Doctoral Fellowships: Can someone be a supervisor for two or more DF applicants in the same call?

Yes, a supervisor can be involved in more than one proposal. In case all are funded, the supervisor must be able to fulfill his/her supervisory obligations for all funded fellows. Please take note that the Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships (previously IF) in HorizonEurope places extra emphasis on the supervision arrangements. 

IF / PF: Is part-time work possible in Individual Fellowships?

As mentioned in the Work Programme “Researchers may, in agreement with the supervisor and beneficiary and with prior approval by the Research Executive Agency (REA), implement their project on a part-time basis. Such a request may be introduced during the action implementation.”

Part-time cannot be proposed at the proposal submission stage. The proposed project shall be described on a full-time basis. It can only be requested after the signature of the GA with and amendment request.

In cases of part-time work, all researchers must dedicate at least 50% of their working time to the MSCA action, whether they are working part-time for family or other reasons.
The practical consequence of a part-time implementation (when agreed by REA via an amendment to the GA) is that the end date of the project is postponed and recalculated on the basis of the FTE requested.
All allowances will apply proportionally without the possibility that the total amounts will exceed those that apply for full-time equivalent periods.

Example: if part time 50% is requested at the beginning of a standard IF fellowship of 24 months, the actual duration of the fellowship will be 48 months and the end date postponed accordingly. The total allowances foreseen in the budget are spread on 48 months rather than 24.

As regards the commitment of the researcher to the action, “full” commitment is required considering the time devoted to the project implementation, e.g. if the researcher work on the project on a 0.5 FTE basis, then full commitment is required during the time spent on the project. Currently, providing timesheets to REA is not mandatory. However, Keeping timesheets is a good practice, especially in view of potential future audits.

PF: How to deal with the mobility rule/eligibility in the case of a researcher who resides in country A and works in country B?

The two determining elements of the mobility rule are the actual physical place of residence and the place of main activitiy.
This means that a priori the researcher would not be eligible to apply in one of the two countries. However, particular cases such as telework would be treated individually and analysed on a case by case basis during the eligibility check.

PF: How is 'long-term residency' calculated?

In order to be eligible to apply for a Global Fellowship, researchers must be 'experienced researchers', comply with the mobility rule and have either EU-MS/AC nationality or be long-term residents. Long-term residence means a period of legal and continuous residence within EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries of at least five consecutive years. Periods of absence from the territory of the EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country shall be taken into account for the calculation of this period where they are shorter than six consecutive months and do not exceed in total ten months within this period.