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> EU Marie Curie fellowships cat 30
>
> I would be interested in hearing of your university's
> practice on the payment of Cat 30 fellows.
>
> The ridiculously low fixed rate for the UK (3128 euro per
> mth) means that even now, at the start of the Programme, it
> is not enough to cover an appointment at 1A spine 6 in
> London (+appropriate increments, inflation at 3% p.a. and
> if pound stays strong. Therefore at the outset one is
> looking at a possible institution deficit, which can only
> get worse as we get further into FPV.
>
> A possible way round this would be to convert the 3128 into
> the rate pertaining at the time, pay it at a fixed
> monthly rate and revise (up or down) periodically in
> relation to the actual pound value of the staged payments
> received. This is more difficult for Payroll and Personnel.
>
> 1. How do you deal with this?
>
> 2. Who pays any deficit?
>
> 3. Does anyone know of any prospect for revision of the
> fixed allowance?
>
> Thanks for your help. I will circulate a summary of
> answers.
>
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> Jane Perry
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> Research Grants & Contracts Officer
> Birkbeck College
> Tel: +44 (0)171 631 6096
> Fax: +44 (0)171 631 6098
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