MSCA COFUND 2026
Co-funds new or existing doctoral or postdoctoral training programmes run by universities and research organisations, topping up national or regional funding with EU money.
Doctoral programmes recruit candidates toward a doctoral degree, built on the EU's principles for innovative doctoral training and covering transferable skills such as digital tools, open science, and where relevant innovation and entrepreneurship. Postdoctoral programmes instead fund individual advanced research-training and career-development fellowships, with regular selection rounds on fixed d…
This topic co-funds doctoral or postdoctoral programmes run by universities, research institutions or other organisations, usually open to any research discipline but occasionally narrower where tied to a national or regional Smart Specialisation strategy. Doctoral programmes must lead to a doctoral degree recognised in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country; postdoctoral programmes fund advanced research training and career-development fellowships with regular, fixed selection rounds. Both must give every recruited researcher a jointly agreed Career Development Plan, reviewed within 18 months of starting.
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