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HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 is a pilot action under the Horizon Europe RAISE initiative that creates doctoral training networks dedicated to AI in science, with a total call budget of 30,000,000 euros.
It is built on the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks model, meaning it funds structured international doctoral programmes rather than individual research projects: a consortium of institutions across multiple countries jointly recruits and trains a cohort of doctoral candidates, with mandatory secondments, joint training activities and a shared research agenda.
What distinguishes the RAISE variant from the parallel MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 call is the thematic requirement that the network integrate artificial intelligence into scientific research, positioning this as the training-pipeline instrument of Europe's AI-for-science strategy rather than a general doctoral programme.
Grant size is determined by MSCA unit contributions scaled to the number of doctoral candidate person-months requested, which typically places awards between roughly 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 euros. The call opened 28 May 2026 and closes 24 November 2026.
Because the pilot sits alongside the main MSCA Doctoral Networks call with the same deadline, consortia need to decide early which instrument their proposal targets, as the AI-in-science framing is evaluated as a substantive requirement rather than context.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks eligibility applies: proposals require a consortium of at least three independent legal entities, each established in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country, and must include a minimum number of beneficiaries entitled to recruit doctoral candidates. Participants from third countries may join as associated partners, typically hosting secondments rather than recruiting. Recruited doctoral candidates must comply with the MSCA mobility rule, which prevents recruitment of a candidate who has resided or carried out their main activity in the recruiting country for more than twelve months in the thirty-six months before recruitment, and candidates must not already hold a doctoral degree. The mobility rule is the constraint most often underestimated, because it limits a network's ability to enrol candidates already present at the host institution and must be planned into the recruitment strategy. Thematically, the network must integrate artificial intelligence into scientific research, which is the substance that separates this pilot from the concurrent MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 call; a proposal for a conventional disciplinary doctoral network with incidental computational content is out of scope. Budget is derived from unit contributions for recruited person-months rather than from an itemised cost justification. The call opened 28 May 2026 and closes 24 November 2026 via the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the total call budget is 30,000,000 euros. Individual grants are not set by a published per-project ceiling but are computed from Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions unit contributions multiplied by the number of person-months of doctoral candidate recruitment requested, which in practice places most Doctoral Network grants in the 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 euro range depending on network size. At approximately 1.09 US dollars to the euro, that span is roughly 1,090,000 to 5,450,000 dollars, and amount_min and amount_max are recorded on that basis rather than from a stated ceiling. The unit-cost mechanism is the detail that most often surprises applicants new to MSCA: budget is not justified line by line against actual salaries and overheads but derived mechanically from recruitment volume, country correction coefficients and fixed research, training and networking and management and indirect cost contributions. The consequence is that a consortium cannot increase its award by arguing for higher costs, only by recruiting more doctoral candidates, and conversely that a network recruiting in a high-cost country receives proportionally more through the country coefficient. A 30,000,000 euro budget divided across grants of this size implies roughly six to twelve funded networks. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 RAISE Doctoral Networks for AI in Science (RAISE Pilot) are due November 24, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 RAISE Doctoral Networks for AI in Science (RAISE Pilot) is funded by European Commission, Horizon Europe RAISE pilot (Resource for Artificial Intelligence Science in Europe), building on Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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