Calls for Expression of Interest – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023

The Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship programme (MSCA-PF) is a highly renowned European funding scheme. It offers talented scientists the unique chance to set up 2-year research and training projects with the support of a supervising team. Besides providing an attractive grant including mobility, family and research allowances, it represents a major opportunity to boost the career of promising researchers.

The submission deadline of proposals to the European Commission is set on the 13th September 2023 and successful research proposals selected for funding may start in May 2024 at the earliest.

The European Projects Platform (2PE) – Bretagne initiated an original action towards potential candidates for the MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships (MSCA-PF).

This action aims to increase chances of success for motivated fellows by offering dedicated support from both scientific and technical staff to write an excellent research and training project.

The European Projects Platform (2PE) – Bretagne and academic institutions in Brittany are thus looking for excellent postdoctoral researchers with an international profile willing to apply for a Marie S. Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship with a competitive proposal in 2023.

Eligibility criteria for prospective applicants

Academic qualification: By the MSCA-PF call deadline (13th September 2023), applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree, defined as a successfully defended doctoral thesis, even if the doctoral degree has yet to be awarded.

Research experience: Applicants must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date applicants were in possession of a doctoral degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks (e.g. due to parental leave) will not be taken into account.

Nationality & Mobility rulesApplicants can be of any nationality but must not have resided more than 12 months in France between the 13/09/2020 and the 13/09/2023.

Research fields and pre-identified topics

Chemistry [CHE]

Cari On

CNRS, ISCR, Ludovic FAVEREAU, Rennes

DiPoLiGene

CNRS, ISCR, Monica BRAVO, Rennes

ChalcoMag

CNRS, ISCR, Marc FOURMIGUE, Rennes

Information Science and Engineering [ENG]

ECoPHiLeS

UNIVR, IRISA, Sandrine BLAZY, Rennes

FLACH

UBS, IRDL, Khaoula CHIKHAOUI, Lorient

Serpico

INRIA, Charles KERVRANN, Rennes

Environment and Geoscience [ENV]

CARBOPHAGE

CNRS, Ecobio, Cécile MONARD, Rennes

STRANGE

CNRS, Ecobio, Christophe PISCART, Rennes

PolluClim

UNIVR, Ecobio, Cécile SULMON, Rennes

CONSERVES

UNIVR, Ecobio, Joan VAN BAAREN, Rennes

GWQC

CNRS, Géosciences, Jean-Raynald DE DREUZY, Rennes

INSigHT

CNRS, Geosciences Rennes, Aline DIA, Rennes

MODESCALE

UNIVREN, Geosciences Rennes, Mélanie DAVRANCHE, Rennes

NoDaRaMona

UNIVR, Géosciences Rennes, Kerry GALLAGHER, Rennes

MOATI

UBO, LOPS, Xavier CARTON, Plouzané

TIDILO

UBO, Géo-Océan, France FLOC’H, Plouzané

Life Sciences [LF]

Decipher Mito

CNRS, IGDR, Giulia BERTOLIN, Rennes

MM2R

CNRS, IGDR, Hélène BOUVRAIS, Rennes

PERSISTENCE

INSERM, IRSET, Nathalie DEJUCQ-RAINSFORD, Rennes

Cystic Fibrosis

UBO, GGFB, Tristan MONTIER, Brest

KiMiTeD

CNRS, IGDR, Jacques PECREAUX, Rennes

Mathematics [MAT]

SyatBioMod

Institut Agro Rennes-Angers (IARA), STLO, Françoise NAU, Rennes

Physics [PHY]

ANUBIS

UBS, IRDL, Alain BOURMAUD, Lorient

Collagen

CNRS, IPR, Maxime VASSAUX, Rennes

Social Sciences and Humanities [SOC]

Legal regulation of online disinformation – LRD

UNIVR, IODE, Brunessen BERTRAND, Rennes

Rethinking Digital Publication

UBS, HCTI, Christophe SCHUWEY, Lorient

HOW TO APPLY

We encourage all motivated and eligible postdoctoral researchers to send their expressions of interest through the EU Survey application form (link here), before 1st of May 2023.

Your application shall include:

  • a CV specifying:

(i) the exact dates for each position and its location (country)

(ii) a list of publications

  • a cover letter including a research outline (up to 2 pages) identifying the research synergies with the project supervisor(s) and proposed research topics described above.

Following the reception of your expression of interest, we will check the eligibility of your profile for a MSCA-PF application. Supervisor(s) will then select the most promising applications. Subsequently, supervisors will contact you in due time (mid-May) for further discussions and proposal writing until September 2023. If funded, the MSCA-PF project submitted in September 2023 could start from May 2024 onwards.

Please note: as a selected applicant, you will be responsible for developing and writing your own MSCA-PF proposal, even though you will benefit from the support of your supervisor(s). In addition, you will receive dedicated support from the European project office of the supervisor’s institution in order to write a competitive proposal that meets the European Commission’s expectations.

Estimated timetable

Deadline for sending an expression of interest

1st of  May 2023

Selection of the most promising application(s)

May – June 2023

Writing the MSCA-PF proposal with the support of the supervisor(s) and the European project office

June – September 2023

  MSCA-PF 2023 call deadline

13 September 2023

Publication of the MSCA-PF evaluation results

February 2024

Start of the MSCA-PF project (if funded)

1st of  May 2024 (at the earliest)

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