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DateOpportunities
11.6.2025 ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PEX-COVE: Centres of Vocational Excellence
13.6.2025 Vienna Business Agency: International Market Entry Funding
13.6.2025 aws BoB: Compete for the Best Business Ideas in Biotech & Medtech: International competition in life sciences, aimed at transforming groundbreaking ideas into successful innovations, BoB is open to students, researchers, and teams or individuals from around the world who are looking to turn their ideas into businesses, as well as young startups up to 3 years old (founded after March 31, 2022)
15.6.2025 ESR and EIBIR: Funding the future of imaging in Europe, Central Asia, and Africa - ESR Research Seed Grant Global: Topics include, but are not limited to green radiology departments (reducing carbon footprint of imaging equipment, digital workflows, contrast media sustainability, waste management, etc.), cost-effective radiology (value-based imaging, quality assurance, standardization, optimised imaging protocols, etc.), workforce sustainability (professional issues, workload management, workflow automation, retention, education & training, etc.)
20.6.2025 EIT Food: Straight2Market 2025 – Call for Participants: Startups/Scaleups/SMEs, Entrepeneurs, Students
22.6.2025 Zero Project Awards 2026: Nominate innovative solutions
30.6.2025 aws: Fertigungsüberleitung von Energie- und Umwelttechnologien bei Start-ups - es wird laufend über Anträge entschieden
30.6.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Digitalisation Funding
30.6.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Innovation Funding
30.6.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Production Funding
30.6.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Business Location Funding
30.6.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Vienna Planet Fund
30.6.2025 IMP: International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences 2025
30.6.2025 FFG: Qualifizierungsprojekte 2024
10.7.2025 EIT Food: Larger-scale collaborative programmes (improve the impact of diet on obesity and non-communicable disease, reduce food-system-related environmental harms, deal with the threats posed by food integrity and complex supply chains), and innovative single projects (innovative solutions for protein diversification, regenerative agriculture, labelling, packaging & transparency)
7.8.2025 aws First Incubator: Call #3 für Personen ab 18 Jahren (ohne Alterslimit) und geeignet für multilinguale Einreichungen (Englisch als Programmsprache)
14.8.2025 CDG: Deadline to submit proposals
15.8.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Understanding Science Funding
28.8.2025 ERC: Advanced Grant
31.8.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Vienna Quality of Life Funding
4.9.2025 LIFE-2025-STRAT-NAT-SNAP-two-stage: Strategic Nature Projects
4.9.2025 LIFE-2025-STRAT-ENV-SIP-two-stage: Strategic Integrated Projects - Environment
4.9.2025 LIFE-2025-STRAT-CLIMA-SIP-two-stage: Strategic Integrated Projects - Climate Action
15.9.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Startup Grant
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-ENVHLTH-02-two-stage: Advancing knowledge on the impacts of micro- and nanoplastics on human health
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-TOOL-02: Advancing cell secretome-based therapies
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-DISEASE-02-two-stage: Advancing innovative interventions for mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-IND-02: Digitalisation of conformity assessment procedures of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-CARE-01: End user-driven application of Generative Artificial Intelligence models in healthcare (GenAI4EU)
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-TOOL-01: Enhancing cell therapies with genomic techniques
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-STAYHLTH-01-two-stage: Improving the quality of life of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-06: Implementation research addressing strategies to strengthen health systems for equitable high-quality care and health outcomes in the context of non-communicable diseases (GACD)
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-03-ENVHLTH-01-two-stage: The impact of pollution on the development and progression of brain diseases and disorders
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-04: Leveraging artificial intelligence for pandemic preparedness and response
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-01: Testing safety and efficacy of phage therapy for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-IND-01: Optimising the manufacturing of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-TOOL-03: Leveraging multimodal data to advance Generative Artificial Intelligence applicability in biomedical research (GenAI4EU)
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-03: Development of antibodies and antibody-derived proteins for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases with epidemic potential
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-07: Tackling high-burden for patients and under-researched medical conditions
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-TOOL-05: Boosting the translation of biotech research into innovative health therapies
16.9.2025 HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-05: Support for the functioning of the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R)
17.9.2025 EIC Transition: Support for the maturation and validation of novel technologies from the lab to the relevant application environments
18.9.2025 ERC: Proof of Concept Grant
18.9.2025 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025: IA-flagship: Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorisation | Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in platform chemicals, via cost-effective, sustainable and resource-efficient conversion of biomass | Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties | Retrofitting of (bio)refineries industrial plants towards higher-value bio-based products
