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DEADLINE: 9th May 2025, 13:00 CESTThe Research and Innovation Foundation announced a call for proposals to fund projects that have been awarded a MSCA Seal of Excellence. The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) in Cyprus has opened a new call under the “Horizon Europe – 2nd Opportunity – MSCA”
What makes great research supervision? 🔎Start with the revised #MSCA Guidelines on the topic! These updated recommendations set out best practices for mentoring, research support, and career development - helping institutions and #supervisors provide top-quality guidance for MSCA fellows.In addition
The MSCA ‘Fellow of the month’ communication initiative, which will present testimonials from current and former MSCA fellows. It will offer insight into their scientific achievements, personal experiences, and the broader contribution of their projects to society. The aim is to reflect the
28 May 2025 - 28 May 2025Get to Know Europe: country introductions, innovation, research and funding!Get to Know Europeans: networking dinner reception!The EURAXESS Japan European Focus Day is an annual flagship event that welcomes researchers, bureaucrats, embassy personnel, entrepreneurs and the general public who would
13 April 2025 - 13 October 2025Image © Osaka Expo 2025The European Union has invested significantly in research and innovation to tackle global challenges, drive technological progress, and address the evolving needs of society.Each EU research programme has delivered new knowledge and groundbreaking solutions to issues that -
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Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. Following the Multiannual Financial Framework Midterm Review (MTR) decision, the indicative funding amount for Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2027 is EUR 93.5 billion.
It tackles climate change, helps achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth.
The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies.
It creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact within a strengthened European Research Area.
Legal entities from the EU and associated countries can participate.
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The ERC, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based across Europe.
The ERC offers 4 core grant schemes: Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants. With its additional Proof of Concept Grant scheme, the ERC helps grantees to explore the innovation potential of their ideas or research results.
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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are the European Union’s flagship funding programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training of researchers.
The MSCA
fund excellent research and innovation and equip researchers at all stages of their career with new knowledge and skills, through mobility across borders and exposure to different sectors and disciplines.
help build Europe’s capacity for research and innovation by investing in the long-term careers of excellent researchers.
fund the development of excellent doctoral and postdoctoral training programmes and collaborative research projects worldwide. By doing so, they achieve a structuring impact on higher education institutions, research centres and non-academic organisations.
The European Research Executive Agency (REA) manages the MSCA on behalf of the European Commission.
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EURAXESS Worldwide’s mission for Europe is to be a single-source solution for ambitious researchers, scientists, engineers, innovators, students and entrepreneurs looking to explore and develop their careers in Europe, and abroad. We want to be recognised as a networking platform and ‘toolbox’ to help deepen the European Research Area (ERA) and its contributions to a stronger, safer, greener and more connected Europe.
There is a global race for the most talented researchers and Europe has set its sights on a podium place. Openness and enhanced cooperation are critical to Europe’s new vision for international research and its continued leadership in tackling major societal challenges.
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While building the new page, the old portal is still available although it will not be updated going forward.
