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People - Marie Curie Actions

The Marie Curie Actions are the financial instruments, included under FP7 Specific PEOPLE programme, to support the mobility of researchers regardless of their nationality or field of research.


These actions encourages European researchers to carry out their projects in Europe, and attract to Europe researchers from the entire world.  Beside the trans-national mobility, the Marie Curie Actions also aim to foster the inter-sectorial mobility between academic and private sectors. These two fold mobility objectives contribute to make research career more attractive, which is crucial for Europe.
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Individual researchers interested in taking part in a Marie Curie Action have two options:


To prepare a project together with a host institution of your choice and submit it to the Commission. This options applies to:


To apply directly to an institution that has been selected by the Commission for a Host-Driven Action. This covers: