The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Presidency Conference will focus on resilient research careers as the central unifying policy lens through which levers such as the triple-i mobility dimensions of collaboration and attractiveness are examined.

The MSCA Presidency Conference 2026, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of the MSCA, will be on the theme of Resilient Research Careers.

The conference will focus on how the MSCA and European institutions can reinforce Europe’s capacity to attract, retain, and empower researchers by supporting stable, sustainable, and globally connected research careers. It will ask the question how researchers can be better supported in the face of uncertainty, including the geopolitical environment, and a rapidly changing labour market.

It will also examine the past, present, and future of the MSCA in light of Europe’s evolving research and innovation ecosystem.

The conference will bring together early-career researchers, policymakers, university leaders, government officials and industry representatives from across Europe. It will build on the annual MSCA conference in Denmark in 2025 and provide a bridge to continued policy dialogue in 2027 in Lithuania.

Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union coincides with critical discussions and planning on the next European Research Framework Programme, FP10 (2028-2034). The conference will provide a valuable opportunity to consider how Europe can further support the development of resilient research careers as part of FP10.

It will help inform and shape European research policy, strengthen networks and cultivate a space for reflection. The conference will also consider what has been achieved to date and catalyse new ideas to chart the future of the MSCA for the next 30 years.