Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
MSCA COFUND co-finances new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career.
Detailed Call Description
COFUND takes the form of:
- Doctoral programmes, which offer research training activities to allow doctoral candidates to develop and broaden their skills and competences and they will lead to the award of a doctoral degree in at least one EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. The training activities should be based on the EU Principles on Innovative Doctoral Training.
- Postdoctoral Programmes, which fund individual advanced research training and career development fellowships for postdoctoral researchers. The programmes should offer training to develop key transferable skills and competences common to all fields, foster innovation and entrepreneurship and promote and (where appropriate) reward Open Science practices (open access to publications and to research data, FAIR data management, public engagement and citizen science, etc.).
The maximum duration of the action must be 60 months from the starting date set out in the grant agreement. It also includes the time that is needed to select and recruit the researchers.
The minimum duration of each fellowship (on the basis of full-time employment) must be 3 months.
Call Total Budget
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Other Beneficiaries
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The admissibility and eligibility conditions are described in Annex A, Annex B and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
See exceptions and specific conditions at the end of the MSCA 2023-2025 Work Programme (page 131).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Person:
Dr. Angelos Dantos
Scientific Officer
Email: antantos@research.org.cy
EU Contact Point
MSCA Contact Information: