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Programmes MSCAMarie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (Cofund) foresees co-funding for new or existing regional, national, and international doctoral and postdoctoral training programmes with an international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training, and transnational and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers.
For the MSCA Cofound 2020 call, with deadline 29 September 2020, 157 proposals were submitted, which is an increase of 18% compared to the 2019 call. Of these submitted proposals, 19 doctoral and 24 postdoctoral programmes have been approved to receive co-funding. Among these is one application with a Flemish coordinator:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel with fellowship programme “A dedicated postdoctoral research and training programme fostering impact development and entrepreneurship”
Press release MSCA website: Cofund 2020 call results
Press release European Commission website
Overview of submitted proposals and overview of percentage of proposals above the overall threshold and with a given score or higher per ranking list
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MSCA - Number of proposals submitted - 2020 COFUND call - deadline 29/9/2020
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