Marie Skłodowska Curie-Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowships

Research, Internationalization

Funding organisation:

Europese Commissie

What?

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF), formerly known as the Individual Fellowships, target young researchers who wish to carry out their research activities abroad and who aim to acquire new skills and develop their careers. Postdoctoral Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. 

There are 2 types of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

1. European Postdoctoral Fellowships: for researchers of any nationality moving within Europe or coming to Europe from any country in the world. These fellowships take place in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and last between 1 and 2 years. Indicative budget: EUR 354.60 million
2. Global Postdoctoral Fellowships: fund the mobility of residents outside Europe for European nationals or long-term residents. The fellowships last between 2 to 3 years, of which the first 1 to 2 years take place in a non-associated Third Country, followed by a mandatory return phase of 1 year in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Indicative budget: EUR 62.58 million

Both types of fellowships may include short-term secondments anywhere in the world during the fellowship (except during the return phase of a Global Fellowship). Secondments do not have a separate budget and can take place for up to a maximum of one-third of the standard duration of the project.
Researchers can receive additional support to carry out a placement of up to 6 months in a non-academic organization based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. This placement needs to take place after the end of the PF.

Who?

Applications are made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

Researchers who want to apply for a PF:

• Have a Ph.D. degree at the time of the deadline. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply;
• Have a maximum of 8 years of research experience from the date of the award of their Ph.D. degree. To check your research experience, you can use the Self-assessment tool and the guidelines on the calculation of 8 years of experience in Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe.
• Comply with the mobility rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships) or the host organization for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the deadline. 

Make sure to stick to the award criteria when drafting your application (MSCA Work Programme p.95).

For European PF: researchers of any nationality can apply.
For Global PF: only nationals or long-term residents of the EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries can apply.

Please note that, in case you collaborate with a Eureca-pro partner, there are opportunities to get additional incentives and consulting funding.
You may contact eureca-pro@uhasselt.be for more information.

    

Application?

Interested researchers submit an application together with a host organisation, which can be a university, research institution, business, SME or other organisation based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. The project proposal must be submitted in the participant portal of the European Commission. 

Resubmissions restrictions: please remember that proposals involving the same recruiting organisation (and for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships also the associated partner hosting the outgoing phase) and individual researcher submitted in a previous call since 2023 and having received a score of less than 70% must not be resubmitted in this current PF call.

More specific UHasselt facts and figures to complete the application form can be found on our intranet page.

Regulations?

Postdoctoral Fellowships indicated Timeline:

• 11 September 2024, 5 pm: Deadline for submitting proposals
• February 2025: Notification of call results to applicants (to be confirmed)
• April 2025: Grant agreement signature for successful projects (to be confirmed)
• April 2025: First EU-funded projects start (to be confirmed)

More information?

• Call page of the European Commission
• Participant portal of the European Commission
• Guide for Applicants
• Postdoctoral Fellowships Handbook and resources
• UHasselt Intranet (will be updated as soon as possible)
• Application Form
• Evaluation Form
• General information package for marie skłodowska-curie fellows 
• MSCA financial guide

Slides and recordings of the previous UKRO webinars:

Deadline

11.09.2024

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail ilse.das@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211268098