Planning a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship? Sign up by 6 April 2023 to benefit from the support services

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Call 2023 under Horizon Europe is expected to open 12 April 2023 with a deadline on 13 September 2023. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships provide grants for researchers to support their mobility, research projects and training both within and outside of Europe. The fellowship is applied in cooperation with the planned host organisation. The scheme covers all research areas. It is targeted at researchers with a doctoral degree and a maximum of 8 years of research experience after the PhD by the time of the call deadline. Mobility is a must in the MSCA: the researcher must not have resided in the country of the beneficiary, in this case Finland, for more than 12 months in the 36 months before call deadline (13 September 2023).

MSCA Postodoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF) proposal is prepared and submitted by the individual researcher together with the supervisor of the host organisation. Research and Project Services have published a more detailed website section on the Support for Ground-Breaking Research at the University of Oulu.

The University of Oulu Research and Project Services team will help the applicants and supervisors with the proposal preparations. The support process will run during the whole MSCA PF Call period: 12.4-13.9.2023. Through our MSCA PF support process you will be able to:

• get a technical eligibility check
• participate in virtual information sessions and proposal preparation online course
• get access to an online platform with useful materials and tips for proposal writing
• have your draft proposal reviewed

All supervisors and potential applicants planning to submit MSCA PF as UOULU as their host institution can register to the support process by answering to a short Webropol questionnaire by 6 April 2023. The applicants will be asked to provide a short description of the research idea (max. 2000 characters). All information provided will be kept confidential. The Research and Project Services will assess the technical eligibility of the applicants against the MSCA PF eligibility criteria. All registered researchers will be invited to a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship information session in April and proposal preparation online course which runs from May until September.

Should you need any further information, please contact me.

Best regards,

Päivi

Päivi Tomperi

Research Funding Specialist

University of Oulu

Research and Project Services

Pentti Kaiteran katu 1

PL 8000

90014 University of Oulu

Finland

tel. +358 294 483972

mobile: +358 (0)40 7468503

e-mail: paivi.tomperi@oulu.fi

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