If you are reading this magazine, there are high chances that you are a present or past MSCA beneficiary, and one of the twenty thousand seven hundred and six that are registered as MCAA members at the time I am writing these words.
READ MOREThe MCAA is a very fast-growing and dynamic organisation that actively promotes the professional rights and needs of its members (more than 20,000), each representing a current or former beneficiary of funding under the MSCA programs.
READ MOREThe MCAA chapters across the globe worked tirelessly to organise workshops and events that contribute to the development of their members and address important issues such as sustainability and science diplomacy. Some of the key chapter activities undertaken in 2022 are summarised below.
READ MOREEarlier this year, MCAA member Renaud B. Jolivet was nominated to represent individual researchers and innovators at the ERA Forum, together with Association of ERC Grantees member Agnieszka Wykowska. The process has now been running for close to a year, a good time to reflect on the main takeaways from debates and activities of the ERA Forum.
READ MOREThe European Union offers a plethora of research, training, and career development opportunities to academics, including doctoral candidates. Two such generous initiatives include the Erasmus+ programme and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). At the EuroScience Open Forum 2022, a session was devoted to doctoral mobility under the two programmes. We interviewed Claire Morel, Head of Unit in charge of the MSCA programme.
READ MOREThe European Union offers a plethora of research, training, and career development opportunities to academics, including doctoral students. Two such generous initiatives include the Erasmus+ programme and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). At the EuroScience Open Forum 2022, a session was devoted precisely to doctoral mobility under the two programmes. We interviewed Svava B. Finsen, policy officer at the Erasmus+ programme.
READ MOREThe career paths and the personal obstacles we face together are as diverse as the stories that make us the researchers we are. With the right training space and the right tools, we can enrich our stories and take ownership of our individual research environment. Together with the MCAA, this training space became a reality with the OEduverse summer school training programme.
READ MOREAs researchers, facing the unknown is part of our career management. But the way we experience it could change if we get the chance to pursue mentorship and career development training. The OSCAR project, promoted by the MCAA and several partners, developed an online training platform and an online mentoring program to support researchers in their career management.
READ MOREOver the past few years, the MCAA has taken part in two Erasmus+ Projects. Now, the association has strengthened its collaboration with several partners in order to jointly work on some of the most relevant topics affecting researchers’ lives. Two projects were recently funded, one focuses on promoting citizen science and the other one on contributing to sustainable researcher careers.
READ MOREHow can open science practices be valued and rewarded in the evaluation of research and researchers? The EU-funded Open and Universal Science aims to address this central question and develop a series of policies and recommendations for Research Performing Organisations and Research Funding Organisations.
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