Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Proposal Writing

Price: 2-Day training (1490€)

Specially designed for: Researchers, postdoctoral fellows, supervisors, research managers, project managers, research support staff and EU pre-award offices involved in preparing or supporting MSCA applications. Suitable for all levels of experience, from first-time applicants to experienced researchers and research support professionals.

Grants: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under Horizon Europe, covering Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF), Doctoral Networks (DN), Staff Exchanges (SE).

Outcomes: Depending on your previous experience, you will be able to:

• Understand the objectives, eligibility conditions, funding structures and key requirements of the different MSCA actions.
• Identify the most appropriate MSCA funding scheme and understand the differences in their application and evaluation requirements.
• Plan and structure the proposal development process, including the roles of researchers, supervisors, host institutions and consortium partners.
• Excellence: Present convincing research objectives, methodologies, training programmes, supervision arrangements and knowledge transfer, as relevant to each MSCA action.
• Impact: Develop credible approaches to researcher career development, institutional capacity building, dissemination, exploitation and communication.
• Implementation: Structure coherent work plans, including work packages, deliverables, milestones, risk management, recruitment and consortium arrangements.
• Identify common proposal weaknesses and strengthen proposal writing from an evaluator’s perspective.
• Analyse examples of successfully funded MSCA proposals and discuss effective approaches and good practices.

The training fee includes presentations, certificates of participation, lunch breaks and coffee breaks. Each training day starts at 9.00 and ends at 17.00 (14 hours of training in total) and includes a 1-hour lunch break and two coffee breaks. Our trainings always take place in conference rooms (hotels, conference centres, universities) located in the destination city centre. A maximum number of 15 participants per training.

Our training programmes are delivered by senior experts with extensive experience in MSCA proposal development and evaluation. Several of our trainers have served as expert evaluators for the European Commission, providing firsthand insights into the evaluation process and criteria.