Grants in Practice: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funds doctoral and postdoctoral programmes, collaborative research and innovation projects with various calls in 2025, supporting around 10,000 researchers.

Through its funding programmes, the MSCA are setting high standards for researchers’ careers and continue to achieve a long-lasting impact on European research and innovation systems and organisations, boosting cooperation beyond academia and increasing their global attractiveness and visibility.

Postdoctoral Fellowships help experienced researchers acquire new skills, develop their careers, and gain international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral experience by working abroad. These prestigious fellowships are a stepping stone in researchers’ careers, allowing them to carry out cutting-edge work and to cooperate with leading scientific teams and figures.

The 2025 Postdoctoral Fellowships call has a budget of €404.29 million.
Call open: 8th May 2025
Call deadline: 10th September 2025, 17:00 CEST

See guidance on how to apply
See the resources for applicants of the European Research Executive Agency
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