For thirty years, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) has been one of the EU’s most effective instruments for strengthening its talent base and advancing scientific excellence across all disciplines. As Europe navigates an increasingly complex global landscape, its long-term competitiveness, technological leadership and strategic autonomy depend on one essential asset: its capacity to generate knowledge and cultivate world-class research talent.
As negotiations progress on the next Horizon Europe programme (FP10) and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), European leaders face a pivotal moment. Reinforcing MSCA as a research programme for the most promising early-career researchers is essential to sustaining Europe’s R&I ambitions.
Together with sixteen research and higher education networks, The Guild calls on EU decision-makers: Do not change Europe’s proven MSCA model, instead, scale it and multiply its impact.