Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Expressions of interest
The University of Malta acts as host institution to researchers who apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the framework of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme.

MSCA is part of Horizon Europe, the largest research funding programme in Europe. This award grants Postdoctoral Fellowships and covers a salary of two years, an allowance for mobility, costs of research, and overheads for the host institution, if awarded.

MSCA-PF eligibility criteria:

• The candidate may be of any nationality
• The candidate must be, at the date of the call deadline, in possession of a doctoral degree
• At the call deadline, supported researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date that the researcher was in a possession of a doctoral degree and certified by appropriate documents.
• The candidate cannot have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (Malta) for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the call deadline
• Only one proposal per candidate may be submitted to PF call

UM supervisors have expressed their interest for Postdoctoral Fellows. The offers are listed below, and internationally advertised on the portal for EURAXESS. Prospective candidates should send a Cover Letter and CV to the corresponding supervisor, with RSSD (funding.rssd@um.edu.mt) in copy, and subject line 'MSCA-PF-2024 candidate name'. 

Supervisors who already have identified and matched with a candidate, please get in touch with RSSD and we can assist with your application process.

In addition, please note Xjenza Malta, formerly the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), runs a training programme ahead of this call for the MSCA. The training aims to develop proposals, and also includes support for both accommodation and travel to Malta. This scheme is called PF2MT.