Open calls in European Union
Open research grants in European Union
25 open calls with eligibility in European Union, refreshed hourly. Click any call to view the funder's official page.
All open calls in European Union (sorted by deadline)
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal7 May 2026EU
Digital forensic equipment and tools
Horizon Europe topic EUAF-2026-TA-02 · Call: Technical Assistance · EUAF Project Grants
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal7 May 2026EU
Investigation and surveillance equipment and methods
Horizon Europe topic EUAF-2026-TA-01 · Call: Technical Assistance · EUAF Project Grants
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal7 May 2026EU
Data-analytics technologies and data purchases
Horizon Europe topic EUAF-2026-TA-03 · Call: Technical Assistance · EUAF Project Grants
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal7 May 2026EU
Detection of illicit trade
Horizon Europe topic EUAF-2026-TA-04 · Call: Technical Assistance · EUAF Project Grants
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal23 Jul 2026EU
Support for social dialogue
Horizon Europe topic SOCPL-2026-SOC-DIALOG · Call: Support for social dialogue · SOCPL Project Grants
European Research Council (ERC)3 Sept 2026EU
ERC Advanced Grant 2027
Up to €2.5M over 5 years for established, leading principal investigators with a recognised track record of research achievements in the last 10 years.
European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)10 Sept 2026EU
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
European and Global Postdoctoral Fellowships supporting researcher mobility across Europe and worldwide — 2-3 year individual fellowships.
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal15 Sept 2026EU
R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships)
Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-CID-2026-01-01 · Call: R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal · HORIZON Innovation Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal15 Sept 2026EU
R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Clean Technologies for Climate Action
Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-CID-2026-01-02 · Call: R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal · HORIZON Innovation Actions
European Commission (HaDEA)16 Sept 2026EU
Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Health — 2026 Calls
Research and innovation actions on personalised medicine, rare disease, chronic disease, infectious disease, health systems, AI in health, pharmaceutical innovation.
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Multiple rocket launcher
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-DA-GROUND-MRL · Call: Development actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Development Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Enhanced cognitive EW system with intelligent RESM CESM signal analysis
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-DA-SENS-CEW-STEP · Call: Development actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Development Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Secure digital military mobility system
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-DA-PROTMOB-DMM · Call: Development actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Development Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
New abilities in over-the-horizon sensing
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-LS-DA-DIS-OTHR · Call: Development actions implemented via lump sum grants targeting disruptive technologies for defence · EDF Lump Sum Grants
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Ammunition Waste Collection and Disposal Unmanned Platform
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-DA-ENERENV-AWC-STEP · Call: Development actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Development Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Development and validation of models predicting flow-related underwater noise
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-RA-UWW-FUWN · Call: Research actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Research Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Modelling & simulation supported AI framework for military decision-making and training
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-RA-SIMTRAIN-MSAI · Call: Research actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Research Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones – participation in a technological challenge"
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE-DIGIT-AISAP-STEP · Call: Research actions in the form of a technological challenge implemented via lump sum grants · EDF Lump Sum Grants
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
Future main battle tank platform systems
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-DA-GROUND-MBT · Call: Development actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Development Actions
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal29 Sept 2026EU
CBRN decontamination systems and technologies
Horizon Europe topic EDF-2026-RA-MCBRN-DST · Call: Research actions implemented via actual cost grants · EDF Research Actions
European Innovation Council (EIC)7 Oct 2026EU
European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Open 2026
Support for bottom-up, high-risk/high-gain research advancing scientific understanding toward breakthrough technologies — radically new technology visions.
European Research Council (ERC)14 Oct 2026EU
ERC Starting Grant 2027
Up to €1.5M over 5 years for outstanding early-career researchers (2-7 years post-PhD) to build their own research team and pursue groundbreaking ideas.
European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)25 Nov 2026EU
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026
Joint doctoral programmes and industrial doctorates funded across European consortia — trains the next generation of researchers through international collaboration.
European Commission — EU Funding & Tenders Portal17 Dec 2026EU
EIC Accelerator 2026 - Short proposal
Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-EIC-2026-ACCELERATOR-01 · Call: EIC Accelerator 2026 - Short application · HORIZON EIC Accelerator
European Research Council (ERC)20 Jan 2027EU
ERC Consolidator Grant 2027
Up to €2M over 5 years for researchers 7-12 years post-PhD to consolidate their own independent research team and programme.
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