Source of Funding: R&I Unit at Xjenza Malta

🔉Xjenza Malta has just launched the Innovation for Industry (I4I) scheme.

I4I is a national funding initiative designed to boost applied, industrial R&D and drive incremental product and process improvements. 

I4I is a scheme, tailored to strengthen Malta’s industrial sector and enhance its competitiveness through sustainable, innovation-based growth.
🔹 Funding Up to €150,000
🔹 Two Key Streams: 

 ➡️Industry-Academia Stream: Collaborate with Maltese Education Institutions to access expertise, technology transfer and safeguard your IP.

🧠Talent Integration Top-up: Recruit or transfer highly qualified researchers (M. Sc./Ph.D.) into R&D roles with a €40,000 wage top-up

ℹ️Join the online information session on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 to learn more.

🔗Register…

Source of Funding: EIT Urban Mobility

EIT Urban Mobility invites innovators from across Europe to submit a proposal to its Strategic Innovation Open Call, designed to accelerate the deployment of impactful solutions that address the most pressing challenges in urban mobility.

The call focuses on supporting ambitious, market-critical projects that tackle clearly defined problems faced by cities, public authorities, and mobility providers. We aim to de-risk development and enable large-scale deployment by backing solutions with a clear path to market and the potential to scale across Europe.

EIT funding allocation

The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is 60 million EUR for the period 2026-2028 and has multiple cut-off dates.

Each project may receive up to 2 million EUR of EIT funding. EIT Urban Mobility will reimburse up to 65% of…

Source of Funding: F6S

The EU-funded project INNO4CFIs  just launched its fourth open call for the Acceleration Program: Empowering Carbon Farming & Climate Pioneers, a unique 3-month program designed to help innovative SMEs and start-ups advance and scale their green-tech and carbon farming solutions and impact.

The programme is open to all initiatives from all EU Member States.

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Xjenza Malta is accepting applications under the European Innovation Council (EIC) Support Scheme, designed to boost your chances of success at every stage of the EIC journey 💡

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🔊MED-HUBS Acceleration Program🌊 Looking to accelerate your growth and make a real impact across the Mediterranean and beyond?

The MED-Hubs Acceleration Program is here to help you scale, pilot, and showcase your blue-tech solutions internationally! 🚀

💡 Why join?

✔️ Introduction to Equity Investors

✔️ Tailored 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring

✔️ Access to Public Funding

✔️ MVP Pilots Across Europe

✔️ International Business Development

✔️ Post-Program Support

✔️ Exclusive Workshops & Blue Economy Expertise

✔️ Demo Day Showcase (Naples September 2027)

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Source of Funding: TASC-RestoreMed

TASC RestoreMed is a flagship initiative under the EU Mission Ocean, “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”. Launched in September 2025, this four-year initiative aims to catalyse the shift towards a sustainable blue economy in the Mediterranean basin, fostering long-term environmental and economic resilience.

TASC-RestoreMed empowers local communities by supporting community-led projects and policy-making initiatives, providing financial support, capacity building, and a vibrant network of collaborations all working together to drive transformative change in marine and freshwater ecosystems.

Ten partners from eight countries join forces as a cohesive network to drive the programme’s objectives: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (Coordinator – HCMR), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Impact Hub Athens (…

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Through a new CERIC-ERIC open call,  the …

Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

The Research Networking Scheme (RNS) is a support scheme designed to strengthen Malta’s research ecosystem by supporting local and international networking, knowledge exchange, and collaborative engagement.

RNS will have 3 different schemes available:

• The Local Networking Scheme for two or more Maltese Entities or Maltese and Foreign entities to collaborate and host an event related to research here in Malta!

• The International Networking Scheme which covers travel costs for attending conferences abroad, short scientific missions and other research related activities.

• The Open Access Journal Support – available to Xjenza Malta research grant holders to publish their results!

The primary aim of the scheme is to enhance research connectivity through activities…

Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

Xjenza Malta is receiving proposals under the ERC Support Scheme. The Scheme aims to strengthen the opportunities for talented researchers to obtain grants from the ERC (European Research Council) for excellent and ground-breaking research based on researchers’ own ideas within all areas of research. The Scheme is divided into two options. Applicants are to fill in the appropriate sections of the form; they may select either Option A or Option B, or both:

Option A: Mentoring initiative

The mentoring initiative will support potential ERC applicants by helping to identify international experts to provide coaching and advice.

Applicants interested to benefit from the ERC Mentoring Initiative are to indicate their…

Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

Xjenza Malta, in collaboration with Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), has officially launched the Malta–Poland 2026 Joint Call for Research & Innovation, aimed at supporting cross-border cooperation between Maltese and Polish entities. The Call seeks to strengthen bilateral collaboration in priority areas of shared national interest and to encourage innovative solutions with international impact.

The initiative is co-funded by Xjenza Malta through the Access2GlobalResearch (A2GR) Scheme and by NCBR through the INNOGLOBO Programme.

Thematic Areas

For this first Joint Call, proposals must address one or more of the following thematic areas:

• Marine & Maritime Technologies

• Digital Technologies

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