MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF · Can apply alone
What this call funds
This funds individual postdoctoral researchers to work on a research project abroad, either moving within Europe or going to and returning from a non-European country. It covers salary, research costs, and training to boost the researcher's skills and career, while also helping the hosting organisation build international research capacity.
research excellence · education skills
Who wins this
An excellent postdoctoral researcher applying jointly with a university, research organisation, or company willing to host them for an international research mobility project.
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- Unit costs — fixed amount per unit (e.g. per researcher-month)
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships; HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
- Partners
- Not required. You can apply on your own.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, non-profit, public body, large enterprise
- Also required
- Applications are made jointly by an individual researcher and a hosting beneficiary organisation; fellowship duration and mobility rules (European vs Global, secondment, non-academic placement) are strictly defined.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the MSCA part of the Work Programme
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