One year after the H2020 DIRS-COFUND project ended, eight MSCA fellows have already defended their PhD thesis successfully. This means that half of the recruited early stage researchers within this project, cofinanced by the European Commission, have already finished their PhD studies so far: Natasa Rebernik, Juan Sebastián Angarita Zapata, Mariana Rosca, Amgad Monir Mohamed Elsayed, Elena Ghidoni, Elena Tuparevska, Rodoljub Jovanovic and Sonja Bakic. The rest are on their way and surely very soon they will also achieve their PhD. Congratulations to the new Doctorates!