[HORIZON EUROPE] Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks 2025 - call is now open

Purpose of the funding scheme

The objective of Doctoral Networks is to implement doctoral programmes by partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-term.

Who can apply?

Principal investigators who wish to set up a collaborative project with colleagues working in other European or international institutions (both academic and non-academic), can apply together for a Doctoral Network project, where in total 15 PhD students can be hired on.

Doctoral Networks are open to international consortia of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other non-academic organisations. They should include:

• at least three independent legal entities, each established in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and with at least one of them established in an EU Member State
• on top of this minimum, other organisations from any country in the world can also join
• specific conditions apply to Industrial and Joint Doctorates

How to apply

• Check out the instructions on the website

More information

• Deadline: 25 November 2025, 17:00 CET
• Call details:  MSCA website

June 5, 2025, 3:31 p.m.