Webinar: How to apply for Europe's most prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship! MSCA-PF Call 2023

Are you an aspiring researcher seeking to advance your career? The highly prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) as part of the EU's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation program, offer a remarkable opportunity for EU funding and a two-year postdoc stay in Europe to pursue your dream project. The 2023 call opened on 14 April with a deadline of 13 September 2023.

EURAXESS India is organising an exclusive webinar for Indian researchers about the 2023 MSCA-PF call on: 16 May, 3.00-4.30pm IST (11.30-13.00 CET).

This 90-minutes webinar focuses on how to apply for a Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), with valuable tips from our expert speakers.

Our main guest speaker, Lili Kankaya, will provide an overview of the policy aims and objectives which underpin the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, as well as cross cutting issues, which will help in the developing a robust and successful application. 

We will also hear from two MSCA Postdoc fellows from India about their personal experience on how to crack the MSCA Postdoc Fellowship. 

All participants will receive an attendance certificate. The webinar is free of charge.

Watch the recording here:

Agenda

3.00pm-3.05pm - Welcome Remarks - Dr. Samrat S. Kumar, EURAXESS India

3.05pm-3.50pm - Presenting the scope of the call - Ms. Lili Kankaya, Malta Council for Science and Technology

3.50pm-4.10pm - Testimony of current MSCA-PF Fellows - Dr. Indrajit Sahu, Department of Medical Research, SRM University, Chennai & Dr. Harihar Jaishree Subrahmaniam, Ecoscience, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology Departments at Aarhus University, Denmark

4.10pm-4.30pm - Q&A

What is the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship about?

The aim of the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships is to equip postdoctoral researchers with complementary professional skills for their future careers through the implementation of a personalised research project. International, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility is the central element here.

Who is eligible?

Researchers of any nationality and from all scientific disciplines with a doctoral degree and a maximum of 8 years of full-time post-graduate research experience at the time of the submission deadline are eligible to apply.

Where can I carry out the Fellowship?

European Postdoctoral Fellowships are available at a host institution in any of the 27 EU Member States or at a host institution in any of the current Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

The mobility rule applies to all applicants: they may not have lived or worked in the host institution’s country for more than 12 months in the 36 months prior to the submission deadline.

When is the deadline?

The 2023 call for application opened on 14 April with a deadline for application on 13 September 2023.

For more information about the Call click here.

About the Speakers

Lili Kankaya

Horizon Europe Senior Executive at Malta Council for Science and Technology, EURAXESS Malta

Lili Kankaya is a Senior Executive at the Framework Programme Unit at the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST). Lili is the NCP and Programme Committee member for MSCA in Malta since June 2016. Ever since Lili has organised various MSCA events and trainings and has helped numerous applicants to be successful in their MSCA proposals. Lili is in charge of the EURAXESS Malta and its dedicated portal. Lili is an University of Malta graduate - B.A. Hon International relations and M.A International Law.

Dr. Indrajit Sahu

Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Research, SRM University, Chennai

Dr. Indrajit Sahu, is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Research, SRM University, Chennai. He has completed his PhD from ACTREC-Tata Memorial Cancer Centre, Navi Mumbai in the year 2015. Then he joined Technion-IIT in Israel for his first Post-doctoral research with Prof. Michael Glickman in Faculty of Biology. In 2017 he received Marie Curie Postdoc Fellowship and continued his research at Technion until end of 2020 as an EU-Research Scientist. During this tenure Indrajit could also secure two more short Postdoc fellowships from FEBS and Welcome-Trust, UK. Then he moved to Harvard medical school in the beginning of 2021 to continue his research until March-2023.

Since the last 12 years Indrajit has been working in the field of Ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) and protein degradation. He has discovered many fundamental roles of UPS in human pathology including Cancer, Neurological disorders, Cardiomyopathy and Oxidative stress.

Dr. Harihar Jaishree Subrahmaniam

MSCA Individual fellow at Ecoscience, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology Departments at Aarhus University, Denmark

Jaishree is currently a MSCA Individual fellow at Ecoscience, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology Departments at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her Ph.D. research focused on whether altruism and cooperation exist in plants, with her findings supporting the idea that nature shapes organisms to help one another. Jaishree has been a long term advocate for children and women's education through NGOs and routinely communicates scientific research to non-technical audiences. She is a passionate mentor for young girls and women in STEM and she founded and leads Paksh, a mental health support initiative for STEM researchers worldwide. Jaishree also chairs the Science Policy Working Group of Marie Curie Alumni Association. Her overarching goal is to pursue scientific research on plants, communicate science, and create a positive environment for researchers to do what they love. Her work aims to bridge the gap between science and society while helping young women find fulfilling careers in STEM.

For more information about the Call click here.

Watch the Recording here