Marie Curie PhD Positions 2026–27: All 141 Approved Doctoral Networks, Salaries in Rupees and How to Apply
The complete list of Marie Curie Doctoral Networks approved for 2026–2027: every network funded under the 2025 MSCA Doctoral Networks call, the PhD projects they are hiring for, who is eligible, what you will actually take home in PKR, and how to put together an application that gets you to the interview.
Subscribe to Codanics on YouTubeThis list covers only the Doctoral Networks approved in 2026 and starting in 2026–2027. They were selected under the EU call HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01; their grants were signed in 2026 and the projects start between September 2026 and March 2027, which is when their PhD positions are being advertised. Networks from earlier years are not included.
In this guide
I did my own PhD in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, and I still remember how confusing the first search was. The positions are spread over dozens of network websites, every advert uses the same jargon, and nobody tells you what the salary means once tax is taken out. This guide puts it in one place for this year’s round.
In June 2026 the European Commission signed the grants for the 2025 Doctoral Networks call. I pulled the complete list from CORDIS, the EU’s project database, and checked each network’s website and vacancy pages on 2 November 2026. You will find 141 networks below, 398 individual PhD projects that have already been advertised, and a salary chart in Pakistani rupees for every country these networks hire in.
1What an MSCA Doctoral Network actually is
A Doctoral Network is a group of universities, research institutes and companies in different countries that apply to the EU together for money to train PhD students. If they win, they hire a fixed number of doctoral candidates (the adverts call them DCs), usually between 7 and 15. Each DC has their own project at one host, but trains across the whole network: summer schools, workshops and research stays (called secondments) at partner organisations, often including a company.
Two things make these positions different from a normal PhD. First, you are hired on an employment contract with full social security, not a stipend. Second, you move: you will be working in a country you have not lived in recently, and you will spend time at a second or even third organisation during the PhD.
A position lasts at most 36 months (48 for joint doctorates), and each network is capped at 540 funded person-months, which is why the biggest networks hire 15 people for three years each.
2Who can apply: the official rules
These rules come straight from the Horizon Europe MSCA Work Programme that governs the 2025 call. They apply to every network on this page; each network then adds its own subject requirements on top.
- No PhD yet. You must not hold a doctoral degree on the day you are recruited. If you have defended your thesis but the degree has not been formally awarded, you still count as having a doctorate and are not eligible.
- Any nationality. Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, Nigerian: nationality does not matter.
- The mobility rule. You must not have lived or carried out your main activity (work, studies) in the country of the hiring organisation for more than 12 months in the 36 months right before your start date. Holidays and compulsory national service do not count.
- Doctoral enrolment. You must be enrolled in a doctoral programme in an EU country or an associated country such as the UK, Norway or Switzerland. The host university handles this once you are selected.
- Industrial doctorates require at least half of the fellowship in the non-academic sector.
On top of these rules, almost every advert asks for a master’s degree (or one completed before the start date) in a relevant field, good English, and sometimes a specific skill such as Python, wet-lab experience or a particular technique. Those extra requirements are listed for each network further down, where the network has published them.
3What you will earn: euros and rupees, before and after tax
The salary is set by the EU, not by the university, and it is the same formula across all 141 networks. Under the 2025 rules each doctoral candidate receives:
- Living allowance: €4,010 a month, multiplied by a country correction coefficient that adjusts for living costs (100% in Belgium, 101.2% in Germany, 132.8% in Denmark, 74.1% in Poland).
- Mobility allowance: €710 a month, for everyone.
- Family allowance: €660 a month extra if you are married or have dependent children.
The catch that surprises most people: the €4,010 is a gross employer amount. The Work Programme says it includes “compulsory deductions under national law, such as employer and employee social security contributions and direct taxes”. So the payslip will show less, and how much less depends heavily on the country.
Monthly pay by host country, in lakh rupees
Switzerland and Denmark look best on paper, and they are, but the cost of living eats much of the difference. Take-home pay in most of Western Europe falls between roughly 7.4 lakh and 11.1 lakh rupees a month, which is comfortable for a single person in a university city once rent is paid.
Where the money goes
Belgium, Germany, France and Italy take the biggest share in tax and social security; the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark leave more in your pocket. Two further things can push your take-home up. Some countries have tax schemes for researchers recruited from abroad (the Netherlands’ 30% ruling, Denmark’s researcher scheme, and impatriate regimes in Italy, Spain and Portugal), and many universities pay the full mobility allowance on top. Ask HR for a payslip estimate once you have an offer; it is a normal question.
Full table: every host country this year
| Host country | Coefficient | Gross / month | Est. take-home / month | Gross in PKR | Est. take-home in PKR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 109.7% | €5,109 | €2,866 | Rs 1,577,726 | Rs 885,104 |
| Belgium | 100% | €4,720 | €2,520 | Rs 1,457,606 | Rs 778,362 |
| Croatia | 80.1% | €3,922 | n/a | Rs 1,211,175 | n/a |
| Cyprus | 81.9% | €3,994 | n/a | Rs 1,233,465 | n/a |
| Czechia | 94.1% | €4,483 | €2,565 | Rs 1,384,543 | Rs 791,959 |
| Denmark | 132.8% | €6,035 | €3,875 | Rs 1,863,784 | Rs 1,196,549 |
| Estonia | 92.7% | €4,427 | €2,541 | Rs 1,367,206 | Rs 784,777 |
| Finland | 118% | €5,442 | €3,156 | Rs 1,680,508 | Rs 974,695 |
| France | 118.1% | €5,446 | €2,854 | Rs 1,681,747 | Rs 881,235 |
| Germany | 101.2% | €4,768 | €2,575 | Rs 1,472,466 | Rs 795,132 |
| Greece | 86.8% | €4,191 | €2,347 | Rs 1,294,144 | Rs 724,721 |
| Hungary | 76.7% | €3,786 | €2,226 | Rs 1,169,071 | Rs 687,414 |
| Ireland | 136.4% | €6,180 | €4,072 | Rs 1,908,364 | Rs 1,257,612 |
| Israel | 121.5% | €5,582 | €4,086 | Rs 1,723,850 | Rs 1,261,859 |
| Italy | 95.3% | €4,532 | €2,384 | Rs 1,399,403 | Rs 736,086 |
| Lithuania | 86.6% | €4,183 | €2,485 | Rs 1,291,667 | Rs 767,250 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | €4,720 | €3,195 | Rs 1,457,606 | Rs 986,799 |
| Malta | 92.4% | €4,415 | n/a | Rs 1,363,491 | n/a |
| Netherlands | 111.6% | €5,185 | €3,583 | Rs 1,601,254 | Rs 1,106,467 |
| Norway | 135.6% | €6,148 | €4,033 | Rs 1,898,457 | Rs 1,245,388 |
| Poland | 74.1% | €3,681 | €2,260 | Rs 1,136,874 | Rs 698,041 |
| Portugal | 93.7% | €4,467 | €2,448 | Rs 1,379,590 | Rs 756,015 |
| Romania | 70.7% | €3,545 | n/a | Rs 1,094,770 | n/a |
| Serbia | 72.5% | €3,617 | n/a | Rs 1,117,060 | n/a |
| Slovakia | 80.9% | €3,954 | €2,187 | Rs 1,221,081 | Rs 675,258 |
| Slovenia | 87.7% | €4,227 | €2,228 | Rs 1,305,289 | Rs 687,887 |
| Spain | 95.6% | €4,544 | €2,572 | Rs 1,403,119 | Rs 794,165 |
| Sweden | 125% | €5,722 | €3,348 | Rs 1,767,193 | Rs 1,033,808 |
| Switzerland | 163.8% | €7,278 | €5,764 | Rs 2,247,671 | Rs 1,780,156 |
| Türkiye | 64.5% | €3,296 | €1,862 | Rs 1,017,993 | Rs 575,166 |
| United Kingdom | 141.7% | €6,392 | €4,321 | Rs 1,973,997 | Rs 1,334,422 |
42026–2027 networks recruiting right now
These 21 networks had live adverts when I checked. Several close within days, so start with the top of the list. Where a network lists positions as “open until filled”, it is shown as a rolling deadline.
| Network | Field | Positions | Next deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIVINE DIViNE Doctoral Network (Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe) | Society, law & humanities | 10 | 6 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| EMANAIRE Empowering Human Agency in AI-Augmented Futures of Work | Society, law & humanities | 15 | 7 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| SPARK Spatiotemporal photonic technologies | Physics, photonics & quantum | 15 | 10 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| guideSkin Bridging regulatory science and innovation for dermal generics and advanced skin therapies | Health & medicine | 15 | 10 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| PHOTONIQC A Photonic Quantum Computer | Physics, photonics & quantum | 15 | 15 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| CPEC Circular Power Electronics Converters Design | Engineering & manufacturing | 15 | 18 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| CAPTURE Improved Diagnosis, Monitoring and Treatment through European Doctoral Collaboration in Capsule Endoscopy | Health & medicine | 15 | 19 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| HeatMinds Industrial decarbonisation using innovative low-grade heat upgrade | Energy, climate & environment | 15 | 22 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| REGULAIRE Regulatory Learning for the Governance of Transformative Technologies | Society, law & humanities | 15 | 25 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| ZEST Doctoral Network on Zinc Energy Storage Technology | Energy, climate & environment | 15 | 27 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| TURBO-IMPACT TURBOmachinery Innovative Manufacturing, Processing, Analysis, Characterization, and Topology | Engineering & manufacturing | 14 | 30 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| IDEAS Improving Drug Efficacy with next-generation AmorphouS materials and trained experts | Health & medicine | 15 | 30 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| QuBriC Bridging Quantum and Classical Error Correction for Scalable Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing | Physics, photonics & quantum | 15 | 30 Nov 2026 | Apply |
| FAroGels Food-Grade Aerogels for Sustainable Food Systems | Agriculture, food & ecology | 15 | 9 Dec 2026 | Apply |
| ELEVATE Exascale, Quantum Computing and Machine Learning for Innovation in Sciences | AI, computing & telecoms | 12 | 10 Dec 2026 | Apply |
| AGRIPOLYS Molecularly Designed Polymers for Sustainable Agriculture | Agriculture, food & ecology | – | Rolling / see ad | Apply |
| TRAIN-FAST Training researchers in safe, resilient and economically viable ultra-fast battery charging systems | Energy, climate & environment | 15 | Rolling / see ad | Apply |
| AEGIS Adaptive Grid-Interactive Edge Datacenter Fleets | AI, computing & telecoms | 15 | Rolling / see ad | Apply |
| QUEST Training Network on Quantum Electrodynamics with Silicon NanoTechnology | Physics, photonics & quantum | 15 | Rolling / see ad | Apply |
| SAM3 Soft Active Matter Microrobots for Medicine | Health & medicine | 12 | Rolling / see ad | Apply |
| ReDiLeep Using science-driven response diversity knowledge to leverage efficient ecosystem preservation and restoration | Agriculture, food & ecology | 13 | Rolling / see ad | Apply |
A few deadlines come from job boards rather than the network’s own page. Always confirm the date on the official advert before you plan around it.
