Double affiliation for...

by Jessica Schrouff
1 min read Feb 11, 2017
Double affiliation for global fellows Dear All, I will soon be submitting a study I performed at my outgoing host institution (US). I have included both my institutions (US and European) as affiliations in the manuscript. My US supervisor however wants me to take out the European affiliation, which I don't think is fair (they are paying me after all). Hence I'd like to keep this double affiliation. Is there a statement somewhere favoring such double affiliations for global fellows? I haven't found anything in the grant agreement. Thank you, Best, Jessica

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Frauke Kersten
Feb 12, 2017

If this study was part of your fellowship period, you have to make EU funding visible (I copied the article below) and for reasons of good relations, I would mention both. If the study was written and conducted before receiving EU funding at the US institution, it should be possible to mention only the US-institution. For reasons of good relations to both institutions I would mention both or at least state it in a footnote. 
 
GA MSCA IF
29.4
Information on EU funding
—
Obligation and right to us
e the EU emblem
Unless the Agency requests or agrees otherwise or unless it is impossible, any dissemination
of results (in any form, including electronic) must:
(a)
display the EU emblem and
(b)
include the following text:
“This project has received funding
from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under th
e Marie Skłodowska
-
Curie grant agreement No [
number
]”.
When displayed together with another logo, the EU emblem must have appropriate
prominence.
For the purposes of the obligations under this Article, the beneficiary may use the EU
emblem without first
obtaining approval from the Agency.
This does not however give it the right to exclusive use.
Moreover, the beneficiary may not appropriate the EU emblem or any similar trademark or
logo, either by registration or by any other means.
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Frauke Kersten
Feb 12, 2017

If this study was part of your fellowship period, you have to make EU funding visible (I copied the article below) and for reasons of good relations, I would mention both. If the study was written and conducted before receiving EU funding at the US institution, it should be possible to mention only the US-institution. For reasons of good relations to both institutions I would mention both or at least state it in a footnote. 
 
29.4
Information on EU funding
—
Obligation and right to us
e the EU emblem
Unless the Agency requests or agrees otherwise or unless it is impossible, any dissemination
of results (in any form, including electronic) must:
(a)
display the EU emblem and
(b)
include the following text:
“This project has received funding
from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under th
e Marie Skłodowska
-
Curie grant agreement No [
number
]”.
When displayed together with another logo, the EU emblem must have appropriate
prominence.
For the purposes of the obligations under this Article, the beneficiary may use the EU
emblem without first
obtaining approval from the Agency.
This does not however give it the right to exclusive use.
Moreover, the beneficiary may not appropriate the EU emblem or any similar trademark or
logo, either by registration or by any other means.
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Frauke Kersten
Feb 12, 2017

If this study was part of your fellowship period, you have to make EU funding visible (I copied the article below) and for reasons of good relations, I would mention both. If the study was written and conducted before receiving EU funding at the US institution, it should be possible to mention only the US-institution. For reasons of good relations to both institutions I would mention both or at least state it in a footnote. Also I would look up any reference to affiliation the empoyment contract of the fellowship. 
 
29.4
Information on EU funding
—
Obligation and right to us
e the EU emblem
Unless the Agency requests or agrees otherwise or unless it is impossible, any dissemination
of results (in any form, including electronic) must:
(a)
display the EU emblem and
(b)
include the following text:
“This project has received funding
from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under th
e Marie Skłodowska
-
Curie grant agreement No [
number
]”.
When displayed together with another logo, the EU emblem must have appropriate
prominence.
For the purposes of the obligations under this Article, the beneficiary may use the EU
emblem without first
obtaining approval from the Agency.
This does not however give it the right to exclusive use.
Moreover, the beneficiary may not appropriate the EU emblem or any similar trademark or
logo, either by registration or by any other means.
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Frauke Kersten
Feb 12, 2017

Sorry for posting 3 times, I wasn't aware of submitting - please read only the 3rd one, I added further comments there. Best Frauke

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Daniel Praeg
Feb 12, 2017

Hi Jessica, do you mean co-authorship for colleagues at your European institution, or simply your own affiliation? In the latter case, surely it is entirely up to you, and I don't see why anyone would object to putting both, it is in the nature of an MSCA global fellowship after all. However, if your US supervisor has some sort of problem with it, you could always deal with it in the acknowledgements, which in any case is where the sentence regarding funding (provided by Frauke Kersten) is meant to appear. Best wishes, Daniel

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Brian Cahill
Feb 12, 2017

Dear Jessica,

The primary affiliation is where you did most of the work. 

I see it similarly to Daniel. You feel that you are affiliated to both institutions. I don't see what your supervisor loses through this. Most practically you want people to be able to know where you are during the return phase of the fellowship.

Regards,

Brian