Discover 21 Cascade Funding Opportunities for your December 2024 success!
Get ready to supercharge your innovative ideas with Cascade Funding, the game-changing instrument of the European Commission! January 2025 is packed with 21 funding opportunities that are tailor-made for SMEs, startups, universities, researchers and local authorities.
Don’t miss out on this chance to take your ideas to the next level and make a lasting impact on the world of research and innovation.
CASCADE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES - JANUARY 2025
BioProtect – Call for Associated regions to support the protection and restoration of biodiversity. Enhance the effectiveness, resilience, and flexibility of solutions to safeguard and restore biodiversity.
The BioProtect project provides financial and technical support to five regions to implement tools for biodiversity protection and restoration. Eligible applicants include local/regional authorities from EU Member States and associated countries (excluding project partner regions, see guidelines). Participants gain access to advanced tools like the BioProtect PPGIS Analyser and Marine Planner, training, and resources to refine solutions, engage stakeholders, and expand Marine Protected Areas. The initiative supports Marine Spatial Planning and ecosystem restoration aligned with Nature Restoration Law targets.
Max Funding: €100,000
Deadline: 01/01
ScienceUs – Open Call. ScienceUs is launching a call to fund and support citizen science projects focused on climate change adaptation, starting with 25 selected initiatives and further scaling five of them for greater impact.
The ScienceUs project is launching an Open Call to support and scale up outstanding Citizen Science initiatives addressing climate change adaptation, aligned with the EU mission “Adaptation to Climate Change.” Through a three-phase program (Seed, Flourish, and Harvest), 25 selected projects will receive funding and technical assistance, with five advancing to later stages for broader implementation. The initiative focuses on transnational collaboration, upscaling citizen science campaigns, and engaging policymakers and stakeholders to generate widespread impact. Eligible projects include those addressing sectors such as nature conservation, infrastructure, public services, energy, water, and health systems, led by legal entities from EU Member States or Horizon Europe-associated countries.
Max Funding: €1,000
Deadline: 06/01
LIVEMX 2024 Call 3. LIVEMX aims to support diversity and sustainability in the European music sector through targeted funding addressing key needs in music export, live venues, and digital engagement.
Max Funding: €60,000
Deadline: 06/01
Farmtopia Open Call. Democratizing digital farming through smart solutions for small farms
The Farmtopia Open Call seeks to attract small consortia composed of an Agricultural Digital Solutions (ADS) provider (an SME) and an end-user (a small or medium farm). These partnerships will co-create and test smart solutions for small and medium farms, promoting awareness of the benefits of integrating ADS in agricultural operations and enhancing access to digital technologies. The Open Call will select nine new Sustainable Innovation Pilots (SIPs) in regions and crops not currently served by Farmtopia, leveraging the latest developments and innovations in the field.
Max Funding: €100,000
Deadline: 07/01
6G-XR 2023 Call 3. 6G eXperimental Research infrastructure to enable nextgeneration XR services
The 6G-XR project’s 3rd Open Call invites proposals to leverage its B5G/6G infrastructure for Real-Time Holographic Communications, 3D Digital Twin Environments, and Energy Sustainability. Projects should deploy innovative XR services like immersive media, metaverse applications, and AR/VR, focusing on modular, interoperable solutions and performance optimization.
Total Funding:€60,000
Deadline: 10/01
Baltic Muppets Innovation Call. Baltic MUssel Products for PET-foodS
Call for startups and SMEs involved in the mussel feed value chains and sustainable business strategies to support testing and piloting activities, market replication, product validation, market research, and business strategy development, aiming to enhance the long-term sustainability and scalability of Baltic MUPPETS outcomes.
Max Funding:€50,000
Deadline: 14/01
NGITrustChain 2024 Call 5. Decentralised digital identity
TrustChain Open Call #5 invites proposals for energy-efficient, scalable, and sustainable Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs). The call seeks projects that balance secure consensus protocols with sustainability goals, focusing on innovations like energy-efficient consensus mechanisms, decentralized scalability, and cross-blockchain interoperability. Priority will be given to solutions that incorporate privacy-by-design, sustainability practices, openness, and legal compliance.