5All 141 approved 2026–2027 networks and their PhD projects
Every network below was approved under the 2025 call and starts between September 2026 and March 2027.
Click a network to see its coordinator, partner countries, deadline, extra requirements and, where published, the individual PhD projects with their host institutions. Networks that are recruiting are listed first in each field. “Vacancies not out yet” usually means the network starts in 2027 and will advertise in the coming months, so these are the ones to bookmark now.
Health & medicine 35 networks
CAPTURE Improved Diagnosis, Monitoring and Treatment through European Doctoral Collaboration in Capsule Endoscopy
Coordinator: Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet NTNU (Norway)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom
Deadline: DC14: 19 Nov 2026; others see individual ads
Extra requirements: First 3 of 15 positions published 22 Oct 2026, rest to follow (late 2026/early 2027); NTNU posts 36 months, expected start ~1 Aug 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC6 | Multispectral Wireless Capsule Endoscopy | NTNU, Norway |
| DC8 | Colour and image enhancement for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy | NTNU (Colourlab, Gjøvik), Norway |
| DC14 | Explainable AI (xAI) for Capsule Endoscopy | NTNU, Norway |
guideSkin Bridging regulatory science and innovation for dermal generics and advanced skin therapies
Coordinator: Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen (Germany)
Partner countries: Germany, France, Ireland, Portugal, Serbia, United Kingdom
Deadline: 10 Nov 2026 (DC01, DC15 at Belgrade); UCC posts DC04/DC09/DC14 closed 31 Oct 2026; Tübingen & Surrey posts closed
Extra requirements: Master's (UCC: 2:1 BSc/MSc in pharmacy or related; IELTS 6.5, no band <6.0). DC05, DC07, DC11, DC12 not listed on site.
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC01 | Excipient equivalence criteria for cutaneous formulations | University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| DC02 | Minor product changes waiver (closed) | University of Tübingen, Germany |
| DC03 | Rheological assessment framework for semisolids (closed) | University of Tübingen, Germany |
| DC04 | Physical state of drugs in semisolids and patches (closed 31 Oct 2026) | University College Cork, Ireland |
| DC06 | Thermodynamic modelling of skin hydration and permeation (closed) | University of Surrey, UK |
| DC08 | PBPK modelling of formulation attributes affecting skin penetration (closed) | University of Surrey, UK |
| DC09 | Improving IVRT and IVPT test procedures (closed 31 Oct 2026) | University College Cork, Ireland |
| DC10 | In vivo confocal Raman quantification in deeper skin layers (closed) | University of Tübingen, Germany |
| DC13 | AI-enabled digital-twin workflow (closed) | University of Surrey, UK |
| DC14 | Formulation and skin properties for microneedle systems (closed 31 Oct 2026) | University College Cork, Ireland |
| DC15 | Formulation and skin properties for nano-enabled formulations | University of Belgrade, Serbia |
IDEAS Improving Drug Efficacy with next-generation AmorphouS materials and trained experts
Coordinator: Universite de Lille (France)
Partner countries: Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 (most DCs); DC12 7 Dec 2026; DC13 30 Jan 2027; DC3 31 Jan 2027; DC4/DC6/DC8 open Feb 2027, DC10 Mar 2027
Extra requirements: Master's in physics/chemistry/materials science/pharmacy or similar; English B2+ (IELTS 6.5 for TCD posts); apply by email to coordinator-ideas@univ-lille.fr, one application for up to 3 projects
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Co-crystallisation and co-amorphisation for drug dissolution | University of Pisa, Italy |
| DC2 | Eutectic and amorphous binary mixtures of APIs and excipients | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain |
| DC3 | Influence of elevated pressure on co-amorphous pharmaceuticals | University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland |
| DC4 | Co-amorphous engineering via diverse manufacturing routes (opens Feb 2027) | UCLouvain, Belgium |
| DC5 | Intermolecular interactions in co-crystals and co-amorphous systems | Janssen Pharmaceutica / University of Lille, Belgium |
| DC6 | Modelling drug–polymer interactions in ASDs (opens Feb 2027) | University of Lille, France |
| DC7 | Next-generation polymers for enhanced stability and release | University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland |
| DC8 | Chiral control of stability and release in ASDs (opens Feb 2027) | UCLouvain, Belgium |
| DC9 | Hybrid eutectic–polymer systems for high-melting APIs | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| DC10 | Extrusion process development for next-gen ASDs (opens Mar 2027) | Zentiva / Trinity College Dublin, Czech Republic |
| DC11 | Predictive toolbox for complex amorphous bioactive molecules | University of Lille, France |
| DC12 | API release from silica-biopolymer nanocomposites | NOVA University Lisbon / University of Lille, Portugal |
| DC13 | Hybrid nanoparticles for biopharmaceutical delivery | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain |
| DC14 | 4D biopharmaceuticals with electromagnetically activated functions | University of Pisa, Italy |
| DC15 | Polymeric delivery systems via green microfluidics | MyBiotech GmbH / University of Pisa, Germany |
SAM3 Soft Active Matter Microrobots for Medicine
Coordinator: Universite de Mons (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, France, Italy, Netherlands
Deadline: Stated deadline 15 Jul 2026 (UMONS) / 31 Aug 2026 (Empa) has passed, but ads say positions remain open until filled
Extra requirements: Master's in materials science, mechanical/relevant engineering or similar; <5 years career; no PhD; Empa post starts from Oct 2026
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| ESR1 | Electromechanics | Université de Mons (UMONS), BE |
| ESR2 | Light (light-driven soft actuation) | |
| ESR5 | Magnetic soft | |
| ESR6 | Magnetic untethered | |
| ESR7 | Bistability | |
| ESR8 | Continuum | FEMTO-ST, FR |
| ESR10 | Real time | |
| ESR11 | Phantoms | |
| ESR12 | Materials design and multiscale characterization for soft robotics (light-based 3D-printed metamaterials) | Empa, CH |
AstroCirc ASTROcytes in CIRCuits: Unraveling their contribution in healthy and diseased brain circuits.
Coordinator: I3S – Instituto de Investigacao e Inovacao em Saude da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
Partner countries: Austria, Czechia, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
DESTINIES Disclosing the Environmentally Sensitive brain Through Interdisciplinary training in NeuroscIence and neuropSychology
Coordinator: Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, United Kingdom
Extra requirements: Recruitment expected to start in 2027 (EURAXESS, project website, Radboudumc careers)
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Implant-to-Market Initiatives to Accelerate the Translation of Research into Market-Ready Surgical Implantable Medical Devices by Strengthening Regulatory Science and Improved Regulatory Competencies Among Researchers
Coordinator: Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (France)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
TIE2gether Next-generation therapeutics for vascular diseases
Coordinator: Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
TTRAIL Transferable Trustworthy Radiotherapy with Artificial Intelligence
Coordinator: Universite de Rennes (France)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
DataGenChrono Data Science and Genomics Training for Chronobiology in Mental Health
Coordinator: National University of Ireland Maynooth (Ireland)
Partner countries: Austria, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Personalised circadian interventions for patients with liver/endocrine disease or in palliative care | University of Padua, IT |
dIscOverNET Developing Immune Strategies to Counter tumor-immune-micrOnVironmEntal Resistance in NeuroEndocrine Tumors.
Coordinator: Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
EDI-MSK Equitable musculoskeletal health driven by inclusive models
Coordinator: University of Leeds (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Belgium, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
FutureMIND Training Europe’s Future Leaders in AI-driven Neuro-Oncology Diagnostics and Discovery
Coordinator: Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg (Germany)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
InnovaRTBRAIN Innovative Radiation Therapy for brain tumors
Coordinator: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Romania
Extra requirements: Proficient English; apply by emailing CV, motivation letter, 2 references and grades to each project's contact. Ads seen ~Apr 2026; sources say 14 or 15 DCs. Hosts mentioned also include Univ. Antwerp, Inst. Necker Paris, Univ. Pavia, Varian Helsinki.
