Are you from India and applying for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call 2026? Active in space, innovation, emerging technologies or green transition?

You can start planning for next step after the fellowship already now. India will most likely become an associated country to Horizon Europe — which means funding calls you can apply for. If you position yourself during your fellowship, you can be part of a consortium in the FP10 programme. We have experience in how to position for being part of consortium.

We have a particular focus on India, and there is a recently announced Joint Action Plan 2026-2030 between India and Sweden covering the areas space, innovation, emerging technologies or green transition which are very relevant in our activity already.

Contact us to discuss.

Introductory Course – Online via Zoom | July 2 | 10-12 AM (CEST). Those interested in next step can develop their own case (individual course, contact us).

This is for researchers who want to

• position their research with impact and exploitation
• understand how shared data creates advantages for research and career

The content is described in main page here.

The purpose of the introductory is to give an insight and understanding. From that you can decide to take full training to develop your own case by the individual training with presentation at a final workshop.

Course fee: 250 EUR. Submit the registration form to the email address given in the form.

An open meeting with recommendations and experiences of how to find a host for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Application.

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Information session for those interested in non-academic placement in Sweden in their MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application. The session will also present how data-driven value creation is a benefit applicants research and career.

In the “Feedback to policy report 2026” it was shown that those who have non-academic placement have higher degree of success. Read report.

We will also promote next career step with those who have non-academic placement with us. Read more

Read about our non-academic placement here

May 28, 2026 | 10AM (CEST)

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Machine learning and AI depend on data. Yet many research projects involve early-stage process development with limited data and few experiments. Research activities are only one link in a larger chain. Optimizing a single process step may miss strategically important data connected to manufacturing, sustainability, traceability, and exploitation.

What data should be considered before large datasets are available?

The forum opens discussion around “machine learning and AI before machine learning and AI” and aims to build understanding how early-stage projects can prepare for data-driven value creation.

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This forum is for researchers who are thinking about their next career steps, and how to position today. For example relevant for Horizon 2026-2027, FP10, and other career steps. We can learn from each other. Each session is an open discussion. We take it from there.

You can feed the discussion towards your ideas by adding a point to the discussion — at registration: what would be useful for your career progression?

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More about MSCA Sweden career progression here

Forum – Online via Zoom | May 27 | 9-12 AM (CEST)

This is for researchers who want to

• position their research and career with impact and exploitation in alignment with the digital transition
• understand how shared data creates advantages for research and career

The content is described in main page here.

The purpose of forum is to give an insight and understanding. From that you can decide to develop your own case by the individual training with presentation at a final workshop.

Forum fee: 250 EUR. Submit the registration form to the email address given in the form.

Open Forum | April 23, 2026 | 10 AM (CEST)

Researchers must store and share data. But data is also something more: It creates values, and those values can create real outcomes: evidenced impact, credible exploitation paths, assets for business and sustainability.
This is what digital transition means in practice, and can be applied for research and career development.
In this open forum we discuss the importance of data, why it matters for your research and your next career step.
The forum is free and open. Join to understand more, contribute with your perspective, and connect with researchers who are interested about the digital transition.
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Physical (conference cruise) edition August 24-26, 2026, Stockholm, Sweden.

This workshop is part of the “European Workshop Series on Research and Impact Potential”. This is a physical edition with focus on green technologies scenario. It is for researchers who want to position their European research and impact to support their career development. Participants present their research area related to green technologies and its potential impact. They receive structured feedback, become part of a research community with similar interest, and earn a citable presentation credit as a recognized merit.

This broadens your understanding in green technology research regarding European dimension and cross-field perspective in the European research landscape where technologies, EU funding and impact priorities are heading. Hearing how researchers from other green technology fields frame their work and its impact potential gives you new perspectives on your own career positioning and impact thinking.

Between presentations there is time for deeper topical research discussions and personal career reflections between participants.
We use a format which gives much time together. On a cruise ship: Stockholm to Helsinki and back. Three day workshop. We are in addition to presentations together breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, dinner, social time in evening, and half day in Helsinki where we will use walk and talk. Everyone has accommodation at same place (the ship). Then we avoid the typical conference problem in a city with different hotels: a format that breaks up the time we have together. We also avoid the 12 minutes presentation and 3 minutes question format that leaves no time for fruitful discussion.

Workshop fee: €950. It includes accommodation (own cabin with sea view), evening dinners (buffet), breakfasts. Lunch in Helsinki is on your own.

What Presenters Receive

• Structured peer and organizer feedback on their green technologies narrative
• Cross-field perspective on how research and impact potential are framed across green technology areas
• Expansion of their professional European research network
• A citable presentation credit for their CV

Presenters can cite their contribution as: ”Title of talk”, Presented at the Workshop on European Research in Green Technologies and Impact Potential, June 2-4, 2026, Stockholm, Sweden, organized by ICM Research Institute, Sweden

Contact with your interest using the expression of interest form. Only those who proceed with the registration step will have confirmed participation (max 15 participants). If you are not planning to join either edition, fill in the form and you will be the first to receive information about upcoming workshops.

Participants may bring an accompanying person. The cabin is for two. Contact us early for this option for details and accompanying fee.

Did you submit in 2025, receive a Seal of Excellence, and plan to resubmit in 2026? Is your research in green technologies?

One way to strengthen your proposal is to consider more about the digital transition of your green technology. The green and digital transition (also called the twin transition) are inseparable. Green technology has limited value without digital. Your proposal becomes more credible and competitive when you can show how digital fits. For example, there are coming requirements such as digital product passports and European data spaces — both necessary for green technology to reach the market.

This aspect can be included in your proposal. It strengthens your proposal by connecting digital transition with the green technology.

How to strengthen your profile before you submit:

Develop an initial research description of digital transition in your field over 3 months. As a Guest Researcher at ICM Research Institute (online mode) you will build this description, present your model in August at a focussed workshop, and receive a certificate: Digital Transition in [research topic], Presented at the 2026 Workshop on Digital Transition for Green Technologies, August 2026, ICM Research Institute, Alminica AB, Sweden. Both the Guest Researcher affiliation and the workshop presentation are citable merits, and useful for the September submission.

Timeline: Kick-off early May, mid-term sharing and feedback (mid June, work-in-progress versions are shared between group members who reflect on each others digital transition approaches), all participants present in August workshop and receive peer feedback. Presentation is 10 minutes and peer feedback is 10 minutes. Presentation is mandatory for certificate.
Fill in application form and send to email address in the form.