Postdoc Professionals and Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027
The 2026 call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships received 21,627 proposals.
It is very competitive. A proposal will be much stronger when starting early.
Few days ago we had an open meeting for those interested in MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027 application (deadline September 2027). It contained basic information about our approach to support to be more competitive by non-academic placement, interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary activities, digital transition, etc. Participants could also ask questions related to their interest and need.
Several who contact us share that they have difficult to find host. Contacting by email gets no reply. Probably those potential hosts have many requests, and for them to filter who are genuine match takes time and energy. A well motivated email may have response because the match is clearly presented in the email. It could also be diluted by the large number of emails which research leaders get together with invitations for various conferences in topics which are not relevant to their research, or invitations to publish in journals which have a topic which they have no activity in.
A shared CV does not reflect your professional capability. It acts as a storefront window that invites but does not truly reveal the inside.
A way to showcase is by presentation. A good presentation and professional way to discuss in Q&A part reflects more about your professional expertise. It also gives you a personal touch, and personal chemistry is an important part of collaboration. That is why we use forums. At the same time, a forum acts to expand your network and presentation is an outreach activity. Such are always valuable, one way or another. It also acts as a natural filter. Those who make effort to apply for projects and present, and in general be active in a community exchange, show that they try.
There are other calls for postdoctoral fellowships than MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027. Being active and visible to build network is a way to come to such.
We created Postdoc Professionals for community exchange. It now has its own web page and LinkedIn page. MSCA Sweden will focus on placement and training, and Postdoc Professionals on the career by community exchange. We shared about the idea at the open meeting. Next open meeting is Oct 13. That will again focus on the added values by non-academic placement/training, and present the career orientation that is active via the Postdoc Professionals platform. It also has a LinkedIn page.
Open meeting | Oct 13, 2026
Open meeting for those who consider to apply for MSCA Postdoctoal Fellowship 2027, and interested in competitive advantages such as non-academic placement/training, digital transition, interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial activities, etc. The preparation can be used for career positioning already from today, and used in other fellowship calls. At the meeting we will also present the career orientation.
Read more and register at Postdoc Professionals
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 | Meetup Sep 29
Meetup | Sep 29, 2026 | 10 AM (CEST)
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application
… is more competitive than ever. How to stick out among 21k applications?
include as many added values as possible. What others maybe do not include. Non-academic placement/training. Cross-sectorial outreach. Interdisciplinary exchange. Post fellowship (realistic) plan.
Be proactive to have track record before submission. Build merits in outreach and research networking. By organizing forums, workshops. Show that you make efforts to contribute to the research field and frontiers.
Add the obvious that many do not include: the digital transition. Requirements of sharing data are there. Digital product passports, data spaces. You are more relevant having also a plan that includes the digital transition. Digital competences, Open Science and data sharing are already part of the MSCA framework. The question is how you turn them into added value for your own research, impact and exploitation pathway. The digital transition is not a standard way to add, it is how you intend to include it. Your choices, but make sure they have relevance.
Exploitation and impact will be more realistic by shared data. By including the digitalisation. Ideas of machine learning and AI, they are nice but should include aspects of value chain. Without a value chain the ML and AI are in isolation.
There are many applicants at the finish line.
Meetup for those interested in applying in 2027 call, and include non-academic placement/training, data-driven value creation for realistic exploitation pathways and credible impact creation, and other added values in an application. Postdoc career progression plans after fellowship.
Meetup Entrepreneurial Discovery Pathways | Sep 15
Sep 15, 2026 | 10 AM (CET)
Meetup for career orientation activity for postdoc professionals who are interested in entrepreneurial steps from research, but still think about it and want to explore. Hosted by Postdoc Professionals.
Read more and register
Postdoc Professionals | web page
Open forum “Research Relevance and Career Progression Considerations of the Digital Transition for Green Technologies” Sep 3, 2026
Sep 3, 2026 | 10 AM (CEST)
Postdoc Professionals is a community platform for individual exchange and peer interaction to explore perspectives on research and career. It is based on personal engagement and the desire to share knowledge and ideas so that professional careers can progress collectively.
