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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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…

Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

The Technology Extension Support Programme (TESP) is a funding programme targeted at the private sector to provide financial support for incremental product or process improvement through the collaboration with higher education institutions (HEIs).

The aims of this programme are to:

• Foster private entity-higher education institutes partnerships in a low-risk environment.
• Expose private companies to R&I related activities and bridge the gap towards more intensive initiatives.
• Involve more the Higher Education Institutes in the industry, leading to novel ideas which could be developed.
• Increase economic output by supporting industrial activities.
• Bridge the gap between academia and industry.

Local Maltese entities are eligible for funding up to a maximum grant amount of €100,000. It is…

Source of Funding: Xjenza Malta

Xjenza Malta is receiving proposals under the Research Networking Scheme (RNS). The Scheme consists of two components, the Networking Scheme and the Open Access Journal Support. Applicants are to fill in the appropriate sections of the form; they may select one of the components or both:

Source of Funding: CETPartnership

The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) is a multilateral and strategic Horizon Europe partnership with the aim of empowering the energy transition and contributing to the EU’s goal of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

The 2024 CETPartnership Joint Call is a 2-stage call structured around the following Call Modules. The call modules describe specific topics and/or challenges that applicants shall address in their project proposal. Applicants must choose and apply under a specific call module when submitting their project proposal. Evaluation and ranking of the project proposals will be performed separately per call module.

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Source of Funding: Women TechEU

Women TechEU is a 2-year EU-funded project supporting women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe.

Our mission is to create a more gender-balanced entrepreneurship ecosystem. We believe that diversity drives innovation, and we are here to provide women in deep tech with more opportunities, resources, and support to thrive.

The project consortium is launching 4 calls for applications over the span of 2 years which, following a rigorous evaluation process, will result in a total of 160 beneficiaries. Each beneficiary will receive €75k grants (non-dilutive finance) as well as a personalised business development programme which includes mentoring, coaching and targeted training among other options.

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Source of Funding: InvestGozo

Scheme provides for a partial salary reimbursement of up to €8,000 per annum for a period of 3 years (for a total grant of up to a maximum of €24,000) and for a partial reimbursement of training costs of up to €1,500 per annum for a period of 3 years for each employee working within specific knowledge-intensive economic sectors based in Gozo.

Description

The Supporting Knowledge-Based Sectors in Gozo scheme will target the knowledge-intensive economic sectors. Aid provided under this scheme is in the form of partial reimbursement of salaries for full-time employment on an indefinite basis:

1. either of newly employed staff based in Gozo; or
2. staff already employed with the same undertaking uninterruptedly as from 1st January 2018 onwards. Eligibility is restricted to employees for which their employer has already benefitted from the…

Source of Funding: CORTEX2

CORTEX2 are looking for XR innovators, from companies (tech startups/SMEs) to research institutions (universities, NGOs, foundations, associations), to co-develop our CORTEX2 platform.

Our goal? To deliver an inclusive XR teleconference platform while involving organisations in the ‘Lab-To-Market’ stage that will bring new modules and features, enhancing the functionalities and opportunities CORTEX2 can provide.

In total, we will invest €1M in our Open Call #2 to fund and support 10 teams that will be part of our journey.

The call is open from 13 July 2024 to 15 August 2024 at 17:00 CET. All applications will be evaluated by external experts.

Applicants must be based in an EU or …

Source of Funding: Malta Council for Science and Technology

The Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the People’s Republic of China would like to announce that the SINO-MALTA Fund 2024 Joint Call for Project Proposals is now open for Malta-based applicants. The SINO-MALTA Fund supports research, development, and innovation projects between Malta-based and China-based researchers.

For the SINO-MALTA 2024 Joint Call, the eligible Thematic Areas are:

1. Health, with a focus on:
   • Cancer,
   • Cellular therapy,
   • Drug development,
   • Traditional Chinese Medicine,
   • Digital tools to support healthcare.
2. Green and Blue Economy Transitions, with a focus on:
   • Renewable energy,
   • Sustainable mobility,
   • Smart manufacturing,
   • Marine and Maritime technologies.
3. Digital…

Source of Funding: Africa Europe Foundation

The Africa-Europe Foundation is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to establish a multiannual research partnership from July 2024 to December 2025.

This Call for Proposals is underpinned by the “State of Africa-Europe Report 2024”, produced by the Africa-Europe Foundation and providing a unique benchmarking exercise on the implementation of the Africa-Europe Partnership, including review of the existing policy/financial commitments of the political partnership between the African Union and the European Union.

This Call invites research organisations to deep dive into 3 priority chapters from the ‘State of Africa-Europe Report 2024’, specifically the chapters on:

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