The Vienna-hosted ERA Portal Austria has announced that the European Commission will channel more than €43 million into 15 fresh mobility projects under the Horizon Europe ‘ERA Talents’ action. The news alert, published on 9 December, underscores Austria’s role as a hub for disseminating EU research-mobility policy.
ERA Talents funds staff exchanges between academic institutions and industry, aiming to boost cross-sector mobility, skills transfer and employability of researchers. Interest in the programme has surged: the 2024 call attracted 117 proposals – seven times more than the first call in 2022. The 15 winning consortia will run four-year projects that move scientists, innovators and research managers across borders and sectors.
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While the beneficiaries are spread across Europe, Austrian universities and SMEs feature in several consortia, and the ERA Portal operated by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research will act as a central information point. Mobility managers in R&D-driven firms should monitor the projects because they provide co-funded secondment slots and a ready-made legal framework for temporary intra-EU assignments.
For organisations juggling researcher secondments with visa paperwork, VisaHQ’s Austria desk (https://www.visahq.com/austria/) can streamline entry-permit applications for both inbound and outbound staff. Their online platform tracks requirements for dozens of destinations, offers document-preparation assistance and courier coordination, and ultimately frees mobility offices to focus on the scientific aspects of ERA Talents placements.
The initiative dovetails with Austria’s broader talent-attraction agenda: faster Red-White-Red Cards and the new Frontier-Worker Permit make it easier to embed foreign experts locally, while ERA Talents finances the outbound leg for Austrian staff gaining international experience. Companies planning 2026 budget cycles may want to earmark internal matching funds to participate in the next call, expected in mid-2026.
ERA Talents funds staff exchanges between academic institutions and industry, aiming to boost cross-sector mobility, skills transfer and employability of researchers. Interest in the programme has surged: the 2024 call attracted 117 proposals – seven times more than the first call in 2022. The 15 winning consortia will run four-year projects that move scientists, innovators and research managers across borders and sectors.
While the beneficiaries are spread across Europe, Austrian universities and SMEs feature in several consortia, and the ERA Portal operated by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research will act as a central information point. Mobility managers in R&D-driven firms should monitor the projects because they provide co-funded secondment slots and a ready-made legal framework for temporary intra-EU assignments.
For organisations juggling researcher secondments with visa paperwork, VisaHQ’s Austria desk (https://www.visahq.com/austria/) can streamline entry-permit applications for both inbound and outbound staff. Their online platform tracks requirements for dozens of destinations, offers document-preparation assistance and courier coordination, and ultimately frees mobility offices to focus on the scientific aspects of ERA Talents placements.
The initiative dovetails with Austria’s broader talent-attraction agenda: faster Red-White-Red Cards and the new Frontier-Worker Permit make it easier to embed foreign experts locally, while ERA Talents finances the outbound leg for Austrian staff gaining international experience. Companies planning 2026 budget cycles may want to earmark internal matching funds to participate in the next call, expected in mid-2026.
