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🇪🇺 The Italian Ministry of University and Research has launched a new call to fund 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ former MSCA postdoctoral fellows and Seal of Excellence recipients with €67.5M. Up to € 300,000 can be allocated for each project!

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇮🇹

Find out more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/italy-launches-funding-call-msca-seal-excellence-recipients-and-former

Italy launches funding call for MSCA Seal of Excellence recipients and former postdoctoral fellowships researchers The Italian Ministry of University and Research is promoting a new call to fund more than 250 young researchers who completed their MSCA postdoctoral fellowship or received a Seal of Excellence certificate.

🇪🇺 MSCA COFUND programme - CarrerasLeaders, has opened 6️⃣ Postdoctoral positions to empower future leaders to fight .

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇪🇸

Find out more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/6-postdoctoral-positions-available-field-hemato-oncology

6 Postdoctoral positions available in the field of hemato-oncology The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) is looking for 6 Postdoctoral Researchers for the CarrerasLeaders program, co-funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Actions of the European Commission. This is the Call 3 of the program following the successful recruitment of 10 fellows...

🇪🇺 MSCA COFUND programme - ARISTOS, has opened 1️⃣7️⃣ Postdoctoral positions in and Sciences.

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇪🇸

Find out more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/17-postdoctoral-positions-available-biomedicine-and-health-sciences

17 Postdoctoral positions available in Biomedicine and Health Sciences ARISTOS is a strategic program in Biomedicine and Health Sciences, led by CIBER in Spain, that offers postdoctoral positions for three years each. The program's goal is to provide highly-qualified postdoctoral researchers with opportunities for international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary res...

🇪🇺 The ERC Synergy Grant 2025 call is open!

✅ A group of 2 to 4 P*s working together to tackle ambitious research problems.
✅ 1 PI per Synergy Grant group at any one time can be hosted/engaged by an institution outside of the EU or Associated Countries.
✅ Open for researchers of any nationality in any field of research.

Find out if is for you 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/european-research-council-erc-synergy-grant-2025-call-open

The European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant 2025 call is open! Are you a researcher that wants to address a research problem so ambitious, that can not be dealt with you and your team alone? The Synergy Grants could be for you!Who can apply?A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (P*s) working together and bringing different skills and resources...

🇪🇺 The ERC Starting Grant 2025 call is open! Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD can submit an application in any field of research.

Find out if is for you 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/european-research-council-erc-starting-grant-2025-call-open

The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2025 call is open! Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be for you.The ERC starting grant call 2025 is open until 15 October 2024!European Research Council ...

🇪🇺 COFUND programme - ROSETTA, has opened 1️⃣0️⃣ Postdoctoral positions to research on Digital Responsibility & Time.

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇮🇪

Find out more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/10-postdoctoral-positions-available-research-digital-responsibility

10 Postdoctoral positions available to research on Digital Responsibility & Time ROSETTA is an innovative fellowship programme co-ordinated by the University of Galway and will involve four other universities (Implementing Partners): University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin. The programme is co-funded by LERO, the Scie...

🥁 🎉 We witnessed an amazing grand finale of the Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2024. Congratulations to the excellent presenters & the esteemed jury for a job well done👏.

🔹 1st: Breaking the Wall of Anti-parasitic Drug Resistance, Mr Saishyam Ramesh, The Australian National University
🔹 2nd: Breaking the Wall of Irreversible Vision Loss, Mr Nick Bariesheff, The Australian National University
🔹 3rd: Breaking the Wall of GHG Emissions with Algae, Ms Kira Picknell, University of Technology Sydney

📸🇪🇺 While on our mission to Western Australia, we had the pleasure of speaking about ( , & Pillar II ), to researchers at the University of Western Australia.

Many thanks to the UWA team for the kind hospitality - it was a pleasure👏.

🇪🇺🤝🇳🇿🇨🇦 Early morning start for us today to speak about Horizon Europe alongside our colleagues from Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, at the New Zealand – Canada Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Webinar.

Many thanks Universities New Zealand & Universities Canada for the invitation. It was great to see so much interest for collaborative research projects.👏

📣 Join us for this years' Falling Walls Lab Sydney Grand Finale & watch our passionate finalists pitch their work in 3 minutes. Free Registration: https://bit.ly/FWL-Syd-24-Finale

🗓️ 30 July, 1 PM
📍 Michael Crouch Innovation Centre, Ground Floor, Hilmer Building, UNSW Sydney

You can also vote for a People’s Choice Winner.

