This is the edition of 16 October 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 developments, public engagement opportunities, and programme milestones of direct relevance to doctoral 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 · 6 October 2026
Two Nobel Prizes have been awarded to researchers with connections to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funding: Georg Nagel, a former MSCA fellow who worked on neurodegeneration, received the Prize in Physiology or Medicine alongside colleagues for discoveries related to optogenetics, while Francis Halzen, a supervisor in an MSCA-funded project on neutrino astronomy, received the Prize in Physics for contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. These recognitions illustrate the long-term career impact that MSCA fellowships and networks can have, spanning decades from initial funding to the highest levels of scientific recognition. For early-career researchers, the awards offer a concrete example of how participation in MSCA programmes can form part of a trajectory toward internationally significant research.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 30 September 2026
An additional allocation of over 210 million euros has been announced for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, directed at both Postdoctoral Fellowships and Doctoral Networks, in response to record application numbers for the 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call. The extra funding forms part of the amended Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026 to 2027, which will contain the final MSCA opportunities under the current framework programme, with more than 1.3 billion euros projected for the programme in 2027. Doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers considering applications should be aware that this expanded budget may increase the number of funded positions available in the upcoming calls.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 25 September 2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions has published a document outlining the programme's engagement with cancer research, set within the context of its 6.6 billion euro budget for the 2021 to 2027 period. The programme funds researcher-driven projects across all disciplines based on scientific excellence, meaning cancer-related proposals compete on equal footing with other fields. Researchers working in oncology or related biomedical areas may find this document a useful reference when considering how their work aligns with MSCA funding opportunities.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 18 September 2026
A document released by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions highlights that close to 500 MSCA projects under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe have addressed democracy-related topics, including democratic institutions, civic participation, polarisation, disinformation, and digital democracy. This overview signals that social science and humanities researchers working on governance or political topics have a well-established track record within the programme. Doctoral candidates in these fields may find the document helpful for understanding the scope of fundable research and for situating their own work within a broader MSCA thematic landscape.
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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 Science is Wonderful! science fair, scheduled to take place in Brussels across three days in spring 2027. The event brings EU-funded researchers together with more than 4,000 school pupils from Belgium, with participants designing interactive booth activities suited to audiences aged roughly 7 to 18. For early-career researchers, the fair offers a structured opportunity to develop public engagement skills and to communicate complex research in accessible formats to non-specialist audiences.
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