Max Funding:€117,000
Deadline: 15/01
SUSRUR 2024 Call 3 – Towards SUStainability and resilient scenarios for tourism SMEs in RUral & Remote Areas
The SUSRUR project’s COLLABORATE Program is targeting SMEs in the tourism sector across five European rural and remote areas.
The call aims to support up to 50 tourism SMEs in developing skills and capacity building at management level which will enhance the SMEs overall performance towards digital and green transition. During the implementation of the Collaborate Program, applicants will have access to specialised consulting services.
The Open Call #3 objective aims to develop skills and capacity building at management level which will enhance the SMEs overall performance towards digital and green transition.
Eligible Regions are:
● Asturias (Spain)
● Western Macedionia (Greece)
● Harghita (Romania)
● Utena (Lithuania)
● Steirisches Vulkanland (Austria)
Max Funding:€6,000
Deadline: 15/01
ARISE Open Call 1. Open-Source, real-time middleware for Human Robotic Interaction for Industry
In its first Open Call, ARISE will provide funding of up to EUR 200,000 for each of the 13 selected projects focused on HRI-enabled solutions for industrial robotics automation. The funding will be distributed throughout the 12-month Support Program, contingent on the successful submission of technical and business reports by the participating projects.
Max Funding:€200,000
Deadline: 16/01
In Transit 2024 Call 2 DEVELOP. Strengthening the resilience of textile, aerospace, and construction SMEs to transition towards greener and more digital sectors with social and business innovation
The In Transit project has launched its 2nd Open Call, DEVELOP, with €1.5 million available to fund sustainable innovations in textiles, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, and construction. This call offers lump-sum vouchers for innovative SMEs, with up to €49,000 in funding per SME and up to €98,000 for consortium projects.
In addition, selected projects will receive a 50-hour coaching support package to accelerate their launch to market.
Max Funding:€98,000
Deadline: 16/01
Cross-Re-Tour. Cross-domain Open Innovation Programme to support innovative tourism projects to enhance their green and digital innovation.
Call to support at least 80 projects targeting the innovation of circular, green and digital operations of SMEs in the tourism industry.
Max Funding: €30,000
Deadline: 22/01
SMARTIES for SMEs – Call for Innovative Projects. Technical and financial support scheme provided by SMARTIES for tourism SMEs.
Call for supporting tourism SMEs in the green and digital transition and promoting innovation, resilience, sustainability and quality of their tourism offer.
Max Funding:€25,000
Deadline: 24/01
STARHAUS Open Call 2 Innovation and Creativity (Arts & Technology Residencies). The 2nd Open Call seeks collaborators to develop prototypes for pet food, fertilizers, beverages, and cereals through user-centered design and visionary solutions.
The 2nd Open Call invites innovators to co-create user-centered prototypes for pet food, fertilizers, beverages, and cereals with leading technology partners. Participants will engage in co-design, prototype development, and real-world testing to create scalable, impactful solutions that push technological boundaries. This is a unique opportunity to raise Technology Readiness Levels while creating impactful, future-focused solutions.
Max Funding:€50,000
Deadline: 27/01
STARHAUS Open Call 3 Innovation and Creativity (Business For Community). The 3rd Open Call invites partners to craft scalable business models and market strategies, translating STARHAUS technologies into impactful, community-focused solutions.
The 3rd Open Call under the EU-funded STARHAUS project invites creative agencies, artists, SMEs, and technology companies to collaborate on crafting business models and market strategies that bring STARHAUS technologies to local communities. Participants will co-develop scalable solutions emphasizing environmental and societal impact, engaging in activities such as business model creation, market integration planning, designing engagement tools, broader applications research, and community engagement. This final call seeks innovative, community-focused approaches to ensure STARHAUS technologies are accessible, impactful, and sustainable.
