MSCA Cofund 2025 Call webinar

Slides and recording of the presentations

This webinar on the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Cofund 2025 call is organised by the National Contact Points (NCPs) for MSCA in Belgium NCP Flanders, NCP-FNRS and NCP Federal BE.

The MSCA Cofund action provides complementary funding for new or existing doctoral programmes or postdoctoral programmes at regional, national and international level. Its aim is to spread the MSCA policies based on the European Charter for Researchers, including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training and international and cross-sectoral mobilty of researchers in all stages of their career. The MSCA Cofund 2025 call is expected to open on the 23 January with a deadline on 24 June 2025.

During this webinar the objectives of Cofund, call modalities and hands-on information on the application submission and evaluation process will be provided, complemented by the perspectives from a partner in a MSCA Cofund and an expert evaluator. Furthermore an overview of the services of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) will be presented (TBC).

Participation to this webinar is free and open to researchers and staff members willing to apply with a Belgian institution from the academic and non-academic sectors including industry, businesses, SMEs, public administration, civil society organisations, etc. Registration is required. The registration form offers the possibility to write any question for the speakers you might have at this stage.

The registration form of the webinar, which is available also via this webpage. 

Programme

14.00 Welcome and support services

14.10 Modalities of the MSCA Cofund 2025 call

• Marc Patuzzo, project advisor and call coordinator, European Commission, Research Executive Agency

14.40 Questions and Answers

15.10 Perspectives from a laureate of a Cofund call and Questions and Answers

• Alexander Botzki, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), PULSE and Arise2 funded under the 2023 call

15.30 Perspectives from an Expert Evaluator and Questions and Answers

• Eva Martin, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Barcelona Spain

15.50 Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) overview of services and Questions and Answers

• Nikolett Szelei, Vice-Chair MCAA Benelux Chapter

16.10 Closure of the meeting