EU - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Call 2023 is now open for applications!

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

MSCA-PF fellowships provide excellent opportunities for Indian researchers to pursue postdoctoral research in Europe, including the option to host European researchers in Indian institutes.

With a budget of €260.5 million, these grants aim to enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and wishing to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility. The programme expects to fund over 1,200 fellowships.

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to all fields, including Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), and Economics.

TYPES OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

There are 2 types of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

European Postdoctoral Fellowships - open to researchers moving within Europe or coming to Europe from another part of the world to pursue their research career. These fellowships take place in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and can last between 1 and 2 years. Researchers of any nationality can apply.

Global Postdoctoral Fellowships - fund the mobility of researchers outside Europe. The fellowship lasts between 2 to 3 years, of which the first 1 to 2 years will be spent in a non-associated Third Country, followed by a mandatory return phase of 1 year to an organisation based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Only nationals or long-term residents of the EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries can apply.

BENEFITS

The Postdoctoral Fellowships cover

a living allowance
a mobility allowance
if applicable, family, long-term leave, and special needs allowances

In addition, funding is provided for

research, training, and networking activities
management and indirect costs

WHO CAN APPLY

Researchers interested in PFs

- can be of any nationality and should have a PhD degree at the time of the deadline for applications. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply

- must have a maximum of eight years experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree, years of experience outside research and career breaks will not count towards the above maximum, nor will years of experience in research in third countries, for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe

- should comply with mobility rules: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline