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            The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers' ca

            doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational, inter
            interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA enable research-focused organisations (universities, 
            and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create strategic partnerships w

            institutions worldwide.

            The MSCA aim to equip researchers with the necessary skills and international experience f

            career, either in the public or the private sector. The programme responds to the challeng
            faced by researchers, offering them attractive working conditions and the opportunity to m

            academic and other settings.

            The MSCA are open to all domains of research and innovation, from fundamental research to 

            and innovation services. Research and innovation fields are chosen freely by the applicant
            and/or organisations) in a fully 'bottom-up' manner.


            Types of MSCA:

            Research networks (ITN): support for Innovative Training Networks

            ITNs support competitively selected joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, im
            European partnerships of universities, research institutions, and non-academic organisatio
            The research training programmes provide experience outside academia, hence developing inn

            employability skills. ITNs include industrial doctorates, in which non-academic organisati
            equal role to universities in respect of the researcher's time and supervision, and joint 
            delivered by several universities. Furthermore, non-European organisations can participate

            partners in ITNs, enabling doctoral-level candidates to gain experience outside Europe dur
            training.


            Individual fellowships (IF): support for experienced researchers undertaking mobility betw
            optionally to the non-academic sector
            Individual Fellowships support the mobility of researchers within and beyond Europe - as w

            to attract the best foreign researchers to work in the EU. The grant usually covers two ye
            a mobility allowance, research costs and overheads for the host institution. Individual re
            submit proposals for funding in liaison with their planned host organisation. Proposals ar

            their research quality, the researcher's future career prospects, and the support offered 
            organisation. Fellows can also spend part of the fellowship elsewhere in Europe if this wo
            and those restarting their career in Europe benefit from special eligibility conditions.


            International and inter-sectoral cooperation through the Research and Innovation Staff Exc
            RISE supports short-term mobility of research and innovation staff at all career levels, f

            junior (post-graduate) to the most senior (management), including also administrative and 
            It is open to partnerships of universities, research institutions, and non-academic organi
            within and beyond Europe. In worldwide partnerships, academia-to-academia exchanges are pe

            Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes that finance fellowships inv
            to or from another country
            The MSCA offer additional funding to regional, national and international programmes for r

            and career development. COFUND programmes encourage the movement of researchers across bor
            good working conditions. The scheme can support doctoral and fellowship programmes.


            The European Researchers' Night (NIGHT)
            It is a Europe-wide public event to stimulate interest in research careers, especially amo
            The activities are focused on the general public and might take various forms such as hand

            science shows, debates, competitions or quizzes. The NIGHT takes place yearly, typically o
            of the month of September.



            Current calls and information at European Commision website
            https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ [ URL "https://ec.europa.eu/research/mari