18.9.2025 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025: IA: Sustainable macroalgae systems for innovative, added-value applications: cultivation and optimised production systems | Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production | Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources | Cost-effective and robust continuous biotech bio-based processes | SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications
18.9.2025 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025: RIA: Valorisation of untapped forest biomass | Bio-based and biodegradable delivery systems for fertilising products to reduce microplastics pollution & promote soil health | Alternative biomanufacturing routes for natural and synthetic rubber
18.9.2025 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025: CSA: Develop and deploy new curricula and knowledge exchange practices relevant to bio-based systems
18.9.2025 FFG: Ressourcenwende 2025 - Nationale Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich Kreislaufwirtschaft und Produktionstechnologien
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT: Circular Economy and Zero Pollution
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV: Environment governance
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-GOV: Nature Governance and Information
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-NATURE: Nature and Biodiversity
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA-CCA: Climate Change Adaptation
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA-CCM: Climate Change Mitigation
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-SAP-CLIMA-GOV: Climate Governance and Information
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-TA-PP-NAT-SNAP: Technical Assistance preparation of SNAPs
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-TA-PP-ENV-SIP: Technical Assistance preparation of ENV SIPs
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-TA-PP-CLIMA-SIP: Technical Assistance preparation of CLIMA SIPs
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-TA-R-NAT-ENV: Technical Assistance - Replication - Nature & Biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-PLP-ENER: Projects on Legislative and Policy Priorities in the field of Clean Energy Transition
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-PLP-NAT-ENV: Projects on Legislative and Policy Priorities in the fields of Nature & Biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-PLP-URBAN: Projects on Legislative and Policy Priorities (PLP) for the green transition in Urban spaces
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-CET-INDUSTRY: Supporting the clean energy transition of European industry and businesses
23.9.2025 LIFE-2025-CET-PRIVAFIN: Crowding in private finance
30.9.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Digitalisation Funding
30.9.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Innovation Funding
30.9.2025 Vienna Business Agency: International Market Entry Funding
30.9.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Business Location Funding
30.9.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Tech4People Funding
30.9.2025 FFG: Industrienahe Dissertationen 2025
1.10.2025 EIC Accelerator Challenges 2025: Acceleration of advanced materials development and upscaling along the value chain | Only for successful short proposals! You may submit a short proposal at any time. Please note that evaluation of short propsals takes time.
1.10.2025 EIC Accelerator Challenges 2025: Biotechnology driven low emission food and feed production systems | Only for successful short proposals! You may submit a short proposal at any time. Please note that evaluation of short propsals takes time.
1.10.2025 EIC Accelerator Challenges 2025: GenAI4EU: Creating European Champions in Generative AI | Only for successful short proposals! You may submit a short proposal at any time. Please note that evaluation of short propsals takes time.
1.10.2025 EIC Accelerator Open | Only for successful short proposals! You may submit a short proposal at any time. Please note that evaluation of short propsals takes time.
29.10.2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025: Biotech for Climate Resilient Crops and Plant-Based Biomanufacturing
29.10.2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025: Waste-to-value devices: Circular production of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials
29.10.2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2025: Generative-AI based Agents to Revolutionize Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer
30.10.2025 aws: Proof of Concept Groß
31.10.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Vienna Planet Fund
7.11.2025 CDG: Deadline to submit proposals
13.11.2025 EIT Food: Larger-scale collaborative programmes (improve the impact of diet on obesity and non-communicable disease, reduce food-system-related environmental harms, deal with the threats posed by food integrity and complex supply chains), and innovative single projects (innovative solutions for protein diversification, regenerative agriculture, labelling, packaging & transparency)
18.11.2025 FFG: COMET-Zentren 2025
30.11.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Understanding Science Funding
16.12.2025 HORIZON-EIC-2025-EICSTEP-01: EIC STEP Scale Up
31.12.2025 FFG: ESA_LAB@ – PARTNERING TO INNOVATE
31.12.2025 FFG: Frontrunner 2025 (decisions are taken on a rolling basis, apply throughout the year)
31.12.2025 FFG: Impact Innovation 2025 (apply throughout the year, decisions are taken on a rolling basis)
31.12.2025 FFG: Basisprogramm 2025 (apply throughout the year, decisions are taken on a rolling basis)
31.12.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Digitalisation Funding
31.12.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Innovation Funding
31.12.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Vienna Quality of Life Funding
31.12.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Production Funding
31.12.2025 Vienna Business Agency: Business Location Funding
15.1.2026 Vienna Business Agency: International Market Entry Funding
31.5.2026 Vienna Business Agency: Tech4People Funding
18.12.2026 FFG: Austrian Life Sciences Program (Projekte können laufend eingereicht werden, 7 Entscheidungstermine im Jahr geplant | Leitprojekte: Einreichfrist endet mit 9.9.2024, verpflichtendes Vorgespräch mit der FFG bis spätestens 22.7.2024 erforderlich)

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