Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions

Before you contact us, please go through the following list of questions. You may already find an answer on this page.

• Questions related to the Marie Curie Fellowship or other fellowships.

   

  • Can you provide me with funding for my studies ?
  • I would like to do a PhD or postdoc. Where can I go and how do I apply for a position ?
  • How can I apply for a Marie Curie Fellowship ?

   

• Questions related to the MCFA.

   

  • How can I pay the membership fee ?
  • How can I update my membership data or change my membership status ?

   

• Other Questions.

   

  • Can you tell me more about Marie Curie ?
  • I would like to donate money to "Marie Curie Cancer Care". Can you help me ?
  • Where can I buy the "lulu guiness handbag" ?

• Can you provide me with funding for my studies ?The Marie Curie Fellowship Association has no financial means to support your studies. In fact, our association is an alumni organization of people who already have a specific kind of grant (a Marie Curie Fellowship); we do not provide any funding ourselves.
   

• I would like to do a PhD or postdoc. Where can I go and how do I apply for a position ?We are not in the position of giving you advice in your personal career, recommend a certain institute for your further studies or advise you what funds would suit your needs. We do not have lists of available individual fellowships. We can, however, recommend you to visit, for example, The European Researcher's Mobility Portal or the Cordis Information Server.
   

• How can I apply for a Marie Curie Fellowship ?You will find all relevant information on the People (former Marie Curie) website of the 7th framework program or on the homepage of the Human Ressources and Mobility programme. For further information on the 7th framework programme, please consult the FP7 website.
   

• How can I pay the membership fee ?After login with your member account data, you can have a look to the page we have set up:  information page on the membership fee payment. This page can be accessed only after login with your member account data. If you have problems to login, please contact us using our Question from.
   

• How can I update my membership data or change my membership status ?You can update your membership data (contact details, scientific profile, username/password change, forward address, change from MCFA Affiliate to member and vice versa) in the members area. You will need to know your member login data.  If you want to quit the membership in the association, please send us a message via the contact interface.
   

• Can you tell me more about Marie Curie ?Sometimes people ask us about information on Marie Curie. While our association was founded in the spirit of Marie Curie, who was one of the most well known mobile scientists in Europe, we are by far no experts regarding her biography. If you are interested in the life of Marie Curie, please use this page dedicated to Marie Curie as starting point. We can't give you more information than you find on this page. 
   

• I would like to donate money to "Marie Curie Cancer Care". Can you help me ?If you are looking for somebody in the charity "Marie Curie Cancer Care", please visit their homepage for more information and contact details. The Marie Curie Fellowship Association and Marie Curie Cancer Care are two completely unrelated organisations.
   

• Where can I buy the "lulu guiness handbag" ?We sometimes receive inquiries about a lulu guiness handbag. This is most likely related to a project by Marie Curie Cancer Care, which we kindly refer to.