MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Université Paris Cité and its partners – Meet Up 2026

Université Paris Cité and its partners in the European Research Network are pleased to welcome Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Post-Doctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) applicants in their research units.

To offer post-doctoral candidates and their supervisors the best support for a successful and high-quality application, we are happy to organise the MSCA Meet Up.

The MSCA PF is one of the most important funding schemes for young researchers and a key part of « Excellent Science », the first pillar of the European Commission’s Research and Innovation Programme Horizon Europe. This action provides you with a salary, a mobility allowance, research funding and (if eligible) family allowances for 24 months.

If you are a young researcher and aspire to advance your research in a highly recognised French institution, we invite you to apply to this program with our supervisors.

The 2025 MSCA Meet Up :

The MSCA Meet Up of Université Paris Cité and its partners aims at informing on opportunities in our research units, helping connect aspiring candidates with and their potential supervisors and providing support to set up the research.

The MSCA Meet-Up features 4 events:

• 1^st december 2025 (for future postdocs): webinar to present the MSCA PF call to postdoctoral candidates, rules and eligibility criteria, as well as to present the futur call that will be issued to come to Paris;
• December 2025 – February 2026 : Open call to come at Université Paris Cité to have a 2 day teambuilding and training session to prepare for the MSCA-PF call.The flight and hotel will be paid for you by Université Paris Cité
• April – May 2026 : 2 day stay in Paris and at UPCité to meet your future supervisor and to prepare the MSCA-PF call.
• May – June 2026 : final zoom workshop to provide the fellows with tips and tricks on the writing and submission of a MSCA PF proposal

How to take part in the Meet-Up

• Fill in the registration form on each event’s dedicated page : here

General information: How to apply to a MSCA-PF call

1. Check the eligibility criteria

• Possessing a PhD degree or having successfully defended their doctoral thesis by the deadline for applications;
• Having 8 years or less experience in research from the date of award of the first doctoral degree;
• Not having resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.

1. Identify a supervisor
2. Contact the Supervisor : Include your curriculum vitae and motivation letter for them to decide whether they will supervise your project
3. Start writing a proposal : Our teams are always available to support you and your Supervisors: get in touch with us, we will redirect you to your Grant Office europe.drive[@]u-paris.fr !
4. Don’t forget our MSCA Meet-Up
5. Submit your MSCA-PF proposal before the call deadline in september

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