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HORIZON-MSCA-2024 calls
HORIZON-MSCA-2024: Upcoming calls under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are a powerful initiative of Horizon Europe designed to cultivate a bright future in research. These actions aim to nurture and deploy global research talent through funding exceptional doctoral and postdoctoral programs, fostering skills and international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary exposure. Through MSCA, Europe strengthens its research human capital, driving innovation and excellence, addressing challenges such as the Covid-19 crisis, and promoting inclusion and diversity in science. Here are the MSCA activities planned for 2024:
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-COFUND: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
MSCA COFUND enhances the impact of national or regional doctoral and postdoctoral training programs through co-funding, spreading best practices, and encouraging transnational mobility.
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN: Doctoral Networks
These networks aim to train innovative and resilient doctoral researchers capable of transforming knowledge into economic and social benefits. High-quality doctoral training in Europe is enhanced by international mobility and a focus on innovation, preparing researchers for both academic and non-academic careers.
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF: Postdoctoral Fellowships
These networks aim to train innovative and resilient doctoral researchers capable of transforming knowledge into economic and social benefits. High-quality doctoral training in Europe is enhanced by international mobility and a focus on innovation, preparing researchers for both academic and non-academic careers.
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE: Staff Exchanges
This action promotes international and intersectoral collaboration through the exchange of staff and knowledge along the innovation chain. It fosters a shared culture of research and innovation, encouraging the conversion of ideas into innovative products and services.
HORIZON-MSCA-Support: Support Actions
This action promotes activities to complement the implementation of MSCA, facilitating cooperation among National Contact Points and promoting MSCA internationally. It focuses on the strategic exploitation of MSCA results, enhancing services, and supporting researchers at risk, aligning with EU external policies and the goals of the European Research Area.
HORIZON-MSCA-2024: List of Specific Calls
Budget: 104.800.000 €
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-COFUND-01-01 | MSCA COFUND 2024
Summary
This call seeks to foster the training and professional development of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at regional, national, and international levels. Funded programs will enhance research and transferable skills, expand employment opportunities within and outside academia, and strengthen innovation and collaboration capacities. These programs include international mobility and focus on scientific integrity, open science, and data management.
Budget: 608.600.000 €
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01-01 | MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024
Summary
This call aims to strengthen doctoral training through collaboration between academic and non-academic entities in Europe and beyond. It focuses on improving research and transferable skills, employability, and international and sectoral cooperation. The programs offered enable doctoral candidates to acquire competencies in research and innovation, preparing them for careers within and outside academia. Industrial and joint doctorates are key, promoting the attainment of degrees recognized in multiple countries.
Budget: 2.000.000 €
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-INCO-01-01 | MSCA International Cooperation 2024
Summary
This call seeks to strengthen international cooperation in MSCA from Horizon Europe, focusing on countries and regions with bilateral agreements or R&D regional dialogues. Activities will include policy support, promotion of MSCA opportunities, and cross-cutting activities to ensure coherence with EU policies. The project is expected to last 36 months.
Budget: 2.000.000 €
Summary
This call aims to professionalize and enhance the service of National Contact Points (NCP) for MSCA in Europe, including third countries, to simplify access to Horizon Europe calls. It seeks to harmonize transnational cooperation among the NCPs, raising the quality of support to
applicants and increasing participation from underrepresented countries. Activities include workshops, brokerage events, and training sessions tailored to the needs of the NCPs, with a focus on closing the R&D gap in Europe. The project is expected to last 36 months.
Budget: 417.180.000 €
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024
Summary
These postdoctoral fellowships are designed to foster research and transferable skills, enhancing the employability and career prospects of researchers both within and outside the academic sphere. Open to researchers of any nationality, these fellowships promote internationality and interdisciplinarity, and seek to improve the quality of research training and supervision, thus increasing the capacity and global impact of participating organizations. They also include a mandatory return phase and enable stays in the non-academic sector, emphasizing scientific integrity and open science.
Budget: 1.500.000 €
HORIZON-MSCA-2024-RR-01-01 | MSCA Researchers at Risk 2024
Summary
This call seeks to improve coordination and support for researchers at risk in Europe, raising the quality of proposals and facilitating access to funds and networks. It will focus on professionalizing and sustaining support networks, improving readiness at European, national, and institutional levels, and raising awareness of the challenges these researchers face. The actions will align with MSCA objectives and seek synergies with other EU programs, such as Erasmus+. The expected duration of the project is 36 months.
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