Resources
Free guides and tools for MSCA applicants and hosts.
How proposals are scored, whether your idea is ready to write, how to find a host, and where a Seal of Excellence can still be funded.
New · 15 pages
MSCA PF Guide 2027
The numbers of the last three calls, eligibility and mobility, the 2027 calendar, how proposals are scored, the 2025 cut-off scores by panel and where proposals lose points.
Country by country
Seal of Excellence funding
Which countries, regions and universities fund MSCA PF Seal holders, with the official source of each scheme.
Free matching
Host Finder
For candidates looking for a host and groups looking for a fellow. We introduce you when your research fits.
PDF guides
Read them before you write.
PDF · 6 pages
How MSCA PF proposals are scored
The three criteria and their 27 assessment points, what each rating means, how the ranking works and the 2025 cut-off scores by panel.
PDF · Self-check
Is your MSCA PF idea ready to write?
Ten checks to run before you spend weeks drafting, and what to do when one of them fails.
PDF · For candidates
Finding a host for your MSCA PF
The rules that limit where you can go, where to look, how to write to a supervisor and what to agree before you start writing.
PDF · For supervisors
Hosting an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow
What a host commits to, what the evaluators look for in the host sections, and a calendar for the September deadline.