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Excellent science and widening participation calls

MSCA, ERC, research infrastructures, Widening participation, EIT, European innovation ecosystems and RAISE calls. 9 open and 28 forthcoming, from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

37 funding opportunities match your filters
Deadline24Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2026-DN-01-01

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For supported doctoral candidates New research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia; New knowledge allowing the conversion of ideas into produc

Budget €1884.1MSingle stageTMA MSCA Doctoral Networks, TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Joint Doctorates
Deadline24Nov 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03

RAISE Doctoral Networks for AI in Science (RAISE pilot)

This action builds on the MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 call (HORIZON-MSCA-DN-2026). The project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For supported doctoral candidates: New research and transferable skills and competences in the application of AI in science, leading to improve

Budget €90MSingle stageTMA MSCA Doctoral Networks, TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Joint Doctorates
Deadline1Dec 2026
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-EIT-2026-PRIZE-WIP-LEADERSHIP

Women Leadership Category

Expected Impact: The prize will boost public awareness of the potential, importance and contribution of women to the EU innovation ecosystem and create strong role models, inspiring more women to become innovators themselves.

Budget €100kSingle stageRecognition Prize
Deadline5Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-EIE-2027-02-CONNECT-01

European Startup and Scaleup Hubs pilot

Projects under this topic will contribute to the following outcomes: Accelerate market expansion for European deep tech startups across EU regions and beyond by fostering collaboration and mutual support among European deep tech startup ecosystem actors; Interconnect top-tier tech startup and scaleu

Budget €40MSingle stageProgramme Cofund Actions
Deadline12Jan 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeERC-2027-COG

ERC Consolidator Grant

Scope: Objectives The Consolidator Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators who are consolidating their own independent research team or programme. A Consolidator Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of research independence. Size of ERC Consolidator Grants Consoli

Budget €618.5MSingle stageERC Grants
Deadline2Feb 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02

Automated Scientific Discovery – Food (RAISE pilot)

Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: Development of closed-loop scientific experimentation systems that integrate automation with AI-driven, trustworthy decision-making processes in existing laboratory environments; Accelerated scientific discovery with incr

Budget €3MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline2Feb 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01

Automated Scientific Discovery - Materials Science (RAISE pilot) (RIA)

Development of closed-loop scientific experimentation systems that integrate automation with AI-driven, trustworthy decision-making processes in existing laboratory environments; Accelerated scientific discovery with increased efficiency and reproducibility; Improved scientific productivity; Advance

Budget €26.5MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline2Feb 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-04

Developing a model for a Data Lab for Science linking with EOSC and RAISE (RAISE pilot) (CSA)

Project are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: a sustainable operational model and reference blueprint for a Data Lab for Science linking with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE), enabling researchers to accelerate the uptake of AI

Budget €1MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline4Mar 2027
OpenHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-04-WIDENING-01

Excellence Hubs

Excellence Hubs allow innovation ecosystems in Widening countries and beyond, to team up and create better linkages between academia, business, government and society. This will foster a place-based innovation culture in Widening countries based on a strategic agenda aligned with regional or nationa

Budget €100MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline11Mar 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-05

Pillar IV: Upgrading the EU’s independent knowledge on China's Science, Technology and Innovation system

Proposals will deliver on the impact of ‘A more strategic, coherent, and evidence-based approach towards cooperation with China in the area of science, technology, and innovation (STI)’. It contributes toward the ERA Structural Policy “Implementing the Global Approach to R&I cooperation”, while taki

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €3MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline11Mar 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-04

Pillar III: Promoting public engagement in R&I and scientific literacy

Scope: This topic aims to promote the adoption of ERA policies and practices delivering innovative approaches for enhancing science-society links and promoting scientific literacy. Proposals should contribute to the impact “Increasing trust in science and alignment of R&I with society’s needs, expec

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €2MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline11Mar 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-01

Pillar I: Facilitating development of institutional open access policies through the retention of intellectual property rights

Proposals will deliver on the impact “A more open, equitable and inclusive research and innovation ecosystem”, contributing to the ERA Structural Policy “Enabling open science via sharing and re-use of data, including through the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)”. Project results are expected to c

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €2MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline11Mar 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-03

Pillar III: Science comes to town 2029

The successful proposal will deliver on the impact “Increased alignment of research with society’s needs, expectations and values”. Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Strengthened capacity, networks and involvement of the participating cities in sci

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €6MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline11Mar 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-05-ERA-02

Pillar II: Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers

Proposals will deliver on the impact of “Improved research careers and mobility, based on the European framework for research careers, fostering knowledge flows and career interoperability across sectors and countries” [1] , contributing to the ERA Structural Policy “Making research careers more att

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €29MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline6Apr 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-01-01

MSCA COFUND 2027

Projects results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For supported doctoral candidates Deeper and more diverse set of research-related and transferable skills and competences; Improved employability and career prospects both within academia and beyond; New mind-sets and approaches

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €51.3MSingle stageTMA MSCA Cofund Doctoral programme
Deadline6Apr 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-02-01

MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027

For supported researchers: Concrete career prospects and increased career stability; Deeper and more diverse set of research-related, academic and transferable skills and competences, leading to greater autonomy. For participating organisations: Better alignment of research and Human Resources pract

Opens 8 Dec 2026Budget €51.3MSingle stageTMA MSCA Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Deadline13Apr 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2027-SE-01-01

MSCA Staff Exchanges 2027

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For staff members Increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia; More knowledge and innovative ideas converted into products,

Opens 15 Dec 2026Budget €95.1MSingle stageTMA MSCA Staff Exchanges
Deadline8Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2027-CITIZENS-01-01

MSCA and Citizens 2027

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 communication skills and competences to interact with a non-research audience, notably with pupils and student

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €15.7MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-01-EOSC-02

