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MSCA awards €417 million to postdoctoral researchers

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The European Commission will award €417 million to 1696 postdoctoral researchers to work at top universities, research centres, private and public organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises.

The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 10,360 applications for this call, 16.6 % of which were selected for funding.

Female awardees represent 43.8%. The selected applicants represent nearly 95 nationalities. They will work in 47countries in Europe and the rest of the world. 

The Commission will award

  • €354.6 million to 1528 researchers through European Postdoctoral Fellowships, allowing them to carry out their projects in the EU or countries associated to Horizon Europe

  • €62.58 million for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships, allowing 168 researchers to carry out research outside the EU or countries associated to Horizon Europe, mostly in the United States, Switzerland and Canada, before returning back to Europe

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