MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022 call receives 196 proposals
The call will fund collaborative research projects and support ground-breaking research through international staff exchanges.
The second call of the MSCA-funded Staff Exchanges scheme under Horizon Europe closed on 8 March 2023.
The European Research Executive Agency received 196 proposals. Applicants requested a total budget close to €194.5 million.
Through this call, the European Union is expected to fund between 70 and 90 projects with an indicative budget of around €77.5 million.
Proposals submitted include the participation of 1453 different organisations in 105 countries.
Proposals are coordinated by organisations in 32 countries, with participation from
- Italy: 30
- Spain: 28
- Portugal: 18
- Greece, Poland and the United Kingdom: 13 each
- Germany: 11
- France: 10
- Turkey: 8
- Ireland: 7
- Finland: 5
- Estonia and Latvia: 4 each
- Austria, Cyprus, Norway and Romania: 3 each
- Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Sweden and Ukraine: 2 each
- Albania, Denmark, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Serbia and Slovakia: 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.
People involved in staff exchanges benefit from new knowledge, skills and career development perspectives, while participating organisations increase their research and innovation capacities.
Indicative timeline
- March 2023 to May 2023: Evaluation by the European Research Executive Agency and external independent expert evaluators
- June 2023: 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 2022
- November 2023: Expected signature of the grant agreement with the European Commission for successful projects
- January 2024: Projects start