EIT Culture & Creativity has opened its first funding calls as an implementing partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Academy, the learning and innovation infrastructure of the NEB. These two calls offer a total of €6 million to support circular fashion and skills development for the transformation of Europe’s lived environme... read more 

MIP4Adapt, the platform supporting the implementation of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, is inviting climate adaptation experts from across Europe to express their interest in joining a new Roster of Experts. The initiative aims to strengthen knowledge exchange, collaboration and implementation support across Europe’s climate... read more 

The Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Day will take place on 1 August 2026 to raise awareness of Marine Protected Areas and their role in protecting the ocean. The global initiative follows a 2025 edition that included 103 events in 39 countries.  MPAs are often described as the sea’s equivalent of national parks. By limiting damaging activi... read more 

The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) published a new call for tenders on 10 June 2026 to support delivery of the EU Mission Ocean and Waters. The contract’s specific objective is to organise and manage the identification and selection process for at least 50 applicants from targeted communities that su... read more 

EIT Food’s proof-of-concept co-financing instrument is designed to help agrifood startups move their ideas towards market-ready solutions by reducing the financial risk of early collaboration with corporate partners.  Eligible proposals should involve a startup and a prospective corporate client, with total project costs of less than &e... read more 

EIT Urban Mobility has opened the second Startup Pitch Competition under the EIT Higher Education Initiative (HEI) Community. Eligible startups created or supported by funded HEI projects can apply until 8 July 2026. Five finalists are due to be invited to an in-person pitch event in Q4 2026, where three winners are set to receive cash prizes and m... read more 

EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) has opened a call to select one organisation to further develop and scale the Future Farm Lab, a 3D digital learning platform on regenerative agriculture. The project is set to run from 2026 to 2028 and has a total funding of €370,000, with a minimum 10% co-funding requirement. Applica... read more 

Women TechEU 2 EIC is an EU-funded programme designed to support women-led early-stage deep tech start-ups in Europe. Selected start-ups are expected to receive €75,000 in non-dilutive funding, alongside a personalised business development programme that includes mentoring, coaching and training. The new call uses a two-stage application proc... read more 

The Collaborative Doctoral Partnership programme (CDP) is an initiative of the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) to establish strategic collaborations with Partner Institutions, including higher education institutions and research organisations. The programme facilitates dual PhD projects, where Partner Institutions collaborate wit... read more 

Biodiversa+, a European co-funded partnership aiming to drive transformative change and halt and reverse biodiversity decline, has pre-announced a new transnational joint research call entitled ‘Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories’ (BiodivFuture). The call is planned to officially open o... read more