First activity is the open forum “Research Relevance and Career Progression Considerations of the Digital Transition for Green Technologies”. It will build insights into why the digital transition is important for the research as well as career. An example that this is to be considered already today is given by that machine learning and AI are increasingly used to advance research. However, they are less effective when applied in isolation since research is in practice one link in a longer value chain. The chain can only optimise if all links are considered together. Generally, the digital transition comes from shared data. This is raised as topic of interest in various technologies which can learn from each other by the exchange of knowledge and ideas. A real case from a pilot implementation is shared.
Postdoc Professionals on LinkedIn
Postdoc Professionals | Aug 27
Meetup | Aug 27, 2026 | 10 AM (CEST) | Online via Zoom
(moved from Aug 20 to Aug 27)
This is a meetup for those interested in next career steps.
Mikael Syväjärvi will share some advices how to position for career opportunities. Next there will be an open discussion among participants.
This is an activity in the Career Progression.
Postdoc Professionals on LinkedIn
Postdocs face a common challenge: the current position ends and the next step is either another postdoc or a more permanent position, while competition for project funding is increasing. Sharing problems, experiences, insights, and ideas to find ways ahead together supports all who are active in the meetings.
Challenges and needs differ from time to time, person to person, discipline to discipline. One way to learn more about the reality of needs today is to meet and share. This is the purpose of Postdoc Professionals. The meetings are informal, to share personal journeys and insights to build a community in which researchers collectively support each other.
The challenge
Postdocs are in a limbo phase. Universities commonly accept that a postdoc can be for 2 years, or 2+2. Often not more than 4 years totally. Some have that they do not accept one year postdoc even when there is funding for such because it should be 2 years to give a fair offer. So one year of funding has hard to be used even if it is already granted. There are several types of postdoc challenges which make uncertainties for career progression.
Next step at university is another position type. So if you are in a postdoc position, then it is a challenge to stay with your current host organization and come to next position. Assistant professor, associate professor, etc. have their requirements. If you qualify with those, a key one is that you should be the selected candidate. Often there is already someone in mind for a position because they already have a relation from work or network exchange.
The solution
Everyone will have their own solution. It is not immediate. Be active early and keep the exchange ongoing. Opportunities come from personal network. Things will be better when having others to discuss with.
Data-Driven Value Creation for the Digital Transition – Course – Sep 3
Sep 3, 2026 | 9-12 AM (CEST) | Online via Zoom
Course that provides understanding of how data-driven value creation is a key relevance for the digital transition in research.
The digital transition is no longer optional. Since researchers are already required to store data and will share it, this can be used to position their research and career progression.
The course introduces how shared data creates value, exploitation pathways, and relevant impact motivation. It covers how values can become assets which include exploitation and business models that fund post-project activities and show how research can have lasting impact, progress to higher technology readiness levels, and reach realistic commercialisation.
Contact us via email to register
Non-academic experience for career progression | Meetup Aug 13
Aug 13, 2026 | 2 PM (CEST) | Online via Zoom
Non-academic experience will facilitate your career in various ways.
For MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship proposals it adds value, and proposals with a non-academic placement have a higher acceptance rate than those without. Experience from the non-academic sector gives new insights for exploitation and impact. It will also be beneficial in the next Framework Programme (FP10), which is more connected to Europe’s competitiveness, technology leadership, and real-world impact. You can have an SME involved in your research colaboration and build academic-industrial activities to solve real problems by the research.
And many more.
At this meetup we will share about placement, training, and guest researcher possibilities. The purpose is to initiate an interactive discussion from the shared information, shaped by the interests of participants.
Future postdoctoral pathway | Aug 6
Meetup | future postdoctoral opportunities | Aug 6, 2026 | 10AM (CEST)
Future postdoctoral opportunities in “Data-Driven Value Creation in Green Technologies”
A proactive pathway for your next postdoctoral career step.
This career positioning is for those in an ongoing fellowship, or as part of non-academic placement with our host SME Alminica AB in MSCA PF application.
Many postdoctoral researchers face the challenge: their host may not have a position after the fellowship. One way for next career step is to be involved in consortium for future Horizon Europe project applications. However, that requires a host organization, and to build up to be invited to a consortium.
