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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Call 2024 - Open!

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Call 2024 - Open!

The 2024 call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships is open as of the 23rd of April. The grants, which have a budget of € 417.18 million, aim to improve the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD.  

They will help researchers acquire new skills, develop their careers, and gain international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral experience by working in another country.

These prestigious fellowships are also a stepping stone in researchers’ careers. They allow them to strengthen research cooperation with leading scientific teams and figures worldwide. 

The call will close on 11 September 2024 and is expected to fund over 1,400 projects.

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) contribute to excellent research, boosting jobs, growth and investment by equipping researchers with the new knowledge, skills and international and intersectoral exposure to fill the top positions of tomorrow and solve current and future societal challenges.

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships PF aims at supporting the international mobility of researchers within (European Fellowships) and beyond Europe (Global Fellowships). Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) are for experienced researchers to undertake their own research project at a host organisation in another country, thus gaining new skills through advanced training and possibly, intersectoral mobility. The grant usually covers two years' salary, a mobility allowance, research costs and overheads for the host institution. Family and special needs allowances are also available, when applicable.

The call opened on the 23rd of April 2024 with a deadline on the 11th of September.

Two modalities: European Fellowships and Global Fellowships

There are two types of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: 

  • European Fellowships (India to Europe)
    • Researchers based in India willing to move to Europe for their fellowship can apply for a European Fellowship. The research projects are carried out in the EU or Associated Countries (to Horizon Europe) and last for one to two years. There are no more panels in the Postdoctoral Fellowship call
    • Individual researchers based in Europe can also apply for a European fellowship for mobility within the EU or Associated Countries.
  • Global Fellowships (Europe to India)
    • Researchers based in Europe can apply for a Global Fellowship to carry out research of up to 2 years in a third country - such as India - and return to Europe for 1 year. This is an excellent opportunity for Indian higher education institutions/research institutes/private sector firms to host a high-level Europe-based researcher, fully funded by the European Commission.

Both types of Fellowship can also include a secondment period of up to 1/3 of the standard fellowship duration in another organisation worldwide.
An optional additional placement of up to 6 months in a non-academic host in Europe (member states or countries associated to Horizon Europe) is now possible at the end of the fellowship.

All research areas can be funded, from physics to linguistics, and from health sciences to mathematical modelling.

For all official details of this call, follow the link to the Funding & Tenders Portal

NOTE: As of January 2024, the United Kingdom is associated to the Horizon Europe programme. United Kingdom organisations will therefore be able to apply and receive funding under this year’s call under the same conditions as EU Member States and other countries associated to Horizon Europe. 

In addition, researchers applying to Global Fellowships will need to seek the commitment of an organisation based in a third country, as they will carry out their research there for a period of between 12 and 24 months.

WHO? 

Experienced researchers of any nationality, i.e. researchers holding a doctoral degree with no more than 8 years of experience after the completion of their PhD.

Mobility rule: The researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the host organisation's country for more than twelve months in the three years immediately prior to the call deadline. Make sure you check all specific requirements in the guide for applicants.

The call is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers.

HOW?

Individual researchers submit proposals for funding written in liaison with their planned host organisation in Europe. Proposals are judged on their research quality, the researcher's future career prospects, and the support offered by the host organisation.

Researchers must develop an application with their prospective supervisor and apply together with their future host organisation, which can be

  • a university
  • a research institution or facility
  • a company, small or medium-sized enterprise
  • a government, public institution, or body
  • a museum, hospital, or NGO
  • any other organisation 

based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country.

Resubmissions: please note that proposals involving the same recruiting organisation (and for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships also the associated partner hosting the outgoing phase) and individual researcher submitted to the previous call of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe and having received a score of less than 70% must not be resubmitted the following year.

MSCA PF Call 2024

Interested in applying?

Past Webinar and other useful resources

 

Additional resources

 

MSCA PF