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Cascade funding (FSTP) open calls

Open calls for third parties run by EU-funded projects: smaller grants, lighter applications and fast decisions, ideal for SMEs and start-ups. 53 open and 2 forthcoming, from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

55 funding opportunities match your filters
Deadline9Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingFIERCE

FIERCE 2nd Open Call for the Financial Support Programme

Detailed information and all support documents can be found here: https://2nd-financing.project-fierce.eu/ * A thorough reading of the Guide for Applicants is essential for the preparation and submission of a proposal. For help, please contact: helpdesk@project-fierce.eu More information about our Pโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ748kSingle stage
Deadline10Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingBiodiversa-plus

Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories

SCOPE OF THE CALL BiodivFuture focuses on supporting future-looking research and innovation that will address biodiversity and novel ecosystems, as well as their socio-ecological dynamics and consequences relating to the sustainability goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and

Budget โ‚ฌ40MMultiple cut off
Deadline10Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingWater4All

Water4All 2026 Joint Transnational Call โ€œSustainable water managementโ€

Applicants should refer to the details of the Call Announcement, which can be downloaded from the 2026 JTC webpage on the Water4All Partnership website . The Call Announcement highlights the aim, expected approach and topics of the call. It also details the countries participating in funding the cal

Budget โ‚ฌ34.5MMultiple cut off
Deadline10Nov 2026
OpenCreative EuropeCascade fundingCulture Helps S

Culture Helps Solidarity - Second call for proposals for collaboration grants

In search of a project partner? Join our online matchmaking event and platform! We are offering a digital matchmaking platform and an online matchmaking event and info session for organisations interested in applying and in search of suitable partners. Registered applicants will be invited to create

Budget โ‚ฌ450kSingle stage
Deadline12Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingPOLICY ENLARGE

R&I Policy Support for Enlargement Countries

The following types of activities can be funded: Small grants supporting the development of collaborative R&I projects, accessing EU funding opportunities, strengthening R&I management and technology transfer capacities, and contributing to evidence-based policy reforms and digital and green transfo

Budget โ‚ฌ300kMultiple cut off
Deadline16Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingSBEP

Building a sustainable and innovative Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and fostering resilience

Scope The 2026 Joint Transnational Co-funded Call is the fourth under the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership. It mobilises funding from 33 organisations across 28 countries plus EU contributions, aiming to foster a climate-neutral, sustainable, and innovative blue economy in Europe by supporting r

Budget โ‚ฌ37.7MMultiple cut off
Deadline16Nov 2026
OpenEuropean Defence FundCascade fundingBATTLEVERSE

Open Call for Cutting-Edge Defence Solutions

An online info session for this Call will take place on 6 October 2026 at 10:00 CET . The call conditions financial support to the third parties call conditions and any complementary information for applicants are available on the project website at the following links: BattleVerse Open Calls and Baโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ1.2MSingle stage
Deadline17Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingDUT

Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Call 2026

About the Call The purpose of this Call is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects addressing urban challenges to help cities in their transition towards a more sustainable economy and functioning. The challenges are grouped into three themes called Transition Pathways: Positive

Budget โ‚ฌ80MMultiple cut off
Deadline19Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingGroundWork

GroundWork Open Call

The GroundWork Project "Regenerative living labs to improve soil ecosystem functions by adapting agricultural land use with livestock integration" addresses a critical environmental and economic challenge: currently, 60-70% of soils in the EU are degraded due to climate change and unsustainable agri

Budget โ‚ฌ891kSingle stage
Deadline23Nov 2026
OpenDigital EuropeCascade fundingGovtech4all 2.0

Service request: ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด - ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด - ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด?

Further information, procurement documents, clarifications, and updates are available through the CPV IS platform: https://viesiejipirkimai.lt/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=10208098. All communication related to the procurement shall take place electronically through the procurement systemโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ70kSingle stage
Deadline23Nov 2026
OpenCERVCascade fundingCoPower

Comprehensive and inclusive support for women and girls' victims of GBV

The CoPower project is implemented by Oxfam Italia ETS, Action Aid Hellas, Asociaciรณn Bienestar y Desarolloa and We World-GVC. It started on 1 March 2026 and will end on 28 February 2029. Its objective is to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) to provide safe and inclusive s

Budget โ‚ฌ900kMultiple cut off
Deadline28Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingRISTANC

