark 2 0 Ethiopia 1 0 France 13 3 Germany 4 2 Greece 2 0 Hungary 1 0 India 4 1

Applicants Fellows Ireland 1 0 Italy 5 0 Kenya 1 0 Macedonia, 1 0 New Zealand 1 0 Peru 1 0 Poland 2 1 Russian Federation 1 0 Serbia 1 1 Spain 20 6 Switzerland 1 0 Syrian Arab Republic 1 0 Tunisia 2 0 Turkey 1 0 United Kingdom 1 0 United States 6 3 Vietnam 1 0