Scholarship conditions
The scholarships for ESRs (doctoral researchers) will be granted in terms of employment contracts according to the national regulations of the hosting institutions. All work contracts will be issued for 1 year, to be extended for a second and then for a third year based on successful completion of the requested achievements as pointed out in the Qualification Concept.
The scholarships consist of the following:
This refers to the basic, gross amount for the benefit of the researcher to be paid to the researcher in monthly instalments. For Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions calls launched in 2014-2015, the amount for an ESR is €3,110 / month.
This amount is then adjusted through the application of a correction coefficient for the cost of living according to the country in which the researcher will work (and will not change in case of secondments to another beneficiary or partner organisation. The country correction coefficients that will be applied are: PT 89,1%; ES 97,6%, DE 98,8%.
In all cases, the hosts must ensure that the researcher is covered under the social security scheme which is applied to employed workers within the country of the contractor, or under a social security scheme providing at least sickness and maternity benefits in kind, invalidity and accidents at work and occupational diseases, and covering the researcher in every place of implementation of the ITN activities.
Important notice: Living allowance
NOTE: The living allowance is a gross EU contribution to the salary costs of the researcher. Consequently, the net salary results from deducting all compulsory (employer/employee) social security contributions as well as direct taxes (e.g. income tax) from the gross amounts. The rate indicated above is for researchers devoting themselves to their project on a full-time basis.
In addition to the living allowance, a mobility allowance of €600 / month will be paid to recruited early-stage researchers. This allowance will be taxable depending on the country in question.
A family allowance of €500 / month will be paid taking due account of the researcher's family situation. In this context, family is defined as persons linked to the researcher by (i) marriage, or (ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the national legislation of the country of the host beneficiary or of the nationality of the researcher; or (iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the researcher.
The family status of a researcher will be determined at the time of their (first) recruitment in the project and will not evolve during the project lifetime.
NOTE: The mobility and family allowances are fixed amounts, regardless of the country of recruitment, and will be taxable depending on the country in question.
Acknowledgement
GEO-C is funded by the European Commission within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, International Training Networks (ITN), European Joint Doctorates (EJD). The funding period is January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018, Grant Agreement number 642332 — GEO-C — H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014.
GEO-C aims to contribute methods and tools to realise smart and open cities, in which all groups of society can participate on all levels and benefit in many ways. The strands of research in GEO-C will lead to an improved understanding of how to build open cities and will produce a prototypical open city toolkit.
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