Horizon Europe

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026

Deadline: 24 November 202622 days left · at 17:00
Call budget: 628 m EUR in total

What it funds

Funds doctoral recruitment and training through international legal-entity consortia, including companies, with access to an eligible doctoral degree-awarding institution.

Doctoral training · Research recruitment · International research networks

Who can apply

A network of institutions applies. The fellows are doctoral candidates hired by its members.

Institution: The university can be a member of the network.

Your career stage

Before the doctorateAfter the doctorateAfter habilitation

Give your stage and we tell you whether this call is for you.

General rules of the programme. Check this edition's rules in the announcement.

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Who won before

Wrocław University of Science and Technology · 8 projects since 2023

CeSuds: Circular Economy approaches to Digested Sludge Utilization in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Based on Hydrothermal Carbonization and Complementary Technologies251,151 EUR · whole project 4,210,194 EUR · 2026
NICEST: Network for Integration of Comb Experimental Spectroscopic Techniques167,434 EUR · whole project 4,483,106 EUR · 2026
CHIRALNANOMAT: Chiral Nanocluster MaterialsJoanna Olesiak-Bańska · Faculty of Chemistry · 502,302 EUR · whole project 3,464,357 EUR · 2025
ENERPOL: Using smart contracts and policies to reduce energy-related risk and inequality among householdsFaculty of Management · 251,151 EUR · whole project 3,937,966 EUR · 2025
IGNITION: Anti-IgLON5 disease: From Neuroinflammation to NeurodegenerationMarcin Łukasz Poręba · Faculty of Chemistry · 251,151 EUR · whole project 3,743,946 EUR · 2025

With Polish institutions taking part · 120 projects

Each project names its coordinator, which can be an institution outside Poland.

UNCHANGE: UNderstanding change in Cultural Heritage: the Next Generation of ExpertsNorges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu · 4,746,888 EUR · 2027
PHOTONIQC: A Photonic Quantum ComputerDanmarks Tekniske Universitet · 4,650,023 EUR · 2027
cisCODE: Training a New Generation to Decode the Human Cis-Regulatory GenomeInstitut National de la Sante Et de la Recherche Medicale · 4,630,679 EUR · 2027
HyNOISE: Hydrogen combustion NOise Investigation for Safe and Efficient propulsion and energy systemsPolitecnico Di Bari · 4,626,203 EUR · 2027
VARIABILITI: Understanding learning variability to personalise training and boost knowledge-driven, efficient and acceptable neurotechnologiesUniversite de Bordeaux · 4,606,137 EUR · 2027

Sources: RAD-on (OPI-PIB), CORDIS, Baza of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. For the university's projects we give its part of the sum and the award year.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 9 November 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 13 November 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
24 November 2026, at 17:00, Brussels time, the same as in PolandThe last moment to file the application with the funder.Source of the hour: NAWA

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl