Expression of Interest – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (MSCA-PF)

The Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship programme (MSCA-PF) is a highly renowned European funding scheme. It offers talented scientists the unique chance to set up 2-year research and training projects with the support of a supervising team. Besides providing an attractive grant including mobility, family and research allowances, it represents a major opportunity to boost the career of promising researchers.  

The submission deadline of proposals to the European Commission is set on the 11th September 2024 and successful research proposals selected for funding may start in May 2025 at the earliest. 

2PE – Bretagne initiated an original action towards potential candidates for the MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships (MSCA-PF). 

This action aims to increase chances of success for motivated fellows by offering dedicated support from both scientific and technical staff to write an excellent research and training project. 

2PE – Bretagne and academic institutions in Brittany are thus looking for excellent postdoctoral researchers with an international profile willing to apply for a Marie S. Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship witha competitive proposal in September 2024. 

Eligibility criteria for prospective applicants 

Academic qualification: By the MSCA-PF call deadline (11th September 2024), applicants must bein possession of a doctoral degree , defined as a successfully defended doctoral thesis, even if the doctoral degree has yet to be awarded. 

Research experience: Applicants must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research , measured from the date applicants were in possession of a doctoral degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks (e.g. due to parental leave), will not be taken into account. 

Nationality & Mobility rules: Applicants can be of any nationality but must not have resided more than 12 months in France between the 12/09/2021 and the 11/09/2024 .

Research fields and pre-identified topics 

Chemistry [CHE] 

ADDITINIB  

UNIVREN, ISCR, François-Hugues POREE, Rennes 

Cari On 

CNRS, ISCR, Ludovic FAVEREAU, Rennes 

Chalcogenide glasses 

CNRS, ISCR, Louisiane VERGER, Rennes 

Diff-MOF 

UNIVREN, ISCR, Nathalie AUDEBRAND, Rennes 

Imaging 

UNIVREN, ISCR, Lucie NOREL, Rennes 

Materials 

UNIVREN, ISCR, Stéphane RIGAUT, Rennes 

New electrolytes 

CNRS, ISCR, Florence GENESTE, Rennes 

Optical control 

UNIVREN, IPR, Ernest PASTOR, Rennes 

Economic Sciences [ECO] 

W-LIEN  

UR2, LiRIS, Alexandra BERTHE, Rennes 

Information Science and Engineering [ENG] 

Aerial Robotics 

INRIA, INRIA, Marco TOGNON, Rennes 

Deep Learning Accelerators 

INRIA, INRIA, Olivier SENTIEYS, Rennes 

ENERGUMENE  

UNIVREN, IPR, Tanguy ROUXEL, Rennes 

eXtendedReality
INRIA, INRIA, Ferran ARGELAGUET, Rennes

FineReco  

CNRS, IRISA, Laurent AMSALEG, Rennes 

FMAS  

INSERM - UNIVREN, LTSI, Pierre JANNIN, Rennes 

Haptic interfaces  

CNRS, IRISA, Claudio PACCHIEROTTI, Rennes 

Knowledge Graph Embeddings 

INRIA, INRIA, Luis GALLARAGA, Rennes 

Metasurfaces 

CNRS, IETR, David GONZALEZ-OVEJERO, Rennes 

MLBDNI  

INSERM - UNIVREN, LTSI, Pierre JANNIN, Rennes 

MQFACIS  

INSERM- UNIVREN, LTSI, Pierre JANNIN, Rennes 

Multi-robot systems

CNRS, IRISA, Claudio PACCHIEROTTI, Rennes 

Network Neutrality 

INRIA, INRIA, Bruno TUFFIN, Rennes 

SWAAM  

UBO, Lab-STICC, Rozenn ALLANIC, Brest 

Environment and Geoscience [ENV] 

BATHYCARBON  

UNIVREN, ECOBIO, Sarah COFFINET, Rennes 

CARBOPHAGE  

CNRS, ECOBIO, Cécile MONNARD, Rennes 

CDK-Links 

CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, Marc JOLIVET, Rennes 

MOATI  

UBO, LOPS, Xavier CARTON, Plouzané 

Tidilo  

UBO, GO, France FLOC’H, Plouzané 

TREEHOPE  

IARA, SAS, Edith LE CADRE, Rennes 

ValleyDyn  

UNIVREN, Géosciences Rennes, Philippe STEER, Rennes 

Life Sciences [LF]

Cell Cycle  

CNRS, IGDR, Giulia BERTOLIN, Rennes 

Celldeathbreast  

INSERM, OSS, Elodie LAFONT, Rennes 

Child health  

INSERM, IRSET, Charline WAREMBOURG, Rennes 

DIT-CAN  

INSERM, OSS, Elodie LAFONT, Rennes 

DIT-CAN-BIOINF  

UNIVREN- INSERM, OSS, Marc AUBRY, Rennes 

fastDHA  

IARA, STLO, Frédérique PEDRONO, Rennes 

NG-Fish 

INRAE, LPGP, Julien BOBE, Rennes 

IRENE  

UNIVREN, BRM, Vincent CATTOIR, Rennes 

MMIC  

CNRS, IGDR, Hélène BOUVRAIS, Rennes 

Staphylococcus aureus 

INSERM- UNIVREN, BRM, Svetlana CHABELSKAYA, Rennes 

TectoMic 

CNRS, BEEP, Karine ALAIN, Plouzané 

Mathematics [MAT] 

HARFLO  

UBO, LMBA, Eric LOUBEAU, Brest 

Social Sciences and Humanities [SOC] 

JUSTISE  

UR2, LIRIS, Alexandra BERTHE, Rennes 

HOW TO APPLY 

We encourage all motivated and eligible postdoctoral researchers to send their expressions of interest through the EU Survey application form (linkhere) , before 5th of May 2024. 

Your application shall include: 

• a CV specifying:
  • (i) the exact dates for each position and its location (country)
  • (ii) a list of publications
• a cover letter including a research outline (up to 2 pages) identifying the research synergies with the project supervisor(s) and proposed research topics described above.

Following the reception of your expression of interest, we will check the eligibility of your profile for a MSCA-PF application. Supervisor(s) will then select the most promising applications. Subsequently, supervisors will contact you in due time (mid-May) for further discussions and proposal writing until September 2024. If funded, the MSCA-PF project submitted in September 2024 could start from May 2025 onwards. 

Please note:  as a selected applicant, you will be responsible for developing and writing your own MSCA-PF proposal, even though you will benefit from the support of your supervisor(s). In addition, you will receive dedicated support from the European project office in order to write a competitive proposal that meets the European Commission’s expectations. 

Estimated timetable

Deadline for sending an expression of interest: 5th May 2024 

Selection of the most promising application(s): May – June 2024 

Writing the MSCA-PF proposal with the support of the supervisor(s) and the European project office: June – September 2024 

  MSCA-PF 2024 call deadline: 11th September 2024

Publication of the MSCA-PF evaluation results: February 2025 

Start of the MSCA-PF project (if funded): May 2025 (at the earliest)