The University of Trento periodically publishes various internal calls.

Open calls

Call Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) - Seal of Excellence

Internal call for Expression of Interest 2026 (MSCA-PF SoE 2026)

The Action is promoted within the framework of the 2022-2027 University of Trento Strategic Plan, in particular of the Action aimed at strengthening the research quality of individual researchers and will offer a two-year research contract at UniTrento to one postdoc researcher who:

  • submitted a proposal to the Horizon Europe MSCA-PF call 2025 with UniTrento as host institution,
  • has been awarded the Seal of Excellence,
  • was scored not more than 2/100 below the panel cut off score for funding of the specific Evaluation Panel in the MSCA-PF call 2025. 

The two-year research contract will be aimed at implementing the research activity indicated in the submitted MSCA-PF project proposal.
The Seal of Excellence is a quality label awarded to proposals submitted to Horizon Europe – MSCA-PF which scored 85% or higher in the assessment and could not be funded due to a lack of budget. 

Call and application form

European Research Council (ERC) - Seal of Excellence

Internal Call for Expression of Interest 2025-26

Researchers who have submitted a project proposal to the Horizon Europe ERC – Starting Grant (StG), Consolidator Grant (CoG) or Advanced Grant (AdG) with UniTrento as host institution,   have been scored A at the end of step 2 of the evaluation and  could not be funded due to a lack of budget, may apply for a grant aimed at starting or implementing the research activity of the submitted ERC project proposal, in order to re-submit the ERC project proposal. 

Deadlines

  • For 2025, the deadline to apply is 1 October 2025 at noon. 

For 2025 internal call for Expression of Interest: PIs who applied to the ERC – Starting Grant (StG) call 2025, Consolidator Grant (CoG) call 2024 or Advanced Grant (AdG) call 2024 with UniTrento as host institution. 

  • For 2026, the deadline  to apply is 1 October 2026 at noon.

For 2026 internal call for Expression of Interest: PIs who applied to the ERC – Starting Grant (StG) call 2026, Consolidator Grant (CoG) call 2025 or Advanced Grant (AdG) call 2025 with UniTrento as host institution. 

Call and application form