Grants

This grant supports evaluations carried out by the EFSA Scientific BIOHAZ Panel and related ad hoc Working Groups, focusing on applications for alternative methods of use or disposal of animal by-products or derived products, and involves performing work related to the development of the draft scientific opinions. Only competent organisations, designated by Member States, are eligible.

This grant aims to support the ETIP and the SET Plan Implementation Working Group (IWG) for geothermal energy, aligning with strategic European energy and climate goals. The project will facilitate stakeholder engagement, strengthen the clean energy transition, and contribute to EU initiatives like the European Green Deal, REPowerEU, and the Net Zero Industry Act. Focus areas include policy support, energy system transformation, research & innovation roadmaps, and fostering collaboration among industry, academia, public authorities, and civil society. The expected duration of funded projects is one and a half years, involving activities such as the development of strategic reports, outreach, inclusivity, data provision, and the preparation of sustainability plans for stakeholder groups.

ERA Research Managers is an EU grant aiming to attract experienced research managers to universities, research organisations or research infrastructures in Widening countries. The objective is to enhance the institutional capacities for research management, foster brain circulation, and create excellence in research administration. Projects funded through this scheme are expected to strengthen research management, improve research outcomes, facilitate institutional reform, and boost international competitiveness, all while supporting best practices in research governance, open science, gender equality, and career development.

ERA Chairs aim to attract outstanding scientists and innovators to universities, research organisations or research infrastructures in Widening countries. The objective is to foster brain circulation, create pockets of excellence, and strengthen institutional culture and performance. The scheme intends to boost research excellence, international competitiveness, and institutional reforms in alignment with European Research Area (ERA) priorities. Projects result in strengthened mobility, research capacity, human capital, and links between research and innovation actors throughout Europe.

Supports projects for translating, publishing, distributing, and promoting European literary works, including novels, short stories, theatre plays, radio plays, poetry, literary reportage, comics, and children's or youth literature. The action aims to increase the transnational circulation, diversity, and readership of European literature, promote linguistic and cultural diversity, support the profession of literary translators with fair remuneration, and encourage cooperation throughout the book value chain. Extra emphasis is given to activities involving Ukrainian books and translations in response to the ongoing situation in Ukraine.

This grant aims to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions for mitigating the negative environmental, ecological, economic, social, and health impacts of active railway lines and motorways on adjacent neighbourhoods, to revitalise these areas in line with the sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetic values of the New European Bauhaus. Projects are expected to demonstrate and assess measures in urban, peri-urban, and rural settings across different EU Member States or Associated Countries, ensuring a participatory and transdisciplinary approach and contributing to the urban greening goal of the Nature Restoration Regulation.

The grant supports the development and demonstration of enabling environments for the testing, validation, deployment, and upscaling of innovative construction solutions aligned with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles. Projects are expected to facilitate real-life testing for companies, provide blueprints and evidence for wider policy and market uptake, and contribute to NEB Academy pillars by addressing sustainability, circularity, and competitiveness in the European construction sector.

This grant supports the creation or maintenance of a database on alternatives to pesticides, specifically in the context of emergency authorisations, and is only open to competent organisations designated by Member States under EU regulations.

Aims to accelerate market expansion of European deep tech startups and scaleups by fostering cross-border collaboration between major startup and scaleup hubs, research and higher education institutions, corporates, and investors. The action seeks to interconnect leading tech startup/scaleup hubs, provide startups with access to infrastructure and resources, enable networking and entrepreneurial education, and promote the integration of less-connected regions into Europe's innovation ecosystem, in alignment with EU competitiveness and scaling strategies.