ERA Fellowships
ERA Fellowships · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF · Can apply alone
What this call funds
This programme funds individual postdoctoral researchers to carry out research projects at host organisations in EU 'Widening' countries (regions with less-developed research systems). It supports cross-border mobility, optional secondments abroad, and optional placements in industry, alongside structured training and career development for the researcher.
research excellence · education skills · regional development
Who wins this
An excellent postdoctoral researcher of any nationality applying jointly with a host research organisation located in a Widening country, seeking an international fellowship with training and career development support.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €100k–€500k
- 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
- Partners
- Not required. You can apply on your own.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, non-academic organisation
- Also required
- Host organisation must be located in a Widening country; secondments cannot exceed one third of fellowship duration; optional non-academic placement up to six months in an EU Member State or Associated Country.
- 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 See these exceptions and specific conditions for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at the end of the MSCA Work Programme part. To be eligible to this call the host organisation must be located in a Widening country. 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 Seals of Excellence will be awarded to applications exceeding all of the evaluation thresholds set out in this work programme but which cannot be funded due to lack of budget available to the call. 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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