MUI-Seal of Excellence Programme (MUSEP)

Background: The Seal of Excellence is a quality label first introduced during Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation framework programme (2014-2020). It has gradually become a key instrument to create synergies.

The Seal of Excellence (SoE) is awarded to project proposals submitted under a Horizon Europe call for proposals and ranked above a predefined quality thresholds but were not funded by Horizon Europe due to budgetary constraints. Individual Fellowships under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions scheme are highly competitive the success rate lies at approx. 15% and should be raised by this intramural funding programme significantly.

Eligible applicants: Eligible for applicants are post-doctoral fellows who

• Applied for a post-doctoral fellowship within the Horizon Europe MSCA PF programme AND
• Has chosen the Medical University Innsbruck as host institution AND
• Received a Seal-Of-Excellence Award (score ≥85%) by the EU Commission

After successfully applying for the funding, Medical University of Innsbruck offers a full-time position as a post-doc in accordance with the provisions of the applicable collective agreement. Additionally a lump sum of 12.000,- € p/a for consumable costs will be funded.

Please note that the approval of the funding may be subject to budgetary constraints and the number of fundable projects. The selection of applicants in case of numerous applications will be performed according to the score of the HEU MSCA PF evaluation.

The maximal funding duration is 24 months. Secondments to other institutions – especially companies – are possible if foreseen in the Horizon Europe project proposal.

Application procedure: please send your application with all necessary documents to: forschungsservice@i-med.ac.at

Applications are possible only after obtaining the SoE by the EU Commission. Call opens on the day of reception of the Horizon Europe Evaluation Summary Report (ESR), project start will be possible earliest three months after this date.

Applications must include:

• Application form
• Complete project proposal for the MSCA PF-EF project including
  part A and part B
• Evaluation Summary Report incl. Seal of Excellence Award of the EU Commission
• Copy of PhD degree
• Confirmation letter of the head of department
• Career Development plan