This is the edition of 30 September 2026. The announcements below are the ones compiled on that day. Read the current edition.
This digest brings together a selection of notable announcements from European research bodies, covering funding results, public engagement opportunities, and thematic research overviews relevant to doctoral candidates and early-career researchers.
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
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions has published a document outlining how its 2021 to 2027 programme, with a total budget of 6.6 billion euros, supports cancer-related research alongside all other scientific fields through competitive, excellence-based funding. The programme backs researchers at every career stage and encourages international mobility and skills development. For doctoral and early-career researchers working in oncology or adjacent disciplines, this document provides a useful overview of the funding landscape available through the programme.
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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, digital democracy, and trust in science. This overview demonstrates the breadth of social and political research that the programme has supported across its history. Researchers working in political science, communication, law, or related fields can use this document to understand how their work might fit within the programme's funding scope.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 14 September 2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions is inviting current fellows and alumni to apply to present their research at the 2027 edition of its Science is Wonderful science fair, which will take place in Brussels over three days in spring 2027. Participants engage groups of school pupils aged roughly 7 to 18 through interactive booth activities, live experiments, and stage presentations. This is a concrete public engagement opportunity for early-career researchers looking to develop science communication skills and broaden the societal reach of their work.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 7 September 2026
The 2026 call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships attracted 21,627 applications, the highest figure ever recorded for this scheme and for any single funding action across the 40-year history of EU research and innovation framework programmes, representing a 26.7 percent increase over the previous call. The available budget of approximately 399 million euros is expected to support around 1,600 projects. Postdoctoral researchers considering this fellowship should be aware of the exceptionally high competition, with the vast majority of proposals submitted as European Fellowships.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 27 August 2026
The European Commission has announced that the 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND call will provide 105.5 million euros to 29 selected programmes, comprising 15 doctoral training schemes and 14 postdoctoral fellowship programmes, chosen from 136 eligible applications at a success rate of 21 percent. These programmes, run by institutions that must supplement MSCA funding with their own resources, collectively involve over 400 organisations and emphasise international recruitment and high working standards. Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers benefit indirectly from this scheme, as it expands the number of well-resourced, internationally oriented training opportunities available at participating institutions.
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