European Commission boosts 2026-2027 MSCA budget with an additional €210 million

News Tank Academic - Brussels - News #455618 - Published on 01/10/26 at 16:14
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Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I. - © EC

The European Commission has announced that Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) will get a €210 million boost thanks to Choose Europe.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the MSCA, the Commission announced this additional financial support on 01/10/2026 to enable more than 700 researchers to pursue their careers in Europe through MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and Doctoral Networks in 2026 and 2027.

Thanks to this increase of €210m, the budgets for the calls for proposals will reach:

• €434m for 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships,
• €628m for 2026 MSCA Doctoral Networks,
• €459m for 2027 Postdoctoral Fellowships,
• €645m for 2027 Doctoral Networks.

The Commission stated that, based on current estimates, the 2027 Postdoctoral Fellowships call could support over 1,800 postdoctoral researchers and the 2027 Doctoral Networks call could support more than 2,000 doctoral candidates.

The Commission explained that this top-up responded to a record of 21,627 applications for the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships. The indicative budget for this call was €399.05m, which should be sufficient to fund…

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Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I. - © EC

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