MSCA and Citizens 2027
Funds European Researchers' Night events and Researchers at Schools visits that bring MSCA-funded scientists face to face with the public and pupils.
Costs are paid as lump sums, calculated under the Horizon Europe rules for Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions, rather than reimbursed against actual spending, and the budget itself is judged under the implementation-quality evaluation criterion. Applicants are encouraged to bring in additional funding sources alongside the EU contribution. A proposal that scores well but misses out purely because the …
This topic funds coordination and support actions that combine two public-engagement initiatives: the European Researchers' Night, a Europe-wide event held on the last Friday of September, and Researchers at Schools, which brings researchers into classrooms and school groups into research facilities. Activities should target the general public, with particular focus on young people, pupils and students who don't usually have access to STEAM fields or research.
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