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Research mobility is a key component of fostering innovation, international collaboration and career development in the scientific community. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) stand as the EU’s flagship programme for training, mobility and career development of researchers at all stages of their careers and from across the globe.
The MSCA promote transnational, inter-sectoral, and interdisciplinary mobility, with an emphasis on enhancing skills that drive innovation, employability and entrepreneurship. It supports a wide range of initiatives, including excellent doctoral programmes, industrial doctorates, and joint doctorates. With its ‘bottom-up’ approach, the MSCA encourages researchers from all scientific fields to engage in mobility opportunities, fostering global collaboration and advancing scientific progress.
Browse below our resources, in particular news, events, calls and documents related to researcher mobility and in particular the MSCA programme.
News:
- Rethinking Brain Drain: Turning Mobility into Opportunity in Southeast Europe
- EU Announces MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025 Results — Limited Coordination from Western Balkans
- An Invitation to Western Balkans Stakeholders from MSCA-GLOPOL: Strengthening international cooperation in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- With successful participation from Western Balkans: 70 new COST Actions approved, ready to kick-off in autumn 2025
- MSCA Success Stories from the Western Balkans: Celebrating Research Excellence. An event report
- New Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme in Social Psychology of Transformation Launched
- Six Western Balkans universities involved in new European Universities Alliances (Erasmus+ 2024)
- 60 new COST Actions approved in May 2024
- The new Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Board includes the Former Chair of the Western Balkans Chapter
- The POLICY ANSWERS Western Balkans Mobility Scheme for Early-Career Researchers is Waiting for Your Application!
- Visegrad Fund and Western Balkans Fund launch Joint Fellowship Programme
- Pre-Announcement of the POLICY ANSWERS Western Balkans Mobility Scheme for Early-Career Researchers
Events:
- Online COST Info Day 2026
- Bridging Futures: Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Western Balkans and Southeast Europe
- IP in EU funded projects with a special focus on MSCA
- Marie Curie Alumni Association Annual Conference 2026
- European Researchers’ Night 2025
- Scientific Symposium on Careers Beyond Academia and Transferable Skills for PhDs
- University North International Week 2025. Connecting Global Minds for a Sustainable, Healthier Tomorrow
- Online COST Info Day 2025
- INSPIRING ERA Exchange: Boost your Career: New EU tools and Support for Attractive Research Careers (Webinar)
- MSCA Success Stories from the Western Balkans: Regional Awareness Raising Event
- Marie Curie Alumni Association Conference 2025
- Call info day: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks 2024
- Research Management and Administration (RMA) Network: V4+WB Training School in Banja Luka
- COST Call 2024 Info Day – Montenegro
Calls:
- COST Open Call 2026
- Horizon Europe Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027
- Horizon Europe Calls: MSCA Staff Exchanges
- Western Balkans-Visegrad Fellowships 2024
- Western Balkans Mobility Scheme: A POLICY ANSWERS Pilot Programme – Call for Experts (Closed)
- Call for bilateral projects: Montenegro – Slovenia (2025-26)
Documents:
- IP management in Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- SCiDEV Working Paper: Driving Research and Innovation through Mobility: Perspectives on the New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans
- [Focus Article] Researcher Mobility in the Western Balkans – Raising Awareness in the Region
- Western Balkans Mobility Scheme: A POLICY ANSWERS Pilot Programme – Guide for Applicants