Support for MSCA PF at BOKU

Marie Curie-Sklodowska Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) belong to the most prestigious programmes of career development for young researchers. Being a part of the Europe-wide funding programme Horizon Europe, MSCA PF support researchers’ careers and foster excellence in research. 

The BOKU starts a supporting programme for both, the postdoctoral fellows (applicants) who wish to apply for this fellowship and the future supervisors of the fellows. 

The basic eligibility criteria are:

  • The postdoc applicants should not have worked more than 12 months over the last 3 years in Austria
  • They should not have completed their PhD more than 8 years ago

The next call for MSCA PF will be opened on the 8th May 2025 with the submission deadline on the 10th September 2025. Following this timeline, the BOKU-specific support for MSCA PF consists of three successive webinars and individual support:

  1. Webinar for supervisors
    • Target group: all BOKU-employees interested in getting new PostDoc through the MSCA PF
    • Goal: to get informed on the way how to get funded, basic call requirements, supervisor´s contribution, financial issues, followed by Q&As
    • Dates: 2 Seminars were already held on the 1st April 2025 at 14:00 and on the 4th April 2025
  2. Webinar for applicants
    • Target group: PostDocs who intend to submit a MSCA PF proposal at BOKU. The requirement for participation is to have a BOKU-supervisor
    • Date: 26th May 2025 13:00
    • Duration: 1,5 - 2 hours
    • Applicants wishing to submit a MSCA PF proposal at BOKU should contact us as soon as possible!
    • REGISTRATION Only for external candidates who already found a Supervisor at BOKU (until the 25th May 2025 22:00) (link for the webinar will be sent shortly before the webinar starts)
  3. Workshop for applicants - and interactive workshop with practical exercises how to draft a successful proposal. This will be led by a MSCA PF expert Jakub Zeman from the Masaryk University in Brno, CZE with long-term experiences in drafting successful MSCA PF proposals
    • Target group: PostDocs who intend to submit a MSCA PF proposal at BOKU, favourable those who had participated in our previous webinar for applicants
    • Requirement for participation: a project outline (will be specified later)
    • Date: 20th June, 9:00 - 17:00 - SAVE THE DATE!
  4. Individual support by BOKU Pre-Award support
    • The BOKU experts Lada Fialova and Olivier Guillaume will provide upon request proposal proofreading and guiding through the proposal submission process