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Open Calls & Deadlines to remember

DateOpportunities
8.10.2026 HORIZON-JU-IHI-2026-13-two-stage-01: IHI European HealthCare Incubator Network
8.10.2026 HORIZON-JU-IHI-2026-13-two-stage-02: An AI Foundation Toxicology Model and Framework to Support Waiving a Second Species in Drug Safety Studies
8.10.2026 HORIZON-JU-IHI-2026-13-two-stage-03: Decode the Immunoscience of age-related diseases
13.10.2026 FFG: COMET-Module 2026
13.10.2026 FFG: COMET-Projekte 2026
15.10.2026 HADEA/2026/OP/0020: Capacity Reservation for Personal Protective Equipment Pilot
15.10.2026 FFG: Industry-Scale Reality Check 2026 - Schlüsseltechnologien vom Prototyp zur technischen Demonstration in Realumgebung
20.10.2026 GRAPPA open call: Agri-food Biomass Upcycling
26.10.2026 Eureka call for disaster resilience, response and recovery projects – 2026 | Topics include: Health resilience technologies (Examples: mobile diagnostics, emergency health technologies, sanitation systems, medical logistics innovations) or Circular post-disaster recovery solutions (Examples: debris recycling technologies, waste valorisation, circular reconstruction materials)
26.10.2026 Eurogia2030 – Call 31: Low Carbon Technology R&D solutions | Topics include e.g. Bio-resources and environment
28.10.2026 HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01: Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems (for applications in areas such as point of care diagnostics, smart sustainable cities etc.)
28.10.2026 HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02: Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing
28.10.2026 Houska Prize 2027: Austria's largest private award for applied research
31.10.2026 aws Wachstumsinvestition - spezielle Konditionen/Bedingungen: Industrielle Schlüsseltechnologien - Leitbetriebe 2030
4.11.2026 FFG: Go!Tech Praktika 2026: mehrmonatige Praktikumsplätze für Maturant:innen, die noch keine Studienrichtung oder Berufsperspektive gewählt haben
4.11.2026 EIC: Biotech for Regenerating Agricultural Soils - Bioremediation technologies, Soil and soil microbiome management technologies, Renewable fertilizers and bio stimulants (Deadline model: continuous | Deadline for full proposals for successful short proposals: Batch 1: 07.01.2026 | Batch 2: 04.03.2026 | Batch 3: 06.05.2026 | Batch 4: 08.07.2026 | Batch 5: 02.09.2026 | Batch 6: 04.11.2026)
4.11.2026 EIC: Boosting the European Critical Raw Materials value chain - Exploration of critical and strategic raw materials, Extraction, processing and metallurgy refining for the supply of primary critical and strategic raw materials, Recycling from end-of-life products for the supply of secondary critical and strategic raw materials (Deadline model: continuous | Deadline for full proposals for successful short proposals: Batch 1: 07.01.2026 | Batch 2: 04.03.2026 | Batch 3: 06.05.2026 | Batch 4: 08.07.2026 | Batch 5: 02.09.2026 | Batch 6: 04.11.2026)
5.11.2026 HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-06: Prevention and mitigation of misuse of synthetic biology for bioterrorism purposes
5.11.2026 HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-03: Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management
5.11.2026 HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03: Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditions
5.11.2026 HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05: Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe
6.11.2026 CDG: CD labs and JR centers
6.11.2026 LBG: Clinical research group in gender medicine
16.11.2026 SPRIN-D: The Challenge: Developing robust biomanufacturing processes with Microbial Consortia and AI
24.11.2026 HORIZON-MSCA-2026-DN-01-01: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 - Doctoral candidates are to either develop or significantly participate in the development of innovative AI systems, models, tools or methodologies for their scientific domain
25.11.2026 HORIZON-EIC-2026-STEP: EIC STEP Scale Up - equity-only investments managed by the EIC Fund (deadline model: continuous | Batch 1: 11.02.2026 | Batch 2: 06.05.2026 | Batch 3: 09.09.2026 | Batch 4: 25.11.2026)
28.11.2026 FFG: Veranstaltungen und Dissemination 2026 (laufend: Einreichung, Begutachtung, Entscheidung)
30.11.2026 ACHEMA Gründerpreis - Die Zukunft der Life-Science- und Prozessindustrie gestalten: Einreichungsschluss für Businesspläne
30.11.2026 FFG: Leading Companies - Roadmapping 2026: Phase 1 zur Erstellung der F&E-Roadmap
30.11.2026 FFG: Digital Health Austria Leitprojekte 2026: Innovationen für das Gesundheitssystem von morgen
4.12.2026 EUIPO: Call for PROPOSALS – GR/001/26 (SME FUND - Intellectual property vouchers) - The SME Fund 2026 has limited funds. If the funds are exhausted, applications will be closed before the indicated date. Decisions are taken on a rolling basis.
16.12.2026 Österreichischer Staatspreis Technologie 2027
17.12.2026 HORIZON-EIC-2026-ACCELERATOR-01: EIC Accelerator 2026 - Short proposal (Deadline model: continuous | Full proposal deadlines: Batch 1: 07.01.2026 | Batch 2: 04.03.2026 | Batch 3: 06.05.2026 | Batch 4: 08.07.2026 | Batch 5: 02.09.2026 | Batch 6: 04.11.2026)
18.12.2026 FFG: Austrian Life Sciences Program (Projekte können laufend eingereicht werden)
31.12.2026 FFG: Frontrunner 2026 (laufende Einreichung, Begutachtung und Entscheidung)
31.12.2026 FFG: Collective Research 2026 - Förderung für vorwettbewerbliche Branchen-Forschungsprojekte (Anträge können jederzeit eingereicht werden und werden laufend bearbeitet)
31.12.2026 FFG: Projekt.Start 2026 - Förderung der Projektvorbereitungskosten für konkrete F&E-Unternehmensprojekte (laufende Einreichung und Begutachtung)
31.12.2026 Vienna Business Agency: Innovation Funding
31.12.2026 Vienna Business Agency: Digitalisation Funding
31.12.2026 Vienna Business Agency: International Market Entry Funding
31.12.2026 Vienna Business Agency: Production Funding
31.12.2026 Vienna Business Agency: Business Location Funding
26.1.2027 SMART Call 10 – 2026: Advanced manufacturing technologies topics including e.g. sustainable manufacturing towards a circular economy
13.7.2027 Women TechEU 2 EIC (Weekly cut-offs every Tuesday until July 13, 2027)
1.1.2030 EUREKA Open call for Network Projects applications: open for applications all year round

This list is not exhaustive. LISAvienna accepts no liability for potential mistakes. Be invited to contact us at news(at)LISAvienna.at to add funding opportunities or to update an entry.

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