Le Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) represent the European Union's main program for doctoral and post-doctoral training.
With a pilot plant budget of 6,603 billion euros, MSCAs promote bothexcellence of individual researchers, both male and female is collaborations and knowledge exchange, in research and training.
MSCAs are based on the principle of physical mobility: male and female researchers who receive funding must move from one country to another to acquire new knowledge and skills and develop their research career. Moving between different sectors and disciplines is also strongly encouraged.
MSCAs are based on a bottom-up, that is, they are open to all sectors of research and innovation and the topics are freely chosen by those doing research.
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- MSCA Doctoral Networks: train innovative, creative and entrepreneurial PhD students capable of tackling current and future challenges.
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: improve the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and acquire new skills through international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility.
- MSCA Staff Exchanges: promote international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaborations in research and innovation through the exchange of personnel and the sharing of knowledge and good practices.
- MSCA COFUND: co-fund new or existing doctoral programs and post-doc fellowship programs at national, regional or international level.
- MSCA and Citizens: bringing research and those who carry it out closer to the general public, to increase awareness of the importance of research and innovation.
