UiO is holding a Master Class for prospective candidates applying for Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships with the University of Oslo as Host Institution. The call has a deadline on 9th September 2026. The aim of the Master Class is to attract and train excellent and highly motivated researchers to successfully apply for a?MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships with UiO.
The Master Class will be held as a webinar on Zoom and is jointly organised by faculty research administration and UiO central EU-office, and Juliane Sauer from Oxygeneum.?
Register
The Master Class is for invited candidates only.?Participants are expected to submit an application with UiO as host.?
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In order to attend, you will need to:
- Fulfill?the MSCA eligibility criteria (europa.eu)
- Have one of our supervisors willing to support your proposal, and willing to?host you in their research group
- Complete the mandatory registration and upload any attachments if requested, e.g. CV
Registered participants will receive an invitation with a link for the Master Class webinar.
Register here before May 4th, at 12:00
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Master Class Program
Day I: 12.05.2026
09.00 AM - 01.00 PM
- Welcome & Icebreaker
- Think before you write: What are the funding body’s expectations?
- Evaluation Criterion ‘Excellence’: The research part, including objectives and methodology
- MSCA fellow describes experiences from the application process
- Evaluation Criterion ‘Excellence’: The training part, including career development, supervision and researcher’s professional experience, competences and skills
- Interactive exercise
- Q&A
Day II: 13.05.2026
09.00 AM - 01.00 PM
- Evaluation Criterion ‘Impact’: Career perspectives
- Evaluation Criterion ‘Impact’: Scientific, societal, economic impact
- Interactive exercise
- Evaluation Criterion ‘Implementation’: Work plan, risks assessment, hosting arrangements
- CV and cross-cutting issues
- Q&A
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Contact
Faculty?of?Humanities?:?Research advisers at the departments, or faculty:?julianne.rustad@hf.uio.no
Faculty?of?Law?:?jenny.graver@jus.uio.no
Faculty of?Mathematics?and Natural Sciences?:?msca-team@mn.uio.no
?Faculty?of?Medicine?:?External?Funding?Office??med-funding@medisin.uio.no?
Faculty?of?Dentistry?:?od-funding@odont.uio.no
Faculty?of?Social?Sciences?: stina.petersen@sv.uio.no
Faculty?of?Theology?:?i.m.gjorva@teologi.uio.no
Faculty?of?Educational?Sciences?:?e.k.haavardsholm@uv.uio.no
Museum?of?Cultural?History?:?forskningsradgiver@khm.uio.no??
Natural?History?Museum?:?m.c.o.rydmark@nhm.uio.no
Globe:?vita.kvedaraite@globe.uio.no
Centre for Gender Research:?andrew.feltham@stk.uio.no
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?Further information
Additional information is available on the EU Commission's?MSCA PF program website
Q&A about MSCA PF at the national contacts points' web base?Net4Mobility