Projects | Opportunities

This portal continuously publishes the latest information about opportunities related to open calls for international donor programs supporting projects, grants, study stays, and scholarships.

 

International Calls and Donor Program Opportunities (Research & Innovation & Higher Education & Mobility)

The European Union has many funding opportunities available for innovation practitioners, offering a range of funding opportunities under different headings, including Single Market, Innovation and Digital, Cohesion and Values, Natural Resources and Environment, Migration & Border Management, and Security & Defense.

 

HORIZON EUROPE – The 9th Framework Programme, also known as Horizon Europe, replaced the previous programme Horizon 2020 (H2020) with a budget of €100 billion.

 

The structure of Horizon Europe is built on three distinct pillars, supported by activities to broaden participation and strengthen the European Research Area (ERA), each part contributing to the common Horizon Europe objectives:

 

 

The description of these pillars is as follows:

 

pillar 1 Excellent scienceaiming to increase the EU's global scientific competitiveness.

Pillar 2 Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness: supporting Research relating to societal challenges and reinforcing technological and industrial capacities through clusters. It sets Missions, which will have specific goals and will be launched from within the pillar, establishing a comprehensive portfolio of projects.

Pillar 3 Innovative EuropeStimulating market-creating breakthroughs and ecosystems conducive to innovation.

Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research AreaOptimising strengths and potential for a more innovative Europe.

 

Open calls

Funding programmes and open calls – European Commission (europa.eu)

EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) are Europe-wide networks centred on addressing a specific societal challenge throughh partnerships, from sustainable energy to climate changeIt is about healthy food and green transport, from manufacturing and raw materials to digitalisation. They are communities of:

  • Higher education institutions,
  • Research centres,
  • Businesses and investors,
  • Public and non-profit organisations,

where each Community focuses on a specific societal challenge.

 

Open calls

Open Calls | EIT (europa.eu)

 

Opportunity End date Link
Open Applications: ClimAccelerator 2024 https://climaccelerator.climate-kic.org/get-involved/run-programme/
Climathon https://climathon.climate-kic.org/
Climate Launchpad https://climatelaunchpad.org/
EIT Digital Speed Master 2024 – Executive Course 09/10/2024 https://www.eitdigital.eu/speedmaster/
EIT Digital Summer School 2024 08/23/2024 https://summerschool.eitdigital.eu/
EIT Digital Professional Courses 2024 https://professionalschool.eitdigital.eu/
EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory 07/01/2024 https://www.eitdigital.eu/open-innovation-factory-2024/
Call 2023: Public Engagement
Proofs of Concept 2023, 2024, 2025
08/15/2024 https://www.eitfood.eu/projects/public-engagement-proof-of-concepts-call
EIT Food Impact Funding Framework 07/11/2024 https://www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/impact-funding-framework
The Regenerative Agriculture Revolution https://www.eitfood.eu/education/courses/the-regenerative-agriculture-revolution
EIT Food Procurement Calls https://www.eitfood.eu/open-calls
AMPLE Programme 09/30/2025 https://www.eitfood.eu/open-calls/call-for-agrifood-smes-startups-interested-in-receiving-small-grants-to-improve-their-business
RIS Inspire – Sustainable Food Production and Consumption 08/31/2024 https://learning.eitfood.eu/courses/ris-inspire-sustainable-food-production-and-consumption
Water-Food Nexus: The Future of Water and Food Security 07/27/2024 https://learning.eitfood.eu/courses/water-food-nexus
Inspire – Restorative Aquaculture 08/23/2024 https://learning.eitfood.eu/courses/inspire-restorative-aquaculture
Inspire – Circular Agrifood 08/22/2024 https://learning.eitfood.eu/courses/inspire-circular-agrifood
WE Lead Food 2024 09/01/2024 https://learning.eitfood.eu/courses/we-lead-food
Inspire – Digital Technologies in the Food System 10/25/2024 https://learning.eitfood.eu/courses/inspire-digital-technologies-in-the-food-system
 Venture Centre of Excellence (VCoE) https://eithealth.eu/programmes/venture-centre-of-excellence/
Urbanisation and Health MOOC https://www.coursera.org/learn/urbanisation-health-promoting-sustainable-solutions?action=enroll&authMode=signup
Mentoring and Coaching Network https://eithealth.eu/programmes/mentoring-and-coaching-network/
Dementia Inclusive Hospitals from a Universal Design Approach https://eithealth.eu/programmes/dementia-inclusive-hospitals/
RIS Academy https://eithealth.eu/programmes/ris-academy/
Science for Pandemics https://eithealth.eu/programmes/science-for-pandemics/#:~:text=This%20educational%20initiative%20aims%20to,to%20prevent%20and%20mitigate%20pandemics.
Healthcare Entrepreneurship 101 https://eithealth.eu/programmes/healthcare-entrepreneurship-101/
EIT Health Catapult 08/29/2024 https://eithealth.eu/programmes/catapult/
EIT Health Flagships Call 2024 09/18/2024 https://eithealth.eu/news-article/flagshipscall24open/
Open call for sustainable energy solutions with EIT InnoEnergy 12/31/2024 https://www.innoenergy.com/for-innovators/open-call-for-sustainable-energy-solutions/
Open call for sustainable energy solutions with EIT InnoEnergy 12/31/2024 https://www.innoenergy.com/for-innovators/open-call-for-sustainable-energy-solutions/
Application Process for Master School 12/31/2024 https://www.innoenergy.com/for-students/master-school/application-process/
Transform 2024 10/29/2024 https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/calls/transform-2024/
Call for proposals for new higher education institutions to join Master's and Doctoral Schools 12/05/2024 https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/calls/call-for-proposals-for-new-higher-education-institutions-accession-to-master-and-doctoral-schools-and-new-master-programmes/
EIT Manufacturing: Call for Proposals 2025 07/08/2024 https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/opportunities/eit-manufacturing-call-proposals-2025
EIT Manufacturing Accelerate 12/16/2024 https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/calls/accelerate-2024/
Info sessions on EIT Manufacturing Accelerate 09/09/2024 https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Dk2Lt31qckajhDnho9ObbkGLrmEMNCxNmGirYcVGCV9UQzhEWDczOFpUWUxRTlVFNjhFMTY3T0NLUi4u
Permanent Open Call for Applications to the Student Entrepreneur Grant Scheme 06/07/2024 https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/permanently-open-call-for-applications-to-student-entrepreneur-grant-scheme/

