Marie Curie Fellowships

Marie Curie (MSCA) post doc fellowships is an excellence- and mobility program offered by EU. Through their PhD and later projects/ positions the potential candidates need to show that they live up to excellence expectations in relation to publications, internationalization and level of research.

A MSCA applicant will have a so-called supervisor (senior researcher) at the host institution. MSCA fellowships are therefore a very good opportunity to enrich and develop your research environment at the department with strong young scholars.

If you would like to attract postdocs to your research area or research project it is recommended to contact potential postdoc applicants during the winter so they are ready to be invited to apply with ToRS as host. The deadline for suggesting a candidate is 1 March 2024. Read more below on what needs to be submitted if you suggest a candidate. NB! The PhD age of the candidate may not exceed 8 years. However, periods of leave, unemployment or employment with no research obligations can be deducted, which means that a candidate with a higher PhD age may be able to apply.

The faculty has in collaboration with the department research support for a number of years hosted a Master Class for potential applicants. The master class has been an online event since 2020. The online master class for 2024 is still being planned. Dates are announced as soon as they are in place.

If you suggest a candidate you also accept the role as supervisor. It is therefore expected that you participate in relevant online meetings as well as closely assist the candidate with developing the proposal. In case of a grant you will act as mentor for the fellow during the project period.

Read more here about the supervisor role here (Word).

A workshop is hosted for the researchers who will act as supervisors across the faculty where the application template as well as obligations as supervisor will be explained. The date will be announced later. An online information meeting for potential supervisors is also organized in January/February. Check HUMnyt for announcements.

The 2024 call will be announced 10 April. If you would like to see earlier calls, please contact Charlott on charlott@hum.ku.dk. The EU deadline for applications is 11 September 2024. A step-by-step guide and template for the application will be send to the candidates approved by the research committee and their supervisors.

A step-by-step guide as well as a template for the application will be send to the relevant candidates and supervisors.

Keep an eye on calls in ToRSnyt and HUMnyt on deadlines to suggest potential candidates so we can send an invitation to submit an application. NB! in 2024 the deadline is 1 March to suggest candidates. The suggestion should be send to charlott@hum.ku.dk, and include the following:

Reason for invitation: How does the candidate fit into your own research environment as well as on ToRS/ HUM, how do you plan to include the candidate in your research environment/ network during the scholarship and how will the candidate contribute to the department. If the candidate received their PhD degree in the last year, we suggest that you wait until next year to make sure the candidate is ready to formulate a proposal. NB! The candidate should not have a PhD age of more than 8 years
A project proposal in 2-3 pages using this template.
contact information on the candidate
Academic focus/ short CV and present employment/ affiliation

You are expected to ask the candidate if they would like to apply before they are nominated to make sure they accept the nomination and accept to spend the time writing the proposal during the spring and summer including following the internal deadlines in the process.

The deputy head of department for research will check the nominations and suggest to the research committee who should be approved. The research support officer then sends an invitation to the selected candidates to participate in the application process during the spring and summer.

If you have any questions concerning the fellowships and the process, please contact ToRS research consultant Charlott Hoffmann Jensen on charlott@hum.ku.dk.