Marie Skłodovska-Curie Doctoral Networks
Event details
| Date | 24.11.2026 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim
The Marie Skłodovska-Curie Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) implement doctoral programs for training in research and transferable skills by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. Doctoral candidates are exposed to the academic and non-academic sector to develop competences for innovation and to enhance employability.
There are 3 sub schemes for the MSCA DNs:
The consortium applies for a project with a duration of 4 years (exception for Joint Doctorates, duration is 5 years). The financial contribution covers the salaries of doctoral candidates for the duration of 3 years (4 years for Joint Doctorates) and research, training and networking costs covering the whole project duration. Doctoral candidates (DCs) may not have lived or worked in the country of the host organization for more than 12 months within the last 3 years prior to the employment of the DC on the project.
Call information
Opening: 28 May 2026
Deadline: 24 November 2026, 17:00 CET
Support and information
The EPFL toolkit provides useful information for the proposal preparation (will be updated upon call opening).
Contact [email protected] for any question and assistance with the proposal preparation.
The MSCA National Contact Points organize an online information event on 09 June 2025, 09:00 – 09:45.
The Marie Skłodovska-Curie Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) implement doctoral programs for training in research and transferable skills by partnerships of universities, research institutions and research infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. Doctoral candidates are exposed to the academic and non-academic sector to develop competences for innovation and to enhance employability.
There are 3 sub schemes for the MSCA DNs:
- Standard → PhD students must be enrolled for doctoral studies, the doctoral program includes secondments to project partners.
- Industrial → PhD students must be enrolled for doctoral studies; they must spend 50% of their time in the non-academic sector.
- Joint Doctorates → PhD students must be enrolled for doctoral studies which lead to a “joint doctoral degree”. EPFL can only participate if the following institutions (other than EPFL) participate in the project: ENS Lyon, UCLouvain and ETHZ.
- RAISE DN → for MSCA-DNs with a sole focus on AI in science, please check document nr. 1.2 in the toolkit for more information.
The consortium applies for a project with a duration of 4 years (exception for Joint Doctorates, duration is 5 years). The financial contribution covers the salaries of doctoral candidates for the duration of 3 years (4 years for Joint Doctorates) and research, training and networking costs covering the whole project duration. Doctoral candidates (DCs) may not have lived or worked in the country of the host organization for more than 12 months within the last 3 years prior to the employment of the DC on the project.
Call information
Opening: 28 May 2026
Deadline: 24 November 2026, 17:00 CET
Support and information
The EPFL toolkit provides useful information for the proposal preparation (will be updated upon call opening).
Contact [email protected] for any question and assistance with the proposal preparation.
The MSCA National Contact Points organize an online information event on 09 June 2025, 09:00 – 09:45.
Practical information
- General public
- Free