Dear Fellows, I am Laura...

by Laura Corrales
1 min read Jan 05, 2016
Dear Fellows, I am Laura and I have an IF-EF in Marburg University. I would like to know what kind of charges can I do to the fellowship? For example, there are many interesting courses for Postdocs at the University and normally they cost 50 €. Can I pay those with the fellowship money? Thank you in advance.

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Brian Cahill
Jan 05, 2016

Dear Laura,

The German chapter charged 20€ for our Career Choices Seminar in June. Many people asked for invoices so that they could charge the fee to their project. We had to figure out how the MCAA can do this.

Career development is an important part of Marie Curie Fellowships. The work programme of the Marie Curie Actions contains the following text:

  • A Career Development Plan should be established jointly by the supervisor(s) and the researcher. In addition to research objectives, this plan comprises the researcher's training and career needs, including training on transferable skills, planning for publications and participation in conferences.

By taking part in these courses, you automatically have content for the career development training part of your mid-term and final reports. You should discuss how to do this with your host and ask for an invoice from the course providers. As an individual fellow, you have quite a lot of freedom to choose exactly which courses and training are of interest and value to you.

Warm regards,

Brian