This is the edition of 29 September 2026. The announcements below are the ones compiled on that day. Read the current edition.
This digest brings together a selection of announcements from European research bodies that doctoral candidates and early-career researchers will want to keep on their radar. Each item touches on funding, training, or engagement opportunities relevant to those building a research career.
These summaries are written by Clau and each links to its original announcement. Clau is independent and not affiliated with the European Union or its research bodies.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 25 September 2026
A new document from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions outlines how the programme, with a budget of 6.6 billion euros for 2021 to 2027, supports cancer-related research alongside all other scientific fields through competitive, excellence-based funding. The programme backs researchers at every career stage and promotes international mobility and skills development. For doctoral and early-career researchers working in oncology or adjacent fields, this resource clarifies how bottom-up, investigator-driven projects can find a home within Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funding.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 18 September 2026
A document from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions highlights that close to 500 projects funded under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe have addressed democracy-related topics, spanning areas such as civic participation, disinformation, media freedom, and trust in science. This breadth of coverage signals that researchers working in social sciences, political science, law, and related disciplines have a strong track record of securing Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funding. Early-career researchers in these fields can use this resource to understand the scope of what has been supported and to position their own project ideas accordingly.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 14 September 2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions has opened a call for fellows and alumni to participate in the Science is Wonderful! science fair, with the 2027 edition scheduled to take place in Brussels across three days in March 2027. Participants present their research to groups of school pupils aged roughly 7 to 18 through interactive formats such as live experiments, demonstrations, and games. This is a practical opportunity for early-career researchers to develop public engagement skills and communicate their work to a non-specialist audience.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 7 September 2026
The 2026 call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 21,627 applications, the highest figure ever recorded for this scheme and for any single funding action across four decades of EU research and innovation framework programmes, representing a 26.7 percent increase over the 2025 call. The available budget of approximately 399 million euros is expected to support around 1,600 projects, split between European Fellowships and Global Fellowships. The record demand underscores how competitive this route has become, and early-career researchers considering applying in future calls should plan their proposals well in advance.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 27 August 2026
The European Commission has announced the results of the 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND call, selecting 29 projects, comprising 15 doctoral training programmes and 14 postdoctoral fellowship programmes, to share 105.5 million euros in co-funding. The scheme enables universities and research organisations to build or strengthen their own training programmes by combining Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funding with institutional resources, covering more than 400 organisations in total. For doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, this means additional fellowship and training opportunities may become available through their own institutions as these programmes are established.
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Each item summarises an announcement published by the named European research body and links to the original source; the summaries are written by Clau and the announcements belong to their respective sources. Clau is a free companion for doctoral candidates and early-career researchers.