This is the edition of 27 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 connected to Europe.
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 of more than 100 success stories and testimonials from researchers supported by the programme. The publication allows readers to explore experiences by country or institution, offering a concrete sense of the range of research careers and projects the programme has enabled. For doctoral and early-career researchers considering an application, the collection provides a practical window into what participation can look like in practice.
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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 participated in the programme, 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 many small and medium-sized enterprises, accounting for close to half of participating organisations. For early-career researchers, this context underlines the breadth of sectors and countries through which MSCA-funded careers can develop.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 6 October 2026
The 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and in Physics were awarded to researchers with direct connections to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Georg Nagel, recognised for discoveries related to optogenetics, was an MSCA fellow in the late 1990s, and Francis Halzen, honoured for contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, served as a supervisor on an MSCA-funded project in neutrino astronomy. The announcement highlights how early or mid-career participation in MSCA-supported research can form part of a trajectory leading to the highest levels of scientific recognition. For doctoral and early-career researchers, it serves as a concrete illustration of the long-term value the programme can add to a research career.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 30 September 2026
An additional allocation of more than 210 million euros has been announced for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, responding to record demand: the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call attracted 21,627 applications, the highest figure ever recorded for the programme and for any funding action across more than 40 years of EU research and innovation framework programmes. The top-up will increase budgets for both Postdoctoral Fellowships and Doctoral Networks, and the broader MSCA budget for 2027 is set to exceed 1.3 billion euros. For early-career researchers, this signals an expanding pool of funded opportunities under the final calls of the current Horizon Europe 2021 to 2027 framework.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions · 25 September 2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions has released a document highlighting cancer research as one area supported within the programme's 6.6 billion euro budget for the period 2021 to 2027. The programme funds bottom-up research across all fields on the basis of scientific excellence, meaning cancer-focused projects compete on equal terms with other disciplines rather than through a dedicated thematic strand. Doctoral and early-career researchers working in oncology or related biomedical fields may find this document a useful reference when considering how their work could fit within an MSCA application.
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