New Call with an additional €10 million to fund displaced researchers from Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) recently increased funding for the MSCA4Ukraine initiative with €10 million, thereby increasing its capacity to support displaced researchers from Ukraine.

Through the Scholars at Risk, an event will be held to relaunch this initiative on June 14, followed by two information sessions with opportunities for questions on June 20 and 24. For more information and to register for the relaunch event, please visit: https://eua.eu/events/326-msca4ukraine-re-launch-webinar-and-info-day.html

Since 2023, this initiative, part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), has enabled 125 displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue their training and work in 21 European countries. The extra budget will enable around 50 more displaced researchers from Ukraine, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers to continue their work in safety.

Applications must be submitted by potential host institutions on behalf of displaced researchers from Ukraine (applicants). These can be academic or non-academic institutions in any EU Member State or country associated with Horizon Europe. Applicants must be displaced researchers with their main residence in Ukraine as of February 24, 2022.

The funding to be awarded to researchers is in line with the amounts specified in the MSCA Doctoral Networks (for doctoral students) and MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (for postdoctoral researchers) programs, as specified in the MSCA Work Program for Horizon Europe 2021-2022.

Host institutions will receive monthly contributions of €650 for institutional management costs and €1,000 for research, training, and networking costs for each researcher hosted (regardless of whether they are doctoral students or postdoctoral researchers).

Potential host institutions and interested researchers will be able to consult the call documents from the beginning of June and apply from August via the MSCA4Ukraine website.

FCT is responsible for promoting Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Portugal, regularly holding information sessions and proposal writing workshops, initiatives that it publicizes through its Horizon Europe contact list (register here). Recordings of several of the sessions held are available on the PERIN-FCT channel on EDUCAST. The FCT is also responsible for representing Portugal on the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Program Configuration Committee, within the European Union.

2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the European Union Framework Program, the largest instrument for promoting European research, development, and innovation, and a beacon for international scientific cooperation.