ICM Research Institute can host your next postdoctoral career step. In such a position you will explore how shared data creates value in the green technology your research explores now. Such paid position is conditional on a consortium securing EU project funding in Horizon Europe.
(You can in any case join us as a guest or visiting researcher to initiate activities for your career and strengthen your CV)
This requires being active. One route is to use forums and workshops to explore consortium development. We are now inviting expressions of interest from postdocs who want to actively position for consortium participation and EU project funding. You will already benefit from that along the way by building your network.
Want to know more? Join the meetup. Being part of a consortium will come from your network. At the meetup we will share ideas how you in practice can support consortium building by your current host, and expand network by being active with forums.
Bring Your Research Career Question – July 30
Open Meeting | Bring Your Research Career Question | July 30, 2020 | 10AM (CEST)
For postdocs and researchers thinking about next steps such as funding, collaborations, consortia, and how to position for what is coming in European research.
Mikael Syväjärvi will share his reflections on your questions. Mikael has 26 years of experience in academia and more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience in research to business, exploitation pathways to aim for impact creation. He has seen the shift in challenges for researchers. The competitive funding landscape and the coming framework programme FP10 make it necessary to position early by building a network and developing collaborative partnerships.
Course Aug 11 – Digital Transition for Green Technologies: Essentials and Future Perspectives
Aug 11, 2026 | 9-11:30 AM (CEST)
Short course
Digital Transition for Green Technologies: Essentials and Future Perspectives
Half-day format, 2.5 hours, group.
A short course with lecture and Q&A focusing on practical perspectives for aligning research activities with the digital transition. The course introduces participants to the digital transition in green technologies and provides practical perspectives on how data in research activities can create value and relevant motivation for the transition. This can be achieved by implementing data-driven approaches in research to provide realistic impact and exploitation. We share a real case example from our own pilot (GlobalSiC).
The course gives insight into how shared data creates long-term impact through assets, exploitation pathways and new business models. This includes how data-driven value creation can attract investment as technology reaches higher readiness levels and application in society. The course also addresses positioning for research funding in the next Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP10, 2028–2034).
Fee: 150 EUR
Contact us to participate.
This is part of training Digital Transition for Green Technologies
Digital Transition for Green Technologies: Orientation for Research
Individual course
You can start anytime.
A six-week programme with three biweekly one-to-one sessions (90 minutes each). The purpose is to establish a foundation that can be used for your research to present that you are aware and aligned with the digital transition. The orientation will not include details (that is available in Roadmap for Research and Career) but you will have the foundation to demonstrate a realistic motivation about how the digital transition is relevant in your research.
Participants complete the course with a short assignment that is started in week one and finalised by week three, applying insights from the lectures to describe their own research activity, data pathways and initial positioning for the digital transition. The assignment develops throughout the course, from initial data pathway framing in lecture one to a more developed value creation perspective by lecture three. Each participant receives feedback on the data-driven value creation content of their assignment.
Participants receive a certificate of completion stating the successful completion of the course and assignment.
Lecture 1: Introduction to data-driven value creation with a real case example (GlobalSiC). You introduce your research. Assignment before Lecture 2: draft how data and digital transition connect to your research.
Lecture 2: You present your draft. We discuss how to develop it further so it credibly reflects digital transition relevance for your research.
Lecture 3: Finalise your orientation for a digital transition.
Fee: 420 EUR. You can start anytime. Contact us.
Lectures by Mikael Syväjärvi who has more than 20 years of experience from international technology transfer, start-up creation and research-to-business activities. This experience forms the basis for his SME, Alminica AB, which contributes to European research projects with transfer of knowledge for impact and exploitation from research and innovation towards business and sustainability. Recent examples include the EU FET Open project SiComb (2020–2024) and the EIC Pathfinder project rePowerSiC (2024–2028). He is accepted as a mentor in the two European Innovation Council (EIC) 2026 programmes EIC Tech to Market and EIC Women Leadership. These activities support researchers and innovators in areas such as value proposition development, early-stage commercial thinking, leadership development, and strategic reflection on future opportunities arising from research and innovation.
