The Momentum MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, launched by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and co-funded by the European Commission, invites outstanding postdoctoral researchers from around the world to join Hungary’s “Lendület” Momentum research groups. The programme offers up to 36-month fellowships starting between January and March 2026, with mandatory international secondments, comprehensive training, and professional development opportunities. The first call will select 15 fellows, aiming to boost the international visibility and impact of the Momentum Programme and support researchers’ career advancement in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment.

Eligibility Criteria and Application Requirements

• Candidates of all nationalities may apply.
• All research fields covered by the Momentum host Research Groups are eligible from all three domains of science ranging from the History of literature to Neuroscience or Quantum physics;
• Applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the deadline of the Momentum MSCA call.
• Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be eligible to apply.
• The successful defence must be unconditional (no further requirements/corrections that need to be addressed) and take place before the call deadline.
• Supporting documentation will be requested and checked before contracting.
• A mobility rule will be applied: applying researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Hungary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call’s deadline. *
• Researchers already employed at one of the Momentum Implementing Partners at the call deadline are not eligible to apply.
• Only candidates having submitted complete applications (including all requested compulsory information and documentation) in English through the online submission platform by the designated deadline, will be considered for further technical evaluation.

*Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention (1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol) are not considered. During your application you will be required to verify this fact, therefore you may be required to provide supporting documentation proving your place(s) of residence or work during the previous 3 years. Note that the mobility rule is related to your residence or main activity and not to your nationality.