Whether you are considering applying for a Postdoctoral Fellowship, participating in a Doctoral Network or exploring opportunities through Staff Exchanges, this event will provide an overview of the main MSCA funding schemes under Horizon Europe together with first-hand experiences from successful projects.

This joint webinar organized by API-CSIC, ICMAB-CSIC, IBE-CSIC and ICM-CSIC aims to showcase the wide range of opportunities offered by the MSCA programme to researchers at different career stages and across scientific disciplines.

Participants will discover the key characteristics of the three sub-programmes — Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF), Doctoral Networks (DN) and Staff Exchanges (SE) — and hear success stories from researchers currently coordinating or participating in funded MSCA projects.

The session is open to the entire research community and especially targeted at researchers interested in European funding opportunities, international mobility and collaborative research projects.

Event details

📅 1 June 2026
🕧 12:30h – 14:00h
📍 Hosted on Zoom by ICMAB, IBE and ICM centres. Register here.

Programme

12:30h – Welcome

12:35h – Introduction to MSCA Actions - Laura Rivero (API, VRI-CSIC and NCP)

13:15h – Success story PF
Miguel Méndez (IBE) — IMAGEN3D
The hidden majority: high-resolution imaging and genomics of the most ecologically important microbial eukaryotes in the ocean

13:30h – Success story DN
Elisa Berdalet (ICM) — BLUEOCEAN
Novel photonics instruments for AI-assisted characterization and monitoring of marine ecosystems

13:45h – Success story SE
Judith Guasch (ICMAB) — TUMORGPLAT
Making patient-derived tumor organoids a reliable cancer therapy testing platform

14:00h – Closing