The ITN action aims to improve career perspectives of researchers in the first five years of their research career, in both public and private sectors, thereby making research careers more attractive to young people. This will be achieved through a trans-national networking mechanism, aimed at structuring of the existing high-quality initial research training capacity in Europe.

There are three types of Innovative Training Networks (ETN, EID and EJD), but CERN qualifies for ETNs (European Trianing Networks).

ETN structure

Composition	at least 3 beneficiaries from 3 different Member States or Associated Countries no minimum for partner organisations
Person-months	max. 540
Eligible researchers	ESRs (Early-Stage Researchers) only

Evaluation

	Excellence	Impact	Implementation
	50%	30%	20%
Weighting	1	2	3
Priority in case of ex aequo
Please note than an overall threshold of 70% will be applied to the total weighted score.

Award criteria

Each criterion will be scored out of 5. Decimal points will be given:

0	Proposal fails to address the criterion or cannot be assessed due to missing or incomplete information.
1 - Poor	The criterion is inadequately addressed, or there are serious inherent weaknesses.
2 - Fair	Proposal broadly addresses the criterion, but there are significant weaknesses.
3 - Good	Proposal addresses the criterion well, but a number of shortcomings are present.
4 - Very good	Proposal addresses the criterion very well, but a small number of shortcomings are present.
5 - Excellent	Proposal successfully addresses all relevant aspects of the criterion. Any shortcomings are minor.

EU Payments for ITNs

Researcher unit cost  person/month			Institutional unit cost person/month
Living Allowance	Mobility Allowance	Family Allowance	Research, Training and Networking costs	Management and Indirect costs
3270	600	500	1800	1200

Matching funds need to be secured by CERN. For more information, see Financial contribution of departments.