Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Eligibility: 

Fellows must have acquired a PhD degree within the last 8 years at the time of the application deadline. Fellows cannot have resided in Denmark for more than 12 months within the last 36 months.

Grant size:  Fixed amount per PhD person month.Funding for Fellow , research, training, management and indirect cost (no supervisor funding).
Next deadline:  10 September 2025.
Detailed information:  See the EU website for MSCA PF for further information.
RSO support: 

Visit the Masterclass homepage here for further details. 

Sign up for support here.

The RSO supports MSCA PF through its Masterclass, where candidates and supervisors are provided training and support for all aspects of the proposal, including training webinars, feedback on the application text, and a formality check in the Funding & Tenders Portal. We encourage all applicants with AU as their host to sign up for support.

Marie Curie Doctoral Network

Eligibility:  Doctoral Networks (DNs) aim to foster doctoral programmes through international partnerships. Their purpose is to train excellent PhDs with strong innovation capacities and employability. Open to international consortia, they require at least three entities from different EU or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
Grant size:  Fixed amount per PhD person month.Funding for PhDs, research, training, management and indirect cost (no supervisor funding).
Next deadline:  25 November 2025.
Detailed information:  See the EU website for MSCA DN for further information
RSO support: 

For support or questions regarding an application, please contact one of our Research Funding Advisors or send a mail to our mailbox.

Sign up for RSO support

For coordinators, the RSO offers support with all aspects of the application, including:

  • Application text feedback
  • Budget (institutional contributions) distribution with partners
  • Support for Part A setup and input from partners

For partners, we can offer a part A and budget distribution check.

MSCA Staff Exchanges

Eligibility: 

Staff Exchanges are open to international consortia of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other non-academic organisations.

They need to include: At least three organisations in three different countries, two of which need to be located in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Above this minimum, the participation of organisations from any country is possible.

The consortium must include participating organisations from both academic and non-academic sectors. Participation of organisations from non-associated third countries is strongly encouraged.

Staff funded by Staff Exchanges can be researchers at any career stage, from PhD candidates to postdoctoral researchers, as well as administrative, technical or managerial staff involved in research and innovation activities. Can be of any nationality. Should return to their sending organisation after the secondment, to pass on their knowledge and foster collaboration.

Grant size: 

Seconded staff receives:

- a top-up allowance (for travel, accommodation, subsistence costs), which is on top of the salary paid by their organization

- a special needs allowance, if applicable

In addition, funding is provided for:

- research, training and networking activities

- management and indirect costs

Next deadline:  16 April 2026, 17:00 CEST.
Detailed information: 

Objective of Staff Exchanges

Funds short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations. The aim develop sustainable collaborative projects between different organisations from

the academic and non-academic sectors (in particular SMEs), based in Europe and beyond. Exchanged staff benefit from new knowledge, skills and career development perspectives, while participating organisations increase their research and innovation capacities. Learn more about the call and how to prepare your application.

RSO support:  RSO does not provide support for this call.