Mission ocean in Slovenian seas โ€” Call for proposals for the provision of financial support to third parties for the implementation of small-scale projects under the RISTANC project

1. Call organiser and responsibility The call is organised by the Science and Research Centre Koper (ZRS Koper), coordinator of the RISTANC project, on behalf of the RISTANC consortium. The consortium remains fully responsible towards the European Commission for the proper implementation of this fin

Budget โ‚ฌ60kSingle stage
Deadline1Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingInnovativeSMEs

European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Innowwide CALL 5

โ€ข Eureka Innowwide webpage: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes/innowwide โ€ข Innowwide resource library: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes-and-calls/innowwide/innowwide-library/ โ€ข Innowwide application platform: https://eureka.smartsimple.ie/ โ€ข Data privacy policy: https://eurekanetwork.oโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ4.2MSingle stage
Deadline2Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingNostradamus

NOSTRADAMUS - Open Call #1: Funding Digital Applications for Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture

Official Project Website: https://nostradamus-project.eu Helpdesk Email: opencall@nostradamus-project.eu Eligible Applicants: Single SMEs / start-ups / small mid-caps, or consortia of up to 2 entities (Lead Beneficiary must be an SME/start-up/small mid-cap; 2nd partner can be an RTO/university or en

Budget โ‚ฌ250kSingle stage
Deadline2Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingFOREST

ForestPathways โ€“ Building Knowledge and Solutions for Resilient Forests and Sustainable Forest-Based Futures

Full information on the FOREST Joint Call 2026 โ€“ ForestPathways, including the Call Announcement, Funder Regulations, application documents, information webinar, networking and partnering opportunities, and access to the Electronic Submission and Evaluation System (ESES), is available on the officia

Budget โ‚ฌ40MMultiple cut off
Deadline3Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingSGA3-NZC

NetZeroCities ECT2: Enabling City Transformation 2

Funding The funding will be allocated across three subgrant envelopes as follows: 500.000 EUR: proposals with a minimum of one Mission City plus at least one additional consortium partner. 1.000.000 EUR: proposals with a minimum of two distinct Mission Cities (i.e. formally selected as such), plus a

Budget โ‚ฌ8MSingle stage
Deadline4Dec 2026
OpenCreative EuropeCascade fundingZMINA.Resilience

ZMINA:Resilience. Second call for co-creation funding of international cooperation projects

Helpline: hi@zmina.eu (response within 2 working days). FAQ and additional materials are available on the application platform. Weekly Zoom consultations ( registration ). Detailed information about the ZMINA: Resilience project: https://zmina.eu โ€” ๐—ญ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—”: Resilience is a cooperation between Izolyats

Budget โ‚ฌ188kSingle stage
Deadline11Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingSoS2LearnDBS

SoS2LearnDBS 1st Open Call for Transition Agendas (OC-TAg1-SoS2LearnDBS-2026)

Call documents available at SOS2LearnDBS website TAg Open Call page . Applicants are strongly encouraged to follow SOS2LearnDBS in social media to not miss any updates in the open call: SOS2LearnDBS LinkedIn SOS2LearnDBS Instagram SOS2LearnDBS Facebook Two info sessions will be organised to present

Budget โ‚ฌ1.1MSingle stage
Deadline14Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingValleys

VALLEYS Open Call #1

VALLEYS aims to strengthen Knowledge Valorisation in Europe by building a Network of Knowledge Valorisation Intermediaries. OC1 funds six-month pilots operationalising at least one ERA Code of Practice: Strand A: Toolbox Integration Pilots, up to โ‚ฌ10k, Strand B: Cross-border Mobility and Secondments

Budget โ‚ฌ210kSingle stage
Deadline14Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade funding26-28 EntrEduSkills

EIT STEM Tech Talent Induction Call: Building Future-Ready STEM Talent

Two webinars will be organised to provide additional information to the applicants to improve their chances of successful applications on the following dates: โ€ข 26th October 2026 โ€ข 19th November 2026 For further information, please consult the EIT STEM Tech Talent Induction Call website: https://28dโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ2MSingle stage
Deadline15Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingWoodStock

WoodStock Grants to support climate-smart wood construction solutions

The WoodStock Grants offer a unique opportunity for SMEs, start-ups, non-profit organisations, or consortia led by one of these to make better use of underutilised wood in construction and develop climate-smart wood construction solutions beyond Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5. Through this call,

