The European Commission has announced the results of the 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks call.
The Commission will fund a total of **149 excellent doctoral programmes** with **€608.6 million** to train over **1800 doctoral candidates** in and outside academia.
**€536.9 million** will be awarded **to 133 standard Doctoral programmes**, to train PhD candidates and develop their skills.
Funding includes also **€26 million for 8 Industrial Doctoral programmes** to train PhD candidates and develop their skills outside academia, including in industry and business. Doctoral candidates will also benefit from joint industry-academia supervision.
An additional **€33 million will be allocated to 8 Joint Doctoral programmes**, which promote joint selection, training and supervision leading to joint or multiple doctoral degrees.
The European Research Executive Agency (REA) received [1,417 applications for this call](/news/msca-doctoral-networks-2024-results?). This means a success rate of 10.6 %.
Close collaboration beyond academia
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These doctoral programmes are implemented by international partnerships, involving **9335 organisations** in 130 countries in the EU, Horizon Europe associated countries and beyond. 4725 of these are private for-profit entities.
Selected projects are coordinated by organisations in 18 countries.