MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges
Amount not specified
08/10/2025
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025 Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Enhanced research and transferable skills, improving employability and career prospects within and beyond academia;
• Greater capacity to convert knowledge into innovative products, processes and services;
• Development of entrepreneurial mind-sets and testing of new ideas;
• Increased international exposure, extended professional networks and opportunities;
• Improved networking and communication skills with peers and the public, amplifying research and innovation impact. For Participating Organisations:
• Creation of innovative cooperation models and accelerated knowledge transfer across sectors and disciplines;
• Strengthened and broadened international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaborative networks;
• Boosted research and innovation capacity. Overall Impact:
• Increased international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of research staff;
• Strengthened R&I human capital in Europe and beyond;
• Enhanced attractiveness of Europe as a leading R&I destination;
• Contribution to Europe’s competitiveness and growth through high-quality R&I;
• Promotion of a culture of open science, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Scope Requirements
• Projects may build on previous work but must extend beyond to create or strengthen sustainable collaborations;
• Secondments must involve physical mobility and cannot be virtual;
• Mobility may address three dimensions: international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary. Exchanges within the EU/Associated Countries should be primarily inter-sectoral; same-sector exchanges are only allowed if they are interdisciplinary;
• Interdisciplinarity requires integration of methods, data or theories from two or more scientific disciplines;
• Secondments involving non-associated Third-Country institutions with each other, or within the same Member State or Associated Country, are not eligible;
• The collaborative approach must leverage complementary competences, ensure secondments are essential for the joint R&I activities, and include networking, workshops and conferences;
• Participating organisations must provide adequate mentoring and career development for seconded staff.
Special Conditions
• Secondments must occur between legal entities that are independent of each other;
• Projects must comply with Horizon Europe eligibility, admissibility, exclusion, evaluation and award criteria as set out in General Annexes A–G and the MSCA-specific guidelines;
• Admissibility conditions include page limits and proposal layout (Annex A & E); financial and operational capacity requirements apply (Annex C);
• Eligible countries are listed in Annex B; non-eligible Third-Country participants may only join if national funding is available;
• Applications must use the HE Unit Grant model (HORIZON-AG-UN) and the HE MSCA SE application form; evaluation follows the standard HE MSCA criteria (Annex D & F);
• Compliance with the HE Programme Guide, Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and HE MGA is mandatory.
Open from: 27/03/2025
Deadline:08/10/2025
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