Cascade Funding Opportunities – October 2024


Discover 18 Cascade Funding Opportunities for your October 2024 success!

Get ready to supercharge your innovative ideas with Cascade Funding, the game-changing instrument of the European Commission! October 2024 is packed with  18 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 - OCTOBER 2024

NGI Mobifree Call 3 More ethical and human mobile software

Mobifree is a pilot programme designed to push beyond the status quo of mobile software, and create a virtuous cycle of innovation through free and open source software, libre hardware and open standards.
The key objective of this third call is to deliver potential break-through contributions to the open internet. All scientific outcomes must be published as open access, and any software and hardware must be published under a recognised open source license in its entirety.

  • Max.Funding: €50,000
  • Deadline: 01/10/2024

NGI0CORE  A greener, more secure and resilient global Internet

The goal is to create a resilient, reliable and open internet that empowers end users, driving greener and more sustainable services and overcoming the challenges of evolving protocols. They aim to drive innovation through free and open source software, free hardware and open standards, ensuring that the full potential of the internet is accessible to all. NGI Zero works to restore European sovereignty, ensure democratic ownership of the digital society and establish digital commons

  • Max.Funding: € 500,000
  • Deadline: 01/10/2024

NGI Taler Call 3 Privacy-preserving digital payments

NGI TALER is a project funded by the European Commission and the Swiss State to roll out a new electronic payment system that benefits everyone: people, merchants, banks, financial authorities, auditors and anti-corruption researchers. NGI Taler invite your contributions to help reshape the state of play of digital payment systems, and to help create an open, trustworthy and reliable internet for all.
The third call of NGI TALER opened up on June 1st 2024, with a deadline of October 1st 2024

  • Max.Funding: €60,000
  • Deadline: 01/10/2024

NGI Zero Commons Funds Call 3 Create, mature and grow internet commons

The goal of this new fund is to help deliver, mature and scale new internet commons across the whole technology spectrum, from libre silicon to middleware, from P2P infrastructure to convenient end user applications.

  • Max.Funding: €50,000
  • Deadline: 01/10/2024

SEE BRIDGE  The SEE BRIDGE project offers financial support to social economy SMEs in energy-intensive sectors to assist their transition to greener and more digital practices.

Are you an SME or social economy start-up operating in energy-intensive sectors and aiming for a green or digital transition? SEE BRIDGE Open Call 1 offers grants, an accelerator program and networking events. Funded activities include business support services, consulting for certification and in- company training in these areas, among others.

  • Max.Funding: €8,000
  • Deadline: 01/10/2024

NGI Fediversity Open Call  Creating the hosting stack of the future

The NLnet Foundation invites project proposals aligned with the Next Generation Internet (NGI) vision, focusing on research and development to enhance internet-based services. Open to individuals and organizations, proposals should be concise, have a European dimension, and aim to deliver breakthrough contributions to NGI Fediversity’s objectives, including easy-to-use, secure cloud services.

  • Max.Funding: €50,000
  • Deadline: 01/10/2024

CircInWater EUROCLUSTER Boosting the triple transitions through innovative water-saving solutions

CircInWater supports European SMEs in the agri-food and energy-intensive industries by helping them develop water-smart solutions. It offers flexible funding schemes, including a Knowledge Lump Sum, which provides access to training and consultancy on market development, business strategy, and internationalization.

  • Max.Funding: €4,000
  • Deadline: 02/10/2024

INDUSAC Call 1 Open Call for Students and Researchers

The Horizon Europe project INDUSAC, aims to financially support short-term (4-8 weeks) research collaborations between academia (students and researchers) and industry (companies), in solving company Challenges. Financial support to third parties (FSTP) is given solely to student members of the co-creation teams.

  • Max.Funding: €1,000
  • Deadline: 10/10/2024

COPILOT Open Call Network support within the european bioeconomy system

The COPILOT consortium is launching an acceleration program for European bioeconomy stakeholders, seeking companies in sectors like Sustainable Agriculture, Biofuels, and Biotech R&D. Eligible participants must be EU-based, incorporated, and at the idea or prototype stage, regardless of their funding status or revenue. The program aims to create the best bioeconomy database in Europe by involving selected applicants in mandatory tasks and networking activities. COPILOT’s Open Calls will finance 25 applications across two categories: Call4BioPlants (10 applications) and Call4BioInnovators (15 applications).

