Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is a set of major research fellowships created by the

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to support research in the

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(ERA). The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are among Europe's most competitive and prestigious research and innovation fellowships. Established in 1996 as Marie Curie Actions and known since 2014 as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, they aim to foster the career development and further training of researchers at all career stages. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions promote interdisciplinary research and international collaborations, supporting scientists from not only within Europe but also across the globe. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are currently financed through the eighth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (called

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) and belong to the so-called 'first pillar' of Horizon2020: "Excellent Science." Through this funding scheme, the

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(REA) has devoted over €6 billion to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions between 2014 and 2020. Since the launch of the programme in 1996, over 100,000 researchers had received MSCA grants by March 2017. To mark this milestone, the European Commission selected thirty highly-promising researchers (who achieved the highest evaluation scores in 2016) to showcase the EU's actions dedicated to excellence and worldwide mobility in research. The

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a Polish-French

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and

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, and the first female Nobel prize winner. The only person to win a Nobel Prize for contributions in two different sciences (

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and

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), she was also the first person — and only woman — to have been awarded a Nobel Prize twice.

Types of funding

Fellowships are awarded by the

across scientific disciplines within the framework of

. MSCA are grouped into the following schemes: * Research Networks (ITN), * Individual Fellowships (IF), * Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE), * Co-funding of regional, national and international programs involving mobility (COFUND), * European Researchers' Night (NIGHT). Within the framework of Horizon 2020, which runs from 2014 through 2020, MSCA will award €6.16 billion in funding.

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External links

Main Marie Curie Actions website

Marie Curie Alumni Association
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Types of funding

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