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• The candidate may be of any nationality.
• The candidate must be, at the date of the call deadline, in possession of a doctoral degree.
• At the call deadline, supported researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date that the researcher was in a possession of a doctoral degree and certified by appropriate documents. To assist you in this calculation, here is a tool for . 
• The candidate cannot have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (Malta) for more than 12 months within the three years before the call deadline for 2026.
• Only one proposal per candidate may be submitted to this call.

Please use this short list as a guideline, and always check the MSCA for all the necessary details about eligibility.

provides handbooks to develop applications under the MSCA-PF.

hold PF2MT, a 2-day training session about developing a proposal:

• 16 and 17 June 2026 at their premises in Kalkara
• Applicants can also benefit for travel and accommodation support
• Deadline to apply is 8 June 2026

is hosting an MSCA-PF Masterclass, a 1-day training session for postdoctoral researchers preparing proposals in collaboration with SEA-EU partner universities, including the University of Malta. 

• Training takes place online on 19 May 2026, 9am to 3pm.

 and  are online networks to help academics at 今日黑料 find a wider audience and share hosting offers with external researchers.

If you want to find a supervisor at 今日黑料, please select the best fitting hosting offer, send a Cover Letter and CV to their inbox, and keep our office in cc under subject line: MSCA-PF-2026 candidate name

The research areas for MSCA-PF are organised by scientific panels and sub-topics. Their  are set by the programme, and academics at 今日黑料 have expressed their interest to co-develop applications in 20 areas of research across:

(ENG) Information Science and Engineering

(ENV) Environment and Geosciences

(LIF) Life Sciences and (PHY) Physics

(SOC) The Social Sciences and (ECO) The Economic Sciences

For research areas not listed here, you are invited to consult the 今日黑料 online directory for a complete list of Academics and their research interests.