Calls for Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
With a total budget of €6.6 billion over 2021-2027, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are part of the European Union’s research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. The MSCA support researchers from all over the world, at all stages of their careers and in all disciplines. They also benefit institutions by supporting excellent doctoral, postdoctoral programmes and collaborative research and innovation projects.
The new MSCA calls are part of the Horizon Europe 2023-24 work programme and will award over €886 million in 2023 and €902 million in 2024. Most funding actions are accessible to organisations and individual researchers based in Latin American and Caribbean countries:
· Doctoral Networks allow implementing doctoral programmes to train doctoral candidates in academia and other sectors, including industry and businesses. The scheme provides specific incentives to set up Industrial Doctorates and Joint Doctorates. The 2023 and 2024 calls, with a budget of €434.8 and €451.2 million respectively, will open in May and close in November each year.
· MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 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 funding will be available to researchers ready to pursue frontier research and innovation projects in Europe and worldwide, including in the non-academic sector. The 2023 and 2024 calls, with a budget of €260.5 and €270.8 million respectively, will open in April and close in September each year.
· MSCA Staff Exchanges develop international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary sustainable collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff. The scheme helps turn ideas into innovative products, services or processes. The 2023 and 2024 calls, with a budget of €78.5 and €81.2 million respectively, will open in October and close on late February or early March each year.
The programme is open to individual researchers from all nationalities (including Latin American and Caribbean countries) working in all research fields. Researchers can either find PhD and postdoctoral vacancies and support to apply through the Euraxess portal or apply for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme.
Universities, research centers, companies, public bodies and other organisations based in Latin American and Caribbean countries can also benefit from MSCA to start or enhance research cooperation with organisations based in Europe and all over the world and attract talent, and also receive European funding directly in some cases.
Organisations and individual researchers interested to apply should refer to the MSCA National Contact Points (MSCA NCPs) network in Latin America and the Caribbean. They are the main contacts to prepare your application and navigate through MSCA funding.
The MSCA NCP network has more than 130 NCPs in 64 countries around the world. Besides the LAC-NCP Network and Euraxess LAC can also provide a crucial support.
We also recommend you to consult the excellent Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) under Horizon Europe Guide, available in Spanish and targeted at individual researchers and organisations based in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has been published by the LAC NCP Network together with other partners.
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