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | PhD position in InnovaRTBRAIN (FLASH/minibeam/alpha/radio-immunotherapy for glioblastoma) | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
LUNG-GENEMED A doctoral training programme for next-generation LUNG-targeted non-viral GENEtic MEDicines
Coordinator: Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MEDIculous REMeDy Metabolic disease heterogeneity definition, prevention and remission with targeted interventions
Coordinator: Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt GmbH (Germany)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MERIT MEtabolic Reprogramming in viral pathogenesis: From Infection to Therapeutic innovations
Coordinator: Stichting Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
METAMORPH The doctoral network for cell METAbolism and MORPHology interplay in cortical malformation-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Coordinator: Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland)
Partner countries: Germany, Finland, France, Croatia, Italy
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
NEUROMAGIC Active nanoMaterials for closed-looP minimaLly-Invasive magneTic sensing and stimUlation of DEep brainstructures
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
PACT Parasite Adaptive skills and how to Counter Them
Coordinator: Institut Pasteur (France)
Partner countries: Belgium, Czechia, Germany, France, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
PREFERENCE Exploring Extended Field-of-view PET for precision medicine
Coordinator: Stichting Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: Not listed on site; DC1 (Amsterdam UMC) closed 27 Aug 2026 – check each vacancy
Extra requirements: Standard MSCA rules; secondments required
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Brain LAFOV PET/CT | Amsterdam UMC, NL |
| – | Positronium lifetime as imaging biomarker | Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, DE |
| – | Automated image analysis for metabolic phenotyping in obesity/diabetes | Antaros Medical, Uppsala, SE |
| DC4 | PET-derived synthetic CT for high-sensitivity scanners | Rigshospitalet (Region H), Copenhagen, DK |
| – | AI-based LAFOV PET reconstruction | Bern, CH |
| DC6 | ML-based kinetic analysis of LAFOV oncology PET/CT | DKFZ Heidelberg, DE |
| DC7 | Network analysis methods | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| DC8 | Prompt gamma multiplexing | King's College London, UK |
| DC9 | Ischemic heart disease and multiorgan perfusion | Turku PET Centre, FI |
| DC10 | Multi-tracer & immunology PET for tumour characterisation | Tübingen, DE |
| DC11 | Dynamic LAFOV PET/CT for organ-specific insulin sensitivity | Aarhus University, DK |
| DC12 | LAFOV PET of brown adipose tissue dynamics | Medical University of Vienna, AT |
| DC13 | Early-stage infection and inflammation detection | UMCG Groningen, NL |
| DC14 | Clinical performance of LAFOV PET/CT | Amsterdam UMC, NL |
| DC15 | LAFOV PET/CT Dosi-SIRT | Brest, FR |
radio3D Next-Generation Radiopharmaceuticals for Glioblastoma and Pancreatic Cancer: A 3D Perspective
Coordinator: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
Partner countries: Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ReCoTA Reconfigurable Colloids For Therapeutic Applications
Coordinator: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
REGolution A training program on novel quantitative methods in regulatory decision making
Coordinator: Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Greece, France, Netherlands, Norway
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
TORCH Training for innOvative Research in Cardiovascular science and tecHnology
Coordinator: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
Partner countries: Austria, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Vax4eU Vaccinologists for Europe: Training network for developing next generation vaccines against mucosal pathogens
Coordinator: Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
VIBES Integrating virology, artificial intelligence and biophotonics for innovative antiviral strategies against emerging flaviviruses
Coordinator: Leibniz-Institut fuer Photonische Technologien E.V. (Germany)
Partner countries: Czechia, Germany, France, Peru, Portugal, Sweden
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
VirION Inter-organelle crosstalk in viral infections: identifying peroxisome-related targets for novel broad-spectrum antiviral strategies
Coordinator: Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
CDTnet CDT-net: The Cardiovascular Digital Twin Network
Coordinator: King's College London (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Belgium, Spain, France, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom
Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 (closed; offers Nov 2026)
Extra requirements: Good English; choose up to 5 projects; recruitment complete by 1 Mar 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| F4 | Computational models for improved assessment of diastolic function from echocardiography | Oslo University Hospital / University of Oslo, Norway |
| F5 | Digital twin models to infer anatomical and functional parameters at scale | King's College London, United Kingdom |
| F7 | Models for non-invasive estimation of central blood pressure and flow inefficiencies | King's College London, United Kingdom |
| F11 | Improving echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve disease with experimental & computational haemodynamics | Oslo (webcruiter ad), Norway |
| F15 | Social and ethical issues raised by digital twin technologies | King's College London, United Kingdom |
DETECTIVE Data driven Excellence in Training of Epidemiological, Clinical, Technological and Innovative Virus Experts
Coordinator: Turun Yliopisto (Finland)
Partner countries: Denmark, Spain, Finland, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Deadline: 8 Oct 2026 (passed)
Extra requirements: Master's; English proficiency; doctoral study right at host; up to 3 positions per applicant
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Identification of genetic and host markers for severe infection | University of Turku, FI |
| DC2 | Prior immunity as a disease modulator | University of Turku, FI |
| DC3 | Blood donor surveillance for emerging pathogens | University of Turku, FI |
| DC4 | Advanced automated virus culture system | RIVM / Utrecht University, NL |
| DC5 | Neural organoids to predict neuroinvasive viruses | Amsterdam UMC / University of Amsterdam, NL |
| DC6 | Organoids for personalized antiviral testing | Amsterdam UMC / University of Amsterdam, NL |
| DC7 | Disease burden of enterovirus infection | University of Copenhagen, DK |
| DC8 | Population dynamics and emerging epidemics | Tampere University, FI |
| DC9 | From wastewater to data-driven epidemic prediction | Tampere University, FI |
| DC10 | Next generation tools for fast virus characterization | Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), ES |
| DC11 | Next-Gen genomic data sharing | Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), ES |
| DC12 | Virome dynamics in wastewater | University of Glasgow (CVR), UK |
| DC13 | AI-driven surveillance for respiratory infections | University of Glasgow (CVR), UK |
| DC14 | Repurposing antivirals and assessing their effectiveness | University College London, UK |
HARPNET HARPNET – Harnessing Resolution Pharmacology for Next-Generation Therapeutics
Coordinator: Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom
Deadline: Closed
Extra requirements: Single central application, rank up to 3 projects
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Cellular mechanisms of inflammation resolution in rheumatoid arthritis | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany |
| DC2 | Pro-resolving mechanisms in RA-associated cardiovascular disease | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| DC3 | Why inflammation resolves in some arthritis forms but persists in others | AMBIOTIS, France |
| DC4 | Cardiac-cell metabolism in inflammatory arthritis | Queen Mary University of London, UK |
| DC5 | Pro-resolving mediators in cardiometabolic disease: human population studies | Maastricht University, Netherlands |
| DC6 | Macrophage-fibroblast mechanisms restoring joint immune homeostasis | University of Glasgow, UK |
| DC7 | MCTR3 signalling in synovial inflammation and tissue repair | Queen Mary University of London, UK |
| DC8 | Canonical–atypical chemokine receptor axis in resolution of inflammation | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| DC9 | Redox control of inflammatory fibroblast priming | University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| DC10 | Macrophage-derived pro-resolving mediators in hypertension | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
| DC11 | Computational identification of therapeutic checkpoints | University of Rostock, Germany |
| DC12 | Small-molecule promoters of inflammation resolution | University of Oslo, Norway |
| DC13 | Lipid-mediator class-switching drugs | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany |
| DC14 | Resomelagon in rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular comorbidities | Queen Mary University of London, UK |
| DC15 | Pro-resolving mediators as regulators of haematopoiesis in RA and CVD | Queen Mary University of London, UK |
PANDORA Doctoral network on discovering pathomechanisms and novel drug optimization for AMD
Coordinator: Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen (Germany)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, United Kingdom
Deadline: Tübingen post 15 Oct 2026; Fribourg post 1 Nov 2026 (both passed)
Extra requirements: MSc in life sciences/biomedical field; cell culture experience; excellent English
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Pathomechanisms and drug optimization for AMD (FHRs, ECM, endothelial homeostasis) | Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, DE |
| – | Autophagy, complement dysregulation and AMD | University of Fribourg (Boya lab), CH |
| DC7 | FORTH, EL |
POLARIS Progress in Leukodystrophies: Advance, Rate and Implement new treatment Strategies
Coordinator: Stichting Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Deadline: 5 Oct 2026 (passed)
Extra requirements: Master's in relevant life-science field; fluent English; standard MSCA mobility rule
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Gene therapy for leukodystrophies (AAV in VWM/MLD mouse models) | Amsterdam UMC, NL |
| – | Molecular pharmacology (GPCR in MLC) | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / Amsterdam UMC, NL |
| – | Translational in vivo neuroscience | Leiden, NL |
| – | Regulatory & access pathways for leukodystrophy | Utrecht, NL |
| – | Drug discovery for leukodystrophies (GPRC5B) | Barcelona, ES |
| – | Gene correction for vanishing white matter & MLD | Zurich, CH |
| – | Lipid nanoparticle gene therapy for leukodystrophies | London, UK |
| – | Zebrafish models for leukodystrophies | York, UK |
| – | Oligodendrocyte-targeted gene therapy for PMLD1 | Nicosia, CY |
| – | Advanced MRI biomarkers in leukodystrophies (2 positions) | Paris Brain Institute, FR |
| – | Liquid biomarkers for leukodystrophies | Tübingen, DE |
| – | Quality of life & resilience in leukodystrophy | Tübingen, DE |
| – | Pharmacological therapy for leukodystrophies | Rome, IT |
SPACE-MEL SPAtial single-CEll omics research training for MELanoma precision medicine
Coordinator: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
Deadline: 31 Jul 2026 (Erasmus MC) / 23–31 Aug 2026 (KU Leuven) – passed
Extra requirements: MSc in biology/biochemistry or related; English TOEFL 79 / IELTS 6.5 (KU Leuven)
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | 3D multi-omics in melanoma | KU Leuven, BE |
| DC2 | 3D spatial FUN-G&T-seq / scNMT-seq profiling of melanoma organoids and tissue | Erasmus MC, NL |
| – | Integrative spatial multi-omics (transcriptomics/proteomics/lipidomics) for melanoma heterogeneity | KU Leuven (Lab of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer), BE |
| – | Spatial multi-omics (DBiT-seq/COMET workflows) | KU Leuven, BE |
TagTIC Target mining for the development of therapeutics against pathogen-induced cancers
Coordinator: Paris-Lodron-Universitat Salzburg (Austria)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Poland
Deadline: 25 Sep 2026 (EURAXESS ad expired)
Extra requirements: Master's enabling doctoral enrolment; excellent English; apply only via central TagTIC portal; start Jan 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Project 1 | Cooperative oncogenesis: H. pylori and EBV in gastric epithelial transformation | Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, AT |
| Project 2 | Small-molecule inhibitors targeting EBV signalling | Helmholtz Munich, DE |
| Project 3 | Improving drug response in F. nucleatum-positive colorectal cancer | Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, AT |
| Project 4 | Target discovery in H. pylori and F. nucleatum-induced transformation | University of Gdańsk, PL |
| Project 5 | Restoring epithelial immunity to prevent colorectal cancer | Aarhus University, DK |
| Project 6 | AI-guided design of novel therapeutics for gastrointestinal cancers | Sapienza University of Rome, IT |
| Project 7 | Drug discovery against bacterial virulence | HIPS Saarbrücken, DE |
| Project 8 | Tumour evolution and therapy resistance in gastric cancer | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ES |
| Project 9 | Microbial metabolites driving colorectal cancer | DKFZ Heidelberg, DE |
| Project 10 | Microbiome regulation of RNA modifications in cancer | Sapienza University of Rome, IT |
| Project 11 | Artificial intelligence for infection-driven cancers | TissueGnostics, AT |
Life sciences & biotech 12 networks
ChronoBridge Bridging Chronobiology and Physiology through Expert Training
Coordinator: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Hungary, Sweden, United Kingdom
Extra requirements: Partner Institut Necker-Enfants Malades (Paris) will host 2 DCs
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
cisCODE Training a New Generation to Decode the Human Cis-Regulatory Genome
Coordinator: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (France)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechia, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
GlyCaBiota Doctoral Training Network on Glycan–Cancer–Microbiota Interactions for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Innovation in Colorectal cancer
Coordinator: Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
GlycoAxis Training the next generation of scientists on cell surface Glycans from Gram-negative gut microbiota as molecular keys to decOde the gut-immune-brain Axis
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
LLIMIT Lectin ligands for modulation of immunity
Coordinator: Univerza V Ljubljani (Slovenia)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Slovenia
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
nEXt-RNA Next generation scientists studying extracellular RNA
Coordinator: University of Hamburg (Germany)
Partner countries: Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ORFeus Decoding the dark proteome through interdisciplinary training and research
Coordinator: Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie BV (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
PhaseCat Protein-RNA phase-separated condensates and their capacity for catalysis (PhaseCat)
Coordinator: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ProofReading European doctoral network for proofreading the proteome
Coordinator: Asociacion Centro de Investigacion Cooperativa en Biociencias CIC Biogune (Spain)
Partner countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ANA-KIN Advancing Novel Approaches in Kinase Interface Networks
Coordinator: Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Greece)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Netherlands
Deadline: 10 Oct 2026 (closed)
Extra requirements: Starts 1 Dec 2026 (DC1-4) or 1 Apr 2027 (DC5-12)
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | TR-FRET dimerization reporters for EGFR, BRAF and LTK | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| DC2 | Cleavable-linker bisubstrate FRET assays with covalent ATP anchors | KU Leuven, Belgium |
| DC3 | Single-molecule FRET maps of kinase oligomerization | University of Crete, Greece |
| DC4 | Cryo-EM blueprints of kinase dimerization and substrate-site architecture | VIB, Belgium |
| DC5 | SMALP-stabilised kinase reconstitution | Pompeu Fabra University, Spain |
| DC6 | (Bi)cyclic peptide discovery against dimerization and substrate interfaces | EPFL, Switzerland |
| DC7 | PPI-biased small-molecule discovery for kinase regulatory interfaces | Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CNRS), France |
| DC8 | Design and synthesis of MCR-based dimerization inhibitors | University of Crete, Greece |
| DC9 | Structure-based & ML pipelines for interface-selective hit discovery | Saarland University, Germany |
| DC10 | Deep learning for polypharmacology, allosterism and resistance-aware interface design | Leiden University, Netherlands |
| DC11 | Cellular target engagement and pathway modulation in EGFR/BRAF models | Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany |
| DC12 | LTK (dark kinome) cellular models, phosphoproteomics | Cancer Research Center of Marseille (Inserm), France |
DECODES Deciphering the Splicing Code in Human Disease
Coordinator: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 1 Oct 2026 (passed)
Extra requirements: Relevant Master's; willing to relocate internationally for secondments
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | University of Southampton, UK | |
| DC2 | University of Basel, CH | |
| DC3 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES | |
| DC4 | Decoding and correcting splicing in cancer predisposition genes | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM), PT |
| DC5 | ETH Zurich, CH | |
| DC6 | Helmholtz Zentrum München, DE | |
| DC7 | University of Santiago de Compostela, ES | |
| DC8 | University of Santiago de Compostela, ES | |
| DC9 | IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, PL | |
| DC10 | Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), ES | |
| DC11 | University of Southern Denmark, DK | |
| DC12 | University of Santiago de Compostela, ES | |
| DC13 | Leiden University Medical Center, NL | |
| DC14 | AstraZeneca, SE | |
| DC15 | University of Santiago de Compostela, ES |
FlexCAT Training program to engage flexible and disordered protein targets for therapeutic development: The oncogene β-catenin as showcase.
