In attesa di pubblicazione delle nuove call

CALL: Call 2 Engagement and Collaboration

APERTURA: 31/10/2025

DEADLINE: 30/01/2026 ore 11.59 pm CET

OBIETTIVO: 

Il principale obiettivo del bando è quello di incoraggiare attivamente le istituzioni per il patrimonio culturale (Cultural Heritage Institutions CHI) ad unirsi alla comunità dello European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH). L’ECCCH è una iniziativa, finanziata da Horizon Europe, concepita come una piattaforma digitale collaborative che collega musei, archivi, biblioteche, ricercatori e altri attori del patrimonio culturale di tutta Europa.

Per maggiori informazioni sul bando, visita la pagina dedicata sul sito web dei Manager della ricerca, disponibile al LINK.

CALL: Building a trustworthy social media sphere (PPPA-2025-DISINFORMATION)

APERTURA: 30/09/2025

DEADLINE: 02/12/2026 ore 117.00 CET

OBIETTIVO: 

L’obiettivo è quello di promuovere la consapevolezza e la resilienza dei giovani europei in relazione ai rischi per l'integrità delle informazioni, rafforzando le competenze relative all'alfabetizzazione mediatica e digitale. Questo per permettere loro di avere le giuste abilità e competenze per navigare in modo sicuro e critico nello spazio informativo online e partecipare alla società come cittadini attivi e informati.

Per maggiori informazioni sul bando, visita la pagina dedicata sul sito web dei Manager della ricerca, disponibile al LINK.

CALL: 4th Joint Transnational Call 2025

DEADLINE: to be launched in September 2025

The Water4All Partnership aims at enabling water security for all. It will boost systemic transformations and foster the matchmaking between probem owners and solution providers.

Launched in June 2022, Water4All brings together a wide and cohesive group of 90 partners from 33 countries in the European Union and beyond.

OBJECTIVE: 

The 2025 Call will address the following Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA):

Theme 4 Water and health

• 4.3 on “Innovative water tools and technologies for water quality monitoring and water treatment, remediation and disinfection” 

• 4.1 on “Behaviour and effects of contaminants of emerging concern, plastics, endocrine disruptors”

Links to other SRIA themes will be explored, in particular to the sub-themes:

• 3.3. “Groundwater management” and to the cross-cutting themes on governance

• 7.1 “Developing methods for more efficient citizen and wider stakeholder engagement”

• 7.3 “Supporting the adoption of innovations”

SSH ASPECTS:

Behavioural Science, Sociology.

CALL: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2026-STG)

DEADLINE: 14/10/2025

GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE: December 2026

BENEFICIARIES: 

Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.

The certified date of the successful PhD defence is used as a reference point.

WHAT PROPOSALS ARE ELIGIBLE:

Applications can be made in any field of research

The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities.

GRANT: 100% of total costs

FUNDING PER PROJECT: Up to 1.5 M EUR.

• Additional 1M EUR to cover e.g. startup costs, major equipment, access to large facilities, major experimental and field work costs; 

• Additional 2M EUR for PIs based in non-associated Third Countries relocating to the EU or an Associated Country .

PROJECT DURATION: 5 years

For more information on the call, visit the dedicated page on the Research Manager website, available at the LINK.

CALL: ERC Synergy Grant (ERC-2026-SYG)

DEADLINE: 05/11/2025

GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE: March 2027

BENEFICIARIES: 

A group of two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle ambitious research problems.  One will be designated as the corresponding PI (cPI).

• No specific eligibility criteria regarding the academic training are foreseen for ERC Synergy Grants.

• PIs must present a competitive track record as appropriate to their career stage.

• Proposals are evaluated on the sole criterion of scientific excellence which takes on the additional meaning of outstanding intrinsic synergetic effect.

• One Principal Investigator per Synergy Grant group at any one time can be hosted or engaged by an institution outside of the EU or Associated Countries.

• PIs can apply within the same HI or through different HIs.

WHAT PROPOSALS ARE ELIGIBLE:

Applications can be made in any field of research.

The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. 

In the case of the ERC Synergy Grants, applications must demonstrate that the proposed research cannot be carried out by a single PI working alone.

GRANT: 100% of total costs

FUNDING PER PROJECT: Up to 10 M EUR

• An additional 4M EUR can be requested to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.

PROJECT DURATION: 6 years

For more information on the call, visit the dedicated page on the Research Manager website, available at the LINK.

