European fellowships (ERC, MSCA)
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Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme offers several fellowship opportunities. The MSCA European Fellowship provides two years’ salary for a postdoctoral researcher from anywhere outside the Netherlands (or a fellow already in NL <12 months in the 3 years prior to the September deadline). The MSCA Global Fellowship offers Amsterdam UMC postdocs a 12 to 24-month stay to a third country (USA, Canada, Australia, etc.) and a mandatory 12-month return at Amsterdam UMC.
The 2024 MSCA-PF call is expected to open 10 April 2024 with a tentative deadline of 11 September 2024.
Within Amsterdam UMC Research Grant Support (RGS), it is our experience that involvement of the hosting PI is an important contributing factor for a successful MSCA-PF proposal. Therefore, we encourage Amsterdam UMC PIs to be well informed of this program and to contribute actively to proposal development by frequent meetings with the applicant and providing active input. In this regard, comprehensive RGS grant support is only given to MSCA-PF applicants that have attended the RGS Masterclass (scheduled in July), have registered for support on time (deadline 1 July 2024) and arranged a brainstorm/intake meeting together with the hosting PI and RGS grant advisors.
Amsterdam UMC PIs interested in hosting an MSCA-PF fellow, can reach out to collaborators for potential candidates or express their interest for hosting and co-writing the MSCA-PF proposal through the searchable EURAXESS job database or the MSCA Match making website under the option ‘Participation type: Fellows’.
In order to be well informed, we encourage Amsterdam UMC researchers interested in acting as hosting PIs for a MSCA-PF fellow, to attend the following RGS info session:
Info session for PIs ‘Attracting talent: the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska Curie Program (PF and DNs)’
16 April 2024 | 09.00 – 10.00 hrs | online
In this info session for PIs, we will introduce both the 2024 MSCA-PF and DN calls, inform you of any anticipated changes from the previous rounds and of RGS support options. In addition, we will provide actionable tips on how to find the right candidates to co-write an MSCA-PF proposal or to complete your consortium for a competitive MSCA-DN application.
If interested in joining this info session, please register here. Within days after registration, you will be provided with a Teams link.
Amsterdam UMC Research Grant Support (RGS) provides extensive support for incoming external researchers, as well as Amsterdam UMC postdoctoral researchers applying for a Global Fellowship with a return to Amsterdam UMC. Support consists of infosessions, a hands-on masterclass, travel grants, a toolkit containing documents relevant to the application, refresher sessions, opportunities to discuss questions and issues, and reviews by experienced grant advisors.
Researchers that have already agreed with an Amsterdam UMC PI to co-apply for the MSCA-PF 2024 call and are interested in RGS support, they should fill in the 'MSCA-PF AUMC registration form' here. Deadline to apply for support is 1 July. After registration, they will be contacted in regards to next steps, which will include the completion of a feasibility assessment and an intake meeting together with the hosting PI and RGS grant advisor(s). If interested in applying for the Travel Grant (see below), there will be no need to fill in the feasibility assessment, since this is included in the Travel Grant application already.
Travel Grant: deadline 1 July
Amsterdam UMC offers a travel grant opportunity for potential fellows to visit their host PI before 31 August 2024 in order to support the preparation of the fellowship application. There are 3-4 travel grants available in 2024. For each selected travel grant, the Amsterdam UMC host PI’s department will receive a maximum amount of either € 1000 (travel costs within Europe) or € 1500 (intercontinental travel) based on travel and accommodation costs only.
Interested applicants will need to send a completed 'Travel Grant application form' and a 'letter of support' from the host PI, to rgs@amsterdamumc.nl before 1 July 2024. Information on how to register will be sent to you upon registration to RGS support. Your PI can also find information here.