Call for Applications - early-career non-tenured researchers preparing new MSCA and ERC proposals

Eligibility criteria 

Who can apply ? 

• Early-career non-tenured researchers who have applied to the Marie SkłodowskaCurie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships programme and been awarded the “Seal of Excellence”, with a view to preparing and submitting either a new MSCA application or an ERC application, provided that they meet the eligibility requirements of the 
  targeted call.
• Early-career or non-tenured researchers who have submitted an European Research Council proposal as Principal Investigator and achieved a score A at the first evaluation stage, with a view to preparing and submitting a new ERC application, provided that they meet the eligibility requirements of the targeted call.  

Successful applicants commit to submitting a new proposal within the first 12 months of the Sorb’Rising Rebond Europe – MSCA/ERC funding period, within a research laboratory within the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne perimeter, with the following Host Institution : 

• For MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships : Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne or a national research organization (CNRS or IRD) managing the  laboratory to which the supervisor is affiliated (in accordance with the terms of the inter-institutional site agreement); 
• For ERC applications : Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 

Nature of the funding 

Selected projects will benefit from: 

• A one-year research contract, renewable for an additional six months;  
• a research budget of up to €15,000; 
• for MSCA-PF applications: support from the European projects team of the host institution (the Paris 1 Projects Office or the relevant CNRS/IRD regional European office), as well as participation in a dedicated masterclass; 
• for ERC applications : enhanced support from the Projects Office of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 

Application file 

Applications must include the following documents :  

• the prior MSCA or ERC application; 
• the MSCA evaluation summary report or ERC evaluation report including the score 
  obtained; 
• a copy of the “Seal of Excellence” certificate, if already issued by the European 
  Commission at the time of application; 
• a presentation of the future MSCA-PF or ERC project to be prepared during the Sorb’Rising funding period, following the template provided below; 
• a budget covering the duration of the Sorb’Rising funding period; 
• for MSCA-PF projects only: a support letter from the scientific supervisor affiliated with a Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne research laboratory; 
• a hosting letter signed by the director of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne laboratory; 
• a written commitment to submit a new MSCA-PF or ERC proposal with as Host Institution: 
  • for MSCA-PF applications, the beneficiary institution designated under the 
    inter-institutional site agreement (Paris 1, CNRS, or IRD), and  
  • for ERC applications, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.