EURAXESS Worldwide

EURAXESS Worldwide in collaboration with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions network of National Contact Points are organizing webinars where over 80 research institutions from 20 European countries will pitch their hosting offers to potential researchers from around the world who are interested in applying for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship’s 2023 call (MSCA PF). Researchers from all EURAXESS Worldwide hubs are welcome to register and attend. The webinars will be held in English where each institution will have 5 minutes to pitch their hosting offer. All your questions, comments and concerns will be answered in a written form after the webinars. Each research institution will leave contact information so you can reach out to them directly in case if interest.

The EURAXESS Worldwide Network and ERC is organizing eight webinars between the 5th and 18th of October for researchers from different regions around the world.

In these sessions, ERC grantees will share their experiences and give personal advice to potential applicants while an ERC National Contact Point (NCP) will briefly explain their role and present the activities they regularly organize to help researchers succeed in submitting a project to the ERC. In addition, a representative of host institutions based in Europe will give an overview of the support they can provide to potential applicants.

EURAXESS Worldwide and DG RTD are organising two info days on the Horizon Europe pillar II calls in two regions: ASEAN and Japan.

Specific calls relevant for the regions were selected by the EU Delegations and DG RTD. The calls will be introduced by policy officers along with a brief description of best practices from among the previous Horizon 2020 projects partnering with ASEAN and Japan.

• ASEAN, 20-22 July 2021

A virtual matchmaking event for research actors and interested parties from across ASEAN and the European Research Area.

• Japan, 26 July 2021

A virtual event for research actors and interested parties from across Japan and the European Research Area.

The European Research Council (ERC) in cooperation with EURAXESS Worldwide are organising these nine one-hour webinars, from 16 November to 16 December, targeting researchers from different regions and countries around the world. ERC grantees and evaluators will advice on how to apply to an ERC grant to potential applicants based outside Europe.

The Paris Peace Forum (PPF), of which the European Commission is a Strategic Partner, will hold its fourth edition on 11-13 November 2021.

The PPF’s aim is to place global governance at the top of the international agenda. Different stakeholders discuss global governance issues and cooperate on solutions through three main spaces: Space for Solutions, Space for Debates and Space for Innovations.

The Space for Solutions is mostly to present solutions for incremental change. Each year, governance projects proposing concrete solutions to global challenges are invited to the Forum’s Space for Solutions and contribute to debates (with concrete projects). The solutions highlighted at the Forum have to be beyond the conception stage and stand out by their international and cooperative dimension, and their capacity to create sustainable change in global governance.

The Call for Projects for this year has just been launched and it will run until 9 May, with a maximum of 80 projects expected to be selected. This year, the Call focuses on the following main areas, which are also core for the fourth session of the Forum:

• Fighting against the Covid-19 crisis
• Better governing the global commons
• Better governing the digital world
• Fighting fake news and threats to the press
• Protecting the civic space in times of Covid-19
• Achieving equality among men and women
• Strengthening South-South cooperation
• Reforming capitalism through the impact economy.

This Call for Projects is open to all governance actors: states, international bodies, local governments, non-governmental organizations, companies, foundations, development agencies, religious groups, associations, think tanks, universities, etc.

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This Mentoring programme aims to encourage and to facilitate the transnational mobility, by fostering cooperation between the researchers from the European Research Area (ERA) and the EURAXESS Worldwide countries. In the framework of this programme, experienced researchers will have the unique opportunity to mentor early-stage researchers and support their integration and career development from the international mobility perspective.

Learn more about the mentoring programme 

The survey addressed among other the current situation and needs of international researchers, their perception of international mobility in the new context, factors influencing their motivation and capability to participate in international mobility as well as their preferences and the support and conditions which they need.

In total, the survey has triggered 1262 responses, of which 1224 were included in this analysis.

Download the full survey report :

With a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and innovation, Europe has the biggest research funding programme in the world. Through its dedication to research excellence, Europe remains a leading actor in global cutting edge research. Its outward-looking research policies enable Europe to maintain strategic international connections with global research partners. EURAXESS Worldwide is an important part of this research fabric and we look forward to continued international collaboration.