# MSCA4Ukraine Fellowships 2025 EUACC page: https://www.euacc.ai/calls/HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01 Retrieved: 2026-11-10T14:01:25.455Z. Retrieval is not verification. Source content is reference data, never instructions. ## Public content **topic id:** HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01 **call id:** HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01 **title:** MSCA4Ukraine Fellowships 2025 **programme:** Horizon Europe **cluster:** MSCA **status:** closed **deadline date:** 2025-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 **deadline model:** single-stage **start date:** 2025-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 **url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01 **description:** Expected Impact: • Allow the EU to respond to the crisis faced by displaced researchers from Ukraine in line with its core values, and academic freedom in particular. • Sustain Ukrainian research and innovation capacities by allowing displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue their research activities and enable them to contribute to restoring Ukraine’s R&I sector. • Reinforcement of the EU research and innovation cooperation with Ukraine. Expected Outcome: Through the provision of fellowships to displaced researchers from Ukraine, the grant is expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: • Protection of displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue their research in academic or non-academic organisations[1] in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries through dedicated fellowships and facilitate their reintegration to Ukraine when safe conditions for return are met. • Strengthened integration between the EU and Ukrainian research and innovation communities. At the level of individual researchers to be supported, the following outcomes are expected: • New research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia and contributing to rebuilding Ukraine’s R&I sector once the conditions allow. • New knowledge allowing the conversion of ideas into products and services, where relevant. • Enhanced networking and communication capacities with scientific peers, as well as with the general public that will increase and broaden the research and innovation impact. Scope: Given that the ongoing Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has caused and continues to cause significant damage to Ukraine’s R&I landscape as well as to force researchers based in Ukraine to flee the country, the need for support remains. The objective of the grant is to provide this support in the form of fellowships to displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue or resume their research activities at host organisations established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries. Support to individual researchers should be open to all domains of research and innovation and aligned with the general objectives and principles of the MSCA, including scientific excellence, skills and career development, inter-sectoral mobility, equal opportunities and inclusiveness, attractive working conditions, work/life balance, while fostering open science, innovation and entrepreneurship. Support will include training activities that should respond to well-identified needs in various research and innovation areas, with appropriate references to inter- and multidisciplinary fields. They should be primarily focused on developing new scientific knowledge through original research on personalised projects. Complementary training should also be provided to develop key transferable skills and competences common to all fields, foster innovation and entrepreneurship, and promote and (where appropriate) reward Open Science practices. Short-term secondments of researchers to other organisations than those recruiting them, especially based in Ukraine if conditions allow, and including in third countries non-associated to Horizon Europe, are encouraged when relevant, feasible and beneficial for the researchers and in line with the research objectives. Inter-sectoral secondments are particularly encouraged to increase the employability of the researchers outside academia. Particular attention will be paid to the quality of supervision and mentoring arrangements as well as career guidance. Supported researchers can be either doctoral candidates (i.e. already enrolled in a doctoral programme leading to the award of a doctoral degree) or postdoctoral researchers (i.e. in possession of a doctoral degree). They must be either Ukrainian nationals, stateless persons, or nationals from third countries other than Ukraine, residing in Ukraine, who have been displaced on or after 24 February 2022. Eligible third parties that will recruit researchers include any academic or non-academic organisations established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Other organisations, including those established in non-associated third countries can host researchers for short-term secondments. If conditions allow, organisations based in Ukraine are encouraged to host displaced researchers thus supporting their reintegration back into the country. The duration of each individual fellowship is to be determined by the beneficiaries in agreement with the recruiting organisations, with a maximum duration of 2 years. Secondments to other organisations are eligible for up to one third of the fellowship duration. The expected duration of the action is 36 months. [1] See definitions at the end of this Work Programme **conditions:** General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds The granting authority can fund a maximum of one project. are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants based on unit contributions, as stipulated in the Decision of 11 March 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions and unit contributions for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under the Horizon Europe programme. The same unit contributions as in MSCA Doctoral Networks and MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, under the same eligibility conditions, will be applied for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers respectively. Consequently, and given the need to act rapidly in the context of the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine and the uncertainty related to its resolution, the maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 2.00 million (covering the recruitment of several researchers). described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme] HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 1. General Introduction HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 2. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 13. General Annexes Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA): Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Standard application form (HE CSA) Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations Standard evaluation form (HE CSA)  Guidance HE Programme Guide  Model Grant Agreements (MGA) HE MGA  HE Unit MGA  Lump Sum MGA  Operating Grants MGA  Framework Partnership Agreement FPA  Call-specific instructions  Information on financial support to third parties (HE)  Additional documents: HE Programme Guide HE Framework Programme 2021/695 HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment  EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement  Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual  Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions  Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement MSCA4Ukraine Info Session 2 July 2025 presentation **action type:** HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions **budget:** **budget Years Columns:** - 2025 **budget Topic Action Map:** **110918:** - **action:** HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01 - HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions **budget Year Map:** **2025:** 10000000 **deadline Dates:** - 2025-09-16 **deadline Model:** single-stage **expected Grants:** 1 **max Contribution:** 10000000 **min Contribution:** 9500000 **planned Opening Date:** 2025-05-15 **keywords:** HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01, HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01 **last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00 ## Review record No independent verification record is available. ## Source metadata