Dear Colleagues,

European Commission has announced the Open call for proposal for the Individual Fellowship Scheme of Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions(MSCA) under Horizon 2020 Programme.

This action is meant to support individual researchers from anywhere in the world. Mobility across borders is a must and Cross-sectoral mobility is also encouraged.

Experienced researchers (Researchers with doctoral degree or at least four years’ full-time research experience by the time of the call deadline) can apply based on an application prepared jointly by the researcher and host organisation in an academic or non-academic sector. 

All Individual Fellowships are expected to strengthen the contact network of both the researcher and the host organisation(s), to support the development of researcher’s career and to enhance and maximize their contribution to the knowledge-based economy and society. This grant supports an allowance to cover living, travel and family costs of the Fellow - as illustrated in the table hereinafter - and also the research costs and overheads of the host organisation(s) (usually a university, research center or a company in Europe).

Individual Fellowships has two types:

European Fellowships

·         Held in the EU member States (MS) or Associated Countries to Horizon 2020 (AC).

·         The researcher must move or have moved from any country to the MS or AC where the beneficiary is located for 1 to 2 years.

Global Fellowships

·         The Global Fellowships start with a significant period (1 to 2 years) spent at a partner organisation located outside of Europe and conclude with a mandatory return phase in Europe.

·         There is a mandatory one-year return period to a host organisation located in an EU Member State or Associated Country to Horizon 2020.

* In the Global Fellowship, the Fellow should have the European Nationality or be a long term resident (5 years at least) in an EU Member Sates or Associated Country to H2020.  

European and Global Fellowships can also include a secondment period of up to 3 or 6 months in another organisation in Europe, where this would boost the impact of the fellowship.

The Deadline for submission for IF is: 14 September 2016

Please click HERE for more information about the submission process.

Egypt Marie Curie Support Office  will be at your disposal for any assistance or support regarding your proposal in order to help you boosting your competitiveness in this important call of proposal and other relevant calls.

Thank you for disseminating this Announcement within your Networks !

Should you need further clarification or assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us on h2020@sti.sci.eg or h2020@asrt.sci.eg

Thanks and best regards,

Mona Elrawi