The 2024 MSCA Doctoral Networks call closed at 17:00 on 27 November 2024.
The European Research Executive Agency has announced that 1417 proposals were submitted under this call, up from 1066 in 2023 and 946 in 2022.
The UK submitted the second highest number of proposals with 171 applications, following Spain who submitted 177 and preceding Germany who submitted 158.
Proposals were submitted to the different MSCA DN schemes as follows:
- Standard Doctoral Networks: 1249 proposals
- Industrial Doctorates: 80 proposals
- Joint Doctorates: 88 proposals
The overall budget for the MSCA DN 2023 call is €608.6 million and over 190 projects are expected to be funded.
The evaluation process should start in December 2024 and the selection results are expected to be announced in April 2025.