Event details

The European Commission is hosting a relaunch events and Information Day in support of the MSCA4Ukraine initiative which has received an additional €10m.

Aim of the event

During the webinar, MSCA4Ukraine will be officially relaunched by Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission, and Igor Taranov, Head of Department, Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine.

The launch will be followed by a dedicated information session for potential applicant organisations and researchers from Ukraine. The consortium partners and speakers from the European Commission and European Research Executive Agency will provide practical information on eligibility, application and evaluation processes. Participants are encouraged to engage actively and ask questions throughout the event.

Who should attend?

Those interested in applying to the call and those institutions who plan to host the applicants.

By way of a reminder, the eligibility conditions are:

• Applicant organisation: Applications must be submitted by prospective host organisations on behalf of displaced researchers from Ukraine (candidates). Host organisations can be academic or non-academic organisations in any EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Organisations located in Ukraine are not eligible to apply as primary host organisations but can host researchers during a secondment arrangement.
• Eligibility of the candidates:

(a) Candidates are (1) Ukrainian nationals, or (2) stateless persons, or (3) nationals from third countries other than Ukraine, with their primary residence in Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

(b) Candidates have been displaced from Ukraine on or after 24 February 2022.

(c) Current and former MSCA4Ukraine fellows are not eligible to be nominated.

(d) Candidates are

1. postdoctoral researchers at the date of the call deadline, i.e. in a possession of a doctoral degree (PhD or кандидат наук). Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree are considered as postdoctoral researchers and eligible to apply. The successful defence must be unconditional (no further requirements/corrections that need to be addressed) and take place before the call deadline. Supporting documentation may be requested.
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2. researchers who, on or after 24 February 2022, were enrolled as doctoral candidates at a Higher Education establishment.

(e) Candidates have the language skills required to successfully conduct their research activities at the envisaged host organisation, as confirmed by the host organisation in the application.

Programme outline

Speakers will include:

Gemma Irvine, Vice-President for Equality & Diversity, Maynooth University

Frank Geary, Director, Scholars at Risk Europe

Amanda Crowfoot, Secretary General, European University Association

Thomas Hesse, Secretary General ad interim, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission

Igor Taranov, Head of Department, Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine

Marija Fedotovaite, Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission

Alexandra Goncalves Pedersen, Research Programme Manager, European Research Executive Agency

Dominik Kalweit, Programme Manager, MSCA4Ukraine, Scholars at Risk Europe

Oksana Seumenicht, MSCA4Ukraine Team, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Chaired by

Henriette Stoeber, Policy Analyst, European University Association