The 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) closed on 9 September 2026. The European Research Executive Agency received 21,627 proposals under this call, the highest number of applications received for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships to date, and the highest number of proposals ever for any funding action in the 40 years of EU research and innovation Framework Programmes. It represents an increase of 26.7% compared to the previous year’s 17,066 applications under the 2025 call.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call receives record number of applications
