Grants

This call aims to accelerate the scaling and deployment of innovative technologies by leveraging EU Missions as catalysts for lead markets. It supports public and private stakeholders in fostering demand-driven innovation and developing proof-of-concept for deep tech solutions relevant to the Missions. The call seeks to enable lead markets for mission-driven technologies, mobilizing procurement and financing models to accelerate the uptake of high-risk, high-reward technologies in public services markets. Social Sciences and Humanities insights will also be integrated to address barriers to market uptake, risk perception, and stakeholder engagement.

This grant aims to strengthen research-driven capacity-building and institutional readiness to accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions in support of the five EU Missions. The action targets local authorities in order to empower them to fully leverage the Missions’ potential by conducting skills inventory and gap analysis, developing methods for identifying barriers and training needs, and implementing targeted capacity-building activities such as training programmes, peer-learning networks, and mentoring schemes. The ultimate goal is to foster experimentation, impact-driven action, and enhanced collaboration and knowledge sharing across regions, thereby increasing the uptake and scaling of innovations and improving the overall implementation of the EU Missions.

This grant aims to identify and address the barriers preventing the scaling and deployment of innovative technologies and non-technological innovations that support the five EU Missions in achieving their objectives. Projects should explore how the risk perception and risk management strategies of diverse stakeholder groups affect the scalability of innovations in the context of EU Missions. The grant supports research-led interdisciplinary consortia to investigate socio-technical, economic, cultural, and regulatory barriers that impede the scaling of innovative solutions, with activities covering all five EU Missions.

This preparatory action supports destination management organisations (DMOs), SMEs, and other tourism stakeholders in upskilling and reskilling, with expected impact on their ability to manage and use data, and strengthen networks and synergies. It aims to facilitate full participation of these stakeholders in the tourism data space and Tourism Knowledge Hub by providing access tools and fostering connections. The project also contributes to the Pact for Skills for the Tourism Ecosystem.

The objective is to create or strengthen National Cyber Hubs across the European Union, supported by state-of-the-art technology, acting as central points for detecting, gathering and storing data on cybersecurity threats, analysing this data, and sharing and reporting cyber threat intelligence. These hubs will foster collaboration between public and private cybersecurity actors, deliver targeted training, and support critical and undersea infrastructure resilience. The programme aims to enable proactive management of cyber events, promote automation, and facilitate information exchange, building on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and dynamic learning.

The Cross-Border Cyber Hubs grant aims to establish world-class cybersecurity hubs across the European Union to pool, analyze, and share cybersecurity threat data between several Member States. These hubs, equipped with secure infrastructures and advanced data analytics tools, will enhance collective situational awareness, threat detection, and response capabilities. The initiative builds additional capacity on top of existing Security Operations Centres and Computer Security Incident Response Teams, supporting collaboration, the adoption of common tools and standards, as well as improved protection and surveillance of critical infrastructure, including undersea cables. The grant covers both the procurement of necessary infrastructure, tools, and services, and activities required to build up and operate these cyber hubs.

Objective: Call for proposals to support National Roma Contact Points. Part of the CERV programme (2021-2027).

This grant accelerates the development, integration, deployment, and commercialization of breakthrough Physical AI solutions that enable machines and systems to autonomously perceive, act, and interact in complex, real-world settings. Supported projects are expected to reinforce Europe's leadership in physical AI, reduce reliance on non-European technology providers, and contribute to EU priorities such as sustainability, resilience, digital transformation, and industrial competitiveness. The challenge is structured in two stages and aims to deliver robust, scalable, and validated prototypes with responsible, trustworthy, and human-centric AI in areas like disaster response, autonomous scientific labs, or professional/personal robotic assistants.

This Challenge supports ambitions to maintain and strengthen the health sector in Europe by accelerating the development and validation of disruptive New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for biomedical applications, including medicinal products and medical technologies. It aims to support regulatory innovation through evidence-based recommendations for assessing safety, efficacy, and quality, and to provide industry with harmonised assessment toolkits. The ultimate ambition is to deliver robust, validated NAMs that constitute a representative model or prototype system and reach TRL 6. The competition has two stages, focusing on validation, benchmarking, and progression of human-relevant biomedical innovations.