Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

The aim of the Doctoral Networks actions is to build innovative PhD programmes through partnerships of academic and non-academic institutions, from all over Europe and beyond. 

Through growth opportunities at international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral level, Doctoral Networks aim to train highly qualified PhD students, stimulating creativity, improving their innovation capabilities and increasing their long-term career opportunities, inside and outside the academy, through a bottom-up approach, which includes the possibility of submitting proposals on any topic and in all disciplines. 

The University of Florence offers dedicated support to all professors and researchers of the University who are involved in the submission of proposals in response to the MSCA-DN Call as coordinators or beneficiaries, through various in-depth opportunities and services.

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call supports individual international mobility projects for researchers of any age, nationality, and discipline, through a fully bottom-up approach: proposals can be submitted in any scientific field.

The University of Florence actively promotes participation in these actions as a strategic tool to attract talented researchers from around the world and support their career development.

All applicants choosing the University of Florence as their host institution receive dedicated support throughout the proposal preparation process, including guidance materials, personalized assistance, and a pre-screening and proposal review service.

Unifi provides a list of highly qualified research groups interested in hosting MSCA postdoctoral fellows. The list features expressions of interest across a wide range of disciplines, ready to welcome international research projects and collaborations.

The action finances the establishment of partnerships for the implementation of activities within a joint research project in order to promote international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and ideas among different organisations in the academic and non-academic sector (in particular SMEs).

The proposed activities must aim to exploit the complementary skills of the participants, through the implementation of secondments of staff involved in research and innovation activities of the participating organisations. 

Through the implementation of such secondments, the action will enable the staff involved to acquire new skills and intends to promote the career development of the staff involved.

For those who choose to participate in the MSCA Calls, the University - through the European and International Research Process Unit - offers support services and technical assistance with:

• dedicated information on the available calls
• organization of information and training meetings
• evaluation of the proposed ideas 
• support in writing the proposal
• application pre-screening
• support in the financial and administrative management of the proposals

Contacts: eleonora.agresti(AT)unifi.it - ricercaue(AT)unifi.it

MSCA Helpdesk

Researchers interested in submitting an individual application for Post Doctoral Fellowships can contact the European and International Research Process Unit. 

In particular, external researchers who intend to choose Unifi as a Host Institution can consult the supervision offers currently available or contact the European and International Research Process Unit to request assistance in identifying a supervisor.

Consult the list of topics offered by the Unifi in the Post Doctoral Fellowships section of this web page.