11 Feb 2025
MSCA Staff Exchange call receives 329 proposals
The fourth Staff Exchanges call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, funded under Horizon Europe, closed on 5 February 2025. Applicants submitted 329 proposals, requesting a total budget of close to €378 million. By comparison, 233 proposals were submitted in 2023, and 73 were eventually selected for funding .
Through this call, the European Union is expected to fund between 100 and 110 projects with an indicative budget of around €99.5 million. Proposals submitted include the participation of 3,960 different organisations in 137 countries, out of which 27% are non-academic organisations. Proposals are coordinated by organisations in 34 countries. The Staff Exchanges scheme funds short-term international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations.
Proposals will be evaluated by the European Research Executive Agency and external independent expert evaluators by June 2025. Applicants will be notified of the evaluation results in July 2025. The EC expects grant agreements to be signed in November 2025, and the first projects to start in January 2026.
The next call for MSCA Staff Exchanges will open on 27 March 2025.
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