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Project ideas
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Current open calls
- Opening date: 29 May 2024
- Closing time: 29 August 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 2 500 000 of total € 578 000 000
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Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants – called Principal Investigators (PI) – are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research[…]
- Opening date: 7 June 2024
- Closing time: 6 September 2024 11:59 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 1 500 000 of total € 38 000 000
- Official website
The call is addressed to public bodies, bodies governed by public law and non-profit private bodies. Lead partners and project partners must be established in[…]
- Opening date: 7 May 2024
- Closing time: 19 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 000 000 of total € 8 000 000
- Official website
Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Improved understanding by public authorities of how innovative engagement approaches can foster openness, social cohesion,[…]
- Opening date: 7 May 2024
- Closing time: 19 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 1 800 000 of total € 1 800 000
- Official website
Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: The NEB Facility is based on robust information from ongoing and completed NEB[…]
- Opening date: 6 June 2024
- Closing time: 19 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 500 000 of total € 2 500 000
- Official website
Projects results are expected to contribute to four (4) or more of the following expected outcomes: Improved integration of research institutions, Higher Education Institutions, vocational[…]
- Opening date: 25 April 2024
- Closing time: 19 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Total budget: € 182 500 000
- Official website
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) provides business support and advisory services – in particular for SMEs – by offering information, advisory services, feedback and partnering[…]
- Opening date: 6 June 2024
- Closing time: 19 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 100 000 of total € 1 000 000
- Official website
Start-ups and SMEs are the primary source of innovation in the European Union (EU) and globally. However, the fragmentation of innovation ecosystems and the lack[…]
- Opening date: 18 April 2024
- Closing time: 25 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 2 500 000 of total € 2 500 000
- Official website
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Social innovation advances the EU Mission societal and environmental transition objectives; The EU Missions embrace[…]
- Opening date: 15 May 2024
- Closing time: 25 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 2 000 000 of total € 20 000 000
- Official website
The 2020 Commission Communication on ‘A New ERA for Research and Innovation’ underlined the importance of adequate framework conditions to support research careers in Europe.[…]
- Opening date: 15 May 2024
- Closing time: 25 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 6 000 000 of total € 6 000 000
- Official website
Part of the ambition of the new European Research Area is to increase societal responsibility, trust and commitment in science and innovation by engaging stakeholders,[…]
- Opening date: 15 May 2024
- Closing time: 25 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 1 000 000 of total € 2 000 000
- Official website
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Value creation and transfer to the economy and society by increased interlinkages and cooperation between knowledge[…]
- Opening date: 18 June 2024
- Closing time: 26 September 2024 13:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 000 000 of total € 28 000 000
- Official website
These projects should respond to the needs and joint challenges of a specific type of territory addressing identified strategic topics. Thus, they primarily produce a[…]
- Opening date: 25 April 2024
- Closing time: 26 September 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 3 000 000 of total € 40 000 000
- Official website
The ERA Talents action aims to boost interoperability of careers in the academic and non-academic sectors and improve employability of R&I talents across sectors. The[…]
- Opening date: 17 June 2024
- Closing time: 22 October 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 300 000 of total € 16 253 880
- Official website
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For researchers Enhanced opportunities to interact with citizens and local, regional and national authorities; Improved[…]
- Opening date: 15 November 2023
- Closing time: 14 November 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 1 500 000 of total € 13 000 000
- Official website
The Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3) creates linkages for interregional collaboration bringing together actors from different EU regions investing in joint innovation projects along S3[…]
- Opening date: 6 June 2024
- Closing time: 5 December 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 10 000 000 of total € 31 000 000
- Official website
Strand 1 of the I3 instrument seeks to increase the competitiveness and the resilience of EU value chains on the basis of interregional cooperation and[…]
- Opening date: 15 October 2024
- Closing time: 10 December 2024 13:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 800 000 of total € 14 000 000
- Official website
The overall objective of the call will be to “pioneer solutions for peripheral and lagging areas, making them more attractive to live and work in”.[…]
- Opening date: 6 June 2024
- Closing time: 15 December 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 10 000 000 of total € 36 000 000
- Official website
Strand 2a focuses on supporting interregional innovation investments aiming at developing value chains in less developed regions and reinforcing the integration of innovation actors in[…]
- Opening date: 18 June 2024
- Closing time: 22 January 2025 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 000 000 of total € 8 000 000
- Official website
Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: The European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) is widely used by European cultural heritage[…]
- Opening date: 18 June 2024
- Closing time: 22 January 2025 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 6 000 000 of total € 12 000 000
- Official website
Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: The European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) is widely used by European cultural heritage[…]