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...

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...