Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

The INSA Group welcomes applications to the Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships programme of the European Commission, and proposes to host young postdoctoral researchers with high potential and ambition in its research units.

With 7 National Institutes of Science and Technology across France, the INSA Group conducts cutting-edge research activities addressing both scientific and societal challenges and covering the entire value chain, from basic research to applied research, in close collaboration with its industrial partners.

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of the most important schemes of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, and targets researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop their careers. The fellowship helps researchers gain experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors.

How to apply to the MSCA-PF call at the INSA Group?

1. Explore the list of supervisors who would like to host a fellow and select the supervisor(s) you are interested in working with.
2. Complete the application form, including your detailed CV and track record,  before June 10th 2025. If you wish to apply to several projects, a separate application is required for each of your applications.
3. The INSA Group Research Support Team will first verify the eligibility of your application and then forward end the eligible applications to the selected supervisors.
4. The supervisors will select the candidates based on their CV and motivation. 
5. If you are selected, you will be contacted to start the proposal preparation process. 
6. Over the summer, the selected applicants and their supervisors will write a joint proposal on their project topic, which will be submitted to the Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call. The research support team in the host INSA will assist you and your supervisor for the preparation of your application.
7. After submission, your application will be evaluated by experts appointed by the European Commission on the basis of Excellence, Impact and Quality & Efficiency of the Implementation by one of 8 selection panels: Chemistry (CHE), Economic Sciences (ECO), Information Science and Engineering (ENG), Environment and Geosciences (ENV), Life Sciences (LIF), Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY), Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC).
8. If selected, the proposal will be funded in 2026-2027 by the European Commission through one of the Host institutions of the INSA Group, which will recruit the MSCA fellow and provide the allocated research funds, as well as the logistics and necessary facilities to implement the project.