Commission invests €105.5 million for 29 doctoral training and postdoctoral fellowship programmes

The European Commission has announced the results of the 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND).

The Commission announced on 01/09/2026 that it will invest €105.5 million in co-funding for 15 doctoral training and 14 postdoctoral fellowship programmes. Ten out of the 29 proposals are bottom-up programmes, i.e., open topics without limitation to specific disciplines.

Through COFUND, organisations can create or enhance their doctoral training and postdoctoral fellowship programmes with the goal of recruiting researchers and attracting international talent, with MSCA co-funding a portion of their costs. The selected collaborative programmes bring together more than 400 organisations across 38 countries…