Coordinator: Technische Universitaet Wien (Austria)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 (passed)
Extra requirements: Relevant science Master's with excellent results; English B2+; meet host PhD admission rules; start Jan–Mar 2027. Hosts incl. Med Uni Graz, TU Wien, Würzburg, Göttingen, HMGU, Hebrew Univ., Milan, Sussex, Luxembourg, Princess Máxima Center, Amsterdam UMC
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
AI, computing & telecoms 15 networks
AEGIS Adaptive Grid-Interactive Edge Datacenter Fleets
Coordinator: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: Rolling review (positions to be filled by April 2027; latest start Sep 2027). DC13 DTU job ad listed 31 Oct 2026, now passed
Extra requirements: MSc (or degree allowing PhD enrolment) in Computing, Electronics, Energy Systems, Telecommunications or related, completed by start date; English for work/interviews (IELTS/TOEFL helpful); can apply to several DCs in order of preference
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Grid Interface Control and Runtime Verification | Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| DC2 | Grid-Interactive Thermal Flexibility for Edge Datacenters | EPFL, Switzerland |
| DC3 | FPGA-Based AI Accelerator Options for Ultra-Low-Carbon Inference | EPFL, Switzerland |
| DC4 | Carbon-Aware Digital Twins for Flexible Edge Datacenters | TU Wien, Austria |
| DC5 | Privacy-Preserving Energy Flexibility Quantification for Edge Datacenters | Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
| DC6 | Flexibility Modeling and Forecasting for Edge Datacenter Fleets | Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| DC7 | Carbon-Aware Neural Architecture Search (NAS) | Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| DC8 | Grid-Aware AI Workload Mobility for the Computing Continuum | TU Berlin, Germany |
| DC9 | Intent-Driven Power Management and Facilities Control | Lund University, Sweden |
| DC10 | Privacy and Safety for Carbon-Aware Site-Level Workload Management (CLOSED) | Dell Technologies (PhD at Imperial College London), Ireland |
| DC11 | End-to-End Energy Modeling for Distributed AI Services | Aalto University, Finland |
| DC12 | Agentic Verification for Trusted Autonomous Operations | TU Berlin, Germany |
| DC13 | Fleet-Level Workload Shaping with Live Grid Signals | Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| DC14 | Energy-Efficient Full-Stack Development Toolchain for Energy-Aware AI Apps | Ericsson (PhD at Aalto University), Finland |
| DC15 | Responsive Telecom Edge Sites Aggregated as Virtual Power Plants | TDC NET (PhD at DTU), Denmark |
ELEVATE Exascale, Quantum Computing and Machine Learning for Innovation in Sciences
Coordinator: University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
Partner countries: Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands
Deadline: 10 Dec 2026 (per secondary listing); reference letters by 15 Dec 2026
Extra requirements: Joint doctorate (two degree-awarding institutions); MSc in physics, maths, biology, CS or engineering (or completing by autumn 2027); open to all nationalities
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Exascale-enabled scattering codes and pion-nucleon scattering | The Cyprus Institute / University of Groningen, CY |
| DC2 | Next-gen CPU and accelerator technologies for the sea quark content of the nucleon | University of Groningen / The Cyprus Institute, NL |
| DC3 | Multigrid solvers for electromagnetic corrections in neutron β-decay | University of Wuppertal / University of Cyprus, DE |
| DC4 | Parton distribution functions via Mellin moments and ML-improved Wilson flow | University of Cyprus / University of Wuppertal, CY |
| DC5 | Quantum-inspired methods for out-of-equilibrium dynamics in lattice gauge theories | University of the Basque Country / University of Padova, ES |
| DC6 | Turbulence super-resolution with deep learning | Institut Polytechnique de Paris / University of Salento, FR |
| DC7 | Lagrangian particle distribution on coarse-grained flows: an ML approach | University of Salento / Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IT |
| DC8 | Mechanistic interpretability for data-driven fluid dynamics models | University of Ferrara / University of Cyprus, IT |
| DC9 | ML + biophysical simulations for free energy predictions | RWTH Aachen / University of Cagliari, DE |
| DC10 | Simulations + ML: descriptors from enhanced conformational sampling | University of Cagliari / RWTH Aachen, IT |
| DC11 | Tensor networks for biomolecular configuration space analysis | University of Padova / University of Helsinki, IT |
| DC12 | Tensor-network ansätze and hardware-aware compilation for quantum chemistry | University of Helsinki / University of Padova, FI |
AI-Sense Artificial Intelligence for Joint Communication and SENSing in Optical NEtworks
Coordinator: Aston University (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
KONEST Kernel-based Methods in Control and Estimation
Coordinator: Technische Universitaet Ilmenau (Germany)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Croatia, Netherlands, Serbia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
RESILIOUS Building Europe’s Internet Resilience for a Connected Future
Coordinator: Technische Universiteit Delft (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
RESYST-CHIP Doctoral Training Network for Design of Resilient Systems-on-Chip
Coordinator: IHP GmbH – Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (Germany)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SYNAPSE Synergistic Neuromorphic Approaches for Scalable and Efficient Computing
Coordinator: Aston University (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Germany, Greece, France, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
EMHCAM Embodied Multimodal Human Communication and Modelling
Coordinator: Kobenhavns Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ENTWINE-6G End-to-end Network digital TWIns for Native AI drivEn 6G architectures
Coordinator: Athina-Erevnitiko Kentro Kainotomias Stis Technologies Tis Pliroforias, Ton Epikoinonion Kai Tis Gnosis (Greece)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, France
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
FUTURE-6G Functionally Unified, Trustworthy, Ultra-Responsive, Reasoning-Enabled 6G with Autonomous Agents
Coordinator: Iquadrat Informatica SL (Spain)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Türkiye
Extra requirements: Industrial Doctorate network (coordinated by a company, iQuadrat)
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
INSIGHT INtegration of SensInG and High performance fiber Telecommunications
Coordinator: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands
Extra requirements: A DTU group advertised for an INSIGHT PhD on high-speed optical comms + distributed fibre sensing; no formal ad found
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MONET-6G Mobile and Optical Networks for 6G (MONET-6G)
Coordinator: Aston University (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Germany, Greece, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
VARIABILITI Understanding learning variability to personalise training and boost knowledge-driven, efficient and acceptable neurotechnologies
Coordinator: Universite de Bordeaux (France)
Partner countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | VR-based BCI training (2 positions) | Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, PT |
WILD-MAIDN Why does It Look Different? – Material Appearance International Doctoral Network
Coordinator: Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet NTNU (Norway)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ELLE ELLE: European Doctoral Network on Secure and Safe Artificial Intelligence in the Age of Foundation Models
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Cagliari (Italy)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, United Kingdom
Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 via ELLIS PhD call
Extra requirements: Recruitment run through the ELLIS PhD Program; network launches autumn 2027
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Energy, climate & environment 16 networks
HeatMinds Industrial decarbonisation using innovative low-grade heat upgrade
Coordinator: Brunel University London (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Denmark, Spain, Norway, United Kingdom
Deadline: 22 Nov 2026 (SINTEF posts); Brunel posts closed 30 Oct 2026, City St George's closed 25 Oct 2026; DTU deadline not found
Extra requirements: SINTEF: 2-year Master's (120 ECTS) completed before 1 Jan 2027, avg grade B+, thermal modelling/control/MATLAB-Python background, excellent English
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Industrial heat pump compressor design – gas flow path (closed 30 Oct 2026) | Brunel University of London, UK |
| – | Mechanical & electrical design of industrial heat pump compressors (closed 30 Oct 2026) | Brunel University of London, UK |
| – | Heat exchangers, materials & manufacturing methods (closed 30 Oct 2026) | Brunel University of London, UK |
| – | Expanding the operating envelope of positive displacement compressors (closed 25 Oct 2026) | City St George's, University of London, UK |
| – | Techno-sustainability framework for industrial HTHPs (closed 25 Oct 2026) | City St George's, University of London, UK |
| – | Optimal high-temperature heat pump control (PhD enrolled at Brunel) | SINTEF Energy Research, Norway |
| – | Multiscale ejector design and optimisation in high-temperature heat pumps | SINTEF Energy Research, Norway |
| – | Integration of high-temperature heat pumps into industrial processes | DTU, Denmark |
TRAIN-FAST Training researchers in safe, resilient and economically viable ultra-fast battery charging systems
Coordinator: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: Jan 2027 (Siemens/POLITO position; recruitment period Oct 2026 – Feb 2027)
Extra requirements: 2-year Master's (120 ECTS) or equivalent; strong English; numerical modelling experience an advantage; start April 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | AI-driven computational models for battery degradation (digital twin for ultra-fast charging) | Siemens Industry Software NV, Leuven (PhD awarded by Politecnico di Torino), BE |
ZEST Doctoral Network on Zinc Energy Storage Technology
Coordinator: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 15 Dec 2026, 23:59 CET (EURAXESS also mentions online registration by 27 Nov 2026)
Extra requirements: Relevant Master's; excellent English; Europass CV; apply to up to 3 positions; some positions subject to export-control rules
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Sustainable materials for aqueous Zn-ion electrodes | Universität Bremen, DE |
| DC2 | MnO2-based cathodes for zinc-ion batteries | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, SE |
| DC3 | Interfacial strategies for electrodes in zinc-ion batteries | KU Leuven, BE |
| DC4 | Bio-inspired membranes protecting anode and cathode | Universität Bremen, DE |
| DC5 | Cathode interfaces in zinc-air batteries | University College London, UK |
| DC6 | New materials for zinc-air batteries (theory and experiment) | Sapienza Università di Roma, IT |
| DC7 | Performance and durability of zinc-air batteries for mobile hybrid systems | KU Leuven, BE |
| DC8 | Multifunctional hydrogel electrolytes for zinc-ion batteries | KU Leuven, BE |
| DC9 | Water-in-salt electrolytes for zinc-ion battery stability | Universität Bremen, DE |
| DC10 | Deep eutectic solvents as electrolytes for zinc-ion batteries | Sapienza Università di Roma, IT |
| DC11 | Non-conventional electrolytes in full battery systems | University College London, UK |
| DC12 | Cellulose-based separators suppressing zinc dendrites | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, SE |
| DC13 | Early-stage sustainability evaluation of new zinc battery materials | Sapienza Università di Roma, IT |
| DC14 | Biodegradable, solvent-free binders for aqueous zinc batteries | University College London, UK |
| DC15 | Recycling and remanufacturing of Zn-MnO2 batteries | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, SE |
AI4Power AI4Power: Artificial Intelligence for low carbon Power systems
Coordinator: Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion (Greece)
Partner countries: Denmark, Greece, Spain, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
AMORE Advanced MOnitoring for a Resilient Environment (AMORE) – Nano sensing and Advanced Hybrid Modelling for PFAS, Micro- and Nano-plastics, and Pathogens detection in water.
