Mobility and circulation of researchers | Marie Slodowska Curie Actions
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are the EU flagship programme for the training, mobility and career development of researchers in all scientific domains (‘bottom-up’), at all stages of their careers and from all over the world. They encourage transnational, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility with specific focus on skills fostering innovation, employability and entrepreneurship. The MSCA also support excellent doctoral programmes and networks, including industrial doctorates and joint doctorates. The MSCA are at the crossroad between the European Education Area and the European Research Area.
The applicants to MSCA can be individual researchers or institutions managing programmes, depending on the action. Academic organisations account for 74% of the total participations in MSCA in all Member States countries and universities represent 57% of all participations. Overall, 56% of the total MSCA budget is dedicated to Innovative Training Networks, i.e. to doctoral programmes mainly implemented by universities.
The MSCA have supported since its creation 25 years ago almost 140,000 researchers and will have supported near 65,000 researchers just for Horizon 2020 (since 2014), including 25,000 PhDs, and have funded over 1000 excellent international doctoral networks. They effectively train excellent, creative and innovative researchers contributing to important scientific breakthroughs. Evidence shows that the MSCA have a positive impact on individual researchers by promoting their international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary (“3-i”) mobility. But the MSCA also have a positive impact on organisations and at system level. The MSCA have a structuring effect on Europe's research and innovation capacity and practices by inspiring institutional reforms at national level, making Europe an attractive and competitive global location for researchers.
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News
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Event Review - Info Day in Albania on MSCA: COFUND and Staff Exchange
The MSCA Information Day, which took place on 24 November 2022 in Tirana, Albania, provided an excellent opportunity for participants to be informed about the implementation and financial management of...
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EU to invest €13.5 billion in research and innovation for 2023-2024
The Commission has adopted today the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24, with around €13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe to pursue breakthrough solutions for environmental...
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Pre-publication of Horizon Europe annual Work Programmes 2023-2024
The funding opportunities available under Horizon Europe are defined every year in the corresponding annual work programme. The work programmes for 2023-2024 have been pre-published. Pre-publication...
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Events
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The European Commission funds excellent young researchers across the EU and abroad through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, allowing them to study a topic in depth that they care about. Science ...
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges Info Session
2022 MSCA Staff Exchanges call for proposals: Learn about the Action’s main features, impact and the application process Description The MSCA Staff Exchanges programmeSearch for available translations...
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GREENET Brokerage Event for HE Cluster 5 - 2023 calls
Horizon Europe - Cluster 5 calls 2023 - VIRTUAL Brokerage Event Within the Framework of the EC Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Infoday, GREEENET, the of Horizon Europe CL5 National Contact Points, is...
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Organisations
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Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Founded in 1964 by the late Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, ICTP seeks to accomplish its mandate by providing scientists from developing countries with the continuing education and skills that they need to...
Calls
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Regional Youth Leadership Mobility Programme
The Regional Youth Leadership Mobility Programme (RYLMP) for 2022/23 call is open to the youth (21-30 years old) from academia and civil society organizations, young professionals and youth activists. ...
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Share your best practice at the EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2023
Let us know what successful ways you use to translate scientific advances and inventions into concrete solutions for society and industry! Apply to share your knowledge ...
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Register for the MSCA matchmaking platform
The MSCA matchmaking platform allows for 1:1 meetings for your future MSCA proposals, inspiring sessions, informative workshops and more.The MSCA matchmaking platform brings together fellows, ...
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Documents
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This guide will help you understand the role of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Green Charter. You will learn why environmental sustainability is important to the MSCA and how the Green Charter...
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[FOCUS ARTICLE] Youth strategies, policies and initiatives – the EYY 2022 and the Western Balkans
The Situation of Youth in the Western Balkans The field of youth in the Western Balkans has found itself in a dynamic progress since the beginning of the last century. Today, the status of young people...
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Knowledge ecosystems in the new ERA
Using a competence-based approach for career development in academia and beyond This policy brief, as part of the wider study “Knowledge ecosystems in the new ERA”, presents the European Competence...
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Links
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(Draft) Work programmes under Horizon Europe 2023-2024
Work programmes set out funding opportunities under Horizon Europe. One specific programme under Horizon Europe is implemented through the following: The main work programme Marie ...
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European research opportunities, jobs and funding
As a young researcher, you need to plan your next steps carefully. Here are a few things that might help you with your career in research The European Union has ambitious plans to grow its research...
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35th Anniversary of the Erasmus+ programme SERIES
Erasmus+ 35 years – 35 experiences 2022 marks the 35th anniversary of the emblematic Erasmus+ programme, There have been substantial changes to the Erasmus+ over the years; it has been continuously...
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Projects
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Transnational History Education and Co-operation Laboratory – HISTOLAB
The cooperation with the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC), was shaped into a joint project “Transnational History Education and Cooperation Laboratory...
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The project is supporting the EC in a more strategic orientation of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions focusing on 20 countries and 6 regions. The MSCAdvocacy project combines knowledge on and supports...
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VET mobility scheme for the Western Balkans
The general objective is to contribute to the improvement and modernisation of VET systems in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro, as well as reinforcing the links between VET and the Labour market, by the...
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