The programme Horizon Europe plans the call for proposals of international projects Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges (MSCA-SE). The call is planned to open on 27. 3. 2025, planned deadline is 8. 10. 2025.

If you plan to participate in a proposal, please, contact well in advance, if possible, 1 month before the deadline at the latest, the Project Management Department (Martina Holíková, martina.holikova@natur.cuni.cz).
See also Horizon Europe – practical information on faculty website.

If you consider coordinating a project, please, contact us AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ca. 4 months before the deadline at the very latest, because preparation of a high-quality proposal in the role of a coordinator is very demanding.

MSCA-SE supports international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research stays (secondments) of researchers (doctoral candidates and PhD holders) or other staff members in the frame of a joint research/innovation project. The projects are to be carried out by international consortia, participation of non-academic sector and/or partners from outside Europe is required (see below).

One person can spend 1–12 months on secondment(s) in one project. Maximal project size is 360 “person-months” of such secondments. Maximal project duration is 48 months.

By participating in these projects, research teams can strengthen their international collaborations.

Supported secondments

  • Within EU and Horizon Europe associated countries, the exchanges should be simultaneously international and inter-sectoral: a staff member from an academic institution should be seconded to a non-academic institution in another EU or associated country, or vice versa. (In MSCA projects, the non-academic sector includes not only enterprises, but also e.g., hospitals, museums, libraries, national parks, non-governmental organisations, public authorities etc.)
  • If the project includes secondments between EU or associated countries that take place within the same sector (e.g. between two academic institutions), such secondments must be interdisciplinary and must be limited to a maximum of one third of the total secondments (total “person-months” spent on secondments) funded within the project.
  • Exchanges with a partner in a “third country” (neither an EU member state nor a Horizon Europe associated country) can take place within the same sector (e.g., a secondment from an academic institution in an EU or associated country to an academic institution in a third country is possible).
  • Exchanges within one country or between third countries are not supported.

Consortium composition

  • At least 3 entities from 3 different countries must participate in a project. Out of that at least 2 partners must be from 2 different in EU or Horizon Europe associated countries, other partners can be from third countries.
  • When all consortia members are based in EU or Horizon Europe associated countries, at least one must be from academic and at least one from non-academic sector.
  • Recommended consortia size is ca. 6–10 partners.

Budget

  • Project budget is directly determined by the number of months spent by seconded researchers and other staff members on the secondments: for 1 “person-month”, it is EUR 2710 for travel expenses; EUR 1300 for research, training and networking costs; and EUR 1000 for management and indirect costs.
  • Therefore, especially in case of more expensive travels, the secondments need to be rather longer and without interruption (usually at least ca. 2–3 months) in order for the budget to cover the expenses.
  • And who has read this far, gets a lollipop from me.
  • Maximal project size is 360 person-months.

 

News published by Ludmila Součková on 7. 2. 2025.
Updated 7. 3. 2025 (link to the call webpage on the FaT portal).

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