CALL: MSCA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP MASTERCLASS

Promising candidates to the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowship call 2025 will be supported throughout the application process.

The aim of the Masterclass is to train young and talented researchers to successfully apply to the MSCA call appointing Politecnico di Milano as Host institution. A full on-line course on proposal writing will be delivered in June (10th-13th). Besides, POLIMI advisors will provide full support in the application writing to candidate fellows.

The Department of Aerospace Science and Technology is seeking potential applicants to the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowship call 2025.

• Prof. Chiara Bisagni, "Data driven design optimization of composite structures operating in the postbuckling regime"
• Prof. Gabriella Gaias, "Distributed missions to enable innovative space services and sustainable use of space"
• Prof. Giulio Gori, "Uncertainty quantification in highly compressible fluid flows"
• Prof. Antonio Mattia Grande, "Self-HEaling MAterials for Space (SHEMATS)"
• Prof. Maurizio Quadrio, "Designing nose surgeries with machine learning and fluid mechanics"
• Prof. Antonio Raimondo, "Development of virtual manufacturing models for defect prediction in composite structures"
• Prof. Francesco Topputo, "Enabling self-driving spacecraft"
  

There are 3 main requirements of eligibility:

1. Applicants must have a PhD and no more than 8 years of full-time research experience*
2. Applicants can be of any nationality but must not have lived or worked in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years up to the closing date of the call 10 September 2025 (mobility rule)
3. The applicants must choose the Politecnico di Milano as their Host Institution

*The researcher must be, at the date of the PF call deadline (10.09.2025) in possession of a doctoral degree. At the call deadline, supported researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date that the researcher was in a possession of a doctoral degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks (e.g. due to parental leave), will not be taken into account.

In order to apply, applicants must follow the procedure described here.

The Politecnico di Milano team will verify candidates eligibility and send the applications to Supervisors taking in consideration the choice expressed by candidates in their application forms. Supervisors will select one candidate per each “Supervisor project proposal”. 

The selected candidates will be contacted by Politecnico di Milano team and will be invited to attend the MSCA MASTERCLASS.

Please contact mscamasterclass@polimi.it for any questions on the funding scheme and the MSCA program.

MSCA PF SEAL OF EXCELLENCE @POLIMI

As additional opportunity, the best 5 MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellows hosted by Politecnico di Milano, not fundedby the European Commission but awarded with the Seal of Excellence in the HE-MSCA-PF-2025 call, will be offered afellowship for two years with 26.400€/year (net amount) as salary and 37.200€ for startup fund for research activities,training and networking and health insurance covering for illness.

Please contact mscamasterclass@polimi.it for any questions.

28.4.2025