How to apply
Applications must be submitted via the form available below on this page.
In exceptional cases and only if agreed upon beforehand with the project manager, applications (e.g. from researchers at risk) may be submitted via mail. It must be postmarked before or on the date of the deadline.
Only applications submitted until 31 August 2025 17:00 (Brussels time) will be accepted for the evaluation process.
Incomplete applications will be disregarded without notice.
Candidates may apply for up to 2 topics. They may also suggest their own topic or modifications to a topic, in addition to one of the predefined topics. They have to clearly indicate their priority (see the CV template and guide for applicants). We encourage you to contact your potential supervisors for more information about the topics before preparing an application.
A complete application must only consist of:
- Motivation letter
- CV
- Reference letter (cannot be provided by future potential supervisor)
- Ethics self-assessment
All documents must be submitted as a single PDF file. Please put your family name in the file name.
Please note that any extra non-requested documents will be disregarded.
For further information regarding the motivation letter, see the guide for applicants. There is a template for the CV as well as a template for the ethics self-assessment. Please see the guidelines for more information on how to fill in the ethics self-assessment document.
MSCA COFUND project
The Gen-Q programme has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 101217386.
