The MSCA Choose Europe for Science pilot scheme aims to increase the attractiveness of European research careers by addressing precarity and offering excellent working conditions, turning the current challenge of brain drain in the R&I sector into brain gain. 

Choose Europe for Science will support projects in which academic and non-academic organisations recruit postdoctoral researchers with a vision to employment beyond the project period. The novelty of the initiative is that organisations will also be selected based on their offers of longer-term professional perspectives.  

A single legal entity in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country applies and is responsible for recruiting the researchers. Additional associated partners can be included in the project.

The total budget for this call is €22.5 million, and a beneficiary can receive a maximum of €3.5 million for this call.

The Choose Europe for Science call will open on 1 October 2025 and close on 3 December 2025 at 5 pm Brussels time. The proposals must be submitted via EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

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