Grants

This grant supports the transition towards climate-neutral, socially just, and fair trade food systems between the European Union and the African Union. In line with the European Green Deal, the farm to fork strategy, and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, the grant aims to accelerate the development of sustainable food systems with neutral or positive environmental impact, while fostering improved trade regimes, innovation, and food system resilience. Key objectives include advancing traceability and certification schemes, scaling up climate-neutral and fair food supply chains, and supporting startups, SMEs, and multidisciplinary actors with cascading funding opportunities.

MSCA Doctoral Networks fund partnerships of universities, research institutions, infrastructures, businesses (including SMEs), and other socio-economic actors to implement doctoral programmes. These programmes aim to provide selected candidates with new research and transferable skills, enhance employability both within and beyond academia, and improve networking and communication capacities. Participating organisations are expected to benefit from improved doctoral training quality, strengthened cooperation, increased research integration, and boosted R&I capacity and internationalisation. The grant supports the development of innovative training modules, open science practices, knowledge valorisation, and the culture of research integrity. Joint or Industrial Doctorates are strongly encouraged. Each network must establish a supervisory board and ensure a Career Development Plan for each researcher.

This grant supports doctoral training networks focused on the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in science. The goal is to equip doctoral candidates with new research and transferable skills, foster innovative AI solutions in scientific domains, and enhance cooperation and knowledge exchange between participating organizations. Supported activities must clearly focus on advancing AI-driven scientific research, with dedicated AI training for all doctoral candidates. Organizations benefit from integrated training and research activities, increased capacity for research and innovation, and international collaboration.

This grant aims to support EU+ countries in building the capacities of asylum and reception officials via the European Asylum Curriculum. The objective is to promote the implementation of the Curriculum based on identified needs and established quality standards, contributing to enhanced capacity and increased convergence in the implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The expected impact includes increased delivery capacity for national training sessions, improved grading and verification of assessments in English, sustained pools of trainers, and maintained compliance with Standards and Guidelines in the European higher education area. The call is intended for reception and asylum authorities or entities formally designated by EU+ countries to carry out training functions.

This grant aims to advance knowledge and understanding of disinformation dynamics concerning climate policy and its backlash from a communication perspective. Projects should develop tools and products for public authorities, media, and civil society to detect and combat climate change-related disinformation at scale, as well as devise tailored, innovative, and effective communication techniques to better engage citizens on climate change and policy. The overall goal is to increase acceptance of climate action, enhance democratic processes, strengthen societal resilience, and foster sustained behavioural change by building trust in climate science and improving climate literacy.

This grant aims to support projects that advance climate monitoring of Essential Climate Variables at global and regional scales to assess climate state, variability, and change, and to track progress towards the Paris Agreement and EU climate objectives. The focus is on improving climate data records and reanalyses, climate forcing and emission datasets, and supporting the transformation of data into actionable knowledge. Proposals must address one of the following priority areas: next generation climate data records, next generation Earth system reanalyses, or next generation climate forcing and emission data sets. Outcomes should strengthen EU climate data sovereignty and support informed policy making. International cooperation and coordination with frameworks such as CMIP, Copernicus, and relevant global organizations are strongly encouraged.

This grant aims to improve the quality and performance of weather and climate models tailored to Africa's needs, supporting adaptation actions, disaster risk response, and the implementation of EU and AU strategies. It enhances weather predictions and climate projections, empowers African communities to address climate change, and strengthens African climate research, representation, and global contribution. The initiative emphasizes partnerships between African and European institutions, with a focus on local capacity-building, knowledge exchange, leveraging high-performance computing, and access to research infrastructures.

This grant aims to advance the knowledge base and methodologies for climate risk assessment in support of the European Adaptation Strategy. Actions funded are expected to improve the understanding, quantification, and communication of climate-related risks across different systems and regions, address gaps identified in previous EU Climate Risk Assessments (EUCRA), and enhance resilience and preparedness strategies at the EU, national, and sub-national levels. Projects should leverage recent scientific advances, utilize multiple data sources, and deliver their results in decision-support tools and through EU portals. At least two interacting systems or sectors must be addressed with a transboundary dimension, and study cases should collectively cover the four EUCRA regions. Special attention should be given to compound, cascading, and low probability high impact risks, and collaboration with relevant EU research initiatives is encouraged.

The grant aims to advance understanding of the socio-economic costs of climate inaction, improve models and frameworks for quantifying such costs, and deliver evidence-based recommendations for European and global climate policy. Projects are expected to develop models, methods, and tools to assess the distribution and magnitude of costs related to insufficient climate action, with attention to cascading, non-market, and long-term impacts. The interdisciplinary collaboration required covers both global and EU focus areas. Outcomes are intended to inform strategic decisions for climate action and policy under the Paris Agreement and European initiatives.