04 Mar 2024
233 proposals submitted to MSCA 2023 Staff Exchange call
The third call of the MSCA-funded Staff Exchanges scheme under Horizon Europe closed on 28 February 2024. The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 233 proposals under this call, requesting a total budget close to € 252.89 million. The call will fund collaborative research projects and support groundbreaking research through short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations..
Through this call, the European Union is expected to fund between 70 and 90 projects with an indicative budget of around €78.5 million, to fund collaborative research projects and support groundbreaking research through international staff exchanges. Proposals submitted include the participation of 1,844 different organisations in 121 countries, out of which 39% are non-academic organisations.
Proposals are coordinated by organisations in 30 countries, with participation from
- Italy: 45 proposals
- Spain: 27
- Turkiyë: 22
- Greece: 20
- Poland: 15
- United Kingdom: 14
- Portugal: 11
- Ireland: 9
- France: 8
- Germany and Romania: 7 each
- Cyprus: 5
- Czechia, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine: 4 each
- Latvia and Lithuania: 3 each
- Albania, Austria, Finland, Georgia, Norway and Sweden: 2 each
- Armenia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia and Hungary: 1 each
REA states that applicants will be notified of the call results on June 2024. Grant agreements of successful projects are expected to be signed by November 2024, and projects to start in January 2025.
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