CALL: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2026-CoG)

OPENING: 25/09/2025

DEADLINE: 13/01/2026

GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE: April 2027

BENEFICIARIES: 

Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal can apply.

The certified date of the successful PhD defence is used as a reference point.

WHAT PROPOSALS ARE ELIGIBLE:

Applications can be made in any field of research.

The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. 

GRANT: 100% of total costs

FUNDING PER PROJECT: Up to 2 M EUR

• Additional 1M EUR to cover e.g. startup costs, major equipment, access to large facilities, major experimental and field work costs; 

• Additional 2M EUR for PIs based in non-associated Third Countries relocating to the EU or an Associated Country .

PROJECT DURATION: 5 years

For more information on the call, visit the dedicated page on the Research Manager website, available at the LINK.

CALL: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2026-PoC) 

CALL OPENING: 13/11/2025

DEADLINE: 

• 1st Cut-off 17/03/2026

• 2nd Cut-off 17/09/2026

GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE: 

• November 2026

• May 2027

BENEFICIARIES: 

All PIs in one of the main grants are eligible to participate and apply for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. 

PIs in an ongoing main grant or in a main grant that has ended after 1/01/2024 are eligible.

OBJECTIVE:

The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research

FUNDED ACTIVITIES:

Proposals must draw substantially on PI’s previously ERC-funded research.

GRANT: Lump sum

FUNDING PER PROJECT: 150.000 EUR

PROJECT DURATION: 18 months

CALL: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2026-AdG)

OPENING: 28/05/2026

DEADLINE: 27/08/2026

GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE: November 2027

BENEFICIARIES: 

Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements.

There are no limitations related to the PhD date.

WHAT PROPOSALS ARE ELIGIBLE:

Applications can be made in any field of research.

The ERC's grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. 

GRANT: Lump sum - 100% of total costs

FUNDING PER PROJECT: 2.5 M EUR.

• Additional 1M EUR to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs;

• Additional 2M EUR for PIs based in non-associated Third Countries relocating to the EU or an Associated Country.

PROJECT DURATION: 5 years

CALL: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01

OPENING: 28/05/2025

DEADLINE: 25/11/2025

OBJECTIVE: 

Support doctoral training programs that foster high-quality, sustainable research training, cross-sector collaboration, and internationalization, while ensuring continuous integration of research outcomes into education to enhance research and innovation capacity.

FUNDED ACTIVITIES:

• STANDARD DOCTORATES

• INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATES (ID)

Doctorates develop skills in industry and business by being jointly supervised by academic and non-academic organisations

• JOINT DOCTORATES (JD)

Highly integrated type of international, inter-sectoral and multi/interdisciplinary collaboration that lead to the delivery of joint, double or multiple doctoral degrees.

For JD → joint governance structure with joint admission, selection, supervision, monitoring and assessment procedures

GRANT: Unit contribution - max 540 person-months

FUNDING PER PROJECT:  depends on the number of person-months requested

PROJECT DURATION: max 48 months (for JD max 60 months)

Per maggiori informazioni visita la pagina dedicata sul sito dei Manager della Ricerca disponibile al LINK.

CALL: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-02-01

OPENING: 01/10/2025

DEADLINE: 03/12/2025

OBJECTIVE: Increase the attractiveness of European research careers by addressing the issue of precarity and offer excellent working conditions, turning the current challenge of brain drain in the R&I sector into brain gain.

BENEFICIARIES: A single legal entity in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country applies and is responsible for recruiting the researchers. Additional associated partners can be included in the project. 

FUNDED ACTIVITIES:

The action supports projects in which academic and non-academic organisations recruit postdoctoral researchers, with a view to offering longer-term employment beyond the project period.

Proposed programmes can cover any research discipline. 

WHAT DOES THE FUNDING COVER?

Projects should recruit at least 3 researchers for up to 5 years, with MSCA co-funding the first 2 to 3 years and the institutions providing the funding (with internal or external funds) for an additional 2 years.

The programmes will be divided into two phases:

1. A first phase (24-36 months) in which the EU funding is equivalent to the minimum gross salary for the recruited researcher during this phase;

2. A second phase (24 months) in which the applicant is expected to continue to employ the researcher, set salaries attractive at a national level and ensure availability of the necessary internal or external funds.

WHICH RESEARCHERS CAN BE RECRUITED?

