Newsletter
The NAWA-MSCA Network has just started operating
Starting from 1 June 2025, the NAWA-MSCA NET, launched by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), aims to foster the internationalization of Polish research entities by building long-term, sustainable support structures for Polish MSCA applicants and beneficiaries of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA, Horizon Europe 2025– 2027). Funded with approximately PLN 10 million from the European Fund for Social Development 2021–2027, projects will run to 30 June 2028*.
The initiative of MSCA Regional Contact Points (RCPs) involves creating places across six macro regions of Poland: Northern, Western, South- Western, South-Eastern, Eastern, and Central Poland, and training their personnel to help the MSCA proposal writers and beneficiaries.
Their goals include, i.a., carrying out promotional, informational, and consultative activities across the macro regions, collecting data on MSCA projects, and providing document review and feedback, hosting international scientific conferences to disseminate MSCA research, results, and MSCA fellows.
Thanks to the NAWA-MSCA NET programme, the MSCA RCPs work in close collaboration with the MSCA National Contact Point (NCP) in NAWA to ensure consistent, accurate, and timely information about the MSCA programme for stakeholders. The cooperation typically involves regular meetings, joint training sessions, coordinated communication campaigns, and sharing the resources, tools, and expertise. By working together, they enhance outreach, harmonize support services, and improve the quality of assistance provided to researchers and institutions.
MSCA RCPs act as local contact points, providing tailored guidance, answering queries, and supporting applicants within their respective regions. They relay local needs, challenges, and feedback to the MSCA NCP, which coordinates overall strategy, ensures alignment with European Commission guidelines, and distributes updates and best practices.
MSCA RCPs act as local contact points, providing tailored guidance, answering queries, and supporting applicants within their respective regions. They relay local needs, challenges, and feedback to the MSCA NCP, which coordinates overall strategy, ensures alignment with European Commission guidelines, and distributes updates and best practices.
* The NAWA-MSCA Network program is financed by the European Union from the European Fund for Social Development 2021-2027 as part of the project "Support for higher education and science institutions in serving foreigners and Poles traveling abroad", no. FERS.01.05.IP.08-0003/24.
Aleksandra Górecka
Polish MSCA NCP (NAWA)