The European Union and India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have launched a new co-funding initiative for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchanges, part of the EU’s research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.
Through this scheme, CSIR will top up selected MSCA Staff Exchanges projects, enabling its institutes to engage in joint research projects with European and international partners and second their scientific and technical staff to European research organisations for knowledge sharing and research activities.
The funding will be from 2025 to 2027 and be open to any CSIR institution involved in successful projects selected under the upcoming Staff Exchanges calls.
On this occasion, Euraxess is organising a networking and brokerage event on MSCA Staff Exchanges Call 2024 and CSIR India-EU Co-Funding on 17 October, 11 am-1.30 pm CET /2.30-5 pm IST.
Detailed information about the event is available on the event website.
Who should attend?
- Europe: The webinar is open for European academic and non-academic stakeholders who want to enhance their organisation’s innovation capacity through interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration with Indian partners!
- India: The webinar is open only for permanent CSIR scientific and/or technical staff members.
Programme outline
This webinar will provide the following information:
- What are MSCA Staff Exchanges
- What are co-funding mechanisms
- What are the eligibility criteria for CSIR staff
- What exactly is funded
- How to find a consortium partner from Europe and India
- Project idea – Flash presentations by European and Indian organisations
Technical specifications
The event is virtual and free of charge, but registration is required.