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+title: "Writing OneTick Grant for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchanges 🎯"
+description: "Michał, Jarek, and Valen are hard at work preparing a OneTick grant for the MSCA Staff Exchanges application with a potential consortium of 11 participants!"
+date: "01/09/2025"
+categories:
+  - grants
+  - MSCA
+  - collaboration
+  - ticks
+---
+
+# 🖋️ Writing the OneTick Grant for MSCA Staff Exchanges!  
+
+Exciting times for **BioGenies** as **Michał**, **Jarek**, and **Valen** dive into the process of preparing a **OneTick proposal** for the **MSCA Staff Exchanges** program! 🏗️ This endeavor involves **a lot of administrative work**, but the potential rewards for international collaboration make it all worthwhile 💪. 
+
+![](../fig/posts/2025_01_09/OneTick_MSCA_logo.png){width=75%}
+
+## 🌍 A Global Consortium  
+Our proposed consortium could bring together **11 participants** from Europe, representing:  
+🇵🇱 Poland | 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇫🇷 France | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 🇦🇺 Australia | 🇳🇴 Norway.  
+
+Such a diverse and interdisciplinary team would be a fantastic opportunity to advance our research and strengthen international networks 🤝.  
+
+![](../fig/posts/2025_01_09/ontick_consortium.png)
+
+## 🔧 Behind the Scenes  
+
+The process involves:  
+
+- Finalizing partnerships and collaborations 🤝
+- Drafting the project proposal ✍️
+- Coordinating with institutions across 11 countries 🌍 
+- Managing all the nitty-gritty admin
+
+
+