Discover 21 Cascade Funding Opportunities for your November 2025 success!
Get ready to supercharge your innovative ideas with Cascade Funding, the game-changing instrument of the European Commission! November 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 - NOVEMBER 2025
DANSER Open Call for Associated Regions. Seeks to integrate Associated Regions into a collaborative project aimed at enhancing sustainable sediment management across various European basins, fostering innovation, ecosystem restoration, and capacity building.
DANSER Open Call for Associated Regions aims to integrate additional regions into the DANSER project to expand its impact on sediment management and ecosystem restoration across European waters. The call invites local and regional authorities from eligible regions to propose projects that align with the project’s objectives.
Max Funding: €65,000
Deadline: 01/11
FABRIX Open Call– Textile and clothing industry organisations in Athens and Rotterdam.
Seeks to empower textile and clothing organisations in Athens and Rotterdam by providing financial and learning support to foster circular economy practices and industrial symbiosis through the use of an innovative digital platform.
Max Funding: €5,000
Deadline: 03/11
SMART ERA 1st Open Call for Pilots Add-ons Strives to foster innovative solutions addressing socio-economic and environmental challenges in rural areas through the selection of up to 11 technology providers to develop projects in designated pilot regions.
This call seeks to drive innovation and bring sustainable development to rural communities through a well-structured support programme.
Max Funding: €60,000
Deadline: 04/11
ResilMesh Open Call 2 strives to enhance cybersecurity resilience by supporting projects that extend ResilMesh capabilities to new domains and develop innovative analytic algorithms and architectures.
This open call seeks to select projects that can contribute to developing a cutting-edge security orchestration and analytics toolset aimed at improving real-time defence mechanisms within critical infrastructure domains.
Max Funding:€72,000
Deadline: 05/11
Evolve2Care – Open Call for Innovators and Living Labs aims to connect Healthcare Innovators with Living Labs and get up to €5000 worth of services to validate your Transitional Care solution.
Innovators with novel ideas and certified Living Labs capable of providing facilities and expertise for testing and validation are encouraged to participate.
Total Funding:€5,000
Deadline: 06/11
AMALTEA 1st Open Call -Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Construction invites up to 25 SMEs and start-ups to develop, test, and validate innovative façade solutions using AI, digital twins, and advanced robotics.
Each selected project will receive comprehensive technical mentoring, business coaching, and access to real‑world Pilots to ensure market‑ready solutions that meet Green Deal objectives.
Max Funding:€200,000
Deadline: 07/11
Biodiversa-plus Open Call 5 strives to foster interdisciplinary research projects that address transformative change to halt and reverse biodiversity decline by integrating science, society, policy, and practices for impactful outcomes.
The call supports projects that propose transformative solutions to biodiversity threats, focusing on actionable solutions to remove barriers to nature-positive change, addressing both direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline.
Max Funding:€1,500,000
Deadline: 07/11
Water4All 2025 Joint Transnational Call “Water and health” strives to enhance water security through research and innovation, promoting sustainable water management and policy implementation within a circular economy framework.
The call aims to fund research and innovation projects that contribute to evidence-based water management policies. The projects should address water security, circular economy models, and innovative solutions for water challenges.
Max Funding:€400,000
Deadline: 13/11
I3-4-BIOFERTILIZERS-Funding for SMEs and start-ups investing in innovation in the biofertilizers and biostimulants sector strives to foster interregional innovation and investment in the biofertilizers sector by providing financial and advisory support to SMEs and start-ups, enhancing sustainable agriculture and circular bioeconomy solutions.
Max Funding: €5,500.00
Deadline: 14/11
Live Style Europe III- The HUBS Empowers the live music sector by fostering collaborative initiatives among Live DMA members to address shared challenges, enhance synergies, and develop scalable solutions for a diverse and thriving future.
The projects should address identified challenges within the Live DMA network, such as inclusion, gender gaps, green transition, and audience behaviours. Activities may include team mobility, joint workshops, and pilot projects.
Max Funding: €12,000
Deadline: 15/11
TIDAL ARTS Residency Open Call strives to foster artistic creations that engage communities with their local waters, supporting the EU’s Mission to Restore Our Ocean and Waters by 2030 through residencies in Europe.
The call funds projects that combine art, science, and citizen engagement, aiming to create innovative artistic expressions that connect communities with their ocean and water environments.
Max Funding:€50,000
Deadline: 15/11
DUT Driving Urban Transitions 2025 is a transnational R&I call supporting urban climate neutrality through projects on mobility, circularity, and positive energy districts under the DUT Partnership.
Projects should align with one of the three Transition Pathways: the 15-minute City, Circular Urban Economies, or Positive Energy Districts.
Max Funding:€1,500,000
Deadline: 17/11
iNNO SED Open Call for Associated Regions strives to foster innovative sediment management solutions through knowledge transfer and scalability in various river basins, enhancing adaptability and capacity building for local authorities.
This initiative focuses on knowledge transfer and the scalability of sediment-related solutions in various river basins, supporting the implementation of the Horizon Europe Mission Ocean.
Max Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 17/11
O-CEI 1st Open Call for Upscaling Projects Funding support for SMEs to upscale innovative Cloud-Edge-IoT solutions enhancing O-CEI cross-domain pilots in strategic sectors.
The type of projects funded are upscaling projects extending functionalities of O-CEI pilots through testing components, developing edge solutions (apps and services), and providing added value (e.g., new models, data sharing, efficiency, performance, coverage). Applicants must address one specific challenge from an O-CEI pilot.
Max Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 19/11
DANUBElifelines Call for Associated Regions seeks to engage regions in the DANUBElifelines project to implement restoration actions for migratory fish and enhance freshwater ecosystems through tailored technical assistance.
The initiative focuses on ecological restoration within the freshwater ecosystem sector.
Max Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 30/11
FERRO Open Call for Associated Regions strives to foster sustainable nutrient recovery and reuse in European lakes by supporting regions facing eutrophication to develop and implement tailored restoration solutions.
This call aims to extend the impact of the FERRO project’s approaches, focusing on nutrient recovery and reuse to combat eutrophication challenges faced by natural lakes across Europe.
Max Funding:€100,000
Deadline: 30/11
FIERCE- 1st Open Call for advisory servicesaims to support SMEs in leveraging downstream space data to develop innovative “green solutions” for environmental impact improvement.
The Open Call funds projects that leverage downstream space data to create or improve space-enabled “green solutions.” These solutions should aim to reduce environmental impacts either directly for the company or indirectly through its products for clients.
Max Funding:
Deadline: 30/11
Soilcrates Request for Applications strives to foster innovative practices and improve soil health through the establishment of user-centered Living Labs and pilot projects within the SOILCRATES initiative.
The funded projects will involve onsite experiments focusing on soil health improvement. The projects must include practice-oriented experiments on identified experimental sites to test and demonstrate soil health practices.
Max Funding:€60,000
Deadline: 30/11
VR Health Champions Open Call 2026 support for innovative VR/AR/XR projects enhancing diagnostics, therapy, rehabilitation, and training to strengthen human-centred healthcare in Europe.
Projects developing, testing, or piloting innovative Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), or Extended Reality (XR) applications and solutions that improve human-centred healthcare delivery. These should focus on the use of immersive technologies for diagnostics, therapy, rehabilitation, training, or patient engagement.
Max Funding:€60,000
Deadline: 30/11
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