Model (Employment) Contracts

In Marie Skłodowska-Curie projects, the European Commission requires that researchers are employed under full-time employment contracts that are subject to social security contributions.

The National Contact Point MSC has developed model employment contracts for Germany for the Doctoral Networks and Postdoctoral Fellowships in cooperation with representatives from the European Liaison Office of the German Research Organizations (KoWi), the Fraunhofer Society, the German Aerospace Center, University Duisburg-Essen, University Freiburg, and the National Working Group (Bundesarbeitskreis) of EU Funding Advisors at German Universities and Colleges (BAK).

Please note that these model contracts shall serve as an example only, to be used at the user's own responsibility. The user is not released from the obligation to review the contracts in order to protect their own interests and rights.

German

• Doctoral-Networks-Musterarbeitsvertrag, dated 02/2024 (PDF)
• Doctoral-Networks-Musterarbeitsvertrag, dated 02/2024 (docx)
• PF-European-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, dated 02/2024 (PDF)
• PF-European-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, dated 02/2024 (docx)
• PF-Global-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, dated 02/2024 (PDF)
• PF-Global-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, dated 02/2024 (docx)

English Translation

For the German model employment contracts, there is an English reading version available:

• Doctoral-Networks-Musterarbeitsvertrag, English version, dated 02/2024 (PDF)
• Doctoral-Networks-Musterarbeitsvertrag, English version, dated 02/2024 (docx)
• PF-European-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, English version, dated 02/2024 (PDF)
• PF-European-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, English version, dated 02/2024 (docx)
• PF-Global-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, English version, dated 02/2024 (PDF)
• PF-Global-Fellowship-Musterarbeitsvertrag, English version, dated 02/2024 (docx)