Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF)

Bring your postdoctoral project to a European health and sport technology ecosystem.

Built around AI, biomechanics, sports rehabilitation and real-world movement health.

Our interdisciplinary consortium helps outstanding researchers design competitive MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship proposals with expert supervision, advanced laboratories, proposal-writing support and access to sport, clinical, industry and policy environments.

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Researchers working across sport science, biomechanics and rehabilitation technology

Why this consortium

MSCA Alumni

First-hand fellowship experience in the consortium

Expert Review

CrowdHelix proposal review & editing support

Luxembourg Ecosystem

LuxInnovation, uni.lu, LIST, LNDS connections

International & Multidisciplinary

Luxembourg, UK & Italy across 4 disciplines

Career Acceleration

ERC, Horizon Europe, industry & beyond

Open topics

Research Areas

Each area is designed around a compelling scientific challenge that fits the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship evaluation criteria. Select a topic to read the full description and express your interest.

AI-Driven Low Back Pain Prevention and Return-to-Function Platform

A personalised prevention and rehabilitation platform integrating wearable sensors, biomechanical assessment and AI-driven risk prediction for low back pain.

PhysiotherapyRehabilitation scienceAI in healthAI in sportsBiomechanicsOccupational healthDigital healthImplementation science
Markerless Motion Intelligence for Injury Risk and Performance

A clinically validated multi-camera markerless biomechanical analysis system capable of extracting laboratory-grade movement metrics in real-world environments.

Sport scienceComputer visionComputer scienceMachine learningBiomechanicsData scienceWearable technologyPerformance analysis
Intelligent Soft Active Exoskeleton for Lower Limb Rehabilitation

A lightweight intelligent soft active exoskeleton for lower limb rehabilitation and sports injury recovery, integrating soft robotics, multimodal sensors and AI-driven adaptive assistance.

Biomedical engineeringRoboticsRehabilitation engineeringControl systemsComputer scienceAI in healthNeuromechanicsPhysiotherapy technology

Who you will work with

Meet the Supervisors

Each fellow works with a primary supervisor and benefits from cross-institutional mentoring across the interdisciplinary consortium.

Prof. Alessandro De Nunzio

Prof. Alessandro De Nunzio

LUNEX

Luxembourg

Human motion analysis, sensory-motor integration, and innovation in rehabilitation technologies for sport and neurological recovery

BiomechanicsNeuroscienceWearable TechnologyRehabilitation
Prof. Daniele Cafolla

Prof. Daniele Cafolla

Swansea University

United Kingdom

Robotics, mechatronics, and AI for assistive devices, wearable rehabilitation systems, and human motion analysis

RoboticsMechatronicsMechanicsSensing SystemsAssistive Technology
Prof. Mario Molinara

Prof. Mario Molinara

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

Italy

Computer science and pattern recognition applied to biomedicine, including computer-aided diagnosis systems and movement-based early detection of neurodegenerative disease

Pattern RecognitionAI in HealthBiomedical ImagingComputer VisionComputer Science
Prof. Olga Barrera

Prof. Olga Barrera

LHSSRI ASBL

Luxembourg

Biomechanics, biomaterials, and translational health and sport sciences, combining experimental and computational approaches

MSCA Alumni 2020Tissue BiomechanicsMicro-CT ImagingComputational MechanicsFractional Poroelasticity
Prof. Renato Baptista

Prof. Renato Baptista

LUNEX

Luxembourg

Explainable AI and computer vision applied to movement analysis, rehabilitation, and neurodegenerative disease detection

Computer ScienceData ScienceComputer VisionAI in HealthBiomechanics

Who can apply

Eligibility

  • Holds a PhD or will obtain it by 9 September 2026.

  • Maximum 8 years of research experience from PhD award date.

  • Complies with the MSCA mobility rule: must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the host country of their chosen research area for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline.

Full official criteria: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships — European Commission

Deadline — expression of interest to the consortium by 31 July 2026.

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