The MSCA Seal of Excellence (SoE) is a quality label awarded to applicants for MSCA Individual Fellowships (IF) who achieved a high score in their applications but ultimately did not get funding because of budget constraints. By affirming proposals scoring 85% or more, the SoE underlines the value of these projects. People proposing these projects may then use their SoE recognition to help find alternative funding. The Horizon 2020 programme...

Vienna International Postdoctoral Program (VIP2) is a three-year postdoctoral fellowship program at the Vienna BioCenter (VBC) that is open to candidates with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering, computer science, and bioinformatics. The program operates under a two-mentor scheme whereby fellows select a main research group and academic mentor according to their specific projects and are supported by a second mentor...

On 10 February 2021, new FAQs related to the COVID-19 pandemic were published and some of the existing FAQs updated with MSCA-specific clarifications. New Frequently Asked Questions: In MSCA Individual Fellowships, when a researcher cannot move to the country of the beneficiary/partner organisation in a third country for COVID-19-related reasons, can he/she work on the action “remotely” from his/her current place of residence? Can certain...

ChemArch: doctoral training to create the next generation of artefact scientists is an International Doctoral Training Network of 15 interlinked fully-funded PhD Projects. It is offering a 36-month fully-funded PhD opportunity enabling you to study for a double doctorate at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona with the Universities of York (UK), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), and the CNRS-Nice (France), as specified by the following 15...

The EuroTech Universities Alliance is a strategic partnership of five leading European universities of science...

On 7 October 2020, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna ‘for the development of a method for genome editing’. Both scientists discovered the so-called CRISPR/Cas9 ‘genetic scissors’, a revolutionary method that allows scientists to edit the genome (DNA) of living beings with high precision. The discovery could have an enormous impact, advancing research of new, ground-...

Applications are invited for 10 PhD positions (ESRs) within the ELIT – Empirical study of Literature Training Network. These positions will be funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. What is ELIT? To arrive at a profound understanding of the underlying processes and societal effects of reading, a European Network – the Empirical study of Literature Training Network (ELIT...

The European Commission has awarded MSCA Seal of Excellence certificates to over two thousand researchers who applied for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship in 2019. Calls for proposals under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are extremely competitive: the budget for the 2019 call only allowed a grant to be awarded to 15% of applicants. The Seal of Excellence is therefore designed to support MSCA applicants whose proposals show...

To honour the outstanding achievements and excellence of the MSCA fellows, the MSCA 2020.HR AWARDS will be awarded. This call is open to all fellows who have benefited from the MSCA during the Horizon 2020 Framework Program, including finished and ongoing projects. According to the objectives of the Conference, the competition is divided into three categories primarily dedicated to the impact of MSCA, in which applicants need to demonstrate a...

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) support researchers at all stages of their careers, regardless of age and nationality. Researchers working across all disciplines are eligible for funding. The MSCA also support cooperation between industry and academia and innovative training to enhance employability and career development. Along with individual fellowships, the MSCA help develop training networks, promote staff exchanges and fund...