MSCA - Useful Information

• ISERD Guidelines: Applications for Employment Permits during COVID-19 restrictions 
• Population and Immigration Authority: Procedure for Handling Applications for Employment Permits and Work Licenses for Foreign Experts -File for download
• ISERD templates forms (missing information needs to be filled): Visa request, ISERD support 
• Isolation guidelines: Obligations regarding individual permission to enter The State of Israel

• In case a H2020 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowships researcher decides to return to Europe during the outbreak, what will happen with the project? If teleworking is allowed, can the MSCA researcher telework either in a third country or in Europe? 
• One of the requirements under MSCA projects is the “mobility rule” (see Part 3 of the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020). What happens if the mobility rule can no longer be fulfilled as a consequence of the COVID-19 related travel restrictions?
• Can the beneficiary in Horizon 2020 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) pay the MSCA researcher less during the COVID-19 period, such as not to pay a mobility allowance as the researcher cannot travel?
• What happens to researcher costs in Horizon 2020 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) when there are difficulties in implementing the MSCA action due to the COVID-19 situation?
• Will the Commission/Agency be flexible if beneficiaries need to modify the researcher recruitment and working conditions due to the COVID-19 outbreak (e.g. suspend MSCA researcher’s contract or include part-time working arrangements)?
• Related to the COVID-19 outbreak, how will the Commission/Research Executive Agency (REA) handle delays in the project implementation in Horizon 2020 Marie-Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) ongoing grants?
• What happens to costs in Horizon 2020 grants when there are difficulties in implementing the action due to the COVID-19 situation?
• Is there any possibility to extend the project duration of Horizon 2020 grants due to the COVID-19 situation?

• MSCA in Numbers - Facts and figures about Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
• H2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) - Country factsheet - Israel
• Driving innovation, supporting researchers’ mobility and cultivating excellence in doctoral and postdoctoral training: Facts & Figures

Position papers

LERU’s views on Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) in Horizon Europe

Postdoctoral Fellowships (webinar organized by Net4Mobility+ project), 25th June, Registration

Doctoral Networks (webinar organized by Net4Mobility+ project), 2th July, Registration