Grants

The European Universities grant aims to further develop systemic, structural, and sustainable institutional cooperation and to increase quality, performance, and international competitiveness of European higher education institutions. It supports alliances of higher education institutions to promote common European values, strengthen European identity, and facilitate collaboration across cultures, academic disciplines, and borders. The grant drives innovative pedagogies, boosts the knowledge economy, employment, creativity, culture, welfare, and strengthens links with the research and innovation landscape, providing a sustainable financial perspective for continued transformation.

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) supports high-level integrated transnational study programmes at Master level delivered by international consortia of higher education institutions. The programme aims to promote excellence, integration, and internationalisation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), enhance the attractiveness of European higher education worldwide, and attract global talent to Europe through institutional cooperation and scholarships for outstanding students.

Erasmus Mundus Design Measures aim to reinforce the integration and international dimension of the European Education Area by enhancing the capacities of higher education institutions to modernise and internationalise their curricula. The grant supports the development of new, innovative, highly integrated international master programmes delivered jointly by a consortium of higher education institutions (HEIs) from EU Member States or third countries associated to the programme. The objectives are to enrich academic perspectives via international collaboration, attract global talent, enhance universities' competitiveness, and develop joint mechanisms for quality assurance, accreditation, and recognition of degrees and credits. These programmes target education at level 7 of the ISCED 2011 standard. The initiative may involve HEIs from third countries not associated to the programme, as well as educational and non-educational partners with relevant expertise.

This Action aims to support the organisation of sport events with a European dimension in the following fields: Volunteering in sport; Social inclusion through sport; Fight against discrimination in sport, including gender equality; Encouraging healthy lifestyle for all, including the implementation of the HealthyLifestyle4All initiative, the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity and the EU Physical Activity Guidelines, support to the European Week of Sport, and the promotion of traditional sport and games.

Capacity Building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of sport in Programme and third countries not associated to the Programme in Region 1 (Western Balkans) and Region 2 (Neighbourhood East). They aim to support sport activities and policies in third countries not associated to the Programme as a vehicle to promote values as well as an educational tool to promote the personal and social development of individuals and build more cohesive communities. Objectives: - Raising the capacity of grassroots sport organisations - Encouraging the practice of sport and physical activity in third countries not associated to the Programme - Promoting social inclusion through sport - Promoting positive values through sport (such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit) - Fostering cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives Thematic areas include: promotion of common values, non-discrimination and gender equality through sport; development of skills through sport needed to improve the social involvement of disadvantaged groups; integration of migrants; and post-conflict reconciliation.

Cooperation Partnerships aim to support organisations in increasing the quality and relevance of their activities by developing and reinforcing partner networks, enhancing their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level, and boosting internationalisation. The partnerships focus on developing, transferring, or implementing innovative practices and joint initiatives that encourage cooperation, peer learning, and experience exchange at the European level. Projects are expected to produce results that are reusable, transferable, scalable, and ideally have a strong transdisciplinary character. The primary objectives include addressing common needs in education, training, youth, and sport; building organisational capacity to work transnationally and across sectors; and enabling lasting transformation and change at various levels.

This Action aims to support the organisation of sport events with a European dimension in the following fields: volunteering in sport; social inclusion through sport; fight against discrimination in sport, including gender equality; encouraging healthy lifestyles for all. Projects under this priority focus mainly on: the implementation of the three pillars of the HealthyLifestyle4All initiative; the implementation of the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity and the EU Physical Activity Guidelines; support to the implementation of the European Week of Sport; promotion of sport and physical activity as a tool for health; promotion of activities encouraging the practice of sport and physical activity; promotion of traditional sport and games.

Small-scale Partnerships are designed to widen access to the Erasmus+ programme for small-scale actors and individuals who are hard to reach in the fields of school education, adult education, vocational education and training, youth, and sport. Featuring lower grant amounts, shorter duration, and simpler administrative requirements compared to Cooperation Partnerships, the action aims to support grassroots organisations, less experienced actors, and newcomers, thus reducing barriers to entry for those with smaller organisational capacity. Flexible formats allow both transnational and national activities, while maintaining a European dimension. These partnerships foster synergies between local, regional, national, and international policies and support the creation and development of transnational networks. Objectives: - Attract and widen access for newcomers, less experienced organisations, and small-scale actors. - Serve as a first step for organisations towards cooperation on a European level. - Include target groups with fewer opportunities. - Support active European citizenship and bring the European dimension to the local level.

The EIC STEP Scale Up call offers equity-only investments to ambitious scale-up companies (SMEs and small mid-caps) with disruptive innovations in critical technology areas for Europe. With a targeted budget of EUR 300 million for 2026 (expanding to EUR 900 million for 2025-2027), the scheme aims to facilitate large funding rounds, supporting the development and market launch of game-changing technologies. Investments range from EUR 10 to EUR 30 million, catalysing total funding rounds of EUR 50 to 150 million, and are implemented by the EIC Fund. The programme fosters economic growth and job creation within Europe, offering strategic support and access to Business Acceleration Services.