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Funding calls to look for: October 2026
This is our list of open and upcoming calls that can fund participatory, heritage and civil society work, sorted by deadline. Always check the call page for the rules that apply.
| Deadline | Call | Funder | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2026 | EU Code Week Grants, Round 2Small grassroots coding and digital skills activities run during EU Code Week. | Foundation | EUR 9,918 |
| 5 November 2026 | New ways of risk awareness and disaster...Research on new ways of building public risk awareness and community disaster preparedness. | Horizon | EUR 6,000,000, 2 grants at EUR 3,000,000 |
| 10 November 2026 | Culture Helps Solidarity, Collaboration...Cultural partnerships supporting displaced Ukrainians, refugees and veterans, with a Ukrainian-led organisation involved. | Foundation | EUR 20,000 for two partners, EUR 30,000... |
| 1 December 2026 | Inhabitants' experiences of neighbourhoods...Research into how inhabitants experience their neighbourhoods, and how that supports health and wellbeing. | Horizon | EUR 5,000,000 |
| 1 December 2026 | New European Bauhaus 2026, other topicsNew European Bauhaus projects on neighbourhood spatial design, homelessness, reuse of vacant space or thermal comfort. | Horizon | See call page |
| 27 January 2027opens 18 Nov | Nordic Council of Ministers Prosperous Future...Nordic-Baltic civil society cooperation on a green, democratic and resilient region under Vision 2030. | Nordic | EUR 45,000 to 65,000 per project |
| 31 January 2027 | Open Lithuania Foundation VERTA! II bilateral...Small bilateral exchange projects between a Lithuanian NGO and an NGO in another EU country, on EU values. | Lithuania | See call page |
| 24 February 2027opens 21 Oct | CERV European Remembrance, democratic...Remembrance projects on democratic transitions and the rebuilding of democratic institutions in Europe. | CERV | EUR 28,000,000 |
| 11 March 2027opens 8 Dec | Pillar III: Science comes to town 2029A city-based year of science engagement programming hosting EUCYS 2029. | Horizon | EUR 6,000,000, 1 grant only |
| 11 March 2027opens 8 Dec | Pillar III: public engagement in R&I and...Projects that promote public engagement in research and innovation and raise scientific literacy. | Horizon | EUR 1,000,000 |
| 8 April 2027opens 4 Feb | Participatory research on health of...Participatory research with communities living in contact with polluted soils. | Horizon | EUR 11,000,000, 2 grants at EUR... |
| 4 May 2027opens 2 Mar | Horizon CL2 2027 open topics, heritage and...Open-topic research on cultural heritage and the creative industries, or on reinvigorating European democracy. | Horizon | HERITAGE-09: EUR 20,000,000, 5 grants... |
| 8 June 2027opens 9 Mar | MSCA and Citizens 2027Public engagement activities bringing researchers and citizens together, including European Researchers' Night events. | Horizon | EUR 100,000 to 350,000 per grant, 50... |
| 23 September 2027opens 13 May | Horizon CL2 2027 heritage, education and...Research on heritage impact, intangible heritage, AI in primary education, disinformation and news media freedom. | Horizon | See call page |
| 1 December 2027 | New European Bauhaus 2027, novel knowledge...Research combining new knowledge and methods to address social issues in the built environment. | Horizon | See call page |
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| publishes dec 2026 | ARXIVE: Building digital narrativesBuilding digital narratives from cultural heritage collections. | ECHOES | EUR 20,000 |
| publishes q1 2027 | Creative Europe European Cooperation ProjectsTransnational cultural cooperation projects at small, medium or large scale, across all sectors except audiovisual. | Creative Europe | EUR 61,189,842 total |
| publishes q4 2026 | Creative Europe NEWS Media LiteracyCross-border media literacy projects in non-educational settings, aimed at disinformation and information integrity. | Creative Europe | EUR 3,500,000 |
| no date | ECHOES Third Cascading Call, Data and...Cultural heritage data work and vertical applications on the heritage cloud. | ECHOES | EUR 60,000 |
| publishes dec 2026 | ECHOES sister-project grants, programme...Eight separate small grants from ECHOES partner projects, each on a different cultural heritage theme. | ECHOES | See call page |
| publishes feb 2027 | INFINITY: Data-driven business models and...Data-driven business models and innovation for cultural heritage. | ECHOES | EUR 30,000 |
| publishes apr 2027 | MusicSphere: Musical cultural heritageMusical cultural heritage projects. | ECHOES | EUR 60,000 |
| publishes feb | Nordic Council of Ministers NGO Cooperation...Nordic-Baltic NGO cooperation; the 2026 priorities were disinformation and resilience. | Nordic | EUR 7,000 to 25,000 |
| publishes nov 2026 | Nordic Culture Point Culture and Art ProgrammeCultural and artistic projects across at least three countries, two of them Nordic. | Nordic | EUR 7,000 with no co-funding |
| publishes nov 2026 | Nordic Culture Point Short-term Network...Short-term cultural networks across at least three Nordic or Baltic countries. | Nordic | EUR 20,000, max 70% of budget |
| publishes sep 2027 | UNICHE: Visitor experiencesImproving visitor experiences at cultural heritage sites and museums. | ECHOES | EUR 50,000 |