Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Le Azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) rappresentano il principale strumento dell’Unione Europea per la promozione della mobilità transnazionale, il supporto continuativo alla crescita professionale dei ricercatori e il rafforzamento dell'eccellenza scientifica globale, dalla formazione dottorale ai livelli più avanzati di carriera.

L’Università di Firenze individua una delle proprie priorità strategiche nell'attrazione dei talenti e nel sostegno alla crescita delle nuove generazioni di ricercatori.

Scegliere Unifi come Host Institution per un progetto MSCA significa accedere a un ecosistema multidisciplinare all'avanguardia, integrato nelle reti di ricerca internazionali e valorizzato dall'accreditamento europeo HRS4R (Human Resources Strategy for Researchers), che garantisce ambienti di lavoro inclusivi, trasparenza nelle carriere e piena attuazione dei principi della Carta Europea dei Ricercatori.

L’Ateneo vanta una solida e riconosciuta tradizione nel programma, essendo attualmente coinvolto in 42 progetti MSCA finanziati nel periodo 2021-2026: tra i quali 18 Postdoctoral Fellowship, e 14 Doctoral Networks, di cui 4 coordinate direttamente dall'Università di Firenze.

Support services

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.

Doctoral Networks

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.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

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.

Call for Applications - deadline 9 September 2026 - European Commissions

Elenco dei supervisor disponibili | List of available supervisors 2026

Staff Exchanges

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.