Visual with the text: MSCA fellow of the month
650 foods. 193 countries. One question: what impact does our food have on the Earth?
Our April MSCA Fellow of the Month, Neus Escobar, explores how food travels across the world and the environmental impact it leaves behind.
Discover her work: link.europa.eu/bdjbhmnd
#SciComm 🧪
🎬 Launch of new ERC Classes (1/6) for grant management! This first video explains the essentials for grantees:
✔ What makes ERC grants unique
✔ Your rights as PI
✔ Time commitment & portability
🗓️ New 📹 every Tue & Thu
Watch 👉 bit.ly/4dK2XS0
Visual with the text: Postdoctoral Fellowships call 2026
€399M in EU funding is available to support around 1,600 researchers in their postdoctoral journey.
You can choose your path:
🧪 European fellowships: 12-24 months in Europe
🧪 Global fellowships: 12-24 months abroad + return
Deadline: 9 September (17:00 CEST)
More info: link.europa.eu/t6jYb3
Visual with the text: European Competence Centre for science communication
The EU Competence Centre for Science Communication is here to help you better communicate about science.
Join to:
- Improve your #SciComm skills
- Broaden your network
- Find project opportunities
- Collaborate with communication experts
scicommcentre.eu 🧪
📣 Migration researchers: don’t miss our webinar on the 2026 Horizon Europe migration research call!
Get practical insights:
- Scope & expectations
- Live Q&A
🕒 16 April | 13:30–15:00
Register here: link.europa.eu/jjPQqx
🧪 Interested in working on Social Sciences and Humanities–STEM collaboration?
Join our webinar on 16 April to learn more about the 2026 #HorizonEU call and get practical tips directly from our colleagues: link.europa.eu/CPKcNQ
🎯 Scope, expectations, Q&A
🕒 15:00–16:00
New guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence in the evaluation of ERC grant proposals.
The aim is to safeguard the integrity of peer review while allowing limited use of AI where it does not compromise privacy or trust.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/47HqTld
New opportunities for researchers in EU-Australia cooperation.
Australia’s association to Horizon Europe, combined with the new Security and Defence Partnership, will deepen collaboration on cyber threats, resilience and emerging technologies: key areas for R&I.
Read more: link.europa.eu/8cFfNW 🧪
Visual with the text: MSCA and citizens call results 2025
Results of the MSCA & Citizens 2025 call are out!
🧪 49 projects in 40 countries were selected.
They will organise the next editions of European Researchers’ Night & Researchers at Schools activities in 2026-2027, bringing researchers closer to the public: link.europa.eu/K4dnCp
#SciComm
Over the past 30 years, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme has supported researchers across borders & disciplines - helping ideas travel, careers grow & discoveries shape our world.
To celebrate, we're launching a special anniversary website, showcasing the stories, people and impact 🧪
Thinking about doing research in Europe?
Meet the European Research Council at the MIT European Career Fair 🇺🇸
#MITECF is the largest EU-focused career fair in the United States.
📅5–8 March 2026
📍 MIT, Cambridge, MA
Full info 👉 erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
#ChooseEurope
“We are falling dangerously behind our competitors.”
ERC President Maria Leptin on the next EU R&I budget:
“Maintaining the Commission proposal is the minimum. Strengthening it would be strategic.”
Listen to the hearing at the European Parliament (9’32’30)
🎥 bit.ly/4scILfc
New report:
The European Research Council (ERC) has invested €2.37 billion in frontier research on advanced materials between 2014 and 2023 – an area crucial to Europe’s industrial competitiveness and transition to greener and digital futures.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
What if your research could clean rivers - and scale your business?
Ximo Silvestre and Sergey Mikhalovsky’s project, funded under MSCA Staff Exchanges, is developing a water purification device to bridge the gap between lab and market.
Read their story: link.europa.eu/gcCV7T
🧪 #SciComm
Planning on applying for the MSCA Staff Exchanges funding but are not sure how to go about it?
Check out our info session video. Still have questions?
🧪 Join our live Q&A session on 3 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00 (CET) - link.europa.eu/PDKRbc
More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbpG...
#SciComm
Curiosity, adventure and discovery.
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Giulia Giordano, Eleonora Macchia and Géraldine Laloux share what inspired them to choose a career in science, from early curiosity to inspiring teachers.
#WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #IDWGS #STEM
(1/2) Happy 30th birthday, MSCA! 🧪
Marie Skłodowska-Curie embodied the ideal MSCA researcher: curious, mobile, collaborative, committed to diversity, excellence and societal impact.
Her granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, told us about her legacy.
#SciComm
ERC Public Engagement with Research Award 2026 call has closed with 110 applications, up from 99 two years ago.
We’re glad to see so much enthusiasm for public engagement in frontier research. Winners will be announced this autumn.
#ERCengage
🌐 Looking for funding for short-term research staff exchange?
The 2026 MSCA Staff Exchanges (SE) call is open. 98 mill. euro available to share knowledge and testing of innovative approaches for specific R&I topics.
Webinar for applicants on the 29. Jan: www.forskningsradet.no/en/events/20...
📢 Registration for in-person attendance to the ERC's Annual Conference on "One Health" closes today (9/1). Register here 👉 link.europa.eu/K4YCvc
📅 28 January 2026
⏰ 9.15-18.00 CET
📍 Covent Garden, Place Rogier 16, Brussels
🌐 In-person & web streamed
And for institutions in 🇳🇴 a webinar will be conducted in end of January. Check out the ”Events” page on the Research Council of Norway in some days!
Before we fully throw ourselves into the new year, let’s take one more look back at 2025:
🧑🔬 1,497 new grantees (€2.9 billion)
📢 ERC Plus Grants scheme announced
🏅 15th ERC grantee with Nobel Prize Prize
🤝 Ambassadors for the ERC launched
🖋️ ERC President Maria Leptin reappointed for 2 more years
Visual with the text: Your guide to research careers in the EU.
New year’s resolution: boosting the skills that matter most for your professional growth.
Discover our guide to help you get your research career in the EU to the next level: link.europa.eu/VGkqH3
#SciComm 🧪
💡Your questions, answered.
The ERC Plus Grant webpage is now live, and the Q&As on this new funding scheme are available on the website, too.
🔗 ERC Plus Grants 👉 bit.ly/3N7BJcr
🔗 Q&A 👉 bit.ly/4j4G5gA
Info days and brokerage event on EU missions
Are you working on projects that focus on cancer research, climate-neutral and smart cities, ocean and waters or soils.
Join the EU Missions online info days.
Discover the new topics in the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026/2027 and the upcoming funding: link.europa.eu/DQrQfP
#SciComm 🧪
Today is #Nobel Day! 🏅
Watch the festive ceremony with speeches - a true celebration of blue sky discovery and scientific curiosity!
🎥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=FPSK...
Philippe Aghion, funded by EU via the ERC, is among the 2025 laureates!
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Congratulations to all!
ERC Scientific Council also elected three new Vice Presidents:
🔸Liselotte Højgaard
🔸Torsten Persson
🔸 Nicola Spaldin
All changes take effect on 1 January 2026.
👉 erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Six new members join the ERC Scientific Council:
🔸Michel Campillo
🔸Emmanuelle Charpentier
🔸Kateřina Králová
🔸Susana Narotzky
🔸Karin Roelofs
🔸Eleftheria Zeggini
Read more: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
The newly announced ERC Consolidator Grants will support research into children’s mental health treatments, tumor-targeting nanotechnology, early sepsis detection, protein machines, Rome’s efforts to avoid collapse... and much more ✴
Congratulations to all!
👉 buff.ly/Cq9wLUf