Coordinator: University of Ulster (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Spain, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
C-BRINES Global climate impacts of extreme brine input to the ocean
Coordinator: Universite de Bordeaux (France)
Partner countries: Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom
Extra requirements: 3 of the 15 DCs hosted at University of Bordeaux (EPOC); contact emmanuelle.ducassou@u-bordeaux.fr
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
CeSuds Circular Economy approaches to Digested Sludge Utilization in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Based on Hydrothermal Carbonization and Complementary Technologies
Coordinator: University of Limerick (Ireland)
Partner countries: Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Hy-DETAILS HyDrogen genEration, Transportation, And utILization ecoSystem
Coordinator: Universitaet Siegen (Germany)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, France, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SOLSTIS Highly Efficient and Stable Organic Photovoltaic Indoor Sensors
Coordinator: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS (France)
Partner countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SWIRL Science for WInd turbine Resilience to Lightning
Coordinator: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain)
Partner countries: Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MOBIDIC hybrid MOdel-Based optImal DesIgn and Control of energy systems
Coordinator: Institut Mines-Telecom (France)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
NOESIS Network for Oceanic Sensing and Integrated Science
Coordinator: Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland)
Partner countries: Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Norway, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
RENEWME Integrated Pathways to RENEWable MEthane: Multidisciplinary Approaches for a Green Energy
Coordinator: Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)
Partner countries: Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SYMBOL Solar-driven hYBrid Methane production via BioelectrOchemicaL CO2 utilization
Coordinator: Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
Partner countries: Austria, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: DTU Sustain post: 1 Jul 2026 (passed)
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Solar-driven hybrid methane production technologies for bio-electrochemical CO2 utilization | DTU Sustain, DK |
TRANSFLOW Integrating Circular Economy Principles into Power Transformer Fleets through Sustainable Fluid Retrofilling
Coordinator: Universidad de Cantabria (Spain)
Partner countries: Colombia, Spain, Italy, Türkiye
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
RESCUE Remediation Enhanced by Subsurface Characterisation & monitoring Using geophysical Evaluation
Coordinator: Universiteit Gent (Belgium)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 12 Jul 2026 (passed)
Extra requirements: Master's by recruitment; English B2 minimum; start Nov 2026–Jan 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Geophysical signatures of contaminant-soil interactions | University of Vienna, AT |
| DC2 | Fate of PFAS & heavy metals in soil/groundwater | Cranfield University, UK |
| DC3 | Probabilistic petrophysical modelling of hydrocarbon contamination | Ghent University, BE |
| DC4 | Soil characterisation for phytomanagement | University of Liège, BE |
| DC5 | Geophysical-hydrological inversion of TEM data | Aarhus University, DK |
| DC6 | Geophysical-petrophysical inversion of FDEM/electric data | Ghent University, BE |
| DC7 | Physics-aware AI for seismic inversion | Sorbonne University, FR |
| DC8 | Geophysical monitoring of PFAS in the unsaturated zone | University of Stuttgart, DE |
| DC9 | Time-lapse ERT for (bio)remediation monitoring | University of Liège, BE |
| DC10 | 4-D GPR full-waveform inversion | Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE |
| DC11 | Electrochemical nanoremediation with geoelectrics | Photon Water Technology, CZ |
| DC12 | Geophysical monitoring of bioaugmentation | Eurecat, ES |
| DC13 | Soil health & geophysics for phytomanagement | Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, LU |
| DC14 | Environmental impacts of geophysics-informed remediation | Linköping University, SE |
| DC15 | Sustainability trade-offs of geophysics-informed remediation | Linköping University, SE |
Engineering & manufacturing 20 networks
CPEC Circular Power Electronics Converters Design
Coordinator: The University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Cyprus, Spain, France, United Kingdom
Deadline: 18 Nov 2026
Extra requirements: Master's in relevant engineering field; excellent English; CUT applicants rank DC1/DC5/DC8 preferences; preferred start Jan 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | SiC MOSFET devices & gate drivers: TCAD/mixed-mode modelling and degradation | Cyprus University of Technology, CY |
| DC5 | Power module health monitoring & lifetime estimation (physics-informed ML) | Cyprus University of Technology, CY |
| DC8 | Second-life modular SiC power converters | Cyprus University of Technology, CY |
| – | Modular converter reliability (ageing models, condition monitoring) | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ES |
TURBO-IMPACT TURBOmachinery Innovative Manufacturing, Processing, Analysis, Characterization, and Topology
Coordinator: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Italy
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 (DC13, Padova)
Extra requirements: 2-year Master's in mechanical/manufacturing/materials engineering, physics, photonics or related; excellent English (Padova DCs)
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC13 | Advancing X-ray Computed Tomography Metrology for Next-Generation Turbomachinery | University of Padova (DTG), IT |
| DC14 | Enhancing Surface Metrology for Next-Generation Turbomachinery | University of Padova (DTG), IT |
ASCEND Next-Generation Accelerated and Scalable Modelling Frameworks for Chemically Reactive Flows
Coordinator: Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
CE4Space Circular Economy for Space
Coordinator: Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica W Krakowie (Poland)
Partner countries: Germany, France, Luxembourg, Poland, United Kingdom
Extra requirements: 4 of 15 DCs hosted at AGH Kraków
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
INTELLASE Doctoral Network on Intelligent Laser Precision Manufacturing
Coordinator: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Slovenia
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
TEAM Training Experts in Light-Based Additive Manufacturing
Coordinator: Universite de Haute Alsace UHA (France)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Türkiye
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
UNIQUE University Network for Industrial Quality, aUtomation, Ecology and Excellence
Coordinator: Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
Partner countries: Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
BESCAPE Boosting Europe’s Space Competitiveness through Advanced Power Electronics
Coordinator: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
Partner countries: Belgium, Spain, Italy, Netherlands
Deadline: DC5 (Padova): 30 Sep 2026 (closed); UPM deadlines not found
Extra requirements: Joint Doctorate with ESA involvement; Master's in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related; must meet admission rules of both degree-awarding universities; start Jan–Sep 2027
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC5 | Innovative digital control of DC/DC converters for adaptive load transient response (joint degree Padova–Twente) | University of Padova, Italy |
| – | Wireless battery charging unit for future space missions (drones/rovers) (joint degree UPM–UMONS) | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
| – | Architecture analysis and model development of a DC micro grid for the Gateway electrical power subsystem (joint degree UPM–UNIPD) | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
BiWPT MSCA Doctoral Network on Bidirectional Wireless Power Transfer for Next-Generation Electric Mobility
Coordinator: Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden
Deadline: 1 Oct 2026
Extra requirements: Apply for up to 3 positions via central form; homepage says 'We are hiring'
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Parity-time symmetry for dynamic bidirectional WPT | University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| DC2 | Combining magnetic and electric field coupling for bidirectional WPT | University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| DC3 | Metamaterial design using high-power-handling materials for WPT efficiency | University of Aveiro, Portugal |
| DC4 | Misalignment-tolerant magnetic coupler for dynamic WPT | University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark |
| DC5 | Single and multi-phase PCB coil-based bidirectional WPT systems | University of Bologna, Italy |
| DC6 | Design and control of bidirectional high-power robust WPT converters | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| DC7 | Bidirectional converter and hybrid compensation topologies | University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark |
| DC8 | Nonlinear modeling of reconfigurable GaN-HEMT oscillator–rectifier circuits for bidirectional WPT | University of Bologna, Italy |
| DC9 | Near-field communication for wireless power transfer | University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| DC10 | Electromagnetic interference in dynamic EV applications | KU Leuven, Belgium |
| DC11 | High-power-handling materials and electromagnetic decoupling strategies | University of Aveiro, Portugal |
| DC12 | Efficient shielding through novel electric topology structures | University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| DC13 | Efficiency and misalignment tolerance in bidirectional wireless EV charging | LUT University, Finland |
| DC14 | System-level analysis of high-power wireless charging architectures | LUT University, Finland |
| DC15 | High-power WPT converters for heavy-duty vehicles | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
HyNOISE Hydrogen combustion NOise Investigation for Safe and Efficient propulsion and energy systems
Coordinator: Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom
Deadline: TUM post: 15 Oct 2026 (expired)
Extra requirements: TUM post: apply by email, subject 'Application-HyNoise-TFD'
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Quiet hydrogen combustion / thermoacoustic instabilities (expired) | Technical University of Munich, Germany |
LEGEND Leading-Edge evaluation and GENeration of Defect-tolerance in composite structures
Coordinator: Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Sweden
Deadline: Chalmers posts: 31 Aug 2026 (passed)
Extra requirements: Chalmers: 4-year post, MSCA living allowance €5,012/month
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Multiscale modelling of effects of defects in composites | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| – | Redefining industrial defect acceptance criteria for composites | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
| – | LEGEND doctoral position (ad now offline) | University of Freiburg, Germany |
MicroMan4Health Data-centric micromanufacturing platform towards added value in the health sector
Coordinator: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MultiMAM Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing
Coordinator: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
NAT-BUILD Mimicking nature to valorise earth as a building resource
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Genova (Italy)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
OCTAGON Standardisation, characterisation and modelling composite processes and environment-induced deformations
Coordinator: Fundacion IMDEA Materiales (Spain)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
OCTOPUS Open Collaborative Training for Operational Pan-Union Resilience of Transportation Systems
Coordinator: The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars & the Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy & Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin (Ireland)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SurPhase Sustainable Surface Engineering with AI, Multiscale Modeling, and Additive Manufacturing for Enhanced Phase-Change Heat Transfer
Coordinator: The University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Italy, Norway, Türkiye, United Kingdom
Deadline: Sabancı University expression-of-interest deadline 31 Oct 2026 (just passed)
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Surface engineering / phase-change heat transfer / machine learning | Sabancı University, TR |
| DC4 | Surface engineering / phase-change heat transfer / machine learning | Sabancı University, TR |
| DC12 | Surface engineering / phase-change heat transfer / machine learning | Sabancı University, TR |
TRANSCEND Transport resilience against natural and anthropogenic disruptions
Coordinator: Technische Universiteit Delft (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Ecodesign Ecodesign Doctoral Network
Coordinator: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
Deadline: KU Leuven positions: 18 Jun 2026 / 31 Aug 2026 (passed); other partners unknown
Extra requirements: KU Leuven: Master's with at least cum laude distinction
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Ecodesign for human-robotic re- and demanufacturing | KU Leuven, BE |
| – | Product identification and (eco)labelling for accessing Digital Product Passports | KU Leuven, BE |
| – | Adaptive robotic demanufacturing | KU Leuven, BE |
| – | AR/VR-supported digital working instructions for reuse, repair, remanufacturing and recycling | KU Leuven, BE |
REFFRACTEUR Digital REFractory FRAmework for a Carbon neutral and Resilient indusTry in EURope.
