MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (12/10/2021), MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021 (16/11/2021)

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About MSCA

Part of Horizon Europe, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are the European Union’s flagship funding programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training of researchers. The European Research Executive Agency manages the MSCA on behalf of the European Commission.

Objectives of the MSCA

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fund excellent research and innovation and equip researchers at all stages of their career with new knowledge and skills, through mobility across borders and exposure to different sectors and disciplines. The MSCA help build Europe’s capacity for research and innovation by investing in the long-term careers of excellent researchers.

The MSCA also fund the development of excellent doctoral and postdoctoral training programmes and collaborative research projects worldwide. By doing so, they achieve a structuring impact on higher education institutions, research centres and non-academic organisations.

The MSCA promote excellence and set standards for high-quality researcher education and training in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the recruitment of researchers.

Principles underlying the programme are :

· Excellence .The MSCA support excellent researchers. They also foster excellence in research and innovation collaborations, knowledge transfer, methodologies and content, as well as in training, supervision and career guidance.

· Mobility. The MSCA support the mobility of researchers between countries, sectors and disciplines to acquire new knowledge, skills and competences.

· Bottom-up and open to the world. The MSCA are open to all domains of research and innovation and encourage international cooperation to set-up strategic collaborations.

· Excellent recruitment, working conditions and inclusiveness. The MSCA promote the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers for the recruitment, working and employment conditions of researchers.

· Effective supervision and career guidance The MSCA promote effective supervision and adequate mentoring and career guidance. This contributes to creating a supportive environment for the researchers to work.

· Open science and responsible research and innovation. The MSCA support Open Science and Responsible Research and Innovation.

· European Green Deal. The MSCA support bottom-up and frontier/applied research supporting the MSCA Green Charter provides recommendations in this regard.

· Synergies. The MSCA promote strong links with the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Types of MSCA funding

There are 5 types of MSCA targeting different objectives:

Doctoral Networks (DN). Supporting programmes to train doctoral candidates in academic and non-academic organisations. Follow the link to find out more about Doctoral Networks.
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF). Supporting career perspectives and excellence of postdoctoral researchers. Follow the link to find out more about Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Staff Exchanges (SE). Encouraging collaborations between organisations through staff exchanges. Follow the link to find out more about Staff Exchanges.
COFUND. Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes. Follow the link to find out more about COFUND.
MSCA and Citizens. Bringing research and researchers closer to the public at large. Follow the link to find out more about MSCA and Citizens.