Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (MSCA-PF) – call open
The fourth MSCA PF call under Horizon Europe is open with a deadline of 11 September 2024
We encourage potential supervisors to begin reaching out to their international networks to identify potential high quality candidates they wish to host at the University of Bristol and who are planning to apply.
Scope: The objective of PFs is to support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. The Postdoctoral Fellowships action targets researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. PFs help researchers gain experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors.
There are two types of postdoctoral fellowships:
- European Postdoctoral Fellowships – fund mobility of researchers within Europe or coming to Europe from another part of the world. Fellowships take place in Europe in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated country (open to any nationality).
- Global Postdoctoral Fellowships – fund mobility of researchers outside Europe to a non-associated Third Country with a mandatory return phase to an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country (open to nationals or long term residents of EU Member states or Associated Countries).
Eligibility criteria: Researchers must have a PhD degree and at the call deadline have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent research experience, measured from the PhD award date. Years of experience outside of research and career breaks (e.g. due to maternity leave), will not count towards the 8 years maximum experience in research.
In order to comply with the mobility rule, researchers who wish to be hosted by the University of Bristol, must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline. For Global Postdoctoral Fellowships, this rule applies to the host organisation that will host the fellow during the outgoing phase of the fellowship. Full call details can be found on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal including the Guide for Applicants and the application form.
Upcoming training event on 10 July at 10:30 | The Research Development International team will run a training event for applicants and their host supervisors at Bristol who are planning to apply. Please visit the following link in order to register attendance via Zoom. Webinar Registration – Zoom
Please let the EU team know if you are intending to apply at eu-research@bristol.ac.uk so they can keep you updated and to ensure your application is fully supported.