The International Climate Finance Accelerator (ICFA) is a multi-year programme supporting emerging investment managers to launch and develop climate-focused impact investment funds and mobilise capital towards sustainable development.

The programme is designed for fund management or fund advisory companies raising their first or second institutional impact investment vehicle, with a strong focus on climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.

Financial & Technical Support

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Open Call 2026 invites researchers and innovators to propose new COST Actions, collaborative science and technology networks designed to advance knowledge and strengthen international research collaboration.

COST Actions are bottom-up and open to all science and technology fields, meaning proposals can address a challenge or emerging opportunity identified by the research community. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged.

Funding Available

The TEEEM Foundation Community Impact Grant Program supports nonprofit and charitable organisations developing sustainable, community-driven solutions through education, empowerment, innovation and service.

The programme seeks organisations that understand the needs of their communities and can demonstrate strong leadership, financial stewardship, measurable impact and a clear pathway towards lasting change.

TEEEM Foundation supports organisations working to improve lives and strengthen communities around the world.

The EIT Higher Education Initiative (EIT HEI) Call for Proposals 2026 will support higher education institutions and their innovation ecosystem partners in strengthening the capacity to transform STEM talent, research and knowledge into deep-tech and manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship.

The call focuses on strengthening HEIs as drivers of innovation by improving entrepreneurship and intellectual property capabilities, knowledge valorisation and technology transfer, and collaboration with industry and wider European innovation ecosystems.

MANTRA 2nd Open Call – Support for Manufacturing SMEs

Overview

The MANTRA (Sustainable and Innovative Manufacturing by Ensuring Digital, Green, and Social SME Transformation) 2nd Open Call supports European manufacturing SMEs undertaking practical green, digital and social transformation projects.

The AGRIFOOD4FUTURE Open Innovation & Challenge-Based Programme, supported through the Erasmus+ AGRIFOOD4FUTURE project, connects agrifood companies facing real operational, technological and sustainability challenges with startups and research groups offering innovative solutions.

The programme supports collaboration around real agrifood needs, helping participants progress from challenge identification and solution matching to feasibility assessment and pilot-ready designs.

EIT Culture & Creativity is inviting startups and scaleups in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI) to apply for financial support through its Shape Acceleration Programme and Scale Post-Acceleration Programme.

The call is designed for technology-enabled, market-driven and IP-leveraged ventures that are seeking to strengthen commercial execution, improve investment readiness, attract capital and expand into European and international markets. EITCC_Open call_Financial suppo…

Funding Available

The FORTIS Open Call #2 is inviting universities, research organisations, SMEs, start-ups and mid-caps to develop, integrate and validate technologies that advance Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), collaborative robotics, AI and digital environments.

The call provides access to the 10-month FORTIS Programme #2, combining financial support, technical mentorship and structured sprints to help applicants integrate technologies into FORTIS pilot environments or demonstrate FORTIS solutions in new sectors.

Funding Available

COLEAD is inviting Expressions of Interest from qualified service providers to support the competitiveness of the agri-food sector, particularly horticulture, through market intelligence services.

This is the first phase of a two-stage procurement process. Applicants selected for the shortlist will subsequently be invited to submit a full tender. Successful tenderers will be offered a framework contract and may be mobilised on an as-needed basis across COLEAD's current and future programmes and projects.