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CNRS questionDear All,I...

1 min read Jan 06, 2016

CNRS question Dear All, I would like to forward the question of a MC (postdoctor) fellow coming to France. He should be employed by CNRS, however, despite the MC fellowship granted, the salary offered to him is very low. Has any of you been in the same situation? Would you have any contact who could help him to negotiate a more reasonable salary or would you have any idea/advice how to proceed? Thank you in advance, Petra Dunkel

3 Comments

Alina Mariana Balu

Jan 06, 2016

The salary is fixed in the proposal and no underpaiments are legal. Contact your PO for help or contact me by mail qo2balua@uco.es for advice

Daniel Praeg

Jan 06, 2016

Further to Alina's comment, the overall amount of the fellowship grant is fixed, but how much the fellow receives per month depends on the nature of the contract and how the overall amount is distributed between salary and social benefits (taxes, health care, pension). Anecdotally, I have understood that salaries can very considerably, even within the same organisation (e.g. CNRS). It would be very useful to know from others holding fellowships with the CNRS as to the nature of their contracts and what proportions of the grants go to salary and social benefits.

I will be happy to contribute this information when I finally understand what wll be my salary (for a MSCA GF with CNRS).

Regards, Daniel

Daniel Praeg

Jan 13, 2016

Hello all, further to the above comment, I have understood what my salary will be, for an MSCA Global Fellowship coordinated by the CNRS. The project includes a 2-year outgoing phase in Brazil (on secondment) and a return year in France, but for all 3 years I will be paid as a French researcher, and pay taxes and make social security and pension contributions in France. The EC contribution includes a Living Allowance (lower in Brazil than in France, due to the Country Coefficients applied to the project budget of 0.92 and 1.11 respectively) and a Mobility Allowance (fixed at €600/month). The net salary will be slightly higher during the return year in France, but in both cases will be about 53% of the combined Living + Mobility allowances. As far as I understand, net salary is the 'net imposable', on which I will have to pay income tax (of 10-12%). After social contributions and income tax, I should therefore receive about 47% of the combined allowances.

Thus the case of this CNRS contract indicates that about one half of the Research Unit Costs reach the fellow after taxes and social contributions. It would be of interest to have contributions from other MSCA fellows in France, to see if there are any significant variations in the implementation of contracts.

Best wishes, Daniel