MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships fund researchers looking to enhance their career development by working abroad. These grants are provided for experienced researchers to support their mobility, research project and training both within and outside of Europe.
If you are
- a researchers with a doctoral degree and maximum 8 years of research experience after PhD,
- and willing to do 2 years of research in one of the CHAMOS institutes,
Please see detailed, general information on the MSCA Postoctoral Fellowship web pages. The deadline for the fellowship applications is in 9th of September, 2026, a fellowship would then start in 2027. Mobility is a must: you have to move from your residence to another country for the fellowship. And the move has to be within, to, or from Europe. In the CHAMOS context, the most important points are:
- All nationalities can apply! But you should have PhD in space physics, atmospheric physic, climate science or similar. And preferably some previous, relevant expertise/experience. Finally, you should have your own research idea clearly related to CHAMOS science. But we can certainly help you with that.
- You need a supervisor at a CHAMOS institute to collaborate with you. Possible institutes are listed below, approach contact persons via email for more information and guidance. Make first contact as soon as possible but no later than 15th of February 2026 to allow enough time for preparations.
Possible CHAMOS host institutes are:
(https://www.sgo.fi)
Possible topics include: Energetic particle precipitation, ionosphere-neutral atmosphere coupling and composition; Ground-based and satellite-based observations (EISCAT, riometers, VLF); Simulations (SIC and WACCM models). Contact person: Antti Kero
(https://space.fmi.fi)
Possible topics include: Atmospheric chemistry response to energetic particle precipitation, dynamical coupling to troposphere, regional climate variability; Satellite-based atmospheric observations; Atmosphere and climate simulations (WACCM model). Contact person: Pekka Verronen
(https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/atmosphere/)
Possible topics include: Atmospheric impacts of energetic particle precipitation, dynamical coupling to troposphere, regional climate variability; Satellite-based atmospheric observations; Atmosphere and climate simulations (WACCM model). Contact person: Annika Seppälä
(https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
Possible topics include: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Atmosphere coupling; Observation (Arase, EISCAT, riometer, camera, VLF, radiometer, LIDAR, optical interferometer); Simulations (wave-particle interaction, energetic particle precipitation, aurora emisions). Contact person: Shin-ichiro Oyama