Discover 15 Cascade Funding Opportunities for your July 2025 success!
Get ready to supercharge your innovative ideas with Cascade Funding, the game-changing instrument of the European Commission! July 2025 is packed with 15 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 - JULY 2025
SMURF 2nd Open Call. Empowering small forest owners’ organisations across the EU through funding for innovative forestry practices, business models, and carbon projects under Horizon Europe’s SMURF project.
The SMURF 2nd Open Call is an initiative aimed at fostering innovation through cascade funding. This call seeks to empower projects within specific domains by providing financial support and resources to selected applicants.
Max Funding: €60,000
Deadline: 02/07
Q2Scale Programme 2025. Empowering Startups To Scale Globally Through Real-World Validation.
Q2Scale is a customized acceleration program designed to help Europe’s most promising startups in the automotive, energy, supply chain, and sustainability sectors expand internationally. Over the course of a two-month hybrid journey, participants gain access to comprehensive support for market entry and beta testing.
By tapping into a robust network of global partners and industry experts, Q2Scale boosts startups’ capacity to scale and succeed in new international markets.
Max Funding: €1,000
Deadline: 06/07
EIT Culture and Creativity Acceleration Programme. Strives to foster innovation and creativity in the Cultural and Creative Sectors by supporting SMEs and scale-ups through tailored acceleration programmes that enhance market readiness, integrate circular practices, and boost investment readiness.
Max Funding: €30,000
Deadline: 11/07
EIT Culture and Creativity Post-Acceleration programme. Strives to foster innovation and creativity in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries by supporting start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs through tailored acceleration and post-acceleration programmes, enhancing market readiness and investment potential.
Max Funding: €60,000
Deadline: 11/07
NATO DIANA Challenge Call for 2026. DIANA’s Challenges for 2026 have launched, calling all innovators who are on a mission to develop ground-breaking dual-use technology within this year’s 10 challenge areas.
DIANA seeks dual-use, deep tech solutions to critical defence, security and resilience challenges through public challenge calls. Selected innovators then enter the Accelerator Programme, which is delivered in two distinct phases (Phase 1 and Phase 2). Across these two phases, DIANA Innovators can access DIANA’s test centre network to test, evaluate, verify and validate their solutions against end-user needs.
Total Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 11/07
SoilTribes Micro-Grants for members of the CoP. Strives to empower members of the SoilTribes Community of Practice by offering micro-grants to support initiatives that enhance soil literacy and promote sustainable soil management through innovative, community-driven approaches.
Max Funding:€750
Deadline: 14/07
GUARDIANS Co-Creation Open Call. Seeks to empower small and medium-sized farms through digital solutions by fostering collaborations between tech providers and farms to co-design, develop, and test innovative technologies.
The GUARDIANS Co-Creation Open Call is an initiative aimed at empowering small and medium-sized farms by fostering collaboration between technology providers and agricultural entities. This call seeks innovative projects that leverage digital solutions to enhance farm sustainability and competitiveness.
Max Funding:€81,000
Deadline: 15/07
AIRISE.EU Open Call for Pilot Applications on AI in Manufacturing. Strives to foster AI applications in European manufacturing SMEs to enhance sustainability, agility, and workforce attractiveness.
The AIRISE.EU Open Call for Pilot Applications on AI in Manufacturing seeks to support European SMEs and mid-caps in developing and deploying AI solutions on their manufacturing floors. Specifically in the Call for Pilot
Applications, AIRISE intends to support manufacturing SMEs with prior positive experience in AI to scale up use of AI solutions in their shopfloor towards improving sustainability and/or resilience of their businesses.
Max Funding:€60,000
Deadline: 16/07
AIRISE.EU Open Call for Experiments on AI-in-Manufacturing. Strives to foster the development and deployment of AI applications in European manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps to enhance sustainability, agility, and attractiveness of manufacturing processes.
AIRISE.EU Open Call for Experiments on AI-in-Manufacturing is an initiative aimed at supporting European SMEs and mid-caps to develop and deploy AI applications in manufacturing. The call focuses on enhancing sustainability, security, resilience, and attractiveness of manufacturing processes through AI.
Max Funding:€40,000
Deadline: 16/07
ADT4Blue Open Call 2. Support initiative for innovative individuals and teams in developing early-stage, digitally enabled solutions for sustainability and digitalisation challenges in the Blue Economy.
The ADT4Blue Open Call 2 (OC2) aims to accelerate the digitisation and sustainability of the Blue Economy by supporting up to 30 innovative ideas that address 11 defined sectoral challenges using Advanced Digital Technologies (ADTs). The call targets SMEs, startups, entrepreneurs, technologists, students, researchers, and experts based in the EU or Interreg Europe-associated countries.
Deadline: 28/07
YouRban Open Call for Urban Factories. Seeks to enhance urban sustainability by financing FabLabs and other organisations to become Urban Factories, fostering expertise in reinforced polymers recycling and promoting circular economy practices within local communities.
The YouRban Open Call supports FabLabs, MSMEs, and labs in Milan and Barcelona to become Urban Factories focused on reinforced polymer recycling and circular economy. Selected Urban Factories will host artists and designers, offering tools and training for prototyping. They must propose hybrid (remote/in-person) activities and ensure full support during the final month of the residency to complete the prototypes.
Max Funding: €80,000
Deadline: 30/07
YouRban Open Call for Artists, Citizens and Designers (Milan). Strives to foster innovative urban solutions by engaging artists, citizens, and designers to tackle Milan’s urban challenges through creative projects focusing on sustainability, community engagement, and cultural enrichment.
The YouRban Open Call for Artists, Citizens, and Designers in Milan invites innovative project proposals that focus on the recycling and upcycling of reinforced polymers to enhance urban environments. This initiative is part of a broader effort to foster sustainable and inclusive urban ecosystems in collaboration with artists, designers, and local communities.
Max Funding:€17,500
Deadline: 30/07
YouRban Open Call 1: for Artists, Citizens & Designers (Barcelona). Striving to foster innovative urban and object design, the YouRban Open Call 1 in Barcelona engages European creatives to develop sustainable solutions through the recycling and upcycling of reinforced polymers, leveraging design and technology to enhance community participation and urban resilience.
YouRban Open Call 1: for Artists, Citizens & Designers (Barcelona) is seeking innovative projects that address urban sustainability through art and design. This initiative aims to foster creative solutions for environmental and social challenges in urban areas, focusing particularly on recycling and upcycling reinforced polymers.
Max Funding:€17,500
Deadline: 30/07
PoliRuralPlus Develop Open Call. Funds applied, small-scale innovation projects to tackle rural-urban challenges in PoliRuralPlus pilot regions, enhancing rural attractiveness and sustainable development through digital applications.
The PoliRuralPlus Develop Open Call invites proposals for small-scale innovation projects that tackle rural-urban challenges within PoliRuralPlus pilot regions. These projects should contribute to the technical advancement of the initiative, focusing on enhancing rural attractiveness, fostering integration, and leveraging technological innovations for sustainable rural development.
Max Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 31/07
ENVELOPE 1st Open Call. Facilitates beyond 5G trials to validate and extend the ENVELOPE platform’s experimental infrastructure, fostering innovation and sustainability through collaboration with SMEs, universities, and research institutes.
ENVELOPE 1st Open Call invites proposals for innovative projects aimed at demonstrating and enhancing the ENVELOPE platform’s functionalities. This initiative is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme and seeks to engage SMEs, universities, and research institutes in conducting trials related to beyond 5G technologies.
Max Funding:€300,000
Deadline: 31/07
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