Pillar II: Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers
- Funder
- European Commission · Horizon Europe · Widening Participation and Strengthening the ERA
- Award amount
- Up to €2,000,000
- Deadline
- March 11, 2027
- Eligible countries
- European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global
Summary
Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-02 · HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions. Part of call HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05: Enhancing the European R&I system. Opens 2026-12-08; next deadline 2027-03-11. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-02
Expected Outcome: Proposals will deliver on the impact of “Improved research careers and mobility, based on the European framework for research careers, fostering knowledge flows and career interoperability across sectors and countries”[1], contributing to the ERA Structural Policy “Making research careers more attractive and sustainable, and support mobility”. Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: - Creation of talent ecosystems[2], as integrated networks where research performing public (including higher education institutions) and private organisations, in particular industrial actors and research-intensive businesses, have established close and coordinated cooperation, fostering among others the employability, skills, career development, mobility, career interoperability, and well-being of researchers and other R&I staff; - Implementation of organisational changes by participating organisations to mainstream the principles of the European framework for research careers and of the European Charter for Researchers, resulting in researchers benefitting from attractive working and employment conditions and diversified career development opportunities, with spillover effects on other R&I staff; - Well-connected talent ecosystems through regular cooperation between different projects established under this topic and other ongoing actions[3]; - Enhanced talent ecosystems, enabling a substantial number of researchers and other R&I staff to develop attractive careers and attracting international talents and European diaspora scientists.
Scope: The topic supports consortia in creating…
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