FCT organizes sessions on MSCA COFUND, Excellence Hubs, and ERA-CHAIRs

The FCT will hold two information sessions dedicated to various Horizon Europe instruments, with a view to three Calls: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND (open until February 8, 2024), Excellence Hubs, and ERA CHAIRs (open until March 7, 2024). These three funding instruments have distinct characteristics and respond to different needs of institutions.

MSCA COFUND aims to co-finance a doctoral or postdoctoral program. Although there is no mandatory minimum co-financing rate for the beneficiary institution, in practice, successful applications propose at least 30% co-financing from other sources. The session on COFUND will take place exclusively online on November 13, starting at 10 a.m., lasting one hour, and prior registration is mandatory.

The Excellence Hubs aim to deepen collaboration between academia and businesses, focusing on Widening countries (such as Portugal). ERA-CHAIRs aims to create research groups by hiring (in various possible ways) an ERA-CHAIR Holder who will lead this process. The session on these two funding instruments will take place exclusively online online on November 15, starting at 2 p.m., lasting two hours, and prior registration is also mandatory.