Horizon Europe MSCA – Grants & reporting

The grant agreement defines the work that you commit to carry out during your EU-funded project. It is based on your successful proposal.  

The grant agreement lists the project partners (beneficiaries, associated partners, etc.) and specifies your project activities, the duration, budget, EU contribution, and rights and obligations. You can find a detailed explanation in the Horizon Europe annotated model grant agreement.

For each project, there is a project officer at the REA who accompanies the beneficiary / consortium throughout the project’s implementation. If you are a project coordinator, the project officer is your main contact for any matters regarding your grant agreement and reporting on your project implementation. For multi-beneficiary grants, the project coordinator acts on behalf of the consortium and steers the project activities. You can contact your project officer through your profile in the Funding & tenders Portal.  

At the start of your project, a Coordinators’ Day may be organised for your action. The REA organises these events for most of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, with the aim to help new project coordinators/beneficiaries manage their grants and to understand their rights and obligations. The Coordinators’ Days are also an opportunity for you to build first contacts with other project teams working on similar topics. For Postdoctoral Fellowships, info days for researchers may also be organised.

On behalf of the project consortium, the project coordinator submits all reports, payment requests, deliverables and other documents through the grant management service. You can access the service through your profile in the Funding & tenders Portal.  

You will find general information on grant management and reporting in the Funding & tenders online manual. For any specific questions, please contact your project officer.

In some cases, it might be necessary to amend your grant agreement, for example, if changes are needed for a successful project implementation. In these cases, the project coordinator submits a request through the Funding & tenders Portal’s grant management service. Both the beneficiaries and the REA sign the amendment electronically. 

In the Funding & Tenders Opportunities online manual, you will find an overview of when and how you can request an amendment.  Before launching your amendment request, discuss it with your project officer.

Communication and data protection 

Dissemination and exploitation of results

Frequently Asked Questions on Horizon Europe grant management

Important information and documents related to the management of your grant.

• COVID-19 related FAQs
• Results of the MSCA COVID-19 survey launched by the REA in January 2021
• More COVID-19 related information

This section provides information to help you manage your project. For specific documents, please consult the respective section related to your type of project:

All MSCA actions – Horizon 2020

• Please remind your recruited researchers/seconded staff members to fill in the MSCA Evaluation questionnaire (at the end of their fellowship) and the MSCA Follow-up questionnaire (2 years after end of their fellowship)
• MSCA Guidelines on supervision
• MSCA Guidelines for Inclusion of Researchers at Risk
• MSCA Green Charter
• European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
• H2020 or FP7 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship certificate

Horizon 2020 – Innovative Doctoral Networks (ITN)

• Template for the Consortium Agreement
• Template for the Career Development Plan
• ITN 2020 Coordinators’ day – presentations

Horizon 2020 – Individual Fellowships (IF)

• IF Implementation guidelines 

Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE):

• Best practice for record keeping in RISE
• Template for the Consortium Agreement
• RISE 2020 Coordinators’ day – presentations

Horizon 2020 – COFUND:

• COFUND 2020 Coordinators’ day - presentations

Horizon Europe – MSCA and Citizens:

• MSCA and Citizens 2021 Information day for applicants - presentations 

All MSCA actions – Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe:

• Information package for MSCA researchers
• MSCA Evaluation questionnaire (at the end of your fellowship) and the MSCA Follow-up questionnaire (2 years after end of your fellowship).
• Your project contact person can request an MSCA Certificate for you as a proof of your Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship.
• MSCA Guidelines on supervision
• MSCA Green Charter
• European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
• You are invited to join the Marie Curie Alumni Association(MCAA) which can help you connect with other current or former MSCA researchers.
• The EURAXESSoffers access to personalised help with relocation for internationally mobile researchers, through a network of EURAXESS Service Centres located across Europe.
• In case of questions related to your intellectual property, contact the European IP Helpdesk
• For a specific issue related to your stay in your host country, please contact your National Contact Point.
• Contact your project officer: In case of serious issues linked to your project, please follow the guidance provided in the above-mentioned document “Information package for MSCA researchers”, section V. If your supervisor or the project coordinator cannot resolve the matter, you can contact your project officer via the Research Enquiry Service. For Individual Fellowships or Postdoctoral Fellowships, please contact your project officer directly via the Portal project account.

Horizon 2020 – Innovative Doctoral Networks (ITN):

• MSCA Fellows in Innovative Training Networks Information note
• Template for the Career Development Plan

Horizon 2020 – Individual Fellowships (IF):

• IF Implementation guidelines
• Webinar for MSCA IF researchers – 28 May 2021 - presentations 

Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE):

• Best practice for record keeping in RISE
• Information note for staff members in Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE)

Horizon 2020 – COFUND:

• Template for the Career Development Plan
• Information note for MSCA Fellows in a Cofunding of regional, national and international programme (COFUND)

Fellows who have completed a research period as part of one of the FP7 or Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions may request a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Certificate (the Certificate). Read more.