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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) €1.25 billion funding (2026-2027) 
 https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-announce-eu125-billion-to-support-cutting-edge-research-and-a-second-choose-europe-for-science-call#timeline

Overall MSCA Investment (2026-2027)
• Total MSCA budget: > €1.25 billion to support cutting-edge research, doctoral & postdoctoral training, collaborative research & career development under Horizon Europe. �

• Aims: high-quality research training, international & intersectoral mobility, career development pathways and boosting Europe’s global research attractiveness. 

MSCA Call Summaries: Funding Covered & Benefits

1. MSCA COFUND
• Budget: ≈ €105.46 million.  
• Funding covers:
– Co-financing of new or existing doctoral and postdoctoral programmes.
– Personnel costs and programme running costs (host institutions contribute co-funding).
• Benefits:
– Helps institutions design/expand high-standard research training.
– Attracts & trains researchers across sectors.
– Increases institutional excellence & collaboration.
• Who benefits: Universities and research organisations across Europe.
• When: 16 Dec 2025 – 8 Apr 2026.  

2. MSCA Staff Exchanges
• Budget: ≈ €97.9 million.  
• Funding covers:
– Support for international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research collaborations.
– Facilitates staff secondments (including researchers, technical & managerial staff).
• Benefits:
– Enhances knowledge transfer and innovation across organisations.
– Builds long-term research networks between academia and industry.
• Who benefits: Consortia of institutions from ≥ 3 countries.
• When: 16 Dec 2025 – 16 Apr 2026.  

3. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Budget: ≈ €399.05 million.  
• Funding covers:
– Individual grants for PhD-holders to conduct research abroad.
– Mobility allowances, research costs, travel funds.
• Benefits:
– Researchers gain new international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral experience.
– Career development through personalised research projects.
• Types:
– European Fellowships: research hosted in EU/Associated Countries.
– Global Fellowships: research partly outside Europe then returning.  
• When: 9 Apr 2026 – 9 Sep 2026.  

4. MSCA Doctoral Networks
• Budget: ≈ €593.03 million.  
• Funding covers:
– Support for joint doctoral training programmes across universities, industry and other partners.
– Includes transferable & research-related skill training.
• Benefits:
– Structured PhD training & mobility.
– Enhanced employability through interdisciplinary and cross-sector exposure.
– Opportunities for industrial and joint doctorate pathways.
• Who benefits: Doctoral candidates in collaborative networks.
• When: 28 May 2026 – 24 Nov 2026.  

5. MSCA ‘Choose Europe for Science’
• Budget: €51.25 million (second call).  
• Funding covers:
– Support for postdoctoral recruitment with long-term employment perspectives beyond project funding.
– Focus on attractive career pathways & working conditions.
• Benefits:
– Helps address precarity and brain drain in research careers.
– Encourages host organisations to offer stable, longer-term positions.
• Who benefits: Academic & non-academic institutions recruiting postdocs.
• When: 8 Dec 2026 – 6 Apr 2027.  

Impact & Research Career Benefits
• MSCA funding helps researchers gain global experience, develop transferable skills, and strengthens research excellence across sectors.  
• Supported organisations can boost research capacity and international partnerships.  

Full call details, budgets, timelines & application info:
https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-announce-eu125-billion-to-support-cutting-edge-research-and-a-second-choose-europe-for-science-call#timeline