Budget โ‚ฌ200kSingle stage
Deadline21Dec 2026
OpenLIFECascade fundingLIFE25-CET-LIFE EUCF 3.0

European City Facility โ€“ Eighth Call for Applications: Support local authorities in developing investment concepts for sustainable energy

Web address for further information (eligibility check/full application form/full call text/proposal guidelines/templates): https://www.eucityfacility.eu/ For further information (helpdesk): https://fmp.eucityfacility.eu/iss/NewTicket You can also contact your national hub: https://www.eucityfacilitโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ3.7MSingle stage
Deadline31Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingBIOECONOMY GIANTS

BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call for Scaling-up & Piloting (OC2)

Useful Links BIOECONOMY GIANTS Open Call II website page. Here it is possible to find all necessary documents and information as well as a FAQ section: https://bioeconomygiants.com/open-call-2/ . Contact details Requests for information or clarification may be submitted to the following email addresโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ280kSingle stage
Deadline3Jan 2027
OpenDigital EuropeCascade fundingSUSA

METU Internships Offer

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY TITLE OF INTERNSHIP: Hands-On AI & Data Science Internships LOCATION: Remote (Virtual) or On-Site at Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University DURATION: 4 weeks ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES: Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Engineering, and Biomedical - Bioinfor

Budget โ‚ฌ30kMultiple cut off
Deadline11Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingRCH

Foundations for climate-resilient cultural heritage - Assessing and managing impact and risk, dealing with damage and loss

Funding organisations and ministries from 25 countries are participating, together with the European Union, with the aim of supporting R&I and transnational cooperation to strengthen the preservation of cultural heritage in the face of climate change. The call also seeks to promote innovative adaptaโ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ36.5MMultiple cut off
Deadline13Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingFutureFoodS

GETS - Getting Everyone Together for Sustainable food systems: empowered consumers, innovative sustainable products and trusted value chains

Each application submitted under this call should focus on one of the three call topics listed below: 1 Trusted and transparent sustainable food value chains 2 Consumer agency and enabling food environments for healthy, safe and sustainable food practices 3 Innovative processing for sustainable, saf

Budget โ‚ฌ44MMultiple cut off
Deadline13Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingEIT Health 26-28

Innovation Validation Call 2027

The selection process is a single-stage submission 1. Admissibility and Eligibility Check 2. Remote Evaluation: external independent experts will evaluate each application. Up to 15 shortlisted who score at least 70 / 100 will be invited to the online pitches. 3. Online Pitching: Teams are invited t

Budget โ‚ฌ5.1MSingle stage
Deadline14Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingERA4Health

Multi-national Investigator-Initiated Clinical Studies in Cardiovascular, Autoimmune, Metabolic, and Non-Communicable Respiratory Diseases, including Underrepresented Populations (IICS4all 2027)

The aim of the call is to support pragmatic, phase III, randomised controlled, multi-national interventional Investigator-Initiated Clinical Studies (IICS) (1) that are designed as following study types : comparative-effectiveness studies and/or drug repurposing studies of off-patent drugs Applicant

Budget โ‚ฌ29.6MMultiple cut off
Deadline14Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingWomen TechEU 2 EIC

Women TechEU Open Call

The Women TechEU 2 EIC project is on a mission to ignite the potential of women-led early-stage startups in deep tech. 160 talented women entrepreneurs from across the European Union and Horizon Europe associated countries will be receiving direct support. With 75kโ‚ฌ grant (non-diluting finance) and

Budget โ‚ฌ12MMultiple cut off
Deadline20Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingEP PerMed

Cell and Gene Therapy for Personalised Medicine (CGT4PM2027)

Applicants should contact their corresponding regional/national representative to enquire about eligibility with their respective funding organisations prior to submitting an application (see regional/national contact details, Annex I of the call text). For additional information, please contact the

Budget โ‚ฌ37MSingle stage
Deadline27Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingAMALTEA

AMALTEA 2nd Open Call - Call for SMEs & Start-ups: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Construction

For further information about the AMALTEA project, please visit the following website: https://amaltea-project.eu/ Further details about this call can be found on the dedicated page Open Call - Amaltea Project Email address for further information: helpdesk.amaltea@fundingbox.com .

