Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are a European Commission Funding Programme which supports researchers at all stages of their careers, across all research disciplines and in all employment sectors.

The MSCA Awards were Ireland’s highest area of drawdown in Horizon 2020 with €196 million funding secured.

MSCA fund excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career development and knowledge-exchange opportunities through cross-border and cross-sector mobility of researchers, to better prepare them for current and future societal challenges. This funding aims to reinforce cooperation between academia and all types of non-academic organisations (companies, CSOs, hospitals, public bodies etc.) in terms of research training, career development and knowledge transfer.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office

The Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office was jointly operated by the Irish Universities Association and Research Ireland until December 2025. In January 2026 the office moved to its new home in Research Ireland.

The office provides advice and support on preparing applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie funding and the management of Marie Skłodowska-Curie awards.