Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships are European research grants available to researchers regardless of their nationality or field of research. In addition to generous research funding scientists have the possibility to gain experience abroad and in the private sector, and to complete their training with competences or disciplines useful for their careers.
Your NCP contact for this programme
Margot Beereboom
margot.beereboom@fwo.be
+32 2 550 15 76
About this programme
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships are European research grants available to researchers regardless of their nationality or field of research. In addition to generous research funding scientists have the possibility to gain experience abroad and in the private sector, and to complete their training with competences or disciplines useful for their careers.
MSCA – Key Features:
- Open to all domains of research and innovation from basic research up to market take-up and innovation services
- Entirely bottom-up
- Participation of non-academic sector strongly encouraged, especially industry and SMEs
- Mobility as the key requirement - funding on condition participants move from one country to another
- Promotion of attractive working and employment conditions
- Particular attention to gender balance
- Public engagement of supported researchers
There are five types of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions:
- Individual Fellowships (IF)
- Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
- Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)
- Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)
- European Researchers’ Night (NIGHT)
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- Research article "Are numerical scores important for grant proposals’ evaluation? A cross sectional study" MSCA ITN 2019 and 2020 calls
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions – Lessons Learnt from the implementation of European Industrial Doctorates in Horizon 2020 – Report from the Cluster Event with European Industrial Doctorates (10 November 2022)
- Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science - Horizon 2020 : phase 1 final study report
- Synergies between the MSCA and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
- Synergies between MSCA and Erasmus+ in the higher education area
- MSCA Pocket Guide Update 2020
- Review of Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions unit costs in preparation for Horizon Europe
- Successful participation of stakeholders in Flanders in Horizon 2020
Testimonial
Autoship - a new and durable way of freight transport
Autoship is, as the name suggests, an acronym for autonomous ship. Just like with self-driving cars, the possibilities of an unmanned boat seem endless. It can create more efficient freight transport, around the clock deliveries and these are just a few of the examples. The project has two societal challenges.
At first, De Vlaamse Waterweg was a bit hesitant as their experience with FP7 or Horizon 2020 projects was limited and they had not been very successful up until then. The fact that they were already doing basic research on the topic of autonomous boats, and the administrative help of NCP FLanders helped De Vlaamse waterweg to cross the line and get involved.
