CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Marie Curie (MSCA) & ERA Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Polish Academy of Sciences

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The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN) invites expressions of interest from postdoctoral researchers aiming to apply for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2026.


These prestigious fellowships support researchers in acquiring new skills and establishing themselves as independent scholars through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility. For more information on the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026, please refer to the official call details: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/funding/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2026


We particularly encourage applications from women and candidates from other underrepresented groups, such as members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals from underrepresented racial or ethnic backgrounds, persons with disabilities, first-generation college graduates, and applicants from economically disadvantaged or war-affected regions, including Ukraine.


Researchers applying for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 with a host institution in a Widening Country—such as Poland—are automatically considered for the ERA Fellowships under the Widening Participation programme if their MSCA proposal is not funded. This provides an additional opportunity for securing support.


Another valuable option is The Ulam NAWA Programme. Applicants who score 85% or higher in the MSCA assessment are typically awarded the MSCA Seal of Excellence. In the Ulam NAWA Programme, this certificate is recognised as a confirmation of high-quality evaluation and enables access to a dedicated or simplified application track. The financial support offered by Ulam NAWA is comparable to that of the MSCA, with monthly funding at a similar level.


At IFiS PAN, we have a diverse team of experts who have previously held MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, served as MSCA supervisors, and acted as evaluators for this and other funding programs. They will actively support and mentor promising candidates in preparing their applications and, if successful, in hosting their projects at IFiS PAN.

Available supervisors at IFiS PAN are Associate Professors Daniel Kostić and Marcin Milkowski, who can supervise MSCA projects on the following topics in theoretical philosophy:

·      Explanations (especially topological, non-causal, mathematical, computational, mechanistic, narrative, interventionist, and other causal explanations);

·      Scientific understanding;

·      Explainable AI;

·      Models and representation in science;

·      Science and Technology Studies (including corpus analysis, bibliometrics, and network analysis);

·      Social epistemology of science;

·      Complexity;

·      General Philosophy of Science (pluralism-perspectivism-pragmatism, explanatory relevance, shape and dynamics of science); 

·      Philosophy of Mind (including the explanatory gap problem, pain, theories of emotion, attention);

·      Philosophy of neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology and psychiatry;

·      Metaphysics of science broadly construed (levels, properties, natural kinds, different kinds of dependency relations, counterfactuals, ontic backing).

 

Professor Danilo Facca can supervise projects in modern and early modern philosophy, especially the following topics:

 

  • History of modern philosophy 
  • Intellectual history in Renaissance and early modern time

 

Profs. Jagna Brudzińska, Adam Lipszyc and Mikołaj Ratajczak are available to supervise projects in continental and political philosophy, specifically on the following topics:

 

  • Philosophical Anthropology
  • Critical Theory
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Philosophy of Culture
  • Philosophy of Subjectivity
  • Philosophy of Embodiment
  • Postsecularism
  • Philosophy of Literature
  • Phenomenology

 

Besides the available expertise at IFiS PAN, the fellows will be embedded into a rich local and international network of experts who are collaborating both at the institutional and individual levels, with Profs. Kostić and Milkowski, and other available supervisors. 


Application Process:


Interested candidates should submit the following documents by email no later than 18 May 2026:

  1. A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications.
  2. A concise research proposal (max. 2 pages) outlining the intended project, its objectives, and how it aligns with the relevant IFiS PAN research areas.


Please direct your application to the appropriate contact(s) based on your area of interest:


Selected candidates will be guided through the next steps of the application process.

Key Dates:

  • Call Launch: 9 April 2026
  • IFiS PAN Deadline for Expression of Interest: 18 May 2026
  • MSCA Application Deadline: 9 September 2026
  • Notification of Results: February 2027 (tentative)
  • Fellowship Start Date: April-September 2027 (tentative)

 Key Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates must hold a PhD and have up to eight years of research experience post-PhD. The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality. Applicants should not have resided or carried out their main activity in Poland for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the call deadline. 

We look forward to collaborating with talented researchers who are eager to contribute to and benefit from the vibrant academic environment at IFiS PAN.


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Dr Daniel Kostic
Associate Professor 
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology | Polish Academy of Sciences 
Donders Centre for Neuroscience | Radboud University
Faculty of Philosophy | Theoretical Philosophy | University of Groningen

Web: daniel-kostic(dot)weebly(dot)com

E-mail: daniel (dot) kostic (at) gmail (dot) com 
Tel.: +33 (0) 7 68 89 02 95
‪‭+31 (0) 6 25 08 70 01‬

Recent articles:

Kostic, D. and Khalifa, K. (2025). “Does Functional Connectivity Explain?” Synthese, 206:207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05296-w

Barman, K. G., Caron, S., Sullivan, E., de Regt, H. W., de Austri, R. R., Boon, M., Färber, M., Fröse, S., Golling, T., Lopez, L. G., Hasibi, F., Heinrich, L., Ipp, A., Kapoor, R., Kasieczka, G., Kostic, D., Krämer, M., Marco, J., Otten, S., Pawlowski, P., Vischia, P., Weber, E., Weniger, C. (2025). “Large physics models: towards a collaborative approach with large language models and foundation models”. European Physical Journal C, 85:1066. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14707-8

Kostic, D. (2024). “On the Role of Erotetic Constraints in Non-causal Explanations”. Philosophy of Science, 91(5), 1078–1088. doi:10.1017/psa.2023.114 

Kostic, D., Halffman, W. (2023). “Mapping Explanatory Language in Neuroscience”. Synthese, 202, 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04329-6 

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