Max Funding:€50,000
Deadline: 27/01
EffecTrial 2025. Fostering pragmatic comparative effectiveness trials in non-communicable diseases.
The EffecTrial2025 Open Call supports multi-country, randomized clinical studies on cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders, nutrition-related diseases, and non-communicable respiratory diseases. Proposals must compare approved healthcare interventions and demonstrate health, economic, and policy impacts. Studies should follow ethical guidelines, include diverse populations, and engage patients in the research process. Studies must have a duration of up to 48 months and adhere to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) principles. Proposals focused on rare diseases, cancer, or infectious diseases are excluded.
Max Funding:€450,000
Deadline: 28/01
REINFORCING 2024 Call 4. Responsible tEerritories and Institutions eNable and Foster Open Research and inClusive Innovation for traNsitions Governance.
REINFORCING supports European organizations in transitioning to a responsible, open research and innovation (R&I) model, focusing on sustainability and societal benefit. The project promotes the Open and Responsible Research and Innovation (ORRI) approach, which encourages collaboration, early research sharing, and citizen engagement. The current open call (ORRI Booster) invites organizations with proven ORRI experience to apply for grants to strengthen their practices in responsible digitalization. Projects must address ethical, legal, and social implications of digital technologies and contribute to the REINFORCING platform with a new ORRI resource.
Max Funding:€20,000
Deadline: 30/01
FORWARDS 2024 – Characterization of European forest disturbances. The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests.
FORWARDS, a Horizon Europe project, is creating the ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European tool to monitor climate change impacts on forests and support effective management decisions. This initiative will establish pilot sites to enhance existing networks like ICP Forests, ICOS, and LTER, focusing on assessing climate impacts and disturbances such as heat waves, droughts, and wildfires. Utilizing satellite data, FORWARDS aims to provide real-time, comprehensive data on forest health, offering a robust, Europe-wide assessment of forest resilience, carbon loss, and recovery to inform strategic responses to climate change.
Max Funding:€150,000
Deadline: 31/01
FU-TOURISM Accelerator Programme. FU-TOURISM Accelerator aims to transform promising innovative ideas into marketable and/or replicable and/or scalable products, services, or business models that will be able to contribute to the shaping of the future of sustainable and digital tourism in the target pilot destinations
Call to select and support innovative solutions (projects, processes, services and/or business models) of individual SMEs, advancing sustainability and digitalisation within the tourism sector across Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Poland and Spain.
Max Funding:€20,000
Deadline: 31/01
SpongeWorks Open Call for Associated Regions. Co-creating and Upscaling Sponge Landscapes by Working with Natural Water Retention and Sustainable Management.
The SpongeWorks project aims to enhance regional water retention through sustainable solutions. This open call invites regions to transfer knowledge from the project, develop action plans and strategies for replicating sponge measures, and contribute to ecosystem restoration and water retention at the landscape scale. Selected regions will benefit from expertise and tools to implement these strategies and share their experiences on the SpongeWorks platform.
Max Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 31/01
AGRARIAN – Open Call 1 – (DEVELOP). Open call that will allow to develop solutions to enhance currently remote and underequipped business and communities in the farming and livestock sector.
Call to attract and engage SMEs/Universities/Research Centres/NGOs with expertise in cloud, edge and mixed technologies and services related to agriculture, which will be tested and validated within the AGRARIAN framework.
Max Funding:€50,000
Deadline: 31/01
GOBEYOND- Prize Open Call. Call for the selection of the most innovative solution to be integrated into the GOBEYOND Multi-Risk Impact-based Early Warning System processing core
The GOBEYOND project seeks innovative ideas/solutions to enhance or complement the GOBEYOND MR-IEWS by proposing cutting-edge algorithms targeting geo or weather hazards.
Max Funding:€50,000
Deadline: 31/01
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