This is the edition of 25 October 2026. The announcements below are the ones compiled on that day. Read the current edition.
The following digest brings together a selection of notable announcements from European research bodies, each carrying implications for doctoral candidates and early-career researchers building their careers in or alongside European research.
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 · 21 October 2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions has published an interactive collection gathering more than 100 success stories and testimonials from researchers supported by the programme. Doctoral and early-career researchers can browse by country or institution to find accounts relevant to their own context. The publication offers a practical way to understand what participation in the programme has meant for researchers at various career stages.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 20 October 2026
An article in Horizon Magazine marks the 30th anniversary of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, reflecting on three decades during which more than 150,000 researchers have taken part, including 25 Nobel laureates. The programme has grown from supporting around 800 researchers per year at its founding in 1996 to approximately 8,000 annually, with companies including small and medium-sized enterprises accounting for nearly half of participating organisations. For early-career researchers, this context underlines the scale of the network and the range of sectors in which MSCA-funded careers can develop.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 6 October 2026
Two of the 2026 Nobel Prize winners, one in Physiology or Medicine and one in Physics, have direct connections to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Georg Nagel was an MSCA fellow, and Francis Halzen served as a supervisor on an MSCA-funded project in neutrino astronomy. The announcement highlights the long-term career trajectories that can follow from MSCA participation, spanning fundamental research in fields from neuroscience to astrophysics. For doctoral and early-career researchers, this serves as a concrete illustration of the programme's role in supporting foundational scientific work.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 30 September 2026
The European Commission has announced additional funding of over 210 million euros for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, responding to record demand following the 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call, which attracted 21,627 applications, the highest figure ever recorded across more than 40 years of EU research framework programmes. The top-up will increase budgets for both Postdoctoral Fellowships and Doctoral Networks, and the programme has more than 1.3 billion euros foreseen for 2027. Early-career researchers should note that these are among the final MSCA funding opportunities under the current Horizon Europe 2021 to 2027 framework.
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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 within its 2021 to 2027 budget of 6.6 billion euros. The programme funds bottom-up research across all disciplines based on scientific excellence, meaning cancer-related projects compete on the same terms as any other field rather than through a dedicated thematic stream. Researchers working in oncology or related biomedical areas may find this document useful for understanding how their work could fit within MSCA funding frameworks.
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