MSCA COFUND 2027
MSCA COFUND 2027 · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-D · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call co-funds doctoral training programmes, helping universities and research organisations run or grow PhD programmes that give doctoral candidates strong research and transferable skills, international and cross-sector experience, and better career prospects. The programme covers any research topic and expects funding to be blended with regional or national resources, including money from Cohesion Policy funds.
research excellence · education skills
Who wins this
Universities, research institutions or other organisations running (or planning) a doctoral programme who want extra funding to broaden training, mobility and career development for PhD candidates.
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- Unit costs — fixed amount per unit (e.g. per researcher-month)
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON TMA MSCA Cofund Doctoral programme
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, university
- Also required
- Doctoral programmes must lead to a doctoral degree awarded in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country, include a Career Development Plan for each researcher, and require compulsory international mobility with an open, transparent, merit-based selection process.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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