Press Release: Marie Curie Actions – 15 years of boosting research careers in Europe

The Marie Curie Actions programme, which helps to fund the best researchers in Europe, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will join 300 researchers representing various scientific disciplines and nationalities at a conference in the Polish capital. The event also coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the Polish-French scientist famed for her pioneering work on radioactivity.