European Fellowship Scheme for Researchers at Risk – Introduction of the call, policy & application information

A call for a pilot European Fellowship Scheme for Researchers at Risk is currently open with deadline 7 September 2023. The indicative call budget is €6 million to fund one project. The main objective of the call is:

• to pilot a European fellowship scheme to support researchers at risk to address the currently fragmented and limited support at EU level for researchers at risk.
• to enhance the support for researchers at risk to continue their work in a safe environment.
• to set up, test and validate selection procedures for at-risk researchers and matchmaking with hosts in the EU (approximately 30 fellowships for non-EU researchers with different legal statuses).

The European Fellowship Scheme for Researchers at Risk action was allocated to the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) and the implementation will be monitored by the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Please find in these two videos more information on the background and application procedure for this call.

• Introduction & policy by Marija Mitic, Policy analyst, DG EAC video
• Call conditions, application documents & award criteria by Andrea Hutterer, Call coordinator, REA video

Any questions on the call can be send to REA-MSCA-HE-RR@ec.europa.eu