The GlobalSiC pilot case that we will share is a part of Wafer Ecosystem. The pilot case is explored together with Mats Brodén (expert in creating value and assets from data) and Lars Montelius (former director International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, INL that is the first International Intergovernmental Organisation (IGRO) in Europe conducting world-class research and development in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He is currently member executive board The Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative, IAM-I that is the international non-profit Association that will operate the upcoming European co-programmed partnership Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe.
For more information about our activity related to the digital transition for green technologies, go here
New Open Forum – Knowledge Valorisation
We iterate when using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, etc. The AI proposes things from your initial idea. Some of what it proposes is very insightful. The idea grows into something more mature, innovative, and built on your knowledge and experience. You bring your knowledge and experience. The AI brings suggestions from its training data.
Can you show that the intellectual contribution is yours? Document your process so that the intellectual contribution is coming from you.
Exploitation pathways, IP, use of data, AI etc are areas where there are no handbook answers, but can be referred to as knowledge valorisation. We can address those and as collective format we have initiated a Knowledge Valorisation Forum
Non-academic placement and capacity building | July 3
Non-academic placement and capacity building | benefits for career and MSCA PF application
July 3, 2026 | 9 AM (CEST) | Online via Zoom
Meetup for those interested in non-academic experience and positioning your research career. We will share information, ideas, and experiences about the benefits of non-academic placement and how non-academic activity is beneficial for researchers’ capacity building.
Advantages include extra months and funding, a higher proposal acceptance rate, a clearer demonstration that the researcher is committed to maximise expected outcomes and impacts, and a realistic exploitation plan.
The meetup is intended to share information briefly and answer questions that you bring.
The introduction is given by Dr. Syväjärvi who has more than 20 years of experience from international technology transfer, start-up creation and research-to-business activities. This experience forms the basis for his SME, Alminica AB, which contributes to European research projects with transfer of knowledge for impact and exploitation from research and innovation towards business and sustainability. Recent examples include the EU FET Open project SiComb (2020–2024) and the EIC Pathfinder project rePowerSiC (2024–2028). He has recently been accepted as a mentor in European Innovation Council (EIC) 2026 initiatives, including the EIC Tech to Market Programme and the EIC Women Leadership Programme. These activities involve supporting researchers and innovators in areas such as value proposition development, early-stage commercial thinking, leadership development, and strategic reflection on future opportunities arising from research and innovation.
From India and will apply for MSCA PF 2026?
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 – July 2, 2026 | Data-driven Value Creation for Impact and Exploitation
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.
Ways to Find an MSCA Host — Recommendations | June 9
An open meeting with recommendations and experiences of how to find a host for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Application.

Non-academic placement | data-driven value creation | Info meeting May 28, 2026
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)
Introducing – Data, AI and Machine Learning Forum Series
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.
Career Progression Forum | May 5, 2026
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?
More about MSCA Sweden career progression here
Forum – May 27 | Data-Driven Value Creation for the Digital Transition
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.
Given by
Mikael Syväjärvi
Alminica AB
Mats Brodén
Nordic PowerHouse Wallet
Your competitive advantage from digital transition in research and career | Open Forum Apr 23
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.
Register
Workshop on European Research in Green Technologies and Impact Potential
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.
You learn from each other.
You grow your own case stronger.
| Each presenter has 10 minutes to present their research area and its impact potential, followed by 10 minutes of structured peer feedback and discussion. The workshop opens with an introduction by the organizer on European research-to-impact framework in green technologies. This provides a shared foundation for all presentations and discussions. Next the participants present their cases. | The workshop is held in small group format (maximum 15 participants) so that each case is thoroughly discussed. We use the workshop format so discussion is facilitated within a group instead of traditional conference format which mainly has communication from speaker to audience. |
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.

Stronger postdoctoral fellowship 2026 proposal
Did you submit in 2025, receive a Seal of Excellence, and plan to resubmit in 2026? Is your research in green technologies?
Seal of Excellence re-submission
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.
Non-academic placement – info meet March 31
Applying for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026?
Non academic placement as added value to your career and 6 extra months of funding. We have non-academic placement that includes travelling to meet cases and relevant events. The topic is shared data and digitalization to create values towards business and sustainability from research and innovation.
What does this mean?
