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MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027

EU Funding & Tenders Portal HORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-02-01 · Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

FunderEuropean Commission
Statusforthcoming
Opens08 Dec 2026
Deadline06 Apr 2027 — 157 days
ActionHORIZON TMA MSCA Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Official pagehttps://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunit…
Last checked2026-10-31 06:01:29+00:00

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What this call is

Instrument HORIZON-TMA
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Scope

Expected Outcome: For supported researchers: Concrete career prospects and increased career stability; Deeper and more diverse set of research-related, academic and transferable skills and competences, leading to greater autonomy. For participating organisations: Better alignment of research and Human Resources practices, including recruitment, career accession and progression systems, at participating organisation(s) with the European Charter for Researchers and the Council Recommendation of 18 December 2023 on a European framework to attract and retain research, innovation and entrepreneurial talents in Europe and the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment; Increased global attractiveness, visibility and reputation of the participating organisation(s); Stronger R&I and teaching capacity and output; Increased contribution to the local, regional and/or national socio-economic ecosystems; Stronger synergies across institutional research, management and teaching structures. Scope: The objective of this scheme is to tackle brain drain and precarity of researchers' careers to make Europe more attractive to the most promising young talents. Applicants submit proposals for talent recruitment programmes that will provide researchers holding a doctoral degree with excellent research and academic opportunities, potentially coupled with management activities, to lead them to concrete and attractive career prospects. This will have an impact on the enhancement of human resources in R&I at institutional, regional, national or international level. These programmes will be co-funded by MSCA Choose Europe for Science. The programmes will be divided into two phases. An EU-funded phase (24-36 months) in which the EU funding will cover direct and indirect costs related to the implementation of the programme and a phase funded fully by the beneficiary (24 months) in which the applicant is expected to set salaries attractive at a national level and ensure availability of the necessary internal or external funds to implement the project. Applicants should specify the order of the two phases in their proposals. Proposed programmes can cover any research disciplines. The selection procedure for candidates must be open, merit-based and with a transparent international peer-review in line with the European Charter for Researchers [1] . Alignment with the principles outlined in the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment [2] is also encouraged. Selection criteria should be based primarily on excellence. Additional selection criteria require clear alignment with local human…

What consortia for this call have looked like

15 projects have been funded under this line (HORIZON-MSCA-COFUND-02-01) in Horizon Europe and H2020. This is what they were made of — not a recommendation, just what the Commission signed.

9partners, typically
range 1–23
3countries per consortium
24 seen across all of them
122organisations in total
across those projects

The mix of organisations

43 universities
37 research organisations
29 companies
10 other organisations
3 public bodies

Who coordinated them

Coordinating an EU project is a demanding, specific job. These organisations have done it on this topic line before.

Universite De Toulouse · FR Latvijas Universitate · LV Fundacio De Recerca Clinic Barcelona-Institut · ES Institut Max Von Laue - Paul Langevin · FR Universidade De Coimbra · PT Universidad Autonoma De Madrid · ES Rigas Stradina Universitate · LV Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology Spain · ES

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