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Project ideas
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Current open calls
- Opening date: 1 January 2026
- Closing time: 13 March 2026 11:59 (America/New_York)
- Budget per project: € 800 000
- Official website
Schmidt Sciences is requesting proposals to the Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI), aimed at fostering research in the digital humanities with a particular focus[…]
- Opening date: 16 January 2026
- Closing time: 19 March 2026 14:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget: N/A
- Official website
The National Funding Bodies from Austria, Belgium (Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia), Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (MUR[…]
- Opening date: 23 October 2025
- Closing time: 19 March 2026 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget: N/A
- Official website
The Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument, under the European Regional and Development Fund (ERDF), supports interregional innovation projects in their scale-up and commercialisation phases. It[…]
- Opening date: 8 January 2026
- Closing time: 9 April 2026 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 1 500 000 of total € 223 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Twinning actions aim to enhance networking activities between the research institutions and research infrastructures of the Widening countries acting as co-ordinators by linking[…]
- Opening date: 15 January 2026
- Closing time: 15 April 2026 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 8 400 000 of total € 16 800 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Common expected outcome Stimulate the emergence at European and global scale of Web 4.0 (such as standards, protocols, components and a framework for[…]
- Opening date: 23 October 2025
- Closing time: 23 April 2026 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Total budget: € 7 021 561
- Official website
The Creative Innovation Lab support shall support the design, development and/or spread of innovative tools, models or solutions applicable in the audiovisual (compulsory) and at[…]
- Opening date: 1 November 2024
- Closing time: 31 May 2026 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 60 000 of total € 3 450 000
- Official website
EIC ACCESS+ provides co-funding of up to 50% of the costs for deep-tech startups to access essential business services from the EIC Service Catalogue. Startups[…]
- Opening date: 12 May 2026
- Closing time: 16 September 2026 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 5 000 000 of total € 15 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Proposals should contribute to the first two expected outcomes, and either the one listed under Focus 1, or the one listed under Focus[…]
- Opening date: 12 May 2026
- Closing time: 16 September 2026 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 5 000 000 of total € 15 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Insights, recommendations, strategies, guidelines, methods and tools supporting full AI integration in CCSI[…]
- Opening date: 12 May 2026
- Closing time: 16 September 2026 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 000 000 of total € 12 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: An in-depth analysis of the socio-economic dimensions and impacts of generative AI on[…]
- Opening date: 12 May 2026
- Closing time: 16 September 2026 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 3 750 000 of total € 15 000 000
- Project ideas for this opportunity: 1
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Deepened understanding and comprehensive evaluation of cultural policy models, creative industry ecosystems, and[…]
- Opening date: 4 March 2026
- Closing time: 16 September 2026 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget: N/A
- Official website
In December 2022, the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) established the Infrastructure Priority Programme (InfPP) “New Data Spaces for the Social[…]
- Opening date: 17 November 2026
- Closing time: 18 March 2027 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 3 000 000 of total € 3 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: The co-programmed European Partnership for Virtual Worlds will help to develop and promote a thriving industrial and end-user ecosystem in the EU, covering[…]
- Opening date: 30 June 2027
- Closing time: 16 September 2027 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 000 000 of total € 20 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to the following expected outcome: New groundbreaking findings and methods are developed, verified and put into practice that significantly contribute[…]
- Opening date: 13 May 2027
- Closing time: 23 September 2027 00:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 800 000 of total € 14 500 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to the first expected outcome, plus those under either Focus 1 or Focus 2, depending on the chosen focus Evidence-based[…]
- Opening date: 13 May 2027
- Closing time: 23 September 2027 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 5 000 000 of total € 5 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: The cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) have access to a dedicated[…]
- Opening date: 13 May 2027
- Closing time: 23 September 2027 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 3 500 000 of total € 10 500 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Evidence-based policy frameworks and guidelines promoting the convergence of creative and social economy[…]
- Opening date: 13 May 2027
- Closing time: 23 September 2027 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 5 000 000 of total € 5 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: The number and impact of CCI[1]-driven innovations in Europe are increased thanks to[…]
- Opening date: 13 May 2027
- Closing time: 23 September 2027 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
- Budget per project: € 4 000 000 of total € 12 000 000
- Official website
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Enhanced understanding of the state of play of the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural[…]