MSCA Sweden Europe

24/06/2026

Description of Summer 2026 courses for researchers who want to develop their understanding of impact-to-exploitation pathways.

Short course
From Impact to Exploitation: Basics and Perspectives for Exploitation Pathways

A 2.5-hour short course with lectures and Q&A. The course introduces participants to exploitation pathways, practical perspectives on value creation from research and innovation towards impact and exploitation, and experiences from research-to-business activities.

Summer course
From Impact to Exploitation: Exploitation Pathways and Research Case Development

A three-week course consisting of three lectures, 90 minutes each, and a short assignment. The lectures cover the same themes as the short course, but in more detail, with Q&A and extended discussion in each session.
Participants complete the course with a short assignment describing their own research activity, impact context and initial exploitation perspectives. Each participant receives brief feedback on their assignment.

Dates announced soon (contact early for interest).

www.mscasweden.se/from-impact-to-exploitation/

01/06/2026

Still looking for host for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application?

Shared recommmendations and experiences meetup.

www.mscasweden.se/ways-to-find-an-msca-host-recommendations-june-9/

21/05/2026

Introducing Expert Webinars

In our network there is much expertise by professionals who contribute to training and share knowledge. Research increasingly involves data, machine learning and AI. Expert webinars provide inspiration and more understanding for better capacity that is useful for research and career development. The first webinar is with Pavel Kopylov on Strategic AI: how to turn your research knowledge into real-world impact. Intellectual properties, managing data, access, and confidentiality in AI-driven research environments.

Read more:
www.mscasweden.se/strategic-ai-turning-research-knowledge-into-real-world-impact-webinar-july-1-2026/

19/05/2026

Information meeting for those interested in non-academic placement in Sweden in 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application

Non-academic placement has several benefits: 6 extra months, proposal higher degree of acceptance (feedback to policy report 2026), next career phase plan from start, non-academic experience, etc. The placement topic is data-driven value creation (digital transition) of your research topic. The meeting will share about that and other information.

Information meeting May 28.

Read more and register:
www.mscasweden.se/non-academic-placement-data-driven-value-creation-info-meeting-may-28-2026/

15/05/2026

Introducing
Data, AI and Machine Learning Forum Series

Machine learning and AI depend on data. Yet many research projects involve early-stage process development with limited data and few experiments. Research activities are only one link in a larger chain. Optimizing a single process step may miss strategically important data connected to manufacturing, sustainability, traceability, and exploitation.

What data should be considered before large datasets are available?

The forum opens discussion around "machine learning and AI before machine learning and AI" and aims to build understanding how early-stage projects can prepare for data-driven value creation.

More information on our web page.

09/05/2026

Is your research relevant to the digital transition?

A way to demonstrate that is by identifying which data your research produces, which data is important in a value chain perspective, and how it is used.

That leads to a data pathway and the basis for value creation.

Data used in research publications must be stored and made available on request.
Regulations including Digital Product Passports and data spaces also require data to be stored and shared.
Machine learning and AI are part of a value chain, and that chain can only optimise through shared data.

Your data pathway is how your research connects to the digital transition.
It is also how you demonstrate relevance for project funding and how you position your research in the European research and innovation context.
A clear data-driven value creation strategy makes your research more useful, more credible, and better positioned for competitive project proposals.

In the Forum on May 27 we will share our own experience and pilot — GlobalSiC.

Learn more:
www.mscasweden.se/data-driven-value-creation-for-the-digital-transition/

08/05/2026

May 27, 2026 - Forum
Data-driven value creation for research and career

Introduction to "Data-driven Value Creation for Impact and Exploitation from Research and Innovation towards Business and Sustainability"

You will understand better how shared data facilitates research and career. This is in alignment with what may be required by the digital transition. You have to share data in one way or another. This forum helps you to understand more how you can position so it will be more useful in research and career. We will also share from our own experience in applying this in a pilot project.

www.mscasweden.se/training-may-27-data-driven-value-creation-for-european-research-impact-and-exploitation/

05/05/2026

Green and digital transition, and the sustainability dimension

The green transition and digital transition are highly relevant in European context. Also called the twin transition. That indicates that they are not possible to separate. In a family, twins are a brother or a sister. Twins have a connection that is not understood, but it is there. Brothers and sister fight with each other but always have the brother and sister bond. When there comes in a third person, that adds the complexity of relations.