Strengthening the potential of the EOSC for knowledge valorisation and industry-academia collaboration (EOSC Partnership)

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Better overview of the identified opportunities and barriers of the EU’s current legal framework on intellectual property (patents, copyright, licenses etc.) for researchers to valorise knowledge resources provided and/or processe

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €8MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-01-EOSC-01

Expanding and deepening the EOSC Federation (EOSC Partnership)

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: The EOSC Federation provides to EOSC users with state-of-the-art digital services addressing their needs to store, process and share data, run software, models and workflows, and collaborate with their peers. Research and digital

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €40MSingle stageProgramme Cofund Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-TECH-01-01

Testing and optimising models of co-creation of advanced research infrastructure technologies

The objective of this topic is strengthening the European research infrastructure landscape as a pillar of Europe’s innovation-based competitiveness and reinforcing its role in the overarching policy priority of making Europe the top region for deep-tech startups and scaleups. Project results are ex

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €30MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-TECH-01-02

Pioneering Destination Earth for a Sustainable Future: Large-Scale Pilots and Demonstrators

Actionable and widely tested research-to-action pilot solutions in addressing complex cross-sectoral problems caused and/or exacerbated by climate change in key socio-environmental and socio-economic sectors. Innovative use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by further development of the data lab infra

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €30MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-01

Preparatory phase of new ESFRI research infrastructure projects

Projects are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes: Increased performance, scientific capacity and excellence of the European landscape of research infrastructures enhancing problem-solving capacities of the ERA to address challenges in science, industry and society; L

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €29MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-03

Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – individual support for evolution, long-term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures

Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes: better structured and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape; new services available to a wider user community, including participants in other parts of Horizon Europe, allowing to better tackl

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €29.4MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-02

Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – development of complementarities, synergies and/or integration between a set of pan-European research infrastructures

Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes: better structured, integrated and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape; solid concepts and/or comprehensive plans for the integrated research infrastructures, to support decision making at na

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €20MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-SERV-01-01

Access to research infrastructures, their resources and services: large-scale pilots for more integrated scheme across (sub)domains

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: More efficient access to the best research infrastructures available to researchers and innovators to conduct basic and applied research and foster innovation, irrespective of location. A single-entry point access por

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €105MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-SERV-01-03

Connecting research infrastructures and a wider user community across the European Research Area through access to advanced research infrastructure services

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: Better connection of research infrastructures across the European Research Area reinforcing and spreading excellence throughout the European Research Area; mitigating scattered national and regional research infrastru

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €12MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline15Jun 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-INFRA-2027-SERV-01-02

Access to research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing EU priorities and emerging challenges

For all areas: More efficient access to the best research infrastructures available to researchers and innovators to conduct challenge-driven research, improve responsiveness to emerging challenges and foster innovation, irrespective of location, through a single-entry point access portal, integrate

Opens 9 Mar 2027Budget €35MSingle stage Research and Innovation Actions
Deadline8Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2027-PF-01-01

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For supported postdoctoral fellows Increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects of MSCA postdoctoral fellows within academia and beyond; New mind-sets an

Opens 7 Apr 2027Budget €388.6MSingle stageTMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships, TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Deadline8Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-03-WIDENING-01

ERA Fellowships

This action builds on the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 action (HORIZON-MSCA-PF-2027). The target group are host organisations located in Widening countries. Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes : For supported ERA Fellows: Increased set of research and transfera

Opens 7 Apr 2027Budget €8MSingle stageTMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Deadline14Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-02

ERA Research Managers

Excellent capacities in research management are essential for institutions and national R&I systems to capitalize on their R&I activities. ERA Research Managers aim to attract experienced research managers to universities, research organisations or research infrastructures in Widening countries, est

Opens 6 Apr 2027Budget €65MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline14Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01

ERA Chairs

Progress in strengthening links between research and innovation actors across the European Research Area (ERA) is essential for Europe to capitalize on excellence. ERA Chairs aim to attract outstanding scientists and innovators to universities, research organisations or research infrastructures in W

Opens 6 Apr 2027Budget €175MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline15Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-02

Reinforcing synergies between experimentation spaces and innovation procurement

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Advancing public sector modernization by capitalising on the transformational power of innovative technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of public services; Reinforce EU strategic autonomy and increase resilience in th

Opens 1 Jun 2027Budget €10MSingle stagePre-commercial Procurement
Deadline15Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-03

Enhancing the involvement of philanthropic organisations in innovation ecosystems

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Increase the collaboration of philanthropic organisations with higher education institutions, TTOs, innovative companies and Venture Capital (VCs) in supporting innovative projects and companies to develop and grow; Support the tr

Opens 1 Jun 2027Budget €6MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline15Sep 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-01-CANCELLED

Startup Europe - CANCELLED

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Increasing the market footprint of European startups in strategic digital technologies and deep tech [1] innovation, including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Computing, Cybersecurity, Next Generation Internet

Opens 1 Jun 2027Single stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline18Nov 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-WIDERA-2027-01-WIDENING-01

EIC Pre-accelerator - Widening

This call will increase the innovation potential of deep-tech startups in the Widening countries and enable them to better attract private investments and scale up. It will further strengthen the innovation dimension of the widening component and increase the overall competitiveness of these countri

Opens 5 May 2027Budget €40MSingle stageCoordination and Support Actions
Deadline23Nov 2027
ForthcomingHorizon EuropeHORIZON-MSCA-2027-DN-01-01

MSCA Doctoral Networks 2027

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: For supported doctoral candidates New research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects within and outside academia; New knowledge allowing the conversion of ideas into produc

Opens 26 May 2027Budget €1938MSingle stageTMA MSCA Doctoral Networks, TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Joint Doctorates
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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. “Open” means you can submit now; “forthcoming” 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.