"Horizon Europe (2021-2027) is the European Union (EU)'s research and innovation framework programme, offering opportunities for collaborative research and researcher mobility. The EU’s Horizon Europe - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-Staff Exchanges Scheme (MSCASE) supports interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral collaborative projects spanning all research fields and promoting international cooperation between the academic and non-academic organizations (including SMEs). To enable the participation of entities of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), CSIR as the Indian side funding agency and the European Commission (EC), the EU funding side, have agreed to the Co-Funding Mechanism (CFM) to support research and innovation project-based short-term exchanges of staff members of participating organizations under the EU’s MSCA-SE. CSIR and EC aim to support the exchange of scientists, academics and research and innovation staff to promote scientific and technological collaboration and improve international relations. This co-funding initiative aligns with the EU-India Agreement on Science and Technology cooperation1 and the 'EU-India Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025. Similar co-funding mechanisms have already been established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to support Indian participation in preselected Horizon Europe calls (Pillar 2)."
Last Date: 10th Feb 2025
