Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Making Europe an attractive location for the world’s best researchers

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) enable researchers to move across borders and connect with different sectors and disciplines. They also support the development of excellent training programs for doctoral students and postdocs as well as cooperative research projects worldwide.

Some of the main principles applying to the MSCA are the following:

  • excellence: this applies not only to the individual fellows supported and knowledge transferred, but also to the R&I methodologies, the research, the training, the supervision, and career guidance
  • mobility: researchers receiving funding are required to relocate to different countries to gain new knowledge, skills, and competencies while advancing their research careers.
  • bottom-up and open to the world: the MSCA welcomes research and innovation across all fields, allowing applicants to freely select their focus in a completely bottom-up approach. The program also emphasizes a strong international dimension, fostering global collaboration.
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MSCA at a glance

Intended audience Intended audience

Doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers.

Type of funding Type of funding

Public funding.

Total Budget Total Budget

6.64 billion euro (2021-2027).

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) comprise five funding schemes:

  • Supports the creation of doctoral programmes through partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond.
  • Aims to train highly skilled doctoral students, enhance their creativity, boost their innovation potential, and improve long-term employability.

  • Supports the career development of researchers and promotes excellence in research.
  • Open to researchers with a PhD, allowing them to conduct research abroad, gain new skills, and enhance their careers.

  • Funds short-term international and cross-sectoral exchanges of staff involved in research and innovation.
  • Open to a wide range of organisations, including SMEs.

  • Provides co-funding for regional, national, and international training and career development programmes.

  • Aims to bring research and researchers closer to the public, particularly families, pupils, and students.
  • Supports initiatives such as the European Researchers’ Night, an event promoting and communicating research across all EU Member States and Associated Countries.

Is your project eligible for funding?

To be eligible for MSCA funding, a project must:

  • Include at least three partner organisations from three different EU Member States or Associated Countries.
  • Have at least one partner from an EU Member State.
  • Have a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) (mandatory for all public bodies, higher education institutions, and research organisations from EU Member States and Associated Countries).

40+
Marie Curie proposals supported

50%
average success rate of PNO proposals

50+
clients served yearly

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