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    VALLEYS Open Call #1

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    Run by Valleys

    14 Dec 2026
    Deadline
    €40k
    Per company
    €210k
    Total for all companies

    What this call funds

    This call funds short six month pilots that help put EU Codes of Practice on knowledge valorisation into practice. Projects can focus on integrating an AI enabled toolbox, running cross border staff secondments between knowledge valorisation intermediaries, or combining both. Grants range from 10,000 to 40,000 euros depending on the strand chosen, with a total pot of 210,000 euros for up to 11 projects.

    research excellence · education skills · regional development

    Who wins this

    Knowledge valorisation intermediaries or similar organisations in EU or Associated Countries that want to test or scale practical tools and cross border staff exchanges around knowledge transfer and commercialisation.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €40k
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    Cascade funding
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Eligible applicants
    Knowledge Valorisation Intermediary
    Support to third parties
    Sub-grants via SGA with SPLORO, up to 10,000 euros for Strand A, up to 30,000 euros for Strand B, and up to 40,000 euros for Strand C.
    Also required
    Strand B and C require at least two partner organisations from different countries, projects must be implemented within six months of signing the sub grant agreement, open only to entities in EU or Associated Countries.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 130 past winners

    UNITATEA EXECUTIVA PENTRU FINANTAREA INVATAMANTULUI SUPERIOR A CERCETARII DEZVOLTARII SI INOVARII · RO
    12 wins
    led 1
    STICHTING AMSTERDAM UMC · NL
    11 wins
    led 1
    FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · DE
    10 wins
    FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE · FR
    10 wins
    led 6
    ZENTRUM FUR SOZIALE INNOVATION GMBH · AT
    9 wins
    TIETEELLISTEN SEURAIN VALTUUSKUNNASTA · FI
    9 wins

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