PRIMA – Section 1 –Thematic Area 1-Water Management in the Nexus – Topic 1.1.1-2026 (IA): Decentralised Brackish Water Desalination for Climate-Resilient and Resource-Efficient Mediterranean Agriculture

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Code: 39864 | Identifier Code: 1.1.1-2026 (IA) | Programme name: 2933 | Start submission calls: 20/03/2026 | End submission calls: 15/05/2026

This topic aims to improve the cost-effectiveness, environmental sustainability, and agricultural applicability of brackish water desalination systems, through solutions co-designed with farmers and adapted to local agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions.

The use of digital monitoring and optimisation tools (e.g., IoT, Digital Twins, AI) is encouraged where this improves performance or reduces operating costs.

Agri-food Biotech Scaling-up

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Code: 39853 | Identifier Code: SMP-COSME-2026-BIOAGRIFOOD | Programme name: 3856 | Start submission calls: 25/03/2026 | End submission calls: 02/06/2026

This call will fund projects within the bioeconomy, with a special focus on biotech applied in the food sector. The projects aim at boosting collaboration between biotech clusters, creating a critical mass able to compete with global hubs. Projects will have to actively support their SMEs developing innovative products made with bio solutions, especially to scale-up from the laboratory to pilot- and commercial scale, and explore the best options to provide regulatory support to help bring those products to the market.

EIC 2026 Pathfinder Open

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Code: 39851 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDEROPEN | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/02/2026 | End submission calls: 12/05/2026

Do you have an ambitious vision for a novel future technology that could make a real difference to our lives?

• Do you see a plausible way of achieving the scientific breakthrough that will make this technology possible?
• Can you imagine collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and innovators to validate the scientific basis of the future technology, realise a proof of principle, and explore paths to impact?

If the answer to each one of these questions is ‘yes’, then EIC Pathfinder Open may be the right call for you.

Submarine Cable Repair Capacities – Pilot Works

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Code: 39847 | Identifier Code: CEF-DIG-2026-CABLE-REPAIR-CAPACITIES-PILOT-WORKS | Programme name: 3569 | Sub-program: Connecting Europe Facility – Digital | Start submission calls: 05/02/2026 | End submission calls: 06/05/2026

This call funds modular equipment for the repair of telecom submarine cables, and targets only applicants which are public entities with an emergency response mandate.

The pre-configured vessels are flat deck vessels that should be able to receive the modules with minor adaptation and operational preparation, and without regulatory or technical barriers. Therefore, the proposals should demonstrate the adaptability, portability and scalability of the solution put forward.

SMP-CONS-2026-ADR-RAD

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Code: 39844 | Identifier Code: SMP-CONS-2026-ADR-RAD | Programme name: 3856 | Start submission calls: 24/02/2026 | End submission calls: 21/05/2026

Calls for proposals for action grants will aim at providing financial contributions to organisations representing consumer interests in Members States or offering assistance to consumers in Member States, including in the form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and qualified entities enabled to bring representative actions under the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828.

Ignite NEB Open call for hosts

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Code: 39841 | Identifier Code: EIT INNOBC | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 23/03/2026 | End submission calls: 07/05/2026

This is a call for organising partners or consortia to be part of the 2026 cohort of the EIT Community New European Bauhaus (NEB)’s Ignite NEB programme, a series of NEB celebration and ideation events, followed by an 8-month incubator programme to create new entities working to implement NEB values across Europe.

The end goal of Ignite NEB activity is to create 8 new entities implementing NEB solutions. These solutions are responding to local challenges that result from a harmonized series of 4 ideation events celebrating NEB futures.

Call for proposals for action grants to promote judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters

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Code: 39839 | Identifier Code: JUST-2026-JCOO | Programme name: 2915 | Start submission calls: 11/12/2025 | End submission calls: 22/04/2026

The call for proposals’ objectives are to facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and promote the rule of law, independence and impartiality of the judiciary, including by supporting the efforts to improve the effectiveness of national justice systems, and the effective enforcement of decisions.

Networks of Towns

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Code: 39836 | Identifier Code: CERV-2026-CITIZENS-TOWN-NT | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 17/12/2025 | End submission calls: 16/04/2026

Promote exchanges between citizens of different countries, in particular through networks of towns, to give them practical experience of the wealth and diversity of the common heritage of the Union and to make them aware that these constitute the foundation for a common future.

Develop sustainable networks of towns, deepening and intensifying their cooperation, while outlining common activities to promote Union values and fundamental rights, and their long-term vision for the future of European integration.

RIA Global call according to SRIA 2026

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Code: 39833 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-1-RIA | Programme name: 32499 | Start submission calls: 03/02/2026 | End submission calls: 07/05/2026

Chips JU Research and Innovation Action (RIA) primarily consists of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, method, tool or solution. For this purpose, they may include applied research, technology development and/or method/tool and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.

The activities have their centre of gravity at TRL 3-4.A RIA proposal is characterised by:

• Execution by a consortium that may consist of SMEs, large enterprises, universities, institutes, public organizations;•Developing innovative technologies and/or using them in innovative ways;
• Targeting demonstration of the innovative approach in a relevant product, service or capability, clearly addressing the applications relevant for societal challenges;
• Demonstrating value and potential in a realistic lab environment reproducing the targeted application;
• Having a deployment plan showing the valorisation for the Chips JU ecosystem and the contribution to the Chips JU goals and objectives.

IA Global call according to SRIA 2026

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Code: 39830 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-1-IA | Programme name: 32499 | Start submission calls: 03/02/2026 | End submission calls: 07/05/2026

The activities should have their centre of gravity at the TRL 5-8. An IA proposal in Chips JU is characterized by one or more of the following:

• Execution by an industrial consortium that may consist of large enterprises and SMEs but also including universities, institutes, public organizations.
• Using innovative technology-Establishment of a new and realistic innovation environment connected with an industrial environment, such as:
  • a pilot line facility capable of manufacturing
  • a zone of full-scale testing
  • a development of new processes or tools and their introduction in several domains
  • the development of frameworks or platforms together with the usage of these frameworks or platforms in innovative products.-Having a deployment plan leading to short to midterm economic value creation in Europe.

Comparative law studies and periodical publications

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Code: 39827 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2026-TRAI-04 | Programme name: 10984 | Start submission calls: 17/03/2026 | End submission calls: 07/05/2026

Conduct of relevant, high-profile research on topics related to the protection of the financial interests of the EU against fraud, corruption or any other irregularities, including in the area of comparative law. Dissemination of relevant information through periodical publications.

Staff exchanges

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Code: 39824 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2026-TRAI-03 | Programme name: 10984 | Start submission calls: 17/03/2026 | End submission calls: 07/05/2026

Organising staff exchanges between national and regional administrations (including those in candidate countries and potential candidate countries), aiming to help further develop, improve and update staff skills for protecting the financial interests of the EU.