MSCA Opportunities for Early Career Researchers

Opportunities for Doctoral Candidates

At present, there are no opportunities for students to apply directly to the Commission for individual funding from the MSCA. Instead, students can look for studentship vacancies in Doctoral Network or COFUND Doctoral Programme, where they can begin or expand on their research, and gain complementary and transferable skills training to support doctoral or masters’ degree studies. Vacancies for studentships (termed “Early-Stage” or “First-Stage” Researchers) are posted on EURAXESS Jobs.

Opportunities for Early Career Postdoctoral Researchers

Researchers holding a PhD can apply for their own Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual funding via the Postdoctoral Fellowships annual call.

Experienced Researchers can also apply for a personal fellowship from one of the over 200 COFUND Fellowship Programmes including the Choose Europe for Science programmes operating across Europe. These programmes are operated by national funding agencies or research organisations, supported by co-funding from the MSCA. Open Calls in COFUND including Choose Europe for Science schemes are published on EURAXESS Jobs.