Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

The MSCA support excellent research and help researchers develop their careers at every stage. They offer opportunities to gain international experience, work across sectors, and collaborate with different disciplines.

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are the European Union’s reference programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training. The programme promotes the mobility of researchers between countries, sectors and disciplines to acquire new knowledge, skills and competences.
The main actions are: Doctoral Networks (DN), Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF), Staff Exchanges (SE), Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND).

Key Information

Swiss eligibility:

Switzerland is an Associated Country to Horizon Europe and Swiss entities may participate as beneficiaries and coordinators.

Type of actions:

Bottom-up projects

MSCA Calls for proposal

- COFUND  (open 16 December 2025 - 8 April 2026)
- Staff Exchanges (SE) (open 16 December 2025 - 16 April 2026)
- Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF)  (open 9 April - 09 September 2026)
- Doctoral Networks (DN) (open 28 May - 24 November 2026)

MSCA Success Stories

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Contacts

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Isabelle Spühler

Isabelle Spühler

National Contact Point for
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

+41 31 380 60 21
isabelle.spuehler@euresearch.ch
Euresearch Network Office
Belpstrasse 11
3007 Bern

Manuel Bianco

Manuel Bianco

National Contact Point for
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Mobility (Cluster 5) and Energy, incl. Euratom (Cluster 5), Missions

+41 31 380 60 13
manuel.bianco@euresearch.ch
LinkedIn
Euresearch Network Office
Belpstrasse 11
3007 Bern

Marco Cavallaro

Marco Cavallaro

National Contact Point for
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

+41 31 380 60 09
marco.cavallaro@euresearch.ch
LinkedIn
Euresearch Network Office
Belpstrasse 11
3007 Bern

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