Australian Academy of Science

📣 We are delighted to present the panel of esteemed judges for the Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2024 Finale, on 30 July. They will assess the finalists and select the most deserving winners👏. The jury members are:

🔹 Prof Alison Rodger - Jury Chair
🔹 Professor Jennie Brand-Miller
🔹 Prof Veena Sahajwalla
🔹 Prof Michael Lerch
🔹 Mr Nishant Shandilya
🔹 Prof Chris Turney

Australian Academy of Science

📣 As we gear up for the Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2024 Finale on 30 July, we are excited to announce the 8 finalists who will be presenting their breakthrough ideas👏.

🔹 Niruban Chakkaravarthy Dhanasekaran, Western Sydney University
🔹 Cynthia Turnbull, The Australian National University, John Curtin School of Medical Research
🔹 Kira Picknell, The University of Technology Sydney
🔹 Nicholas Bariesheff, The Australian National University
🔹 Hansheng Chen, The University of Sydney
🔹 Ece Egilmezer, The University of New South Wales
🔹 Sameer Ali, The Australian National University
🔹 Saishyam Ramesh, The Australian National University

Australian Academy of Science

🇪🇺🤝🇦🇺 We are gearing up for our next physical mission of the year - to Western Australia. Several engagements:

🔹Session on EU Funding and Collaboration Opportunities at:
✅University of Western Australia
✅Murdoch University
✅Edith Cowan University
🔹 Several Meetings

See you in Perth ✈️

🇪🇺 COFUND programme - Talent4Iberia, has opened 1️⃣0️⃣ Postdoctoral positions in the field of energy research - specifically in chemical, electrical and thermal storage.

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇪🇸

Find out more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/10-postdoctoral-positions-available-field-energy-research

10 Postdoctoral positions available in the field of energy research Are you a postdoctoral researcher interested in the field of Energy Storage? Continue your research career working in reference centres in Extremadura.

🇪🇺 The 2025 Work Programme of the European Research Council has been adopted. The Programme sets out funding opportunities, budgets of the calls, the calendar of grant competitions and conditions for ERC funding.

Key dates and numbers of the ERC’s upcoming grant competitions👇 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/erc-work-programme-2025-adopted-indicative-summary-calls-2025-budget

ERC Work Programme 2025 adopted - Indicative summary of calls from the 2025 budget The 2025 Work Programme of the European Research Council has been adopted. The Programme sets out funding opportunities, budgets of the calls, the calendar of grant competition and conditions for ERC funding.

🇪🇺👩🏽‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬 UCLouvain has opened 1️⃣5️⃣ Postdoctoral positions in all scientific disciplines through the FSR Post-doc 2025 call .

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇧🇪

Find out more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/15-postdoctoral-positions-available-all-scientific-disciplines

15 Postdoctoral positions available in all scientific disciplines The «FSR Post-doc 2025» call is now open for incoming post-doctoral researchers in international mobility within your research entities. The 2025 call is funded by FSR funds and will allow to award 15 post-doctoral 3 years-fellowships.Applications (maximum 1 proposal per supervisor) must be su...

🇪🇺🤝🇳🇿 It has been a year since New Zealand formally associated to Horizon Europe, and the results speak for themselves – a story of successful research collaborations👏.

We are working on some exciting initiatives together with colleagues at New Zealand's MBIE Science. Stay tuned!

🇪🇺 COFUND programme - IDEAL, has opened 6️⃣ PhD positions in & .

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇪🇸

Read 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/6-phd-positions-available-nanoscience-and-nanotechnology-0

6 PhD positions available in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology IDEAL PhD is a doctoral fellowship programme led by IMDEA Nanociencia and co-funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND programmes to attract 12 talented predoctoral researchers in two open calls to undertake a PhD research project in any of the programmes at the Institute:P1...

🇪🇺Ikerbasque is offering 1️⃣0️⃣ permanent positions for:

🔹 Established researchers, postdoctoral researchers who conduct research independently: as Research Associate
🔹 Senior leading researchers, with international reputation: as Research Professor

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality.

Read👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/10-permanent-positions-available-research-professors-research

10 Permanent positions available as Research Professors & Research Associates Ikerbasque - the Basque Foundation for Science offers 10 permanent positions for researchers willing to develop a long-term scientific career in the Basque Country. These positions are financed by the Basque Government, the European Commission and the host institution where the researcher will dev...

🇪🇺 COFUND programme - AUFRANDE, has opened 1️⃣5️⃣➕ PhD positions in the fields of , , , , , , , , etc.

