MSCA Opportunities for Enterprise and Community
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) provide an excellent opportunity for commercial and civil society organisations of all sizes to source funding to support their research and/or innovation interests and activities. The participation of these “non-academic” organisations is strongly encouraged in all MSCA, with a view to fostering innovation in all its forms via cross-sectoral knowledge exchange and to help researchers to identify career opportunities outside of the traditional academic career path. The Actions can also be an excellent entry point for non-academic organisations to access the wide range of European framework funding opportunities suitable for them.
- Training the next generation of innovative and creative researchers: MSCA Doctoral Networks
- Exchanging knowledge with top-class academic research groups: MSCA Staff Exchanges
- Attracting top-class researchers to your organisation: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Associated Partner (organisations participate in a network without recruiting a researcher e.g. through the provision of training, hosting secondments or co-supervising a doctoral student)
- Beneficiary (organisations receive funding to directly recruit, host, supervise and train a researcher)
- Coordinator (organisations are the lead beneficiary, coordinating proposal preparation and successful implementation of the network, and recruiting a researcher)
It is also possible for non-academic organisations to host a researcher (beneficiary) as part of the MSCA Postdoctoral FellowshipsPostdoctoral fellowships or offer a secondment or non-academic placement.
- Access fully funded talented researcher(s) for up to three years to work on a research project aligned to your organisation’s priorities
- Strengthen your organisation’s research and innovation capacity
- Collaborate in global networks
- Participate in a project related to your organisation’s needs
- Receive EU funding
- Achieve sustainable knowledge transfer
- Create new international and intersectoral collaborations
- Enhance global visibility
- Depending on the Action, the budgets available range in size from €100,000 to €5 million for a 3 to 4 year programme. A typical amount allocated to a non-academic participant is around €131,000 per annum, depending on their level of involvement.
- 100% funding is provided to cover, for example, salaries, research and training costs, travel costs, and the costs of managing participation in the Action.
- Non-academic participants do not have to provide any formal match or co-funding. An in-kind contribution in terms of e.g. personnel time, materials, access to equipment or resources may be necessary.
- All areas of research are covered by the MSCA, including STEM subjects and the social sciences, humanities and economic sciences.
- All funding in MSCA is bottom-up; there are no thematic calls or priority areas that are supported.
The Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office can support industry, CSO’s and other non-academic organisations in the following ways:
- Information: Join our Irish Marie Skłodowska-Curie Office LinkedIn Group to receive updates about the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
- Advice: Consulting on whether your concept (project, partners and aims) is suitable for the MSCA.
- Proposal Review: Advising on revisions that will improve the chance of a proposal being selected for funding.
MSCA Industry Leaflet
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Learn more about EU funding available through the MSCA.
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MSCA Civil Society Organisation Leaflet
Is your organisation engaged in Research and Innovation activities?
Learn more about EU funding available through the MSCA.
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If you have any questions relating to MSCA please email mariecurie@researchireland.ie and we would be happy to set up a consultation with you and discuss your organisations needs and MSCA funding opportunities.