The Commission announced the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, the so-called Cities Mission. The 100 cities come from all 27 Member States, with 12 additional cities coming from countries associated or with the potential of being associated to Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme (2021-2027).      Our urban areas are home to 75% of EU citizens. Globally,...

A new round of funding is available under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) to support researchers’ training, skills and career development and organisations involved in research activities. With a budget totalling €6.6 billion over 2021-2027, the MSCA support researchers from all over the world, at all stages of their careers and in all disciplines. The action also funds organisations with support for excellent doctoral, postdoctoral...

Are you a researcher in possession of a doctoral degree and with no more than eight years of full-time equivalent research experience? Discover the opportunities of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships for researchers at CMCC@Ca’Foscari in Venice. CMCC@Ca’Foscari is a research center on climate change, the result of a strategic partnership between Ca’Foscari University of Venice and the CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean...

The European Commission awarded MSCA Seal of Excellence certificates to 1 956 applicants for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2021. These applicants presented outstanding proposals but fell short of receiving funding from the scheme. The Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships are highly competitive: the first call of the scheme under Horizon Europe saw a total of 8 356 proposals, of which only 1 156 received funding. High...

OFFER DESCRIPTION 4 Postdoctoral grants in Prehistory and Human Evolution studies As a MSCA fellowship the researchers will work in their own projects under supervision during a two-years contract. R2STAIR H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2020 Programme is planned to boost the career prospective of junior R2 fellows (PhD holders who are not fully independent yet) by training their previous skills through the entire research life cycle in Prehistory and Human...

The ERC Advanced Grants 2022 call closed for applications on 28 April 2022. These are the preliminary data on the submitted proposals: The ERC received 1,647 proposals. This marks a decrease of 5% compared to the 2021 call, when 1,735 applications were submitted. The highest number of applications was submitted in the domain of Physical Sciences and Engineering (716), followed by Social Science and Humanities (471), and Life Sciences (460)....

CRESCENDO is a Transdisciplinary Doctoral Program managed by the University of Naples Federico II through its Task Force on Microbiome Studies, that combines facilities and experience of more than 150 Academic scientists from 14 different UNINA Departments in the areas of Biology, Medicine, Food and Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Engineering and Social Sciences, thus representing an ideal transdisciplinary environment to support...

The second call for the “Global at Venice - Research and Training for Global Challenges” Cofund Fellowship Programme is open! The programme, funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND scheme, gives 15 talented researchers from all over the world the opportunity to undertake their research and training activity at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The programme is supported by the University’s corporate partners, including research...

We would like to inform you about four new webinars that the European Commission is organising:   Title: Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe: How does it work? How to write a proposal? Date: 19 May 2022, from 10:00am to 12:00am (CET, Brussels time) Target group: Applicants and beneficiaries who are or will be involved in lump sum grants Event website: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/other/event220519.htm (no...

Happy to share with you the MSCA Questions & Answers Blog : here The answers in the blog are a combination of the replies of the most experienced NCPs and REA official answers.