Coordinator: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS (France)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Norway, Portugal
Deadline: 24 Jun 2026 (passed; all positions filled)
Extra requirements: All filled; standard MSCA rules
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| PhD01 | Digital product passport for circular refractory raw materials | ULiège / RHI Magnesita, BE |
| PhD02 | Ecodesign & LCA of ladle refractory configurations | ULiège / Vesuvius, BE |
| PhD03 | Semantic data integration & cloud platforms for refractory life cycle | Montanuniversität Leoben / Siemens, AT |
| PhD04 | Automation & digitalisation for spent refractory fines | University of South-Eastern Norway / RHI Magnesita, NO |
| PhD05 | MgO-C and MgO castables with high recyclate content | Montanuniversität Leoben / Elkem, AT |
| PhD06 | Cement-free binder systems for refractory castables | IRCER Limoges / Elkem, FR |
| PhD07 | Virtual lab for microcrack prediction (DEM) | IRCER Limoges / Imerys, FR |
| PhD08 | Structural spalling & thermal fatigue of alumina-spinel castables | FGF Höhr-Grenzhausen / Imerys, DE |
| PhD09 | In situ multi-physics characterisation under thermal gradients | IRCER Limoges / Ceraquitaine, FR |
| PhD10 | Ceramic shell architectures for turbine-blade casting | IRCER Limoges / Safran, FR |
| PhD11 | Thermo-hygral-mechanical modelling of castable dry-out |
Chemistry & materials 6 networks
SkillCirc Empowering Innovation for a Sustainable Plastic Future
Coordinator: Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (Ireland)
Partner countries: Greece, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
DOCGREEN Doctoral network in green and sustainable polymers
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Torino (Italy)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Mecat Mechanocatalysis for sustainable synthesis
Coordinator: Universite de Poitiers (France)
Partner countries: Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
POLY4EV Sustainable Polymers for Electric Vehicles
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Padova (Italy)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
RADICALLY Enantioselective Catalysis for Radical Transformations
Coordinator: University of Durham (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
e-ChemIn ElectroChemical Interfaces for energy conversion and storage: towards a carbon neutral society
Coordinator: INM – Leibniz-Institut fuer Neue Materialien Gemeinnuetzige GmbH (Germany)
Partner countries: Czechia, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 20 Sep 2026 (passed; site says deadline has passed)
Extra requirements: Master's in materials science, electrochemistry, chemistry, applied physics or related; not enrolled in another PhD; up to 4 projects with ranked list
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Covalent composite anode materials for electrochemical interfaces design | Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, DE |
| DC2 | Characterization of solid-liquid and solid-solid electrochemical interfaces operando at the nanoscale | INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, DE |
| DC3 | Understanding ion adsorption and transfer in electrodes on the nanoscale | INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, DE |
| DC4 | Ion-conductive polymers for stabilizing the anode/electrolyte interface in aqueous zinc ion batteries | Stockholm University, SE |
| DC5 | In-silico reconstruction of solid-liquid and solid-solid electrochemical interfaces | Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), ES |
| DC6 | Functional interfaces in high-voltage sodium layered oxide cathodes for SIBs | CIC energiGUNE, ES |
| DC7 | First-principles modelling of reactivity and ionic conductivity in electrode-electrolyte solid interfaces | CIC energiGUNE, ES |
| DC8 | Advanced electrode materials and electrochemical interfaces for sustainable energy storage | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, CZ |
| DC9 | Ion dynamics at interfaces studied by solid-state and PFG NMR | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE |
| DC10 | Operando X-ray spectroscopy on electrocatalytic interfaces | Leiden University, NL |
| DC11 | Multi-modal operando X-ray characterization of solid-liquid electrocatalytic interfaces | University of Liverpool, UK |
| DC12 | Electrocatalytic activity of materials interfaces for energy conversion | University of Trieste, IT |
| DC13 | Poly(ionic liquid) composites for CO2 conversion in Na-CO2 batteries | Stockholm University, SE |
| DC14 | Sustainable recovery and reuse of critical raw materials in electrocatalysts | MONOLITHOS Catalysts and Recycling Ltd., EL |
| DC15 | Sustainable sodium-ion batteries with recyclable components | INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, DE |
Physics, photonics & quantum 9 networks
PHOTONIQC A Photonic Quantum Computer
Coordinator: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom
Deadline: DTU Electro posts: 15 Nov 2026
Extra requirements: Two-year MSc (120 ECTS) in engineering/physics or equivalent; start 1 Mar 2027 (DTU posts); apply via DTU portal stating the project
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| PhD1 (DTU) | Design & simulation of quantum-dot single-photon sources | DTU Electro, DK |
| PhD2 (DTU) | Nanofabrication & optical characterization of quantum light sources | DTU Electro, DK |
| PhD3 (DTU) | System architecture for cluster-state photonic quantum computing | DTU Electro, DK |
QuBriC Bridging Quantum and Classical Error Correction for Scalable Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing
Coordinator: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: DC3.2 30 Nov 2026; DC3.3 16 Dec 2026; DC4.3 18 Dec 2026; DC4.1 23 Dec 2026; DC1.3 30 Dec 2026
Extra requirements: Master's in EE/physics/CS/applied maths; strong maths; English B2+ (TU/e ad)
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1.1 | Physics-aware quantum code design (planned) | Freie Universität Berlin, DE |
| DC1.2 | Bounding performance of QEC (planned) | ETH Zurich, CH |
| DC1.3 | Algebraic channel-adapted quantum codes (open) | University of Gdańsk, PL |
| DC2.1 | Soft-decision QEC codes (closed) | TU Eindhoven, NL |
| DC2.2 | Fault-tolerant QC in distributed architectures (planned) | University College London, UK |
| DC2.3 | Logical gate demonstrations on near-term hardware (planned) | INRIA, FR |
| DC2.4 | Quantum Reed-Muller & polar codes (planned) | Politecnico di Milano, IT |
| DC3.1 | ML tools for QEC with superconducting qubits (planned) | Riverlane, UK |
| DC3.2 | ML-based QEC decoders (open) | Chalmers University of Technology, SE |
| DC3.3 | Ultra-low-latency parallel decoding (open) | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE |
| DC3.4 | Correlated decoding for fault-tolerant logic (planned) | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| DC4.1 | Hardware-efficient codes (open) | IQM, DE |
| DC4.2 | QEC for photonic/bosonic architectures (closed) | TU Delft, NL |
| DC4.3 | Codes & logic for biased-noise qubits (open) | Alice & Bob, FR |
| DC4.4 | QEC on neutral-atom qubits (planned) | TU Eindhoven, NL |
QUEST Training Network on Quantum Electrodynamics with Silicon NanoTechnology
Coordinator: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy
Deadline: Varies per host; DTU and MPI Göttingen posts closed 1 Nov 2026 – check each ad
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| PhD1 | Epitaxial Si-based materials for the deep nanoscale | Johannes Kepler University Linz, AT |
| PhD2 | Ion implantation for silicon quantum photonics | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, DE |
| PhD3 | Spatio-spectral alignment of quantum emitters to bowtie cavities | Lizard Photonics |
| PhD4 | Impact of surfaces on deep-nanoscale optomechanics | Lizard Photonics |
| PhD5 | Electron-light interaction in Si photonic nanostructures I | MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, DE |
| PhD6 | Electron-light interaction in Si photonic nanostructures II | MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, DE |
| PhD7 | Casimir-Polder force in silicon nanostructures | Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, FR |
| PhD8 | Cavity QED with molecular gases | Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, FR |
| PhD9 | Nonlinear Casimir-optomechanics with Si nanophotonic cavities | Universitat de Barcelona, ES |
| PhD10 | Mechanical degrees of freedom in single quantum emitters | LENS / CNR-INO (Florence), IT |
| PhD11 | Quantum optical measurements of extreme light-matter interaction | DTU, DK |
| PhD12 | Time-domain simulations of particles in EM fields | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE |
| PhD13 | Theory of fluctuation-induced phenomena in Si nanostructures | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE |
| PhD14 | Silicon QED at the deep nanoscale | DTU, DK |
| PhD15 | Silicon optomechanics & light-matter interaction | DTU, DK |
SPARK Spatiotemporal photonic technologies
Coordinator: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 10 Nov 2026 (TU/e frequency-gradient metasurfaces post); other TU/e posts listed 18 Oct 2026
Extra requirements: Master's in applied physics, photonics, electrical engineering, materials science or related
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Spatiotemporal light generation with frequency-gradient metasurfaces | Eindhoven University of Technology, NL |
| – | Dynamic metasurfaces for spacetime-engineered light | Eindhoven University of Technology, NL |
| – | Spatiotemporal integrated metamaterials | Eindhoven University of Technology, NL |
IMPACT-IT Integrating Voltage-Driven Ionics with Magnetism for Low-Power Memory and Advanced Computing: A Training Initiative on Energy-Efficient Information Technologies
Coordinator: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
COPCA-DN COllision Physics and Chemistry and its Application – Doctoral Network
Coordinator: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Austria, Czechia, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MORPHEOS neuroMORPHic fluidic circuits Enabled by artificial iOn channelS
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
NEONET Near-Earth-Object Impact Network for European Talent Development
Coordinator: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza Wpoznaniu (Poland)
Partner countries: Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Poland, Sweden
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
NICEST Network for Integration of Comb Experimental Spectroscopic Techniques
Coordinator: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS (France)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Agriculture, food & ecology 9 networks
AGRIPOLYS Molecularly Designed Polymers for Sustainable Agriculture
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Padova (Italy)
Partner countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Extra requirements: Profile: polymer chemistry, biotechnology, sustainability. Pre-application by email (CV, motivation letter, transcript, referees) to lab; formal application later via EURAXESS
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Biodegradable polymers for beneficial microorganism survival and soil health | University of Padova (MOCLab, Benetti), Italy |
| – | Precision macromolecular carriers for targeted nucleic acid delivery in plants | University of Padova (MOCLab, Benetti), Italy |
