Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Gastorganisatie in EU of geassocieerd land Universiteit, onderzoeksinstituut, bedrijf of non-academische organisatie

Mobiliteitsregel Max 12 mnd verblijf in gastland in 12 (DN) of 36 (PF) mnd voorafgaand aan deadline

Onderzoekservaring passend bij actielijn DN: geen PhD; PF: PhD + max 8 jaar ervaring

Verplichte training en supervisie Onderzoeksvaardigheden, transferable skills, ethics, Career Development Plan

Open Science en Green MSCA FAIR-data, open access, DMP en CO2-reductie mobiliteit

(Inter)sectorale secondments Voor DN en PF bij non-academische partners

The following additional eligibility criteria apply: Activities carried-out in non-associated third countries are not eligible for funding.

Applications must be submitted by a consortium including at least three independent legal entities, each established in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and with at least one of them established in an EU Member State.

All beneficiaries must recruit at least one doctoral candidate.

Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity77 (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.

In case of industrial doctorates, doctoral candidates must spend at least 50% of their fellowship duration in the non-academic sector.

Only one proposal per individual researcher can be submitted.

Applications must be submitted by a single independent legal entity, established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.

The beneficiary must employ and supervise the researcher during the action89.

Supported fellows must be postdoctoral researchers at the date of the call deadline, i.e. in a possession of a doctoral degree90.

At the call deadline, supported researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full- time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date of award of the doctoral degree.

Recruited researchers must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity92 (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.

Applications must be submitted by a consortium including at least three independent legal entities in three different countries, two of which established in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.

The consortium must include participating organisations from both academic and non- academic sectors.

Applications must be submitted by a single entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.

In each COFUND action, a minimum of three researchers must be recruited.

Applications must be submitted by a single entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.

In each Choose Europe for Science programme, a minimum of three researchers must be recruited.

Researchers who are already permanently employed by the organisation hosting them cannot be funded by MSCA Choose Europe for Science.

Wie: Organisaties gevestigd in een EU-lidstaat of een met Horizon Europe geassocieerd land, afhankelijk van de actielijn alleen of in een consortium van ten minste drie organisaties. De onderzoekers die zij aanstellen moeten voldoen aan de mobiliteitsregel en aan de eisen van de actielijn, zoals maximaal 8 jaar onderzoekservaring na de promotie bij Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Waarvoor: Voor training, internationale mobiliteit en intersectorale uitwisseling van onderzoekers binnen Horizon Europe, via Doctoral Networks, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Staff Exchanges, COFUND, Choose Europe for Science en MSCA and Citizens.

Wat je krijgt: Een bijdrage in vaste bedragen (unit costs) per onderzoeker per maand voor salaris, mobiliteit, gezin, onderzoek, training en netwerken, en beheer en indirecte kosten; er is geen vast projectmaximum.

Wat je moet doen: Dien een voorstel in tijdens de call van de gekozen actielijn; de deadlines verschillen per call, zoals Doctoral Networks 2026 van 28 mei tot 24 november 2026 en de calls voor 2027 die vanaf december 2026 openen.