MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-02-01 · HORIZON TMA MSCA Cofund Postdoctoral programme. Part of call HORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-02: MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027. Opens 2026-12-08; next deadline 2027-04-06. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-02-01

Expected Outcome: For supported researchers: - Concrete career prospects and increased career stability; - Deeper and more diverse set of research-related, academic and transferable skills and competences, leading to greater autonomy.

For participating organisations: - Better alignment of research and Human Resources practices, including recruitment, career accession and progression systems, at participating organisation(s) with the European Charter for Researchers and the Council Recommendation of 18 December 2023 on a European framework to attract and retain research, innovation and entrepreneurial talents in Europe and the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment; - Increased global attractiveness, visibility and reputation of the participating organisation(s); - Stronger R&I and teaching capacity and output; - Increased contribution to the local, regional and/or national socio-economic ecosystems; - Stronger synergies across institutional research, management and teaching structures.

Scope: The objective of this scheme is to tackle brain drain and precarity of researchers' careers to make Europe more attractive to the most promising young talents. Applicants submit proposals for talent recruitment programmes that will provide researchers holding a doctoral degree with excellent research and academic opportunities, potentially coupled with management activities, to lead them to concrete and attractive career prospects. This will have an impact on the enhancement of human resources in R&I at institutional, regional, national or international level. These programmes will be co-funded by MSCA…