Funding opportunities

As member of our Time Machine network you are warmly invited to get in touch with our Project Scouting Service team in case any of the below-mentioned funding opportunities spark your interest!

Also note the easy to use interactive search tool for funding opportunities recently published by the European Commission to “find the right funding opportunity for you, based on the sector you are working in, type of organisation and the support you are looking for.”

Project ideas

If you have an idea for a project matching a funding opportunity feel free to register it from within the individual funding opportunity detail pages. To directly browse all currently open ideas, please visit the project ideas page.

Current open calls

  • Opening date: 6 December 2023
  • Closing time: 12 March 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 1 000 000 of total € 1 000 000
  • Official website

This action aims to contribute to improve the European R&I system across the entire ERA by particularly strengthening the capacity for research management in the[…]

  • Opening date: 6 December 2023
  • Closing time: 12 March 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 12 000 000 of total € 24 000 000
  • Official website

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: Availability of advanced modelling and prediction capabilities aimed at industrial, scientific or policy[…]

  • Opening date: 16 November 2023
  • Closing time: 14 March 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 150 000 of total € 30 000 000
  • Official website

All Principal Investigators in one of the ERC frontier research main grants(Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy) are eligible to participate and apply for an ERC[…]

  • Opening date: 15 November 2023
  • Closing time: 19 March 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 3 000 000 of total € 3 000 000
  • Official website

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Well-coordinated European, national and regional initiatives in the field of graphene and two-dimensional materials (2DM); Further[…]

  • Opening date: 28 September 2023
  • Closing time: 29 March 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 6 000 000 of total € 60 000 000
  • Official website

Excellence hubs are part of the European Excellence Initiative and complement the science-oriented schemes Teaming, Twinning, ERA Chairs and the European Excellence Initiative for universities[…]

  • Opening date: 11 January 2024
  • Closing time: 24 April 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 1 500 000 of total € 12 000 000
  • Official website

Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: Increasing the market footprint of European start-ups in strategic digital technologies and deep tech innovation,[…]

  • Opening date: 11 January 2024
  • Closing time: 25 April 2024 17:00 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget per project: € 2 500 000 of total € 2 500 000
  • Official website

Strengthening Research and Innovation (R&I) cooperation between the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) is a key priority of the EU Communication Towards[…]

  • 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
  • Official website

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: 31 March 2023
  • Closing time: 1 August 2025 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)
  • Budget: N/A
  • Official website

This Call for Expression of Interest is directed towards companies and entities, including training centres and advisors, that are interested in providing services to the[…]