Researchers can be of any nationality, should comply with the mobility rules*, can go on short-term secondments, must have a doctoral degree. should NOT already be permanently employed by the organisation hosting them.

*Mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the deadline of the co-funded programme's call

GRANT: Unit cost. A fixed amount to cover the minimum salary that researchers should receive during the first 2-to-3-year phase of the project (€6700), a long-term leave allowance and a special needs allowance, if applicable, for each supported researcher.

FUNDING PER PROJECT:  A beneficiary can receive max €3.5 million

PROJECT DURATION: 48 months or 60 months, depending on the length chosen by the institution for the first phase.

Per maggiori informazioni visita la pagina dedicata sul sito dei Manager della Ricerca disponibile al LINK.

CALL: CREA-CULT-2026-LIT - The call is expected to be opened shortly.

OPENING: October 2025

DEADLINE: TBC

OBJECTIVE: This action will support projects that will translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction. 

BENEFICIARIES:

Legal entities (public or private bodies) established in an EU Member State or in a Creative Europe Participating Country.

Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries. Proposals can be implemented by either a single entity or by a consortium of organisations.

PRIORITIES:

• Increasing the transnational circulation and the diversity of European literary works, notably through the translation, promotion and distribution of works of fiction written in less translated European languages;

• Promoting reading and the linguistic and cultural diversity of European literature to a large audience;

• Supporting the profession of literary translator in line with the principles of good working conditions and fair remuneration; 

• Increasing the competitiveness of the book sector by encouraging cooperation between different actors within the book value chain.

CALL: CREA-CULT-2026-COOP - The call is expected to be opened in February 2026

OPENING: February 2026

DEADLINE: TBC

OBJECTIVE: This call will support projects contributing to the following objectives:

• Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists; 

• Innovation: to enhance the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to nurture talents, to innovate, to prosper and to generate jobs and growth

BENEFICIARIES:

Legal entities (public or private bodies) established in an EU Member State or in a Creative Europe Participating Country.

• The coordinating entity must have had a legal existence for at least two years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications;

• An organisation can apply only once as coordinator under the call, regardless of the scale of projects chosen;

• An organisation can be part of a maximum of 3 applications submitted, whether as coordinator and/or partner, regardless of the scale of project.

TYPES OF PROJECTS:

• Small-scale projects are particularly suitable to promote the access of grassroots organisations and supporting them in the creation of new partnerships and the development of new activities and innovative ideas, such as festivals, art fairs, exhibitions, performances, etc.)

• Medium scale projects have already proven their quality both in the applications received and the results already achieved in the first years of the programme implementation.

CALL: CERV-2025-EQUAL 

DEADLINE: 23/10/2025

OBJECTIVE:

The goal is to support initiatives aiming to prevent and fight against discrimination, intolerance, racism, anti-Gypsyism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and xenophobia, in particular related to racial and ethnic origins, skin colour, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.

BENEFICIARIES:

• Participants must be established in an UE Member State or in a non-EU country associated to the CERV Programme.

• Proposals must be submitted by at least two participants (Lead Applicant and co-applicant).

Consult the official call document for further eligibility conditions for the Lead Applicant and the co-applicants on the basis of the chosen priority.

PRIORITIES:

1. Fighting against discrimination and racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including antigypsyism, anti-Black and anti-Asian racism;

2. Fighting against antisemitism:

   • Sub-priority 2.1 - projects that help to implement the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life (2021-2030);

   • Sub-priority 2.2 - supporting public authorities to develop and implement their action plans on combating antisemitism.

3. Fighting against anti-Muslim hatred:

   • Sub-priority 3.1 -  helping civil society organisations to combat all forms of anti-Muslim racism, to support victims of anti-Muslim racism and to raise awareness;

   • Sub-priority 3.2 - supporting public authorities in the fight against anti-Muslim hatred/racism.

4. Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector;

5. Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality;

6. Support to public authorities to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance, including intersectional discrimination.

GRANT: Lump sum - 90% of total costs

FUNDING PER PROJECT: not defined a minimum or maximum amount

PROJECT DURATION: 

• Priority 1, 2, 3, 6 - between 12 and 24 months.

• Priority 4, 5 - between 12 and 36 months.

Per maggiori informazioni visita la pagina dedicata sul sito dei Manager della Ricerca disponibile al LINK.

