"Seal of Excellence" programme
You are a Supervisor for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) 2024 project that scored 85/100 or higher after evaluation by the European Commission, but did not receive funding from the EC?
Sorbonne Université invites you to apply for the @SU Seal of Excellence so that your post-doc may obtain a 2025-2027 post-doctoral contract with Sorbonne Université.
Beware: Only projects submitted with a Supervisor in one of our research units are eligible.
Programme Seal of Excellence 2025 - Sorbonne Université
The MSCA Seal of Excellence programme of Sorbonne Université includes a salary and a lump-sum for research costs for two years, similar to the MSCA projects (€170,000 including €150,000 salary and €20,000 environment).
The Fellows selected will be offered a postdoctoral contract at Sorbonne Université (or a research contract depending on their experience) for a period of 24 months. The list of successful projects will be announced in May 2025.
ERC submission:
The post-doctoral fellow will endavour to apply an ERC proposal with Sorbonne Université as Host Institution within three years of the contract start date.
Priority for first-time Supervisors:
Supervisors who have never obtained European grants are strongly encouraged to participate in the Seal of Excellence programme, and their fellows will be given priority.
This programme is part of Sorbonne Université new Marie S. Curie strategy to attract talented young researchers from all over the world, which also includes a call for expressions of interest to identify projects and candidates in advance, and their invitation to a training Master Class, followed by personalized support.
Personalized support:
Each applicant is invited to submit an online application through the Supervisor by sending the full application before April 14th, 17h, to the e-mail address msca-pf@sorbonne-universite.fr.