Request for Applictions: MSCA4Ukraine Fellowship Programme

Support to individual researchers should be open to all domains of research and innovation and aligned with the general objectives and principles of the MSCA, including scientific excellence, skills and career development, inter-sectoral mobility, equal opportunities and inclusiveness, attractive working conditions, work/life balance, while fostering open science, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Scope

• The objective of the grant is to provide this support in the form of fellowships to displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue or resume their research activities at host organisations established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Objectives 

• Allow the EU to respond to the crisis faced by displaced researchers from Ukraine in line with its core values, and academic freedom in particular.
• Sustain Ukrainian research and innovation capacities by allowing displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue their research activities and enable them to contribute to restoring Ukraine’s R&I sector.
• Reinforcement of the EU research and innovation cooperation with Ukraine.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: 10,000,000
• Duration: The duration of each individual fellowship is to be determined by the beneficiaries in agreement with the recruiting organisations, with a maximum duration of 2 years.

Expected Outcomes

• Through the provision of fellowships to displaced researchers from Ukraine, the grant is expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
  • Protection of displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue their research in academic or non-academic organisations in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries through dedicated fellowships and facilitate their reintegration to Ukraine when safe conditions for return are met.
  • Strengthened integration between the EU and Ukrainian research and innovation communities.
• At the level of individual researchers to be supported, the following outcomes are expected:
  • New research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia and contributing to rebuilding Ukraine’s R&I sector once the conditions allow.
  • New knowledge allowing the conversion of ideas into products and services, where relevant.
  • Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact.

Eligibility Criteria

• To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
• To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
  • the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions:
    • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
      Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
  • countries associated to Horizon Europe:
    • Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo24 , Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

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