Digital Education: AI-powered Personalised Learning Pathways for Basic Skills

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Code: 38933 | Identifier Code: ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T03-DIGITAL-BS | Programme name: 2918 | Sub-program: Key Action 3 (KA3) – Support to Policy Development and cooperation | Start submission calls: 06/01/2026 | End submission calls: 08/04/2026

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries. By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.

Digital Education: Public-private partnerships for ethical design, development and use of Artificial Intelligence tools in education and training

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Code: 38930 | Identifier Code: ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T02-DIGITAL-ETHICSAI | Programme name: 2918 | Sub-program: Key Action 3 (KA3) – Support to Policy Development and cooperation | Start submission calls: 06/01/2026 | End submission calls: 08/04/2026

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries.

By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.

Digital Education Content: success factors in decision making and use by teachers, trainers and school/institution leaders

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Code: 38928 | Identifier Code: ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T01-DIGITAL-CONTENT | Programme name: 2918 | Sub-program: Key Action 3 (KA3) – Support to Policy Development and cooperation | Start submission calls: 06/01/2026 | End submission calls: 08/04/2026

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries.

By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.

Pillar IV: Advancing Knowledge for ERA

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Code: 38925 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-08 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic aims to generate new information and knowledge contributing to strengthening the evidence base for advancing the ERA. Applicants should propose diverse R&I activities that can support the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ERA policies and practices.

Pillar III: Science comes to town 2028

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Code: 38922 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic supports a small group of cities in organising and hosting a joint 1-year programme “Science comes to town 2028”. The programme should have a robust concept and brand focusing on connecting citizens and science while involving all relevant stakeholders (e.g., researchers, research funders, policymakers, publishers, citizens, civil society organisations, and business community).

Pillar III: European Citizens’ Hackathon Championship

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Code: 38919 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-06 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic focuses on connecting R&I with citizens and other stakeholders in order to upscale knowledge valorisation, while also contributing to increased trust in science and alignment of R&I with society’s needs, expectations and values.

It aims to accelerate knowledge valorisation through citizen engagement by driving the co-creation of innovative solutions that address citizens’ needs, in joint teams of researchers and citizens, thereby supporting their market uptake.

Pillar III: Fostering citizen engagement for more responsible and democratic R&I

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Code: 38916 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic aims to connect R&I with citizens and other stakeholders by fostering greater citizen engagement, participation, and science communication.

Proposals will contribute to the impact of “Increasing trust in science and alignment of R&I with society’s needs, expectations and values”, thereby enhancing the democratic character and impact of science in the ERA.

Pillar II: Piloting innovative approaches to support academic startups and spinoffs

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Code: 38914 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

The objective of this topic is to strengthen ecosystems for knowledge valorisation and innovation by supporting academic startups and spinoffs to benefit from end-user feedback and links to industry and society. The topic supports the objectives of the Startup and Scaleup Strategy by fostering the market uptake of innovative solutions.

Pillar II: Strengthening ecosystems for open, ethical, and sustainable ERA

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Code: 38912 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic aims to promote the adoption of ERA policies and practices, contributing to sustainable ecosystems established around ERA priorities through enhanced cooperation, coordination and alignment.

The topic helps to create new or enhance existing ecosystems through activities such as networking and cooperative action, knowledge exchange and dissemination, tools, training, and policy advice.

Pillar I: Building institutional capacities for ethical, equitable, open, and inclusive ERA

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Code: 38910 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic aims to foster effective and sustainable structural institutional changes within R&I organisations in alignment with the ERA priorities.

It supports the adoption of ERA policies and practices within institutions through capacity-building activities, such as the provision of tools, resources, recommendations, training, and exchange of good practices.

Pillar I: Accelerating open access and research assessment reforms in ERA

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Code: 38907 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-06-ERA-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/12/2025 | End submission calls: 12/03/2026

This topic aims to foster effective and sustainable structural institutional changes within R&I organisations in alignment with the ERA priorities.

Through financial support to third parties (cascading grants), it will enable a variety of capacity-building activities, such as the provision of tools, resources, guidelines, training, and quality assurance programmes.

Cooperation Partnerships

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Code: 38904 | Identifier Code: ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-SCP | Programme name: 2918 | Sub-program: Key Action 2 (KA2) – Cooperation among organisations and institutions | Start submission calls: 18/12/2025 | End submission calls: 05/03/2026

The primary goal of Cooperation Partnerships is to allow organisations to increase the quality and relevance of their activities, to develop and reinforce their networks of partners, to increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level, boosting internationalisation of their activities and through exchanging or developing new practices and methods as well as sharing and confronting ideas.

They aim to support the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices as well as the implementation of joint initiatives promoting cooperation, peer learning and exchanges of experience at European level. Results should be re-usable, transferable, upscalable and, if possible, have a strong transdisciplinary dimension.