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LaTeX class and template for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow (MSCA-PF) grant applications
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LaTeX class and template for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow (MSCA-PF) grant applications

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MSCA-PF: LaTeX Template

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LaTeX class and template for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow

grant applications.



* Details and original template is provided

  `here `__

  (calls are updated each year).



* For the official editable version of the template, you must start the submission

  process. The template will then be available on the left-hand side in a section

  named "Download Part B templates".



* For a similar template for the Doctoral Network see

  `msca-dn `__.



**Caution**: Only the 2022 template was submitted and deemed eligible by the

Horizon program. Newer versions are simply updated based on the official template.

Reporting any discrepancies is highly appreciated!



Fonts

-----



The official MSCA guidelines require the Times New Roman font on Windows or

macOS and the Nimbus Roman font on Linux. When using PDFLaTeX this package

uses the ``mathptmx`` font. When using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, we try to load

the Times New Roman font and, if it is not available, the Nimbus Roman font.



If these do not work for you, you can load fonts yourself using e.g.



.. code:: tex



    % on PDFLaTeX

    \usepackage{newtxtext}

    \usepackage{newtxmath}



    % on XeLaTeX / LuaLaTeX

    \setmainfont{Times New Roman}



Building

--------



The resulting PDF files are included for easy viewing, but it is recommended to

build the two parts with e.g. `latexmk` as follows



.. code:: bash



    latexmk -pdflua msca-pf-part-b1-template.tex

    latexmk -pdflua msca-pf-part-b2-template.tex



Functionality

-------------



This packages provides the ``msca-pf`` class that is based on the

KOMA-script ``scrartcl`` class and accepts any options meant for it. It can

be used as



.. code:: latex



    \documentclass[11pt,layoutgrid,draftproposal]{msca-pf}



    % ... preamble ...



    \begin{document}



    % ... content ...



    \end{document}



The class has two options meant for drafting:



* ``layoutgrid``: overlays a grid on top of each page to check margins and

  other alignment issues.

* ``draftproposal``: adds helpful drafting options, such as line numbers and

  a time stamp.



It also provides a few useful commands that can be used in the proposal. The

following commands are mandatory:



* ``mscaidentifier``: the call identifier, e.g. ``HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01``. This

  should be set to the appropriate version by default.

* ``mscaproject``: the acronym for the project.



Additionally, there are also some commands to help constructing the CV and other

little tables in the submission:



* ``mscaorgoverview``: an environment (wrapper around ``tabular``) that defines

  the table template from Section 5.1 for participating organisations. This is a

  fixed 6 column table.

* ``mscaorgcapacity``: an environment (wrapper around ``longtable``) that defines

  the table template from Section 5.2 for participating organisations. This is a

  fixed 2 column table.

* ``cvitem``: an environment to define a nicely aligned CV item.

* ``\cventry{dates}{name}{details}{location}``: a generic entry in the CV. Use

  ``\cventryitem`` to get one already wrapped in the ``cvitem`` environment.

* ``\cvpub{date}{authors}{title}{journal}``: a publication. Use

  ``\cvpubitem`` to get one already wrapped in the ``cvitem`` environment.

* ``\cvdetail{name}{description}``: a additional description for an entry. This

  must be added in the same ``cvitem`` environment as the entry itself to use the

  same alignment.



The CV commands can be used in the following fashion:



.. code:: tex



    % examples for a general entry

    \begin{cvitem}

    \cventry{DD/MM/YYYY DD/MM/YYYY}{Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering}{University Name}{Location}

    \cvdetail{Title}{Title of my Ph.D}

    \cvdetail{Advisor}{John Doe}

    \end{cvitem}



    \begin{cvitem}

    \cventry{DD/MM/YYYY DD/MM/YYYY}{Job Title}{Company / University}{Location}

    \cvdetail{Description}{Job description in short}

    \end{cvitem}



    % example of a bare entry (same as above without the details)

    \cventryitem{DD/MM/YYYY DD/MM/YYYY}{Job Title}{Company / University}{Location}



    % example for a publication

    \begin{cvitem}

    \cvpub{DD/MM/YYYY}{John Doe, Jane Doe}{Title of the Paper}

                      {Journal Name, Vol. XX, pp. XX--XX}

    \cvdetail{Description}{Main findings of the paper}

    \cvdetail{URL}{DOI or arXiV URL}

    \end{cvitem}



    % example for a bare publication (same as above without the details)

    \cvpubitem{DD/MM/YYYY}{John Doe, Jane Doe}{Title of the Paper}

                          {Journal Name, Vo. XX, pp. XX-XX}



A Gantt chart must also be provided in the proposal. There are some LaTeX packages,

e.g. `pgfgantt `__, that can be used to

create such charts. However, you can also just use a third party application,

export the chart as a PNG or PDF, and include it like that.