Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships are prestigious European research grants aimed at supporting excellent researchers in further developing their careers and enhancing their international mobility. The grant provides an allowance to cover living, travel, and family costs.

The American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo (AUB Mediterraneo) in Paphos, Cyprus can support your MSCA application and host you in Europe, and our experienced faculty members can supervise your projects. AUB Mediterraneo is a twin campus of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Beirut, Lebanon found in 1866 and globally ranked. AUB operates under a charter granted by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) which registers the university's degree programs. 

Research Themes

We have several different research themes across different departments. For more details about each theme and contact details of a theme leader, please refer to the attached document.

• Advances in Large Language Models focusing on Low-resource languages (Professor Wassim El Hajj)
• Nanomaterials and thin films (Professor Malek Tabbal)
• Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Robotics (Dr Rafael Papallas)
• Intelligent Systems for Smart Cities: AI-Driven Digital Twins and IoT-Enabled Resource Optimization (Dr Zinon Zinonas)
• Developmental Psychopathology, Antisocial Behavior, Prevention & Intervention (Dr Chara Demetriou)
• Critical Geographies of Food in the Mediterranean South (Dr. Roland Riachi)
• Convivial Machines: Automation, Translation, and the Human in Heterogeneous Societies (Dr Ana Ilievska)
• Navigating the Unknown & Future Making: Innovations in Learning Leadership for Ecosystemic Flourishing (Professor Elena Antonacopoulou)
• Generative AI-Driven Digital Transformation: Agents, Interactions, and Ecosystems (Dr Yaozhi Zhang)
• Entrepreneurship (Dr Alain Daou)
• Digital Transformation (Dr Claudia Franze)
• Energy Geotechnics and Thermal Energy Storage (Professor Salah Sadek)
• Decision-Making under Uncertainty for Pandemic Response and Healthcare Applications (Dr Noura El Hassan)
• Decision-Making under Uncertainty: Real-world Applications (Dr Bonn Seranilla)

More details

For more details about this call, please refer to AUB Mediterraneo Jobs page, which includes the full details of the research themes, contact details, and eligibility criteria.

Express your interest today

If you are interested, please fill in this interest form, and one of the theme leaders will contact you if there is a match.

Deadline to express interest: June 6, 2026, 23:59.

For general enquires about the call: please contact Ms Monica Tsartsali ([email protected]) or Dr Rafael Papallas ([email protected]).

For specific questions regarding a theme: please contact the corresponding theme leader.

Submit your details via this link: https://forms.gle/ZWFLqrhm59SrtKLUA