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In a series of nine open calls, running until June 2025, StandICT.eu will provide €2.925.000 of direct funding to support the participation of European standardisation specialists in keyinternational and global Standards Development Organisations (SDOs). The objective of the funding is to enable the specialists to contribute to and help create a fully integrated European Standardisation Ecosystem, thereby strengthening Europe’s position in global standardisation initiatives.

Three types of proposals can be funded under the StandICT.eu Open Calls, as below:

• Proposal type: LT – Long term contribution (with travel option)

Description: Contribution to ongoing standards development as a chair, convener, rapporteur or member of an SDO WG. E.g. comments on standards development and drafts, attending meetings also as an observer, paying membership fees
Maximum Contract Duration: 6 months
Funding Range: up to €10.000

• Proposal type: ST – Short-Term contributions (with travel option)

Description: Contribution to standards documentation e.g. liaison to WG, comments on standards drafts, participation at meeting paying membership or registration fees.
Maximum Contract Duration: 3 months
Funding Range: up to €5.000

• Proposal type: OS – One-Shot contributions

Description: Support to ensure participation at workshop or event (e.g., participant, observer, presentation)
Maximum Contract Duration: 3 months
Funding Range: Up to €3.000

The maximum funding requested per proposal cannot exceed that indicated for the respective type of application (LT, ST, OT), nor can the duration exceed that indicated.

The maximum amount to be granted to each Third Party may not exceed €60.000.This limit applies cumulatively across all the StandICT.eu 2026 Open calls and the overall budget of €2.925.000. In practice, an individual may apply and be awarded funding (Financial Support to Third Parties) under different calls, but cannot exceed an overall total limit of €60.000 in funding.

Each call will be open for 60 days for proposal submission. At the end of the sixty-day period all proposal received through the StandICT.eu grants platform will be screened for eligibility, evaluated by an external pool of evaluators (EPE) scored, and ranked for funding. This process usually lasts for approximately 35 days at the end of which all applicants shall be notified whether their proposal has been retained for funding or not and provided with access to a Consensus Report compiled by the EPE.

StandICT.eu 2026 Programme ends on 31st, December 2025, and no fellowship payments cannot be issued beyond that date. Also, given the administrative deadlines of the payments, all Open Call 9 fellowships and final reports must be closed by 4th November 2025. This will leave the necessary time for the StandICT.eu admin team to review and validate all final reports and process the remaining grant payments.

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Applicants to Open Call must be individuals or natural persons residing in the European Member States and Associate Countries from both public and private sectors, industry and service companies, including SMEs and start-ups, academia and research, and national and European associations, including NGOs representing consumer interests. Potential applicants are standardisation specialists, defined as professionals with proven expertise and experience in standardisation activities e.g. previous contributions to standards developments, participation in various SDO groups, previous or current chairs etc in the respective priority area.

The target of StandICT.eu 2026’s Open Calls are European Specialists who:
• Have profound knowledge in one of the priority areas supported by the open calls;
• Have experience regarding developments of standards, e.g., in SDOs, in reputable organisations and Standardisation communities, or when creating harmonised standards in open source developments;
• Are individuals or natural persons residing in European Member States and Associated Countries;
• Are not receiving support from other instruments (PPPs, EU or national R&I projects) for the proposed activities. In particular, open calls will target representatives from SMEs and academia

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