Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

The ESOF 2022 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Satellite Event will take place on 12 and 13 July in Leiden. MSCA fellows, supervisors, coordinators, alumni and policy makers will gather to discuss and contribute to priority topics for the research ecosystem and to interact and network. The programme will include panel discussions, practical workshops, social events and networking opportunities. Register now to follow the main sessions of the event online.

Through EURAXESS you will find hundreds of hosting offers from organisations interested in supporting your application to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022. Research institutions, universities, businesses or organisations involved in research and innovation can also post their hosting opportunities to find the best researchers.

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. The action targets researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. Funded researchers gain experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors. The current call has a budget of €257 million and will close on 14 September 2022.

MSCA Doctoral Networks provide support partnerships of organisations from different socio-economic sectors across Europe to implement doctoral programmes. The aim is to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-term. The current call has a budget of €427 million and will close on 15 November 2022.

13 doctoral training programmes and 13 post-doctoral fellowship programmes of outstanding quality will receive co-funding worth EUR 89 million under the 2021 COFUND call. Programmes will foster high-quality training, supervision and career development of more than 700 excellent scientists carrying out their research in a wide range of disciplines, from drug discovery or medical devices to quantum technologies, nanotechnology or plant science.

71 projects have been selected under the 2021 Staff Exchanges call. With a total budget of €72 million, they will enable researchers to go abroad and enlarge their networks, share knowledge and carry out cutting-edge research. The funded individuals will include doctoral candidates, post-doctoral fellows, as well as technicians, managerial and administrative staff involved in research and innovation activities.

The new MSCAdvocacy project supports involvement in research and innovation policy dialogues and provides expertise on MSCA cooperation mechanisms and promotion, networking with key stakeholders as well as extensive experience in the workings, potential and challenges of MSCA promotion in third countries with a state-of- the-art service and support framework. The project's website will be online from beginning of August.

The MSCA-NET project facilitates transnational cooperation between National Contact Points (NCPs) for the MSCA and provides support to MSCA applicants. Visit the website of the project to find resources, contact details of all NCPs, handbooks, FAQs, matchmaking tools and useful links to prepare your application.

EAIE has published a short piece on MSCA Joint Doctoral Programmes, which outlines some of the perceived benefits of joint doctorates as cooperation catalysts while pointing to some of the persisting hurdles to their set-up and running. It includes the feedback from MSCA beneficiaries gathered through a survey and a 2021 event by the European Research Executive Agency, in cooperation with the MSCA unit at the European Commission.

This unofficial document prepared by the MSCA National Contact Points (NCP) via the MSCA-NET project will help you to prepare your Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 proposal. Tips, advice, common mistakes and more will guide your through your application process. Check it now!

The new MSCA Guide, available in Spanish, provides an overview of the MSCA for research teams, organisations and individual researchers based in Latin American and the Caribbean. It has been developed by the Spanish National Contact Points Cristina Gómez and Jesús Rojo with the support of AECID, CFCE, AUCI and the LAC NCP Network.

The new MSCA matchmaking platform, launched by MSCA-NET, brings together fellows, companies, supervisors, NGOs and Academic Institutions from a large number of European countries and beyond. This is a unique opportunity to generate new contacts and future successful projects in the upcoming MSCA calls for 2022. Register now and find the best match!

Gender Equality Plans will be required in order to participate in Horizon Europe, including MSCA, for all public bodies, higher education institutions and research organisations from EU Member States and associated countries. Watch the latest webinar introducing the specific requirements of the Horizon Europe GEP eligibility criterion and learn more about the requirements.

The MSCA European Green Deal Cluster event gathered promising MSCA and other EU-funded research projects to showcase their contribution to climate research and innovation, promote discussions and collect information to provide input to the relevant EU policy-making services. Read the final report of the event to learn more about the key messages.