FAroGels Food-Grade Aerogels for Sustainable Food Systems
Coordinator: Middle East Technical University (Türkiye)
Partner countries: Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Poland, Türkiye, United Kingdom
Deadline: 9 Dec 2026, 23:59 CET
Extra requirements: Master's in food science/engineering, chemistry, chem. eng., materials, physics, biotech, pharma or related by recruitment date; fluent English; 2 reference letters uploaded; separate form per position (some also need host-system application); non-EU welcome, no visa needed at application
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Valorisation of Seaweed Residues for Food-Grade Aerogels | CSIC – IATA, ES |
| DC2 | Aerogels from Non-Gelling Biopolymers | Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), DE |
| DC3 | Magnetic Resonance-Based Characterization of Aerogel Systems | Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| DC4 | Semi-Automated Intelligent Supercritical CO2 Drying System | Superex (Pard Mühendislik), Konya, TR |
| DC5 | Aerogel-Based Selective Adsorption of Anti-Nutritional Factors | Middle East Technical University (METU), TR |
| DC6 | Hybrid Aerogel-Microencapsulation for Nutraceutical Stability and Delivery | MyBiotech GmbH, DE |
| DC7 | Porous Food Ingredients for Sensory Control and Healthier Diets | University of Udine, IT |
| DC8 | Moisture-Insensitive Aerogel Packaging for Mechanical Shock Protection | METU, TR |
| DC9 | Industrial Insulation Applications of Reinforced Cellulose-Based Aerogels | Aerofybers Technologies, ES |
| DC10 | Scalable Sterilization of Aerogel Carriers for Bioactive Food | University of Santiago de Compostela, ES |
| DC11 | Aerogels from Plant Residues as Active Absorbent Pads for Food Packaging | University of Udine, IT |
| DC12 | Bio-based Aerogels for Active & Safe Food Packaging | University of Santiago de Compostela, ES |
| DC13 | Aerogels Integrated into Electrospun Fibers for Innovative Food Solutions | AGH University of Krakow, PL |
| DC14 | Aerogels for Oral Lubrication | University of Helsinki, FI |
| DC15 | Interaction of Aerogels with Complex Food Media: Experimental & Modelling | TUHH, DE |
ReDiLeep Using science-driven response diversity knowledge to leverage efficient ecosystem preservation and restoration
Coordinator: Linkopings Universitet (Sweden)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: Per EURAXESS ad; most DCs closed (DC8 CSIC ad listed 30 Oct 2026 deadline)
Extra requirements: Master's in ecology/environmental sciences or related; R/quant skills valued; excellent English
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Structural patterns of species interactions & response diversity (closed) | Linköping University, SE |
| DC2 | Species interaction networks & response diversity in soundscapes (closed) | Linköping University, SE |
| DC3 | Effect and fate of response diversity under environmental change (closed) | University of Oldenburg, DE |
| DC4 | Measuring response diversity at scale across taxa (open) | Cardiff University, UK |
| DC5 | Do biotic interactions homogenise responses? (open) | Cardiff University, UK |
| DC6 | General theory of response diversity, stability & coexistence (closed) | Université de Namur, BE |
| DC7 | Mean response & response diversity across contexts (closed) | Université de Namur, BE |
| DC8 | Compensatory dynamics under extreme climatic events (listed open) | CSIC (CIDE) / Universitat de València, ES |
| DC9 | Boreal forest & tundra plant communities (closed) | University of Helsinki, FI |
| DC10 | Restoration of co-invading alien plants (closed) | Swansea University, UK |
| DC11 | Integrating response diversity into policy (closed) | University of Zurich, CH |
| DC12 | Response-diversity-enabled policy (closed) | University of Zurich, CH |
| DC13 | Physiological basis of response diversity (closed) | Monash University, AU |
BIO-ACTIVE Bio-based, Intelligent and Regenerative Systems for a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture
Coordinator: Univerzitet U Novom Sadu Fakultet Tehnickih Nauka (Serbia)
Partner countries: Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
BlueOcean Novel photonics instruments for AI-assisted characterization and monitoring of marine ecosystems
Coordinator: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Denmark, Spain, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Rumen-Innovate Doctoral Training in Ruminant Microbiome Science:Developing Evidence-Based Interventions for Sustainable Food Production and Climate Change Mitigation
Coordinator: The Queen's University of Belfast (United Kingdom)
Partner countries: Belgium, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom
Deadline: Recruitment planned for autumn 2027 (per IRTA)
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
StripesandStars Colour and patterns as fundamental and applied training playground for the next generation of leaders in plant breeding and plant research
Coordinator: Technische Universitaet Wien (Austria)
Partner countries: Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
ML4Plankton Machine learning to decipher plankton big data and unravel the link between marine plankton diversity and associated ecosystem services
Coordinator: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS (France)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Sustain Vitis Improving the sustainability of the wine value chain in a concerted effort of academia and industry
Coordinator: Fondazione Edmund Mach (Italy)
Partner countries: Germany, France, Italy, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
Society, law & humanities 19 networks
DIVINE DIViNE Doctoral Network (Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe)
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
Partner countries: Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 6–15 Nov 2026 depending on DC (DC8: 6 Nov; DC5/DC7: 9 Nov; DC2/3/4/9/10: 11 Nov; DC1/DC6: 15 Nov)
Extra requirements: Apply only via each host's portal (email applications not assessed); may apply to multiple nodes. Site also lists a non-MSCA DC11 at MPI Göttingen.
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Historical Legacies of Violence and Democratic Institutions [deadline 15 Nov 2026] | University of Milan (co-host Madrid), IT |
| DC2 | Exogenous Shocks, Violent Legacies, and Democratic Resilience [deadline 11 Nov 2026] | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (co-host Milan), ES |
| DC3 | Endogenous Persistence of Violence after Democratization [deadline 11 Nov 2026] | University of Amsterdam (co-host Uppsala), NL |
| DC4 | The Unintended Consequences of Democratic Reforms [deadline 11 Nov 2026] | University of Essex (co-host Amsterdam), UK |
| DC5 | Institutional Reform, Violence, and Democratic Consolidation [deadline 9 Nov 2026] | Uppsala University (co-host Essex), SE |
| DC6 | Security Externalities and Post-Conflict Democratization [deadline 15 Nov 2026] | University of Milan (co-host Uppsala), IT |
| DC7 | Public Support for Political Violence in Advanced Democracies [deadline 9 Nov 2026] | Uppsala University (co-host Milan), SE |
| DC8 | Militarization, Public Support, and Democratic Erosion in Latin America [deadline 6 Nov 2026] | University of Amsterdam (co-host Milan), NL |
| DC9 | Democratic Decline, Political Violence, and Cycles of Repression [deadline 11 Nov 2026] | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (co-host Essex), ES |
| DC10 | Recruitment Dynamics and Behavioral Output of Violent Organizations [deadline 11 Nov 2026] | University of Essex (co-host Madrid), UK |
EMANAIRE Empowering Human Agency in AI-Augmented Futures of Work
Coordinator: Stiftelsen Handelshoyskolen Bi (Norway)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia
Deadline: Rolling by DC: 7 Nov 2026 (TUM), 1 Dec 2026 (Aarhus), 10–11 Dec 2026 (Ljubljana), 15 Jan 2027 (SSE); 8 DCs already closed
Extra requirements: Apply via each host university's ad; up to 4 projects; background in management, organisation studies, psychology, sociology, communication or IS
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC11 | Human-Machine Communication in Hybrid Knowledge-Intensive Work [7 Nov 2026 – open] | Technical University of Munich, DE |
| DC13 | Understanding Skills for Human–AI Collaboration Among Young Professionals [7 Nov 2026 – open] | Technical University of Munich, DE |
| DC12 | AI and Workplace Inclusion [1 Dec 2026 – open] | Aarhus University, DK |
| DC07 | Human Agency in Distributed, Fragmented, and AI-Mediated Workflows [10 Dec 2026 – open] | University of Ljubljana, SI |
| DC02 | Leadership and Work Design for Meaningfulness in the Age of AI [11 Dec 2026 – open] | University of Ljubljana, SI |
| DC05 | Human-AI Co-existence and the Transformation of Professional Work [opens 1 Dec 2026, deadline 15 Jan 2027] | Stockholm School of Economics, SE |
| DC03 | Leader Legitimacy in Augmented Leadership [closed] | BI Norwegian Business School, NO |
| DC04 | AI Companions and Caregiver Workflows in Inclusive Care [closed] | LMU Munich, DE |
| DC06 | AI Co-Creation, Morality, and the Inner Good in Creative Industries [closed] | Hanken School of Economics, FI |
| DC08 | Balancing Individual AI-Augmentation with Organisational Stability [closed] | University of Zurich, CH |
| DC09 | Managing Team Communication in AI-Augmented Teams [closed] | BI Norwegian Business School, NO |
| DC10 | AI-mediated Communication and Collaboration Norms at Work [closed] | Hanken School of Economics, FI |
| DC14 | Futureproofing Employee Careers in the Age of Generative AI [closed] | BI Norwegian Business School, NO |
| DC15 | Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Augmented Organisations [closed] | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL |
REGULAIRE Regulatory Learning for the Governance of Transformative Technologies
Coordinator: Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sweden
Deadline: DC04/DC14 2 Nov; DC01/05/07/13/15 7 Nov; DC02 8 Nov; DC03/08 15 Nov; DC11 22 Nov; DC12 25 Nov 2026
Extra requirements: Master's (law, policy, political science, STS etc.); English working language; apply via host university ad, not by email to network
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC01 | Problem-sensing capacities through portfolio analysis | University of St. Gallen, CH |
| DC02 | Supervisory authority & power shifts in AI governance | Lund University, SE |
| DC03 | Outsider innovation as foresight infrastructure | BI Norwegian Business School, NO |
| DC04 | Role of researchers in AI governance | University of Amsterdam, NL |
| DC05 | Procurement for foresight: quantum & cybersecurity | Technical University of Munich, DE |
| DC06 | Software engineering for regulatory learning (not yet listed) | Maastricht University, NL |
| DC07 | AI literacy interventions for regulatory learning | University of St. Gallen, CH |
| DC08 | Regulatory delearning in EU technology governance | BI Norwegian Business School, NO |
| DC09 | Design-driven institutional reframing (not yet listed) | Politecnico di Milano, IT |
| DC10 | Frugal regulation for low-resource regulators (not yet listed) | Bucharest University of Economic Studies, RO |
| DC11 | Street-level bureaucracy of AI regulatory implementation | University of Copenhagen, DK |
| DC12 | Enforcement overlap in EU digital governance | Católica Global School of Law, PT |
| DC13 | Evidence stewardship & regulatory memory | Technical University of Munich, DE |
