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Research Services will organise three different webinars during the spring on the various Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions calls.

• MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, 18 March 2024
• MSCA COFUND, 4 April 2024
• MSCA Doctoral Networks, 7 May 2024

MSCA Doctoral Networks, 7 May 2024

The MSCA Doctoral Networks aim to train creative, entrepreneurial, innovative and resilient doctoral candidates, through broad collaborations between universities, industry, public bodies and other actors. The programme is open to all research areas. The programme funds PhD positions and research and training activities.

The webinar aims to give an overview of the programme and offer a possibility for the participants to ask and discuss strategic questions regarding the planning and writing of the proposal.

Target audience: The webinar is open to all senior researchers that can act as supervisors for doctoral students, and thereby participate as project partners or coordinators. The webinar is not relevant for doctoral students looking for PhD positions.

Time & tool:  7 May, 15:00 – 16:30 via Zoom. The webinar will be held in English.
Speaker:  Isabel Dellacasa Lindberg and Erik Litborn, Swedish National Contact Points for MSCA

Register for the webinar via this link, no later than 6 May, 12:00.

Read more about MSCA Doctoral Networks on the European Commission website

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, 18 March 2024

Target audience: The webinar is open to all who have an interest in the MSCA Fellowship programme. We encourage all fellows and supervisors planning to apply to participate in the webinar. 

Speaker: Isabel Dellacasa Lindberg, Swedish National Contact Point for MSCA, Swedish Research Council,

Time: 18 March 2024 at 14:30 – 16:00

Register for the webinar via this link, by 16 March

About MSCA PF

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are 2-year European fellowships, or 3-year Global fellowships, for researchers holding a PhD. The fellowships aim to give the fellows new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility. Applications are made jointly by the researcher and the host institution. The programme is open to all research areas.

The webinar aims to give an overview of the programme and the planning and writing of the proposal.

Eligibility criteria for MSCA PF

• Mobility: the fellow cannot have stayed in Sweden more than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the deadline on the September 11, 2024.
• Researchers must have a PhD at the call deadline and have max. 8 years’ research experience post-PhD.

Read more about MSCA PF on the European Commission website

MSCA COFUND, 4 April 2024

The COFUND action provides funding for new or existing regional, national and international doctoral or postdoctoral programmes for research, training and career development. Through a co-funding mechanisms COFUND promotes sustainable training and international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility.

The webinar aims to give an overview of the programme and offer a possibility for the participants to ask and discuss strategic questions regarding the planning and writing of the proposal.

Time & tool: 4 April, 10:30 – 12:00 via Zoom. The webinar will be held in English.
Speaker: Erik Litborn, Swedish National Contact Point for MSCA 

Register for the webinar via this link, no later than 3 April 12:00.

Read more about MSCA COFUND on the European Commission website

For all questions about MSCA, please contact Research Services: Kerstin Gidlöf, Karin Langborger, or Anneli Wiklander

The indicative calendar of calls for proposals supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) in 2024 has been published.

COFUND co-finances new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes in EU member states or Horizon Europe associated countries, with the aim of spreading best practices of the MSCA. This includes international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all career stages.

• The 2024 COFUND call will have a budget of €104.8 million.
• The call will be published in spring 2024, opening on 3 April 2024 and closing on
  26 September 2024.

Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of postdoctoral researchers wishing to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility.

• The 2024 Postdoctoral Fellowships call will have a budget of €417.2 million.
• The call will open on 10 April 2024 and close on 11 September 2024.

Doctoral Networks allow doctoral programmes to train doctoral candidates in academia and other sectors, including industry and business. The scheme provides specific incentives to set up Industrial Doctorates and Joint Doctorates.

• The 2024 Doctoral Networks call will have a budget of €608.6 million.
• The call will open on 29 May 2024 and close on 27 November 2024.

The Staff Exchanges action supports the development of international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff. The scheme helps turn ideas into innovative products, services or processes.

• The 2024 Staff Exchanges call will have a budget of €99.5 million.
• The call opening will be published on 19 September 2024 and close on
  5 February 2025.

14 September: Welcome to a webinar on the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges action (MSCA SE)

MSCA SE promotes international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through the exchange of personnel, and knowledge and ideas in all the stages of the innovation chain. The aim is to develop sustainable collaborative projects between different organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors in Europe and beyond.

Staff Exchanges projects can last up to four years. The grant funds the mobility of seconded staff members from one month to one year. Staff involved should return to their sending organisations after the secondment, to pass on their knowledge.

Speakers:

• Isabel Dellacasa Lindberg, National Contact Point, Swedish Research Council
• Rustamjon Urinboyev, researcher at Lund University, and coordinator of two MSCA SE projects

Date: 14 September, 15:00-16:00

Registration: by email to Anneli Wiklander, anneli.wiklander@fs.lu.se, no later than 12 September

Postdoctoral Fellowships give researchers holding a PhD a chance to gain new skills and experience whilst carrying out their own research project abroad. The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is open to researchers of any nationality and applications in any scientific field. The Fellowships include European Fellowships, which allow researchers to carry out a personalised project in the EU or countries associated to Horizon Europe, and Global Fellowships, open to European nationals or long-term residents wishing to work with organisations in third countries before returning to a host institution in Europe. Deadline for the call: 13 September 2023.

Check if you are eligible to apply:
Mobility rule for European Fellowships: All nationals can apply, but the fellow cannot have resided or worked/studied in Sweden more than 12 months during the last 36 months immediately before the deadline on 13 September.

Mobility rule for Global Fellowships: mobility rule: fellows must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host organisation for the outgoing phase for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline 13 September.

Fellow must successfully have defended the PhD thesis at the time of the deadline and have no more than a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research from the date of PhD award.

If you sent in an MSCA PF application to the 2022 call, your evaluation score must be above 70% to be eligible to apply this year.

Workshop participation:
The workshop is open for fellows who plan to apply with Lund University as host and already have a project idea and an agreement with a supervisor at LU. Supervisors are welcome to participate as the application both gains on and needs to be written in collaboration.

Workshop objectives:
Understand what MSCA PF reviewers are looking for in your proposal.
How to communicate key messages within the Excellence, Impact, and Implementation sections of the proposal.
Develop skills and knowledge for writing a competitive MSCA PF proposal.
How to avoid common pitfalls.

Workshop held by: Dr Vicky Edkins, GrantCraft Services – WRG Europe. The workshop will be held in English.
Venue: Zoom, the link will be sent out a couple of days before the workshop
Date and time: 10 and 11 May 13:30 – 17:00

Please register here no later than 4 May.

Any questions on the workshop or eligibility?
Contact: Kerstin Gidlöf, Karin Langborger, Anneli Wiklander at Research Services, Lund University.