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MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027

For supported researchers: Concrete career prospects and increased career stability; Deeper and more diverse set of research-related, academic and transferable skills and competences, leading to greater autonomy. For participating organisations: Better alignment of research and Human Resources practices, including recruitment, career accession and progression systems, at participating organisation(s) with the…

Deadline 6 Apr 2027Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €51.3MSingle stageHORIZON TMA MSCA Cofund Postdoctoral programme

Funding and competition

  • €1.7Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 181projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Fundacio De Recerca Clinic Barcelona-Institut D Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation73INTREPiD, CURE HEARTandBRAIN, NAVIGATE
Fundacio Centre De Regulacio Genomica
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation51Da Vinci, INTREPiD, NAVIGATE
Uppsala Universitet
Uppsala
SwedenUniversity40Da Vinci, MERCI, NAVIGATE
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation50Da Vinci, TALENTGAL, CarrerasLeaders
Turun Yliopisto
Turku
FinlandUniversity43TIES2, SciLifeLab PULSE, SYS-LIFE
Kobenhavns Universitet
Kobenhavn
DenmarkUniversity60EURAXESS TOP III, SciLifeLab PULSE, EURAXESS TOP IV
Fundacio Institut De Recerca Biomedica (Irb Barcelona)
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation42CarrerasLeaders, ENABLECARES, DYNAMIS
Fundacao Gimm - Gulbenkian Institute For Molecular Medicine
Lisboa
PortugalResearch organisation40KiTE 2.0, CarrerasLeaders, PANERIS
Univerzitet U Novom Sadu Fakultet Tehnickih Nauka
Novi Sad
SerbiaUniversity22SMART Researchers, ERA-CAREERS
Universidade Do Porto
Porto
PortugalUniversity31TERRADAPT, BOOST, BRITE-EU
Fundacion Espanola Para La Cienciay La Tecnologia, F.S.P., Fecyt
Alcobendas
SpainOther61EURAXIND, EURAXESS TOP III, EURAXESS TOP IV
Panepistimio Thessalias
Volos
GreeceUniversity30SMART Researchers, AgriTalent Excellent, BOOST
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation30TALENTGAL, MERCI, INSIGHT
The Chancellor Masters And Scholars Of The University Of Cambridge
Cambridge
United KingdomUniversity30Da Vinci, TALENTGAL, LMUResearchFellows
Agencia De Gestio D'Ajuts Universitaris I De Recerca
Barcelona
SpainPublic body40NAVIGATE, BITRECS, CarrerasLeaders

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 12partners (median)
  • 7countries (median)
  • 11%of partners are SMEs
University 33%Research organisation 24%Company 23%Other 13%Public body 7%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • GENERATE – Attracting Global TalENt for a RegEneraTive Europe (HORIZON · 2027 · HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01)
  • Da Vinci – Deep AI for VIenna Network of Computational Innovators (HORIZON · 2027 · HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01)
  • SMART Researchers – SMART Researchers: Strategic Micro-Credentialing and Skills Recognition for a Dynamic ESRs Talent Ecosystem (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02-03)
  • ASCENT – Academic Secured Career ENgagement in Toulouse (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01)
  • INTREPiD – CRG International Research Postdoctoral Programme (H2020 · 2017 · MSCA-COFUND-2016)
  • TERRADAPT – TERRADAPT: Attracting talents in Europe for Territorial adaptation to the digital and green transitions (HORIZON · 2027 · HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.