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PRIMA Training and Mobility Support Scheme 2025

PRIMA Training and Mobility Support Scheme 2025
Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

Are you seeking funding to enhance your training and mobility activities? The PRIMA Training and Mobility Award 2025 is open for applications, offering an excellent opportunity to establish collaborative links with foreign counterparts from any of the 20 PRIMA Participating States.

Funding Opportunities:

  • In-person short training and/or placements for local researchers in foreign entities,
  • Strategic and targeted visits by local applicants to foreign entities,
  • Knowledge-transfer and/or dissemination seminars or workshops in Malta, on specific PRIMA R&I thematic areas (water management, sustainable farming systems, and agro-food value chain).

Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed activities will:


Horizon Internationalisation Partnership Award Scheme (HIPAS) 2025

Horizon Internationalisation Partnership Award Scheme (HIPAS) 2025
Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

Xjenza Malta is receiving proposals under the Horizon Internationalisation Partnership Award Scheme (HIPAS). The Scheme will support Maltese eligible entities intending to submit a Horizon Europe proposal (including Partnerships indicated in the Scheme Rules), as a Coordinator entity to engage a service provider (local or foreign) who will be supporting the applicant entity through proposal writing and submission. The support is limited to € 8,000. More details can be seen the rules.

Interested Applicants are to submit their application form electronically to horizon.malta@gov.mt keeping Lili Kankaya lili.vasileva@gov.mt in copy with “HIPAS – Application 2025” as a subject heading. The call will be open throughout the year (until 7th November 2025) with…


Cascade Funding Opportunities closing in January 2025

Cascade Funding Opportunities closing in January 2025
Source of Funding: Cascade Funding Hub

Visit the below link to view the 21 funding opportunities on Cascade Funding portal, an instrument by the European Commission. 

Please note that these calls have different deadlines within the month of January 2025.

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European Innovation Council Programmes (EIC)

European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)
Source of Funding:

Xjenza Malta is receiving proposals under the European Innovation Council Support Scheme.  The aim of the scheme is to support applicants applying to Open and Challenges calls and who will apply for the cut-off dates as stated in the Horizon Europe EIC work programme.

The European Innovation Council Programmes are:

  • EIC Pathfinder
  • Transition and
  • Accelerator

The scheme is exclusively available to sole applicants and consortium coordinators.

Applicants may apply for Option A and/or Option B, and/or Option C depending on the EIC programme applied to and the stage of their EIC application. Applicants may apply to:

  • Option A…

European Research Council (ERC) Support Scheme 2025

European Research Council (ERC) Support Scheme 2025
Source of Funding: European Research Council (ERC)

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


Innovation Fund

Innovation Fund
Source of Funding: EU Emissions Trading System

What will the Innovation Fund 2024 General Call finance?

Budget: 2.4 billion EUR

 

Small-scale projects call window: budget 100 000 000 EUR

‘small-scale project’ means a project with a total capital expenditure not exceeding EUR 20 000 000 but larger than EUR 2 500 000

Link: EU Funding & Tenders Portal | EU Funding & Tenders Portal

 

Medium-scale projects call window budget: 200 000 000 EUR

‘medium-scale project’ means a project with a total capital expenditure…


BlueMissionMed launches the “Blue Rivers and Lakes” Award!

BlueMissionMed launches the “Blue Rivers and Lakes” Award!
Source of Funding: BlueMissionMed

In In the framework of the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”, the EU funded project BlueMissionMed, in collaboration with the European Commission (EC), announces the “Blue Rivers and Lakes” Award to celebrate the initiatives to protect and restore small/medium scale basins and therefore contributing to the Mission’s objectives. 

The EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030” aims to eliminate pollution and make the blue economy carbon-neutral and circular. The Mission supports regional engagement and cooperation through area-based “Lighthouses” in major sea/river…


“Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care” Joint Transnational Call for proposals is NOW OPEN!

“Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care” Joint Transnational Call for proposals is NOW OPEN!
Source of Funding: Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS)

The Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) Partnership is a multilateral strategic initiative under Horizon Europe, aimed at fostering the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, inclusive, innovative and high-quality people-centred health and care systems equally accessible to all.

Xjenza Malta together with other Research Funding Organisations from 20 countries, has launched the 3rd Joint Transnational Call to financially support R&I projects. Entities based in Malta are eligible to apply for up to € 500,000 in funding, enabling them to join a consortium and submit a proposal for this Call (N.B. if multiple national partners are included in a single consortium, the total funding for all Maltese participants combined cannot exceed the €500,000 cap).

This Call for proposals, entitled “Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary…


Additional Financial Support for Malta-Based Researchers Requesting Ship Time on the Research Vessel Gaia Blu

Additional Financial Support for Malta-Based Researchers Requesting Ship Time on the Research Vessel Gaia Blu
Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

Xjenza Malta is providing additional financial support to Malta-based entities collaborating with the Italian National Research Council (CNR) for access to ship time aboard the Research Vessel Gaia Blu.

The R/V Gaia Blu offers a platform for conducting advanced marine research, varying from oceanographic surveys, environmental monitoring, long-term data collection, and educational or outreach-focused cruises. Researchers can propose a variety of projects on several research fields as is highlighted in the CNR Application Form. This ship time opportunity enables multidisciplinary studies that contribute to a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean’s marine environment, supporting a wide range of scientific and environmental goals. The deadline to submit proposals to CNR by the Principal Investigator is November 30, 2024, and …


SuperCharge Ventures 2025

SuperCharge Ventures 2025
Source of Funding:

The applications for our much-anticipated Cohort 4.0 are now open in Malta! This is your chance to accelerate your journey with an equity-free program designed to elevate your project within the EdTech sector.

Why Malta?
Malta offers a thriving ecosystem backed by strong EU funding opportunities and an innovative community that supports growth and development.

Join Our Strong EdTech Ecosystem
Become a part of a vibrant network that fosters collaboration and innovation.

EU Backed Funding Opportunities
Access to exclusive funding opportunities supported by EU initiatives to help fuel your growth.

Team Expansion Grants
Receive grants aimed at helping you scale your team and expand your operations efficiently.

R&D Packages
Take advantage of tailored R&D packages designed to boost your product development and research…