🌏 Open for researchers of any nationality - to be hosted in 🇫🇷🇦🇺

Read 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/15-phd-positions-available-varied-domains-within-msca-cofund-programme

15+ PhD positions available in varied domains within the MSCA COFUND programme - AUFRANDE The Australia-France Network of Doctoral Excellence (AUFRANDE) is a unique PhD training program co-funded by the European Union and bringing together 37 research centres in France and Australia.

🇪🇺📣⚡ The latest edition of our Flashnote is out now: https://mailchi.mp/euraxess/ausnz-fn9-2024

We focus on:

🔹 Horizon Europe Missions - what’s the state of play?
🔹 Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 in 2023
🔹 The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant 2024 call is open!
🔹 New information packages for MSCA fellows and staff members published
🔹 Country Profile: Montenegro
🔹 Falling Walls Lab Sydney 2024 - Call for Applications: Last Few Days Remaining!

🇪🇺🆕 Are you working as a researcher or staff member of a -funded project or are you about to start? Learn more about your rights and obligations and other aspects such as::

🔹 allowances
🔹 secondments
🔹 cross-cutting issues
🔹 more opportunities

Read more 👉

New information packages for MSCA fellows and staff members published The European Commission and the European Research Executive Agency (REA) have published new information packages for researchers and staff members taking part in projects supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie under Horizon Europe.

🇪🇺🎉 Results of the COFUND call 2023 have been announced!

🔹 27 projects
🔹 €96.2 million budget
🔹 359 organisations in 35 countries, including 5️⃣ from Australia 🇦🇺
🔹 12 doctoral training programmes and 15 postdoctoral fellowship programmes

Find out more 👉

MSCA COFUND result announced: Five Australian participations in selected projects The European Commission has announced the results of the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND), part of the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation Horizon Europe. The European Commission will p...

📸🇪🇺 While on our mission to the Australian Capital Territory, we had the pleasure of speaking about ( , & Pillar II ), to researchers at the University of New South Wales Canberra.

Many thanks to the team for the kind hospitality - it was a pleasure👏.

🇪🇺🤝🇦🇺 We are gearing up for our next physical mission of the year - to the Australian Capital Territory. Several engagements:

🔹 Understanding session at the University of New South Wales Canberra
🔹 Several Meetings at EU Delegation, Member State Embassies and Interlocutors

See you in Canberra ✈️

🇪🇺🆕📢 The annual report on EU R&I 2023 activities is out! The report provides a non-exhaustive overview of the EU’s key and activities in 2023 and monitoring of , and the Research and Training programme. It offers interesting information on:

🔹 highlights and new features
🔹 association to Horizon Europe
🔹 monitoring data on calls and topics
🔹 project proposals and success rates
🔹 grants signed
🔹 EU policy priorities
🔹 applicants and beneficiaries
🔹 first results
🔹 dissemination and exploitation activities

Read more 👉

Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 in 2023 The 2023 Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 is out!

🇪🇺 The ERC Advanced Grant 2024 call is open! Are you an established PI seeking long-term funding for a groundbreaking, ambitious research project? Find out if is for you.

Read more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/european-research-council-erc-advanced-grant-2024-call-open

The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant 2024 call is open! Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, ambitious project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you. ERC Advanced Grants may be up to €2.5 million for a period of 5 years. Plus an additional €1 million can be made available...

🇪🇺 The MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 call is open! If you are considering applying, here are some useful tips and guidance to start preparing your proposal:

1️⃣ Get familiar with how funding works
2️⃣ Make sure your organisation and consortium can apply
3️⃣ Find the best partners to prepare your proposal
4️⃣ Start drafting your application
5️⃣ Check your application with your peers
6️⃣ Submit your application

Read more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/msca-doctoral-networks-2024-call-six-steps-prepare-your-application

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 Call: Six steps to prepare your application MSCA Doctoral Networks implement doctoral programmes through consortia of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond.

🇪🇺🆕⚡The Doctoral Networks 2024 call is open! €608.6 million from will fund 160 doctoral programmes and develop the skills and careers of 2400 outstanding candidates.

Organisations can apply by 🗓️ 27/11!

Read more 👉 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/australia-nz/news/msca-opens-eu6086-million-call-doctoral-networks

🇪🇺🎉 Results of the Staff Exchanges call 2023 have been announced!

🔹 73 projects
🔹 €78.5 million budget
🔹 715 organisations in 88 countries, including 9️⃣ from Australia 🇦🇺

Find out more 👉

MSCA Staff Exchanges result announced: Nine Australian participations in Eight selected projects The European Commission has announced the results of the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for Staff Exchanges under Horizon Europe, the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation.