This programme, as the name states, co-funds new or existing regional, national, and international programmes to open up to, and provide for, international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as transnational and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career.

Each proposal funded under the COFUND scheme shall have a sole beneficiary that will be responsible for the availability of the necessary matching funds to implement the proposal.

COFUND takes the form of:

A) Doctoral programmes – address the development and broadening of the research competencies of early-stage researchers.
B) Fellowship programmes – fund individual research training and career development fellowships for experienced researchers.

Budget: EUR 80 million, of which

EUR 30 million – Doctoral Programmes

EUR 50 million – Fellowship Programmes.

Deadline: 28 September 2017

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