| DC14 | Systemic actors & enforcement of digital rules | University of Amsterdam, NL |
| DC15 | Anti-capture mechanisms in adaptive regulation | Technical University of Munich, DE |
CLIMALAW Bridging climate science and law for understanding climate litigation
Coordinator: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
GLASS-CARE Green Light for Advanced Solutions in Stained Glass Conservation and Application of Research and Education
Coordinator: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Partner countries: Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, France, Norway, Poland, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
IN-JUSTICE Addressing Eco-Social Injustices: Grassroot Strategies Beyond Growth
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro (Italy)
Partner countries: Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
INFLUENCE Russian Influences in the European Periphery: Interdependencies, Narratives, Power
Coordinator: Vilniaus Universitetas (Lithuania)
Partner countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
LPE-GREEN Reconfiguring Europe: Law and Political Economy of the Green Transition
Coordinator: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SENSEI Sanctions Effectiveness Network for Scholarship and Evaluation through Interdisciplinarity
Coordinator: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands)
Partner countries: Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SOPHIA-DN A Doctoral Training Network on the Study Of Premodern Ceramic Heritage: Integrating Experimental and AI-Enhanced Interdisciplinary Research
Coordinator: University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
Partner countries: Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SUPAR Supporting Parents to Protect Children
Coordinator: University of Galway (Ireland)
Partner countries: Spain, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SUSTAIN SUSTAIN Europe’s workforce. Actionable Knowledge and Training towards a Sustainable European Workforce for Future Health, Well-Being, and Prosperity
Coordinator: Syddansk Universitet (Denmark)
Partner countries: Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
UNCHANGE UNderstanding change in Cultural Heritage: the Next Generation of Experts
Coordinator: Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet NTNU (Norway)
Partner countries: Switzerland, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovenia
Extra requirements: Backgrounds in computer science/AI, imaging, physics, materials science, chemistry, engineering or conservation science; calls via hosts' local portals
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| DC1 | Appearance Monitoring | |
| DC2 | 3D Object Models | |
| DC3 | Hyperspectral Imaging | |
| DC4 | Light Sensitivity | |
| DC5 | Degradation Mapping | |
| DC6 | Fading Aspects | |
| DC7 | Moisture in Artworks | |
| DC8 | Advanced RTI | |
| DC9 | Surface Modelling | |
| DC10 | Multimodal Analysis | |
| DC11 | Heritage Digital Twins | |
| DC12 | Digital Restoration | |
| DC13 | Predictive Conservation | |
| DC14 | Surface Change Analysis | |
| DC15 | Wall Painting Studies |
CALLIOPE Changing perspectives: the role of women in the birth of new Languages, LIteratures and cultural traditions in EurOPE (6th – 15th c.)
Coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza (Italy)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MINARET A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures: Insights from Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia
Coordinator: Lunds Universitet (Sweden)
Partner countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
MultiLAwa Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society
Coordinator: Universite de Lorraine (France)
Partner countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
PANDORIS Public Administration Doctoral Network in Digital and Green Transitions
Coordinator: Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (Estonia)
Partner countries: Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
STEP-UP Safe, Thriving and Engaged Pedestrians in Urban Public Spaces
Coordinator: Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion (Greece)
Partner countries: Germany, Denmark, Greece, Sweden, United Kingdom
Extra requirements: Joint Doctorate (DN-JD)
Individual PhD projects are not published yet. Bookmark the links below and check again in a few weeks.
SoCRISP Acting in Crisis: Understanding Social Complexity to improve Crisis Preparedness
Coordinator: Stockholms Universitet (Sweden)
Partner countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Deadline: 15 Oct 2026 (Stockholm University posts; passed). Other partners' ads not found
Extra requirements: SU posts start 1 Feb 2027; DC hosts also include Univ. Groningen, UCL, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, UiT, Disaster Competence Network Austria, UCD, Volonteurope
| Code | PhD project | Host |
|---|---|---|
| – | Agent-based social simulation for crisis preparedness (governmental communication & citizen preparedness) | Stockholm University (DSV), SE |
| – | Agent-based simulation of social behaviour (citizens as social beings in a pandemic crisis) | Stockholm University (DSV), SE |
Network list: CORDIS, call HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01 (141 projects). Positions, deadlines and requirements: each network’s website and EURAXESS adverts, checked 2 November 2026. Some networks had nothing online yet; their status will change over the coming months.
6How to apply, step by step
The process is similar in nearly every network. Knowing the shape of it in advance saves you from the most common mistake: finding the perfect project two days before the deadline.
- Shortlist three to five networks. Use the directory above and filter by your field. Read the network’s website, not just the advert; the research programme and the partner list tell you what the supervisors care about.
- Check eligibility against the start date. Count your months for the mobility rule, and make sure your master’s will be finished before you start.
- Pick your projects. Many networks let you apply for up to three projects in one application and rank them. Choose projects you can explain in an interview, not just the ones in your favourite country.
- Email the supervisor (optional but useful). A short, specific email with one question about the project often gets a reply and helps your motivation letter. See the professor email formula.
- Apply through the official portal. Most networks use a single central form. Some ask you to apply on each host university’s own job site instead; the advert will say which.
- Shortlisting and interviews. Shortlisted candidates usually get an online interview with the supervisor. Many networks then hold a joint recruitment event, online or in person, where you meet several supervisors in a day or two.
- Offer, contract and visa. After the offer, the host university sends the documents for your residence permit. For non-EU researchers this is usually a researcher or work permit; the university’s international office will guide you.
Most adverts are also posted on EURAXESS, the EU’s research jobs portal. If you have never used it, this walkthrough shows how to search and set alerts:
7Documents checklist
| Document | What to watch for |
|---|---|
| Academic CV | Two pages, research first: thesis title and supervisor, methods, publications, skills relevant to the project. No father’s name, CNIC or religion. CV guide. |
| Motivation or cover letter | One page per network, naming the specific DC projects and why you fit them. Which one to write. |
| Degree certificates and transcripts | Scanned originals plus English translations if they are not in English. Keep HEC-attested copies ready; some universities ask for them at enrolment. |
| Proof of English | IELTS or TOEFL, or a letter confirming your degree was taught in English. Requirements differ by university, so read the advert. |
| Two or three referees | Names and emails, or letters uploaded directly by the referees. Ask them weeks in advance and send them the project titles. |
| Mobility declaration | Many portals ask you to list where you lived in the last three years. Answer precisely; it is checked again at contract stage. |
8Preparing for the interview
MSCA interviews are usually 30 to 45 minutes with two or three supervisors. Expect a short presentation of your master’s research, questions on the specific project, and a check that you understand what a network PhD involves: travel, secondments and working with industry. Prepare one clear answer to “why this project and not another one in the network?”, because almost every panel asks it.
The playlist below is the one I send to students who message me before their interview. It covers common questions with answers from real Marie Curie candidates, the questions you should ask the panel, and how to behave on Zoom.
9Full workshop and lecture playlists
If you prefer to learn by watching, these two playlists cover the whole process in much more depth than a blog can. The two-day workshop was recorded for Pakistani applicants and walks through finding positions, writing documents and preparing for selection.
Frequently asked questions
Can Pakistani students apply for Marie Curie PhD positions?
Yes. MSCA Doctoral Networks accept doctoral candidates of any nationality. The main condition is the mobility rule: you must not have lived or worked in the country of the hiring organisation for more than 12 months in the 36 months before your start date. Most applicants living in Pakistan meet it automatically.
How much does a Marie Curie PhD pay in 2026?
Under the 2025 Doctoral Networks rules, the living allowance is €4,010 a month multiplied by a country coefficient, plus a €710 mobility allowance and €660 a month if you have a family. In Germany that is about €4,768 gross a month, or roughly 8.0 lakh rupees take-home after tax at today's rate.
Do I need a master's degree for an MSCA PhD?
The official rule is only that you must not already hold a doctorate. In practice most positions ask for a master's degree, or one finished before the start date, because you also have to be admitted to a doctoral programme at the university. Read each vacancy for its exact degree requirement.
How many Marie Curie PhD positions can I apply for?
Many networks let you apply for up to three projects within the same network, ranked by preference, and you can apply to as many different networks as you like. Tailor each application; a generic letter sent to fifteen projects rarely works.
When do the 2025 Doctoral Networks start recruiting?
The 141 networks funded under the 2025 call start between September 2026 and March 2027. Most advertise their PhD positions between autumn 2026 and spring 2027, with deadlines usually two to three months before the planned start date.
About the author. Dr. Ammar Tufail is the founder of Codanics and completed his PhD in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme. He teaches data science, AI and research skills to students in Urdu and Hindi.
Sources: CORDIS, MSCA Doctoral Networks 2025; Horizon Europe MSCA Work Programme, amended by Decision C(2025) 2779 (unit costs, eligibility, Table 1 country coefficients); OECD Taxing Wages 2026; exchange rate from open.er-api.com on 2 November 2026. Network details come from each network’s website and EURAXESS. Deadlines and positions change quickly; always confirm on the official advert before you apply.