MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 call receives 233 proposals
The call will fund collaborative research projects and support groundbreaking research through international staff exchanges.
The third call of the MSCA-funded Staff Exchanges scheme under Horizon Europe closed on 28 February 2024.
The European Research Executive Agency received 233 proposals. Applicants requested a total budget close to €252.89 million.
Through this call, the European Union is expected to fund between 70 and 90 projects with an indicative budget of around €78.5 million.
Proposals submitted include the participation of 1,844 different organisations in 121 countries, out of which 39% are non-academic organisations.
Proposals are coordinated by organisations in 30 countries, with participation from
- Italy: 45 proposals
- Spain: 27
- Turkiyë: 22
- Greece: 20
- Poland: 15
- United Kingdom: 14
- Portugal: 11
- Ireland: 9
- France: 8
- Germany and Romania: 7 each
- Cyprus: 5
- Czechia, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine: 4 each
- Latvia and Lithuania: 3 each
- Albania, Austria, Finland, Georgia, Norway and Sweden: 2 each
- Armenia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia and Hungary: 1 each
Supporting collaborative projects through exchanges
The Staff Exchanges scheme funds short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations.
The aim is to develop sustainable collaborative projects between different organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (in particular small and medium-sized enterprises) from around the world.
Exchanged staff benefit from new knowledge, skills and career development perspectives, while participating organisations increase their research and innovation capacities.
Indicative timeline
- March 2024 to May 2024: Evaluation by the European Research Executive Agency and external independent expert evaluators
- June 2024: Notification of call results to applicants
- Applicants will be able to access the results of the evaluation on their personal space of the Funding and Tenders Opportunities Portal
- An overview of the evaluation results, cut-off scores and statistics will be published on the page of the call Staff Exchanges 2023
- November 2024: Expected signature of the grant agreement with the European Commission for successful projects
- January 2025: Projects start