Call Expression of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. Advanced pho

Position: Call for Expression of Interest for MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. 45 Advanced pho[...]
Description - Call for Expression of Interest for a joint application under the upcoming Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA-PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of funding scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersect oral exchanges.
MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2- or 3-years duration.
Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development.
The University of Genoa will organize in May the fifth edition of the Masterclass MSCAected candidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2-days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal. This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, including prescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of Uni Ge, National Contact Point and other experts.
The masterclass will take place in May 2026.
Research Group
LabNANO experimental research aim at the development of novel nanomaterials for photonics, sensing and nanofluidics. We develop innovative nanofabrication methods, based e.g. on the thermal nanolithography, to engineer functional nanosystems such as plasmonic nanoantennas sensors and hybrid 2D/plasmonic nanoemitters. We investigate their interface properties, and optoelectronic response by using state of the art atomic scanning probe & electron microscopy, optical and Raman spectroscopies, and near-field optical s-SNOM microscopy.
LabNANO is part of the Physics Department of the University of Genova, a dynamic and stimulating research environment home of more than 150 scientists. Our department host a new multidisciplinary facility (DIFILab) equipped with state‑of‑the‑art setups including a thermal‑Scanning Probe Lithography system (Nanofrazor instrument), Near‑field optical microscopy (Neaspec s-SNOM), Raman and Photoluminescence microscopy. We equip with UHV growth and nanofabrication systems (ion beam sputtering, thermal deposition), AFM, Kelvin Probe microscopy, Conductive AFM
- Resi Scope, SEM and e‑beam lithography, broadband (Near UV‑VIS‑NIR) optical spectroscopies and micro‑spectroscopies, optoelectronic device characterization setup. Our research also benefits of an active network of international collaborations.
Application
An expression of interest shall be sent to prof.ssa Maria Caterina Giordano (maria.caterina.giordano , Orcid :

-4339) within 15th April 2026.
Your file should contain the following elements:
For MSCA-PF 26 call (opening foreseen on 10th April 2026), at the deadline for the submission of proposals (9th September 2026) postdoctoral candidates shall have a maximum of 8 years of postdoctoral research experience and must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Italy (for European Fellowship) or in the Third Country of the outgoing phase (for Global Fellowship) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the above mentioned deadline.
Info on MSCA PF available at the following link:
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