MSCA- Postdoctoral Fellowships – Inria: Inria is offering over 90 hosting offers for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) for researchers in 2025. These fellowships provide an opportunity for career development in various research areas, with a focus on original and innovative research directions.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships – Inri
What are the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships?
MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships are European funding that support the career development of researchers, diversifying their core and transversal skills. The MSCA-PF grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable; as well as research, training and networking costs. The Inria training programme concerns both the European Postdoctoral Fellowships (12 to 24 months in Europe + optional placement in private sector in Europe of 6 months) and the Global Postdoctoral Fellowships (12 to 24 months outside of Europe + compulsory 12 months return period in Europe + optional placement in private sector in Europe of 6 months; nationality restrictions apply to this type). More information: MSCA-PF
Research Areas
- Algorithms and Quantum Computing
- High Performance Computing
- Digital Education
- Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of Things
- Software Development
- Modelling and Simulation
- Digital Health
- Data Science
- Cybersecurity
Specific Domains
- Machine Learning
- Distributed Systems
- Data Analysis
- Human-Machine Interaction
- Control Theory
What are the eligibility criteria?
- Candidates must hold a PhD at the call deadline (10 September 2025) and have 8 years maximum of full-time research experience after the PhD.
- “Mobility rule”: candidates must NOT have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the main host institution for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline (exceptions exist for European nationals).
- Candidates can be from any nationality, except for the Global Postdoctoral Fellowships (see above) which is restricted to European nationals or long-term residents (>5 continuous years of residency prior to deadline).
- Although not an eligibility criterion, a good track record is recommended.
- An additional layer is at Inria institutional level regarding security procedures in recruitment, which must be approved by our Defence Security Officer
Job Description
The MSCA-PF grants offer a competitive salary along with mobility and family allowances, as well as funding for research, training, and networking costs. Applicants will propose their own research ideas in collaboration with a supervisor from an Inria research team. The application requires a detailed research project proposal (10 pages) and a CV (5 pages). The nominal success rate is around 15%, and extensive support is provided through a training program to enhance the chances of securing funding.
What is needed to apply?
The MSCA PF programme requires candidates to write their own research project, in synergy with a supervisor at a European host institution. The proposal is a ten pages document describing the scientific idea, its expected impacts and implementation pathway, with an additional 5 pages for the candidate’s CV. The nominal success rate is around 15%: this is a very competitive call. At Inria, we provide a training programme and extensive support to good-quality candidates in the form of preliminary meetings, group training to better understand the programme and the grant proposal requirements, and one-to-one review sessions by specialised staff in the late stage, allowing us to significantly increase your chances of success.
How to Apply
- Check our list of hosting offers, when a domain fits your profile or seems complimentary to your expertise, go to the research team webpage and look for more info. You may also directly check the domains of our 230 Inria research teams if you do not find a research topic within our pre-selected offers.
- Once you think you have an interesting research project idea that fits the domains described in one of our hosting offers (or research team), write it down in 4-5 lines and email the indicated contact persons (or directly to the researcher). Add your CV or a link to your profile for completeness.
- Register here for the pre-training online info session (22 April 13:00 to 14:00 CET)
- . This online event will present the offers and Inria’s support schedule.
- Finally, if you are interested in submitting a project with Inria as host institution, register here for the full training programme
The earliest the better! If we had to give an indication, March to April.
Visit our website for more information: https://www.inria.fr/en/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions-postdoctoral-fellowships-2025-inria-hosting-offers-training
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Ends On: 10th September 2025