This is for me similar in green and digital transition, and how sustainability comes in. I have technology background, so then my natural way is to think engineering things. Since four years I have been learning about shared data for value creation, and now we apply our own model in our domain. Together the green and digital will have a long-term effect. Maybe that is given by the sustainability.

Below text is a description (simplified) how I see the green technology, the digital layer on that, and the sustainability.

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Green transition comes in various forms. A technology, a process, a new approach. It creates value for society. This is the green layer.

The green transition and the digital transition are twinned. The digital transition can be based on shared data.

Shared data creates values which people appreciate. Values can be developed into assets which people will pay for.

The sharing, source and use of data must be trustable, traceable and transparent. This requires infrastructure (for example blockchain) where information and actions are permanently recorded. That permanent record provides verifiable confirmation, and verified confirmation is something people and organizations will pay for. The record is itself an asset.

Shared data has created a digital layer to the green layer. The shared data creates a digital asset.

Data such as energy use and lifecycle assessment evidences sustainability performance. Shared data has created a sustainability layer to the green layer. People and organizations will pay for evidenced sustainability. The shared data creates a sustainability asset.

Now there is a green asset, a digital asset and a sustainability asset. In case of technologies the green layer is a physical asset.

Data can be numbers, information, or another form. Each research activity has its data. Each asset layer creates opportunities for impact, exploitation and post-project value that researchers can develop.

By Mikael Syväjärvi

27/04/2026

Own experience for research and career future

We have our own experience in the shared data for value creation. Shared data will create values, and also assets which will offer to have new financing models. Both for business as well as for research funding. As researcher you can immediately benefit by motivations of how results can have long-term usefulness from shared data. And usefulness more than by publications.

Yes, we are shifting to knowledge valorisation, impact and exploitation. Those who do not consider this activity may need to reconsider. And time is then lost because others have positoned already. Project funding will critically depend on knowledge valorisation and impact. Not a good and realistic plan, no funding.

Our technical field is semiconductors. Our pilot is in silicon carbide materials manufacturing. Since three years we have been understanding how we can (must) use shared data to create values. Must - because if we do not do that, then there it is unrealistic to believe that it can be commercialized. This is because Chinese manufacturing has become so competitive that it is no longer possible to make profit by selling the material only. Therefore we add values. That comes from shared data. These will be digital assets and sustainability assets.

The training May 27 and other dates are about the data-driven value creation for research and career. We will share experiences and insights, and give real example by our pilot.

Get started by submitting the expression of interest.

www.mscasweden.se/training-may-27-data-driven-value-creation-for-european-research-impact-and-exploitation/

18/04/2026

Shared data for future usefulness

What researchers often miss is that any research outcome that will be on the market must consider the digital product passport, data spaces, etc. A research plan is not really strategic about exploitation without considering digitalisation. Nice research area, nice technology. That is not sufficient to be used in the society.

AI is increasingly part of research progression. That is also nice. However, AI is dependent on data. Also, AI can not be optimized in isolation. A value chain is only possible to optimize by shared data and alignment of data.

Others do not need to have access to all your data. Data can be shared without sharing the actual data, and strategic ways of sharing data can benefit both research and career. The training on data-driven value creation is built around shared data to new business models, contribution tracking, and realistic exploitation pathways. Next event May 27.

Training – May 27 | Data-Driven Value Creation for European Research Impact and Exploitation MSCA Sweden 12 April 202615 April 2026 Career Online via Zoom | May 27 | 9AM – 4PM (CEST) This is for researchers who want to position their research and career with impact and exploitation in alignment ...