1500+ Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for all age and nationality
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are among Europe’s most competitive and prestigious awards, aimed at supporting the best and most promising scientists.
- The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are a researcher mobility programme which supports researchers at all stages of their careers, regardless of age and nationality.
- There are four distinct Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in the programme with a budget of €1 billion in 2020. Please see the “Variations of this scholarship” link below for the details of each award.
- The “Variations of this scholarship” link on this page describes each of the four Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
- Potential applicants should in the first instance contact an eligible host institution to identify whether they will support their application.
Type of this scholarship
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Innovative Training Networks
Key eligibility criteria:
- Research staff of any nationality and at any career level – from PhD preparation to experienced researchers – can undertake a secondment. Staff members working in managerial, technical or administrative roles can also take part.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Co-funding of Regional,National and International Programmes
- Providing organisations with additional financial support for their own researcher training and career development programmes.
- Benefits: Up to €10 million. Duration: Up to 5 years.
Deadline: Applications close on 30 September 2020.
Key eligibility criteria:
You must be within the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of your research career and not have a doctoral degree.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Individual Fellowships
A great option if you are an experienced researcher looking to give your career a boost by working abroad.
- Benefits for the researcher include a monthly Stipend of €4,880, a Mobility Allowance of €600 and a Family Allowance of €500. The host organisation can also receive Research, Training and Networking costs of €800 per month and Management and Indirect Costs of €500 per person per month. Duration: 2 – 3 years.
- Applications open on 8 April 2020 and close on 10 September 2020.
Key eligibility criteria:
Researchers who have completed a doctorate or at least 4 years of full-time research experience after their graduation
- Researchers who have generally not resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the host institution for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
- Applicants must be a national or long-term resident of a Member State or Associated Country.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
- Funding short-term exchanges of personnel between academic, industrial and commercial organisations throughout the world.
Benefits for the researcher include a Top‐up Allowance to support travel, accommodation and subsistence costs during secondments of €2,100 per person per month. The host organisation can also receive Research and Training Costs of €1,800 per person month and Management and Indirect Costs of €700 per person month. Duration: Secondments of 1 – 12 months, within a maximum project duration of 4 years.
Key eligibility criteria:
Each proposal should have one main participant, such as a government ministry, regional authority, funding agency, university, research organisation, enterprise.
Experienced researchers and doctoral candidates apply directly to the relevant funding organisation through vacancies for co-funded programmes on Euraxess, a jobs portal for researchers.
- As the application dates and processes are different for each of the Actions, please refer to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions websitefor the precise details on how to apply.
Overview
Applicable study areas | All study areas |
Number of scholarships awarded | At least 1500 |
For enquiries contact the
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Research Enquiry Service and Participant Validation. |
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