– Whatever you do in research, it is a part of value/supply chain. That chain can only optimize by sharing data between the chain links.
– There is coming digital product passport. Your product (it will be at some point a product) will need to share data about origin, energy, etc. The data can actually also be used to create values, so not only for fulfilling regulatory requirements.
– The data creates an added value, that will be a digital asset. Also, when evidencing energy/CO2, that will be a sustainability assets.
This can be applied to your project. It is an added value. Want to hear more about how shared data and non-academic placement suits your next career step after fellowship period?
Join the info meet March 31 at 10 AM (CET).
European Workshop Series on Research and Impact Potential
A professional workshop series for researchers who want to build and position their research impact potential as part of their career development.
Participants present their research area 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.
Read about the Workshop Series

European Research-to-Impact Forum Series | Premiere March 12
The European Research-to-Impact Forum Series is a structured forum where researchers discuss how scientific results translate into societal, technological and strategic impact.
It is a flexible mode of presentation and dialogue from which participants strengthen their impact positioning and expand their European research network.
The “European Research-to-Impact Forum Series” is for those MSCA researchers wo are interested to understand more about impact and exploitation, and how that will be useful for research and career. It is a meetup where participants discuss from their interest and experiences. It is a series where there will be meetups and presentations. Over time that builds more understanding about impact and exploitation for research and career.
First Forum: March 12 | 10 AM (CET)

European Research Impact & Exploitation Programme – Spring 2026 Cohort
April 2026 Cohort – Now Open
Horizon Europe 2026–2027 increasingly evaluates structured impact pathways, sustainability metrics and digital integration. This programme supports researchers in positioning accordingly.
MSCA Sweden announces the opening of the April 2026 Cohort of the Level 1 – European Research Impact & Exploitation Programme
A structured 3-month programme supporting researchers in developing strategic competence in impact and exploitation within the European research landscape. While the training remains fully individual, cohort-based participation enables:
- Coordinated start and progression
- Selected joint strategic sessions
- Peer-level professional momentum
- Stronger alumni foundation
Programme Focus
Participants develop structured competence in:
- Integrating impact and exploitation into research design
- Aligning research with EU frameworks (Digital Product Passport, European Data Spaces, sustainability metrics)
- Digital transition and value creation from shared data
- Strategic positioning within European innovation ecosystems
- Building momentum, network and long-term research relevance
Each participant develops a concrete: Strategic Impact & Exploitation Position Document
Completion leads to certification. This is a cohort version of the Level 1 – European Research Impact & Exploitation Programme
Duration
From early April to end of June 2026
(Individual mentoring + selected joint sessions)
Spring 2026 Cohort Launch Benefit
Programme Fee: €1,500
Spring Cohort Benefit: €1,350 (10% launch benefit)
Limited places to ensure structured guidance.
Who Is This For?
Doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and research-active professionals who want to:
- Move beyond publication-only merit systems
- Create realistic exploitation pathways
- Strengthen EU-level competitiveness
- Integrate sustainability and digital transition strategically
- Position for MSCA, Horizon Europe and future FP10 calls
If you would like to explore whether the programme aligns with your research and career trajectory, you are welcome to contact:
contact@mscasweden.se
Led by Dr Mikael Syväjärvi
With experience across FP5, FP6, H2020, Horizon Europe, EIC Pathfinder, doctoral networks, deeptech entrepreneurship and European Smart Specialisation Strategy development, the programme integrates academic excellence with entrepreneurial impact.
Connect with Mikael on LinkedIn
Research and career | Feb 26, 2026
Online forum Feb 26, 2026 | 10 AM (CET)
Mikael Syväjärvi (founder of MSCA Sweden) has experience based on working 26 years in academia and since 2005 in entrepreneurial activites. He has made the journey of rejected funding applications, and how to shift that to build up collaborations and partnerships for being involved in proposals and other activities which benefit research and career.
The MSCA training is based on that and his learnings from others during the 30+ years.
The research and career needs support by evidencing impact and exploitation. Funding proposals require impact. The importance of impact and exploitation is seen in Horizon 2026-2027, and will not be less in FP10.
Read about our training
In this informal meeting Mikael will share some practices and experiences to those interested in research and innovation for impact and exploitation.