 

The Western Balkans Information Hub is powered by the EU-funded project POLICY ANSWERS. It provides information related to research and innovation (as well as education, culture, youth and sports) covering the Western Balkans.

 

Open calls

Opportunities – westernbalkans-infohub.eu

 

 

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is an all-inclusive, regionally owned and led cooperation framework. This framework engages RCC participants from South East Europe (SEE), members of the international community and donors on issues that are important and of interest to the SEE, with a view to promoting and advancing the region's European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

 

Open calls

Balkathon (rcc.int)

Balkathon 5.0 is a regional online competition organised annually by the RCC since 2020. Balkathon 5.0 will focus on fresh, innovative and business-oriented digital ideas and solutions. It is open to teams composed of people up to 35 years of age from the Western Balkans, and it especially encourages high school teams to apply as well. If you are looking to turn your ideas into masterpieces, you are in the right place. Apply with your idea for Balkathon 5.0 and win one of the awards from a €50,000 prize pool.

The first three public calls under the programme have been published. Creative Europe – Creative Europe, Media sub-programme – Creative Europe MEDIA 2022
The Creative Europe Media sub-programme supports the European film and audiovisual industry with the aim of developing, distributing and promoting European works.
You can access the calls via the following link.

They were published the new calls from Erasmus+ The programme for 2022, which you can find at the following link.
More detailed information on the conditions for this call, including the priorities, can be found in The Erasmus+ Programme Guide for 2022.

 

Within the EU Horizon Europe programme, under the Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area component, the "Twinning Western Balkans" calls have been published. These calls are aimed at the countries of the Western Balkans, thereby increasing the opportunity to obtain a grant.

Twinning Western Balkans Special
  Basic info:
Type of action HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Deadline model single-stage
Opening date 29 June 2021
Deadline date 05 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Support for R&I policy-making in the Western Balkans
Basic info:
Type of action HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Deadline model single-stage
Opening date 29 June 2021
Deadline date 29 September 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Open access to the research infrastructures of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC Research Infrastructures) – New Calls:

Basic information:

Euphrates-Monnet

  • Mode: Relevance Driven
  • Identifier: 2021-1-RD-EUFRAT-MONNET
  • Location: Geel, Belgium
  • Opening of the call: 2021-07-01
  • Closing date: 15 September 2021
  • Communication of the assessment of proposals: 2021-11-15

More information about each call:

  1. GELINA, the JRC Neutron Time-of-Flight Facility (EUFRAT)
  2. HADES, Underground laboratory for ultra-low level gamma-ray spectrometry (EUFRAT)
  3. MONNET, Tandem accelerator-based fast neutron source (EUFRAT)
  4. RADMET, Radionuclide Metrology laboratories (EUFRAT)

How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe

The First Horizon Europe webinar will take place Only via YouTube, from 10.00 am, 24 March 2021

Webinar on 21 April 2021 – A successful proposal for Horizon Europe: Scientific-technical excellence is key, but don't forget the other aspects

The European Commission is organising an open information session to inform all potential applicants to Horizon Europe calls on the modalities for preparing their proposals. This session will complement the webinar organised on 24 March on 'How to prepare a successful proposal'.

It will focus on the policy considerations that participants need to take into account when preparing their proposals, such as open science, the gender dimension, and dissemination, exploitation and communication aspects.

This Horizon Europe webinar will take place via YouTube, from 10.00 am (CEST), 21 April 2021.

  • Agenda
  • Register here and you will receive a link to all the useful information (including the presentations and a recording of the webinar afterwards) via email 2 days before the event.

The European Commission has published the Erasmus+ programmes to support mobility and cooperation for the period 2021–2027.