Description of the Call: The MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025 call, part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), supports international, inter-sectoral, and interdisciplinary mobility of research and innovation (R&I) staff. This initiative aims to foster knowledge transfer between participating organizations, which can include both academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from around the world.

Key Features:

• Mobility through Secondments: Organizations involved in the partnership contribute to a joint R&I project by seconding and/or hosting eligible staff members. Projects should build on previous work but aim to generate or strengthen long-term collaborations.
• Dimensions of Mobility: The exchanges can address three dimensions: inter-sectoral, international, and interdisciplinary. Exchanges within EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries should mainly be inter-sectoral, but same-sector exchanges are possible if they are interdisciplinary.
• Skills Development: The project should offer new skills acquisition and career development perspectives for participating staff members. Organizations must ensure adequate mentoring for seconded staff.

Staff Exchanges are open to international consortia of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other non-academic organisations. They need to include:

• At least three organisations in three different countries, two of which need to be located in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country.
• Above this minimum, the participation of organisations from any country is possible.
• If all participating organisations are from the same sector (academic or non-academic), at least one must be from a non-associated Third Country.

Individual staff members are selected by their sending organisations to take part in the planned exchanges.

Staff funded by Staff Exchanges:

• Can be researchers at any career stage, from PhD candidates to postdoctoral researchers, as well as administrative, technical or managerial staff involved in research and innovation activities.
• Can be of any nationality.
• Must be engaged in, or linked to, research and innovation activities at their sending organisation for at least one month prior to the secondment.
• Should return to their sending organisation after the secondment, to pass on their knowledge and foster collaboration.

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