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The FOSTERING Science program is a support program under the supervision of Grenoble Institutions (universites and research organizations). The goal is to inform and help researchers who wish to apply for competitive calls to carry out their innovative research projects in a Grenoble-based institution. The program has been launched to stimulate applications for the ERC European Scholarships and is now opening up to other funding under Pillar 1 (Scientific Excellence) of the 9th Framework Program such as the Marie Sklodowska Curie program. The selection of these programs is very high and the competition is at a high international level. In summary, this program offers to researchers of the site an awareness of the potentialities of this funding. It also gives the opportunity to evaluate their own eligibility conditions but also documented information and strong support for their applications to ensure maximum chances of success. Fostering Science wishes to encourage its members to reinforce their participation in European research projects. One of its principle objectives is to increase researchers' chances of obtaining grants into the Horizon Europe Framework program. Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships in Horizon Europe involve European and Reintegration Fellowships (held in Member States or associated countries) as well as Global Fellowships (based on a secondment to a Third Country). Some interesting changes are implemented in the transition from H2020 to HEurope, for example related to the eligibility and quality assessment of the fellows, now referred to as Postdoctoral Fellows. However, as before, the competition is expected to be fierce. A very common mistake by inexperienced applicants is that they write a MSCA proposal as if it concerns a research grant, neglecting the fact that the Marie Curie Programme is a training programme. Based on our experiences with Marie Curie grants as well as with other individual grants like ERC, this first Introductory Webinar for potential MSCA PD supervisors provides you with valuable information and input for writing a competitive HEurope Marie Curie PF proposal. The call of HEurope MCCA PF 2021 opens on April 15th 2021 with corresponding deadline for submission on September 15th 2021. Please look at the website below to have more detail about the program: https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en