  • Max.Funding: €6,000
  • Deadline: 10/10/2024

NET ZERO CITIES 2024 Enabling City Transformation Call  Network support within the european bioeconomy system

The COPILOT consortium is launching an acceleration program for European bioeconomy stakeholders, seeking companies in sectors like Sustainable Agriculture, Biofuels, and Biotech R&D. Eligible participants must be EU-based, incorporated, and at the idea or prototype stage, regardless of their funding status or revenue. The program aims to create the best bioeconomy database in Europe by involving selected applicants in mandatory tasks and networking activities. COPILOT’s Open Calls will finance 25 applications across two categories: Call4BioPlants (10 applications) and Call4BioInnovators (15 applications).

  • Max.Funding: €500,000
  • Deadline: 14/10/2024

CLIMAAX 2024 Call 2  Open Call for regions and communities

They are seeking applications from public bodies (such as regional authorities and municipalities) and non-profit organizations representing communities vulnerable to climate change. These entities should aim to develop regional Climate Risk Assessments using consistent methodologies, quantitative data, and address multiple climate risks to ensure comparability across regions. Successful applicants will receive up to 300,000 EUR in funding, access to the CRA toolbox, methodological guidance, technical advice, and participation in CLIMAAX outreach events.

  • Max.Funding: €300,000
  • Deadline: 15/10/2024

InnovativeSMEs Call 3 Support for innovative SMEs going international to assess the viability of their projects

Innovative SMEs can apply for a €60,000 grant from the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Innowwide to assess the viability of their research or commercial projects in international markets by choosing a target region and finding a local counterpart.

  • Max.Funding: €60,000
  • Deadline: 15/10/2024

ICAERUS Call 2 Pull PULL Open Call for Farming, Forestry and Rural Challenges

ICAERUS PULL Open Call for Farming, Forestry and Rural Challenges (FFRC) aim to attract endusers (agri-food producers, environmental monitoring entities and rural communities) to utilize drones and services built around them for individual commercial needs (e.g., crop production, early warning systems…) and/or community-related issues (e.g., disaster risk reduction, forest/wildlife conservation, etc.).

  • Max.Funding: €60,000
  • Deadline: 15/10/2024

RESILMESH Open Call 1 ResilMesh: Situation Aware enabled Cyber Resilience for Dispersed, Heterogenous Cyber Systems

Resilmesh addresses growing digital security challenges by enhancing infrastructure resilience and combating advanced threats. The project will hold two open calls to expand its platform, offering up to 90K€ for selected proposals focused on cybersecurity innovation and use-cases in critical infrastructure. Applications are open from August 7th to October 16th, 2024, with the program providing mentorship over nine months. Eligible participants include EU-based SMEs, mid-caps, and research organizations.

  • Max.Funding: €90,000
  • Deadline: 16/10/2024

NEPHELE 2024 Call 2 Calling for Industrial SMEs and Mid-caps to validate the proposed architectural approach and synergetic meta-orchestration framework implementation.

SMEs and mid-sized companies are invited to develop intelligent orchestration mechanisms and distributed applications as part of the NEPHELE platform. Proposals should focus on one of two project types: either the development and deployment of a distributed application for the computing continuum or the creation, integration, and evaluation of an intelligent orchestration mechanism for the NEPHELE Synergetic Meta-Orchestrator.

  • Max.Funding: €110,000
  • Deadline: 20/10/2024

Permanently Open Call -Transform 2024  Calling for Industrial SMEs and Mid-caps to validate the proposed architectural approach and synergetic meta-orchestration framework implementation.

SMEs and mid-sized companies are invited to develop intelligent orchestration mechanisms and distributed applications as part of the NEPHELE platform. Proposals should focus on one of two project types: either the development and deployment of a distributed application for the computing continuum or the creation, integration, and evaluation of an intelligent orchestration mechanism for the NEPHELE Synergetic Meta-Orchestrator.

  • Max.Funding: €20,000
  • Deadline: 29/10/2024

dAIEDGE Call 1 A network of excellence for distributed, trustworthy, efficient and scalable AI at the Edge

The dAIEDGE Network of Excellence aims to strengthen Europe’s AI ecosystem by fostering collaboration and innovation under the European Lighthouse for AI. The project is seeking around 10 AI researchers or PhD students to participate in an exchange program at dAIEDGE hosting institutions, where they will conduct joint research leading to significant advancements and potential co-authored publications. Participants can receive up to €60,000 for the 7-month program, which includes a 2-month planning phase and a 5-month research phase.

  • Max.Funding: €60,000
  • Deadline: 31/10/2024

CommuniCity Call 3 Innovative Solutions Responding to the Needs of Cities & Communities

The main goal of the CommuniCity project is to find technology-driven solutions to reduce the digital gap and improve the well-being of excluded communities across Europe. It invites cities and NGOs to participate, offering support to address social and urban challenges through co-creation, machine learning and AI.

  • Max.Funding: €12,500
  • Deadline: 31/10/2024

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