The European Commission will provide co-funding for 16 doctoral training and 14 postdoctoral fellowship programmes.

The European Commission has announced the results of the 2022 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND).

The European Commission will fund 30 COFUND projects with €95 million. These include 16 doctoral training programmes and 14 post-doctoral fellowship programmes of outstanding quality.

COFUND provides funding for regional, national and international programmes for training and career development (doctorates and post-doctorate fellowships), through co-funding mechanisms.

It spreads the MSCA’s best practices by promoting high standards and excellent working conditions.

International cooperation

The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received 107 applications for this call of which 105 were eligible and were evaluated. With 30 selected projects, the result corresponds to a 28.6% success rate.

These collaborative programmes are implemented by international partnerships.

They cover over 511 organisations in 39 countries in the EU, countries associated to Horizon Europe and beyond, including 141 companies and 74 small and medium-sized enterprises.

Selected projects are coordinated by organisations in 11 countries

• Spain: 8 projects
• France: 6 projects
• Finland and Turkey: 3 each
• Germany, Ireland and Norway: 2 each
• Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden: 1 each

These projects have the following participations by EU member states and countries associated to Horizon Europe

• Spain: 110 participations
• France: 66
• Italy: 41
• Germany: 35
• Finland and Norway: 33 each
• Turkey: 30
• Ireland and the Netherlands: 14 each
• Belgium and Sweden: 10 each
• Denmark: 9
• Austria and Portugal: 5 each
• Greece, Poland and Romania: 4 each
• Cyprus and Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia: 2 each
• Bulgaria and Estonia: 1 each

The call was also open to organisations based outside these countries, which can join projects as associated partners. The projects have the following participations by third countries

• United Kingdom: 21 participations
• United States: 18
• Switzerland: 9
• Australia and Canada: 4 each
• India: 3
• Argentina, United Arab Emirates: 2 each
• Brazil, Burundi, Chile, Colombia, Japan and New Zealand: 1 each

Since 2014 the MSCA have supported 272 COFUND projects, including those funded in this round.

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Next funding programme will open on 10 October 2023.

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