PF: An applicant has a dual citizenship - of a EU Member State but also of a Third Country. Is there a distinction between ‘nationals’ and ‘citizens’?

Please note that applicants who have dual nationality are eligible to apply for the MSCA Global Fellowship, as long as one of the nationalities they hold is that of a EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country. A passport could be sufficient proof that they are nationals of a EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country.

The MSCA Work Programme 2023-2025 does not refer to the term ‘citizenship’, but to ‘nationals’. In particular, in the Work Programme 2023-2025 it is stated that “Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.”

Furthermore, on p. 122 it states that “researchers going to a Third Country (Global Postdoctoral Fellowship) or researchers who wish to reintegrate to Europe (i.e. in a EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country), must be nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.”

In the EU context the terms “EU nationality” and “EU citizenship” are considered to be interchangeable.