European research funding
Here you can read about European funding opportunities from the EU, private foundations and business sector.
Specific program support at KI
The programme was launched in June 2021.
Information for staff at KI (requires KI-login)
Horizon Europe - Research and innovation framework programme
Horizon Europe Reference Documents
Horizon Europe's first strategic plan 2021-2024
Funding & tender opportunities
The second pillar of the European commission’s 9th framework programme, Horizon Europe, consists of six clusters with a focus on Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness. These collaborative calls concern health, culture, inclusive society, civil security, industry, space, climate, energy, food, bio-economy and environment.
European Commission - Funding and Tender opportunities Portal
Grants awarded to KI from the European Commission
Funding opportunities within Horizon Europe pillar II
Budget and related financial information
Find EU rules, budget templates and what to consider while preparing the financial part of the Horizon Europe pillar II application.
- Application part A - online forms
Read about PIC-code, how to register / submit an application and invite partners. -
Application part B - proposal development
Contact Grants Office to develop your Horizon Europe pillar II proposal.
ERC provides long-term funding to support excellent investigators to pursue ground-breaking, high gain/high risk research. Scientific excellence is the sole criterion on which ERC frontier research grants are awarded. These grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities. The ERC awards funding to excellent investigators looking to set up or consolidate their own independent research team or programme, as well as to already established research leaders.
ERC Application Guidelines
Read how to apply for ERC grants with KI as the host institution, find call deadlines and required documents
ERC Budget Instructions
Get advice on how to prepare and justify your ERC budget
Step by step to ERC Grants
The ERC has prepared a comprehensive overview video of the ERC application process.
MSCA supports all stages of researchers’ careers and focuses on training of researchers with advanced skills acquisition and career development with focus on international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility as well as transfer of knowledge. The research topic and field is chosen freely by the researcher in a bottom-up manner.
MSCA EU website
MSCA Work Program
MSCA Grant Types:
- Doctoral Networks - trains PhD students in a Consortium
- Postdoc Fellowships - incoming or outgoing
- Staff Exchange - travel for staff exchange
- COFUND - top-up for funded training programs for PhD students or Postdocs
The EIC is a part of the European Union’s Framework Programme for research and innovation (Horizon Europe), aims to identify, develop and support innovative, high-risk projects. The EIC suppors frontier research and innovation projects with a high potential impact on technology.
Read about the EIC
EIC Pathfinder Grants - support for KI applicants
EIT Health (European Institute for Innovation & Technology Health) is an EU-funded, pan-European consortium of top universities, healthcare providers, leading healthcare companies and public and private research centers, and an integral part of Horizon Europe. EIT Health supports entrepreneurship and innovation to promote healthy living and active ageing, to improve the health of European citizens and to transform the way healthcare is delivered in Europe. KI is an active partner of EIT Health.
EIT Health strives for obtaining socio-economic impact along its three strategic objectives:
- Better health for all
- Competitive health economy
- Sustainable health systems.
By 2030 EIT Health aims to be Europe’s leading health innovation platform, facilitating longer, healthier lives and more sustainable healthcare systems.
The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) is a public-private initiative aiming to accelerate cross-sectoral approaches to facilitate the creation of new products and services for people-centred healthcare.
Read about IHI and get support at KI
IHI Strategic Research Agenda
The IHI newsletter
Erasmus+ supports international collaboration and exchange within education, training, youth and sport.