CALL: Capitalisation call

DEADLINE: 

Between 29/09/2025 and 27/11/2025

PROGRAMME AREAS:

• Austria (Burgenland, Niederösterreich, Wien, Kärnten, Steiermark, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Tirol, Vorarlberg)

• Czech Republic (Praha, Střední Čechy, Jihozápad, Severozápad, Severovýchod, Jihovýchod, Střední Morava, Moravskoslezsko)

• Germany (Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Tübingen, Oberbayern, Niederbayern, Operpfalz, Oberfranken, Mittelfranken, Unterfranken, Schwaben, Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Braunschweig, Dresden. Chemnitz, Leipzig, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen)

• Croatia (Panonska Hrvatska, Jadranska Hrvatska, Grad Zagreb, SjevernaHrvatska)
  Hungary (Budapest, Pest, Közép-Dunántúl, Nyugat-Dunántúl, Dél-Dunántúl, Észak-Magyarország, Észak-Alföld, Dél-Alföld)

• Italy (Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Lombardia, Province autonome di Trento e Bolzano, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna)

• Poland (Małopolskie, Śląskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie, Lubuskie, Dolnośląskie, Opolskie, Kujawsko-pomorskie, Warmińsko-mazurskie, Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Świętokrzyskie, Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Warszawski stołeczny, Mazowiecki regionalny)

• Slovenia (Vzhodna Slovenija, Zahodna Slovenija, Bratislavský kraj)

• Slovakia (Západné Slovensko, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko)

OBJECTIVE:

The overall objective of the call is to reduce the effects of borders on flows and functional linkages among central European regions, for a more competitive and resilient central Europe. Effects of borders are tackled locally by several Interreg cross-border programmes, while transnational projects are delivering solutions beyond national and internal borders. There is, therefore, the potential to team up efforts between cross-border and transnational projects, strengthening the impact of Interreg.

FUNDED ACTIVITIES:

Strategic projects for capitalisation are to take up existing Interreg transnational and cross-border outputs and results, to meet existing and new needs and strengthen their territorial and policy impact in wider areas. 

Projects must take up existing outputs from:

• at least 2 Interreg Central Europe projects funded under the 1° and 2° calls; 

• at least 2 Interreg cross-border cooperation projects that address internal central European borders

Capitalisation can be implemented:

• Upstreaming  existing outputs are taken up and tailored in a way that policy makers can address border issues through new territorial or thematic policies and strategies.

• Downstreaming  Existing outputs and results are tailored in a way that they can be further rolled-out at the most appropriate level, either at the territorial or sectoral level.

Proposals can be submitted under all programme priorities and specific objectives

Priority 1 Cooperating for a smarter central Europe

• SO 1.1 Strengthening innovation capacities in central Europe

• SO 1.2 Strengthening skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship

GRANT: TBC

FUNDING PER PROJECT: Up to 1 M EUR of European Regional Development Fund

DURATION: Between 18 and 24 months

CALL: COST Action Open Call 2025

DEADLINE: 21/10/2025

BENEFICIARIES: 

COST Actions are open to anyone affiliated to a legal entity located in a COST Member or in any Near Neighbour Country (NNC) or Third State (International Partner Countries).

A legal entity of affiliation can be: a public entity, universities, research centres, SMEs, large companies, NGOs, Specific Organisation (the European Commission, EU bodies, offices and agencies, the European RTD Organisations and International Organisations)

COST Members can be:

• COST Full Members

• COST Cooperating Members (Israel)

• COST Partner Members (South Africa)

If you are located in a non-COST country, check what you are eligible to participate in the “Am I eligible tool”

Network of Proposers: at least 7 different COST Full or Cooperating Members. Among these, at least 50% shall be from COST Inclusiveness Target Countries.

OBJECTIVE:

A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a topic of their choice. COST and other relevant organisations or interested parties. Actions are typically made up of researchers from academia, SMEs, public institutions.

It is open to all science and technology fields, including new and emerging fields and its mission is to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges.

FUNDED ACTIVITIES:

Activities may include: 

• workshops, seminars, conferences

• training activities, expert meetings, webinars, awareness-raising activities, high-visibility events

• data gathering and consultation

• development, exchanges and dissemination of good practices among public authorities and civil society organizations

• development of communication tools and the use of social media.

FUNDING PER PROJECT: Around 600.000 euros

PROJECT DURATION: 4 years