Which individual researchers can be funded ?
The researchers attending the events will not be contractors with the Commission, but they will be beneficiaries of the contract between the Commission and the Host:
Elgibile researchers under these schemes are third party beneficiaries of the Marie Curie actions. They do not sign a contract with the Commission, but benefit from the Marie Curie actions and are therefore in this way beneficiaries of Community funds (Work Programme, section 2.5.3)
The general definition of a researcher given in the Work Programme reads as follows:
As a general rule, a researcher is defined as a person active in research, including at a training level, of at least post-graduate or equivalent level. (Work Programme, section 2.5.3)
Conditions for appointment of the researchers It will be the responsibility of the participating organisation(s) (“the host institutions”) and not the Commission to select the eligible researchers who will attend the events and benefit from the Community contribution. In this respect, it is important to note that certain conditions must normally be fulfilled and they relate to: