Re: [marie-curie-actions] Administrative errors in MC actions

["Dagmar M. Meyer" <dmeyer@DROPMEmariecurie.org>]

Dear Antonio,

I agree with you that it would have been good to inform you about the
transfer of your proposal to the European Fellowships Unit straight away.
On the other hand, Switzerland has been an Associated State (to FP6) since
1 January 2004, so at the time of the deadline for which you submitted
your proposal it was no longer a "Third Country", so your proposal was
ineligible for the OIF action anyway. In that sense the Commission has
actually done you a favour by transfering your proposal - rather than
declaring it ineligible straight away they at least gave you a second
chance.

Sorry, but I really don't think that you can talk of unfair treatment
here.

Kind regards,
Dagmar




On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Antonio Campos wrote:

>
> Dear Members,
>
> Last February I applied for an Oungoing-International
> Fellowship. Friday last week I discovered that my
> proposal was transfered to the Intra-European Fellowship
> without my knowledge and, consequently, without my
> consent. The research propoject was conceived and written
> specifically for the Outgoing action so the panel for
> the Intra-European fellowship could not have evaluated
> my proposal properly.
>
> I have told with Ms Campo by phone but I am still waiting
> for a fair answer. I have also sent an email to Ms Leflot
> that I have enclosed at the end of my message.
>
> I would like to know if anybody is in the same situation
> and what other type of actions should I follow to find out
> a solution to this intolerable administrative error.
>
> Thanks,
> Antonio Campos
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dear Ms Leflot,
>
> my name is Antonio Campos and last February I applied for an
> Outgoing-International Fellowship (Call FP6-2002-Mobility-6
> deadline 12/02/2004) for 36 months. The identification number
> of the proposal is 007764 and the acronim ENAGaT (PHY panel).
> The proposed outgoing phase consisted of a stay of 24 months
> at CERN, Switzerland, and a return phase of 12 months at the
> Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
>
> CERN is an International organization dedicated to the
> study of elemnetary particles. Eventhought it is located in
> Geneve, Switzerland, this research center is fully elegible
> for the outgoing phase because it is considered an International
> European interest organization. This is very clearly explained
> in point 3.2 'What types of research organizations can take
> part?' page 10 of the handbook for the Outgoing-International
> Fellowships.
>
> Surprisingly, on 30/07/2004 I received by email an evaluation
> summary report of my proposal as if I was applying for an
> Intra-European Fellowship. I have told to Ms Campo and she simple
> says that the proposal was transfer. I have to state very clearly
> that this transfer was done without my knowledge. Of course, the
> PHY panel for the intra-European Fellowships has not consider
> my application to be elegible for funding for obvious reasons.
> The project was not written and designed for the this mobility
> action and, consequently, it could not have been evaluated with
> equanimity and fairness.
>
> I know, I could have applied for both actions, Outgoing-international
> and Intra-European, but because of the characteristics of my
> research project, my age and experience, my family status, and many
> other factors I concluded that an Outgoing fellowship was more suited
> for my proposal. Furthermore, I was several years ago granted with
> a Marie Curie fellowshhip in the FP5 and an Intra-European Fellowship
> would have not contributed to improve my research carrear plan.
>
> I do not understand what has really happen with my application?
> Why it was transfer to a different mobility action that the one
> I was applying for? If this has been an administrative error I
> personally find it intolerable. I think this is a very serious
> issue and I need a fair answer. I hope the Research Directorate
> takes inmediate action.
>
> Cordially,
> Antonio Campos
>