Overview
A €593 million MSCA call for consortia to create doctoral programmes across all scientific fields, including standard, industrial and joint doctoral networks.
Complete research opportunity details
The 2026 Doctoral Networks call is expected to fund more than 130 projects and train about 1,950 doctoral candidates. It supports consortia of higher-education, research, private-sector and public-sector organisations across Europe and beyond. This is an institutional/consortium funding call, not a direct individual PhD-student vacancy.
Eligibility requirements
Eligible applicants are consortia of organisations such as universities, research institutions and infrastructures, companies, public-sector bodies and other eligible entities. Consortium and country-participation rules in the MSCA Work Programme and Funding & Tenders call documents apply.
Tips for this phd opportunity
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Build the eligible consortium early and use the MSCA Work Programme and Funding & Tenders call documents as the controlling rules.
- Match your research background to the project, laboratory, supervisor and required methods rather than applying only from the title.
- Prepare a focused academic CV, transcripts, publications and research statement or proposal when requested by the official call.
- Confirm funding duration, stipend/salary, tuition coverage, start date and eligibility for international applicants.
- Contact a supervisor before applying only when the official instructions recommend or require it.
Verification notes
Verified on official MSCA pages on 2 Sep 2026. The €593m figure is the total call budget; this record does not present it as a grant amount for one consortium.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ↗Browse current Job and Scholarship listings from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions →
