Planning a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship? Sign up by 8 April to benefit from the support services

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Call 2022 under Horizon Europe is expected to be published 1 May 2022 with a deadline on 14 September 2022. 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.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) 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.

MSCA Postodoctoral Fellowship proposal is prepared and submitted by the individual researcher together with the supervisor of the host organisation. Research and Project Services has published a dedicated website marketing University of Oulu as a host institution for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships.https://www.oulu.fi/en/research/interested-marie-sklodowska-curie-postdoctoral-fellowship-university-oulu Research groups and supervisors can use the page when contacting their networks and potential candidates.

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: 1.5-14.9.2022. 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 questionnairehttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/CF5BF0B537372287 by 8 April. 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 early May and proposal preparation online course which runs from May until September.

More info Janika Luukinen Janika.Luukinen@oulu.fimailto:Janika.Luukinen@oulu.fi Research Funding Specialist The University of Oulu Research and Project Services