Funding Opps & Info SessionsSeptember 2026 | Issue 21 |
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Dear Reader, I hope September is treating you well. With the autumn funding season getting underway, this issue brings together selected upcoming calls, webinars and info sessions. Please visit our funding calendar to search the full list and save relevant deadlines and events directly to your calendar. As always, if there are any features or tools that you would like to be made a reality, please let us know in our feedback form. We are trying to expand our offerings to make everyone more efficient! Finally, if you want support drafting proposals, please Here’s to a focused and productive start to the autumn funding season. Best, Matt |
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PIs considering an ERC proposal
the ERC Work Programme 2027 ERC
The ERC Work Programme 2027 webinar covers Starting, Consolidator, Advanced and Synergy Grants, plus Proof of Concept funding. It reviews call budgets and timelines, eligibility windows, submission changes and proposal-preparation points, followed by live Q&A. |
Canadian SMEs & international R&D partners
up to C$500K for collaborative civilian R&D NRC Canada & Eureka
Eureka Canada Call 8 supports Canadian SMEs working with international Eureka partners on market-oriented civilian products, processes or services. |
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Women founders & co-founders
the European Prize for Women Innovators EISMEA & EIT
The European Prize for Women Innovators 2027 info session covers prize categories, eligibility and the application process. Awards for women behind high-impact innovations reach up to €100K. |
Leaders, PIs & research officers at HAW/FHs
Graduate Training Groups for HAW/FHs DFG
The Graduate Training Groups for HAW/FHs info session explains support for coordinated research programmes, doctoral positions, structured supervision, qualification activities and institutional collaboration, alongside eligibility and selection. |
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German–Canadian doctoral-training consortia
funding for joint research training DFG & SSHRC
German–Canadian International Research Training Groups support doctoral positions, research costs, reciprocal research stays, workshops, conferences and structured training in SSHRC-eligible social-science and humanities fields for up to nine years. |
PIs studying mammalian sensory circuits
funding for cortico-subcortical sensing studies DFG
Sensing LOOPS (SPP 2411) funds studies of cortico-subcortical interactions in adaptive sensing, including plasticity, circuit dynamics, naturalistic processing and comparisons across mammalian sensory systems. |
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Horizon Europe applicants & research officers
funding instruments, processes & Q&A European Commission
The Horizon Europe Info Day covers Clusters 1–6, EU Missions, Research Infrastructures, Widening Participation and the European Research Area, plus related horizontal and bridging calls, with opportunities for Q&A. |
Profs in the humanities & social sciences
up to €220K for dedicated writing time Volkswagen Foundation
Opus Magnum supports Profs in the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences who need dedicated time to complete a major scholarly publication. Funding provides 6–18 months of protected writing time, including teaching replacement where needed. |
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Deep-tech R&D teams & consortia
funding for breakthrough deep-tech research EIC
EIC Pathfinder Challenges funds high-risk, high-gain research that builds the scientific basis for disruptive deep technologies at an early stage. |
SMEs & investors
€10–30M for critical defence technologies EIC
EIC STEP Scale Up Defence provides equity investment to scale critical defence technologies and strengthen Europe’s defence industrial base. |
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International R&D consortia
funding for low-carbon technologies Eureka
Eurogia2030 Call 31 supports market-oriented collaborative R&D in clean energy, green mobility, smart cities, sustainable construction and related fields. |
Swiss PIs in international physics projects
funding for shared research infrastructure SNSF
FLARE supports Swiss participation in major international particle-physics, astrophysics and astroparticle-physics collaborations by funding shared research infrastructure. |
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Transnational urban R&D consortia
funding for sustainable urban transitions DUT Partnership & SNSF
Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) funds transnational projects on circular urban economies, 15-minute cities and positive energy districts. |
Polish–Spanish research teams
funding for joint basic research NCN & AEI
FLAMENCO funds bilateral basic-research projects jointly designed and delivered by Polish and Spanish teams. |
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PIs in atmospheric & Earth-system science
funding for HALO aircraft research DFG
HALO (SPP 1294) funds atmospheric and Earth-system projects using the HALO research aircraft, including mission-specific sensors and instruments. |
PIs in combinatorics & related fields
funding for combinatorial research DFG
Combinatorial Synergies (SPP 2458) funds projects linking foundational combinatorics with applications, computational methods, AI and FAIR research practices. |
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German–Italian humanities & social-science teams
funding for comparative 2028 conferences DFG & Villa Vigoni
German–Italian Cooperation in the Humanities and Social Sciences funds bilateral 2028 conferences addressing current questions from comparative German and Italian perspectives. |
Marine-science PIs at German institutions
funding for research-vessel expeditions DFG
Research Vessels (SPP 2520) funds research-vessel cruises and the initial analysis of samples and data for emerging marine-research questions. |
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International advanced-manufacturing consortia
funding for collaborative industrial R&D Eureka
SMART Call 10 supports bottom-up international R&D projects aligned with the programme’s advanced-manufacturing technology roadmap. |
Unis, research orgs & industry
funding for longer-term postdoc positions MSCA
Choose Europe for Science supports organisations recruiting postdocs into 48- or 60-month positions, with MSCA co-funding the initial project years. |
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Teams of 2–4 PIs
funding for ambitious collaborative research ERC
ERC Synergy Grants support ambitious projects that require complementary expertise and resources from a small team of PIs to tackle a major research problem. |
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