Under the Marie Sklodowska Curie actions researchers can obtain grants regardless of their age or nationality.  In addition to various scholarships, researchers have the opportunity to gain experiences abroad and in the private sector and to upgrade their training by other skills or disciplines that may be valuable for their career.

Mobility rule for all Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions: Fellow has lived and worked less than 12 Month within the last 3 years in the potential host country.


Structured doctoral training - Doctoral Networks (DN):

In order to create a strong human resources base for the European Research Area, the Doctoral Networks programme (under Horizon 2020 "ITNs - Innovative Training Networks") aims to structure the initial training of excellent researchers and doctoral students and to adapt it to the requirements of the labour market in the private and public sectors. The following types are distinguished:

• (standard) Doctoral Networks (DN) (under H2020 "ETN - European Training Networks").
• Joint Doctorates (JD) (under Horizon 2020 "EJD - European Joint Doctorates")
• Industrial Doctorates (ID) (under Horizon 2020 "European Industrial Doctorates")

more information about DN on the MSCA website


Current Doctoral Networks @ GFZ:

EnvSeis
Studying the Earth's surface with seismic methods
Dr. Jens Martin Turowski [HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01]

ICEBIO
Center for Glacial Biome Doctoral Network
Prof. Dr. Liane G. Benning [HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01]

IMPROVE
Innovative Multi-disciPlinary European Research training netwOrk on VolcanoEs
Dr. Philippe Jousset [H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019 / MSCA-ITN-ETN]

INITIATE
Climate tectonics interactions using big data-informed models
Prof. Dr. Jean Braun  [HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01]

SPIN
Seismological Parameters and INstrumentation
Dr. Christoph Sens-Schönfelder [H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020/ MSCA-ITN-2020]

TALENTS
The doctoral rift science network for the energy transition
Prof. Dr. Sascha Brune [HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01-01]

Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF):

The aim of the Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (under Horizon 2020 “Individual Fellowships - IF”) is to create attractive career opportunities for experienced (postdoctoral) researchers. Central element is the mobility of individual researchers across countries, disciplines and sectors, who can receive funding for a stay at an institution in another country as part of a fellowship program.

There are two types of Postdoctoral Fellowships:

European Fellowship (EF):  Funding for a postdoctoral project in a EU member state or associated country for 12-24 months.

Global Fellowship (GF): Funding for a postdoctoral project in a third country for 12-24 months and a mandatory 12-month return phase.

more information about the Individual Fellowships on the MSCA website


Current Postdoctoral Fellowships @ GFZ:

CROSSROADS Climate ReOrganizations at Synoptic Scale as Recorded in the Offshore Archives of the Dead Sea
Dr. Emmanuel Guillerm [H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 / MSCA-IF-GF]

MICOL-FUNTRANS
Microbial soil colonization and structure formation by fungal hyphae mediated transport
Dr. Christoph Keuschnig [HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 / EF]

CosMechNuclides
Quantifying fault response to enhanced climate-driven erosion using cosmogenic nuclides and geomechanical models
Dr. Alexander Hughes [HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01]

Staff Exchange (SE)

The Staff Exchanges program (under Horizon 2020 “Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges - RISE”) aims to promote international and intersectoral cooperation through mutual staff exchanges. 

International means that at least 1 institution outside Europe and 2 institutions from different Member or Associated States participate in the project.
Intersectoral requires that at least 1 institution from the academic sector and one from the non-academic sector from at least 2 different member or associated countries are part of the project.

more information about SE on the MSCA website


SE @ GFZ:

HIFREQ - Smart high-frequency environmental sensor networks for quantifying nonlinear hydrological process dynamics across spatial scales
Dr. Theresa Blume [H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016]