Budget โ‚ฌ2.5MSingle stage
Deadline3Feb 2027
OpenDigital EuropeCascade fundingPHORTIFY

Phortify Internship (Traineeship) Grants - Pilot Call

Disclaimer: This call (as well as the financial support provided through it) is NOT an EU action. This call is launched solely by Phortify. The financial support to the selected successful applicants will be provided directly by Phortify in its own name and under its own responsibility. Phortifyโ€™s r

Budget โ‚ฌ92kSingle stage
Deadline15Feb 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingRAMP

RAMP Joint Transnational Call 2026

RAMP Joint Transnational Call 2026 supports transnational research and innovation projects across the raw materials value chain for the green and digital transition. More information, call documents, templates and submission guidance are available on the RAMP call website: https://ramprawmaterials.e

Budget โ‚ฌ41MMultiple cut off
Deadline15Mar 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingBP26-28 EITCC

Open call for proposals Innovation projects

Applicants may submit questions through the EIT Culture & Creativity Contact Form . Questions received during the submission period may be anonymised and published on the call webpage to ensure equal access to information. An online information session will take place on 7 October 2026, 10:00โ€“12:00

Budget โ‚ฌ10.5MMultiple cut off
Deadline30Jun 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeCascade fundingEEN2EIC

Open Call 4bis for the selection of EEN organisations delivering Investment Readiness Services (IRS) and Follow-up Support โ€“ EEN2EIC

The Open Call 4bis is available at the official project website: https://een2eic.eu For further information you can contact een2eic@apre.it

Budget โ‚ฌ3.7MSingle stage
Deadline30Jun 2027
OpenDigital EuropeCascade fundingRESCHIP4EU

Recruitment Cycle Cohort 2027

This call is NOT an EU action. It is launched solely by RESCHIP4EU, which provides the financial support in its own name and under its own responsibility, including drafting the call and selecting recipients. Publication on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal is for information only and is not approval โ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ360kSingle stage
Deadline7Jul 2027
OpenDigital EuropeCascade fundingAI and Health

AMU Scholarships for the internship of the Master 2 ยซ Biology & Health ยป, study-track ยซ AI and biomarkers ยป within the European Project ยซ Advanced Digital Skills AI and Health ยป.

Payment arrangements : the student is paid by Aix-Marseille Universitรฉ, according to the time spent in the hosting organism and declared in the time sheet for work placement payment. Maximum budget of this call : 210ย 000 euros Amount of monthly allowance for the traineeship ย : between 487,20 euros (

Budget โ‚ฌ210kMultiple cut off
Deadline13Jul 2027
OpenSingle Market ProgrammeCascade fundingRESIST II

RESIST II PROCESS INNOVATION OPEN CALL

Applicants could receive up to 20,000โ‚ฌ in the case of individual projects and up to 30,000โ‚ฌ/SME in the case of collaborative projects , with 90% of co-financing rate Apart from the funding, selected SMEs will benefit from a complementary package of services provided during their projects implementat

Budget โ‚ฌ800kMultiple cut off
Deadline31Dec 2027
OpenDigital EuropeCascade fundingFACTEUR

Emergency Response - Support Grants

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for โ€ฆ

Budget โ‚ฌ450kSingle stage
Deadline29Jan 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeCascade fundingEDITO 2

INTEGRATION OF INNOVATIVE OCEAN SOLUTIONS INTO EDITO

This second call for proposals focuses on the integration of innovative digital ocean solutions into the EDITO ecosystem. Eligible solutions may include digital ocean applications, reusable models, workflows, APIs, dashboards, decision-support tools or high-value datasets addressing key ocean and coโ€ฆ

Opens 9 Nov 2026Budget โ‚ฌ700kSingle stage
Deadline10Feb 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeCascade fundingGRAIL

GRAIL Open Call โ€” Genesis (1st Open Call)

GRAIL aims to deliver the first European general-purpose Foundational Robotics Model (GFRM). The project's results will be validated across five industrial Use Cases โ€” automotive, aerospace, intralogistics, steel and electronics, and scaled through more than 40 third-party projects funded across thr

Opens 9 Nov 2026Budget โ‚ฌ1MSingle stage
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The list is built from the European Commission's public Funding & Tenders Portal search service and refreshed every Monday. Calls whose deadlines have passed are removed automatically, even if the portal still flags them as open. โ€œOpenโ€ means you can submit now; โ€œforthcomingโ€ means the call has been announced but is not yet open. Budgets are the indicative topic budgets published by the Commission. Always read the official call documents before applying.