07 May 2025

RISE: Is staff allowed to take vacations during their secondment periods abroad in the frame of Horizon 2020 RISE projects?

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Staff can take annual leave/ holiday. However, they are not counted towards the secondment periods, and split stays should be encoded in the...
28 February 2025

RISE: Is a staff member who changed their employer with another beneficiary within the same consortium during the project implementation eligible for a secondment?

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This is acceptable provided that the staff member respects the one-month rule: be actively engaged in or linked to R&I activities for at...
18 February 2025

ITN: Can fringe benefits be regarded as part of the living allowance if the employment contract does not provide for this but according to the collective agreement, all employees are entitled to receive this fringe benefit?

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F ringe benefits should be explicitly mentioned (if not agreed upon) in the employment contract. However, if they are a usual practice state...
10 January 2025

ITN: A PhD researcher employed within an MSCA Innovative Training Networks project has to return to their home country because of medical reasons but their employment under the project ends in two months. Can they finish their project teleworking?

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As it is for medical reasons, and, only for a couple of months, the project coordinator can discuss this issue with the Project Officer. Und...
27 September 2024

RISE: Is it necessary to submit a second periodic report and a final report under RISE?

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At the end of the project, the coordinator will submit the periodic report of the last reporting period (similar to the first one, covering ...
27 September 2023

ITN: An ITN project got an extension and its final conference is postponed by 10 months. The employment contracts of most of the early-stage researchers recruited within the project have already finished. Do they have contractual obligations to attend and co-organise the final project conference?

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The only document that links the early-stage researchers t o the beneficiaries are their employment contracts. If these contracts don’t ment...
24 August 2023

ITN: What should be done if a host organisation, part of an ITN project, is facing financial difficulties which may affect the doctoral candidate’s fellowship and payments each month?

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In such situation the fellow should discuss this issue with the coordinator of the project and the coordinator should try and find a solutio...

ITN: A fellow has not received their salary for a while. What can they do to reclaim their allowance?

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The relation between the fellow and the host organisation is regulated by the type of work contract signed between the two parties for the...

RISE: Is working part-time during secondments in H2020 RISE projects allowed?

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The 2020 MSCA RISE Guide for applicants , on p. 18 of 75, states “Note that all secondments must be performed on a full-time basis.” In addi...
07 August 2023

ITN: In a European Joint Doctorates project is it mandatory to obtain the PhD diploma by the end of the project?

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It is not mandatory for the MSCA fellows to defend their thesis or to obtain their PhD single, double, joint or multiple degree in the frame...