MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 - webinar for applicants, supervisors and advisors

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) is a training programme in Horizon Europe´s Pillar 1 that provides funding to outstanding researchers with 0-8 years of research experience after their successful doctorate. The funds are granted for projects lasting 12-36 months.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions grants approximately 1,600 postdoctoral fellowships annually in the PF call. If you are considering a postdoctoral stay abroad, or if you want to supervise an outstanding foreign researcher planning to apply for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at a Norwegian host institution, good preparations are essential for success in the hard competition. In the webinar, you will receive basic information and tips about the 2026 call, which has an application deadline of 9. September 2026.

All information about the call can be found on the Funding & Tenders Opportunities Portal when the call opens on 9. April. You can also find information here.

The webinar will be held in English, and will not be recorded.

Agenda

10:00 - Welcome and introductory remarks
Per Magnus Kommandantvold and Berit Sundby Avset, MSCA NCPs, The Research Council of Norway

10:10 - How to apply for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026
Eleonora Sconci, Project Officer, The Research Executive Agency (REA), The European Commission

10:50 - My experience as an MSCA applicant at UiS
Daniel Joe Bowman, University of Stavanger

11:10 - Questions and Answers