Call and recruitment process

Timeline

The call for applications opens on the date it is published and closes on 30th April 2025 at 17:00 (CET).

The recruitment process will be carried out by the selection committee ensuring an open, transparent and merit-based process.

Each application will be evaluated by a gender-balanced expert panel and in accordance to the criteria described in the Guide for Applicants.

• Eligibility checks: the results of the eligibility check will be notified to the non-eligible applicants around 2 weeks after the call deadline.
• Remote evaluation of applications: applicants will be informed of the evaluation outcome of their application between 6 to 8 weeks after the call deadline.
• Interview: top ranked applicants will be interviewed and the final outcome will be notified approximately 12 weeks after the call deadline.

Recruited fellows are expected to start their fellowship in September 2025.

Eligibility requirements

Please see the Guide for Applicants section on the eligibility criteria for candidates. Fellows need to comply with the MSCA eligibility criteria in order to be able to apply for this call:

• Mobility requirements: not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date (unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.
• Degree certificates: Candidates must have completed the studies that lead to an official university degree that gives access to doctoral studies according to host institution and national rules.
• Research experience: Candidates must be doctoral candidates, i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of recruitment. Candidates must enrol in a doctoral programme in the relevant EU Member State/Associated Country.

Fellowship conditions

Recruited researchers are ‘Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows’ and will be hired on a full-time employment contract for the maximum duration of 3 years (36 months) to undertake their PhD research project, and complying with the relevant national legislation for the performance of doctoral studies.

Fellows will directly receive a living allowance (covering salaries, social security contributions, taxes and other costs included in the remuneration) and a mobility allowance (mobility costs to take up the position). Where eligible, a family allowance provided for married researchers (or status equivalent to marriage), or researchers with dependent children, will be made available. 

The host institution will manage other research and travel costs available for the fellows to cover costs directly related with the development of the projects and necessary for the successful execution and travel costs associated with the researchers training and networking, and to cover relevant expenses in secondments.

Researchers with disabilities are supported and an MSCA Special Needs Allowance will be applied for to cover any additional costs that researchers with disabilities face due to the increased costs of their mobility.

Ensuring equal opportunities

The NeuroNanotech project aims for a representative gender balance at all levels, including at supervisory and management level.

The recruitment process does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of gender, age, ethnicity, national or social origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, language, disability, political opinion and social or economic condition.

Any research career gaps and/or unconventional paths should be clearly explained in the application so that this can be fairly assessed by the independent evaluators. Candidates with a career break will not be discriminated against and will have equal opportunities.

Researchers with disabilities are supported and an MSCA Special Needs Allowance will be applied for to cover any additional costs that researchers with disabilities face due to the increased costs of their mobility.