The European Commission (EC) has published the results of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 call.
10,360 applications were received as part of this call. From these applications, the EC will fund 1,696 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship projects: 1528 European Postdoctoral Fellowships and 168 Global Postdoctoral Fellowship. This corresponds to a total funding of €471 million, and a success rate of 16.6%.
Out of the nearly 1,700 projects selected for funding, 366 have a UK coordinator, which is a success rate of 17.9% for the UK.
The selected applicants represent 95 nationalities and will work in 47 countries across Europe and globally.
Successful projects will start from late spring 2025. Projects on the reserve list, a total of 292, will be contacted once all the grants have been signed.
2939 applicants received a MSCA Seal of Excellence, with 600 of those being awarded to UK proposals.
The MSCA Seal of Excellence is a quality label awarded to applicants under MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and MSCA COFUND actions who scored 85% or higher in the assessment.
The next call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will open on 8 May 2025.