Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector

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Code: 38082 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-EQUAL-DIVERSITYMGT | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 23/10/2025

We are looking for projects that focus on:

• strengthening the Diversity Charters network, supporting the implementation and further development of existing Diversity Charters in the EU and increasing the number of their signatories.

Projects should promote diversity and inclusion at the workplace via an intersectional approach. Projects concerning one ground of discrimination are not the focus of this priority.

The priority does not support research projects or projects on skills development.

Projects can be either national or transnational. 

Fighting against discrimination and racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including antigypsyism, anti-black, and anti-Asian racism

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Code: 38079 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-EQUAL-RACI-DISC | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 23/10/2025

This priority supports holistic and intersectional responses5 to discrimination and intolerance – in particular on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, colour and religion – as well as to racism and xenophobia, antigypsyism intolerance, including their manifestations on the ground. Such responses should aim to build trust between individuals, communities and national authorities.

The priority will support projects that help to effectively implement:

• the EU Anti-racism action plan, which aims to combat structural forms of racism faced in particular by people of colour and people of African descent, Muslims or people perceived as such, Roma as well as people of Asian descent.
• the Racial Equality Directive (Council Directive 2000/43/EC), which aims to lay down a framework for combating discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment.
• the EU Roma strategic framework, which aims to promote effective equality, socio-economic inclusion and meaningful participation of Roma, and
• the Council Recommendation on Roma equality, inclusion and participation, which aims to have Member States adopt national Roma strategic frameworks; adopt and implement measures to promote equality and effectively prevent and combat discrimination, antigypsyism, social and economic exclusion, the extremely high at-risk-of-poverty rate and material and social deprivation among the Roma population; and step up meaningful participation by and consultation of Roma people.

We are looking for projects that focus on:

• multisectoral cooperation between civil society organisations, public and private organisations and local authorities to address systemic and structural racism in areas related to access to quality housing, employment (i.a. skills, vocational training.) and social inclusion (fight against poverty, etc.).
• the reporting, rights-awareness, protection, advocacy and interest representation of victims.
• the diversity of Roma, with a specific focus on the political participation of Roma youth, the health of Roma women, the early childhood development and care of Roma children and environmental justice.

The priority does not support research projects.

Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged. For projects concerning Roma inclusion and participation, national consortia are encouraged.

Urban Mobility Explained (UMX) Open Call (Multi-cut-off)

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Code: 38078 | Identifier Code: EITUM-BP23-25 | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 02/07/2025 | End submission calls: 30/09/2025

EIT Urban Mobility invites organisations and experts to submit proposals to its Urban Mobility Explained (UMX) Open Call, designed to accelerate the development and delivery of high-quality, sustainable professional training and support services that close the urban mobility knowledge gap.

This Call focuses on a series of specific activity areas aimed at enhancing the skills and capabilities of mobility professionals and organisations, particularly at the local/city level, to achieve systemic transformations for more liveable cities. The Call supports proposals that offer high-quality, impact-oriented, and financially sustainable learning experiences, leveraging EIT Urban Mobility’s network and expertise in various learning formats.

Fighting against anti-Muslim hatred

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Code: 38072 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-EQUAL-ANTIMUSLIM | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 23/10/2025

This priority will support the fight against anti-Muslim hatred/racism and discrimination, and therefore support actions to raise awareness, foster reporting by victims and address negative stereotypes and intolerance against Muslims and persons perceived as such. Muslims form an integral part of European societies. Anti-Muslim racism is increasing throughout Europe and the world and affects the lives of a significant number of EU citizens. It also undermines the trust of many in the institutions and in the values of the European Union.

Priority 3 is split into an open sub-priority and a restricted sub-priority in support of public authorities.

Sub-priority 3.1 – open call:

This open sub-priority will specifically help civil society organisations to combat all forms of anti-Muslim racism, to support victims of anti-Muslim racism and to raise awareness throughout the European Union. The call will also support the improvement of data collection on anti-Muslim racism, which is essential to combat racism and discrimination effectively, and to strengthen resilience among the Muslim communities against any form of racism and discrimination.

We are looking for projects that focus on:

• raising awareness about anti-Muslim hatred/racism and discrimination, its impact on society in general, and on specific target groups such as multipliers (educators, journalists, policy makers …) and combatting stereotypes, conspiracy theories and hate speech against Muslims and people perceived as such;
• providing support and accompanying measures to victims of anti-Muslim discrimination, thus contributing to the resilience of Muslim
• improving the monitoring of anti-Muslim hatred/racism, encouraging reporting and strengthening cooperation with the police at local level and authorities.

Projects should take into account:

• The 2023 special Eurobarometer on discrimination in the EU
• The report The legal framework to combat anti-Muslim hate in the European Union
• The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights report “Being Muslim in the EU” of October 2024

This sub-priority does not support research projects.

Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged.

Sub-priority 3.2 – restricted call in support of public authorities:

This sub-priority aims at supporting public authorities in the fight against anti-Muslim hatred/racism.

We are looking for projects that focus on supporting public authorities to:

• develop and/or implement national action plans or strategies on combatting anti-Muslim hatred/racism.
• improve the recording and reporting of anti-Muslim hatred/racism and discrimination and harmonise data collection of anti-Muslim hatred/racism and discrimination
• prevent and counter anti-Muslim hatred/racism through education and training, especially for educators, teachers, the judiciary and media.

This sub-priority does not support research projects.

Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged.

Support to public authorities to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance, including intersectional discrimination

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Code: 38068 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-EQUAL-RESTRICTED | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 23/10/2025

This priority is restricted to public authorities and bodies at national, regional and local level as lead applicant (consortium coordinator).

The objective of this priority is to help Member States to:

• improve the implementation of the Racial Equality Directive and the Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia, as well as the EU Directives on Standards for Equality Bodies,
• develop and implement national action plans or strategies to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance.
• improve the collection and use of equality This priority does not support research projects.

Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged.

Fighting against antisemitism

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Code: 38065 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-EQUAL-ANTISEMITISM | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 23/10/2025

European Jews have been contributing to the social, political, economic and cultural development of Europe and are an inextricable part of Europe’s identity. Following the 7 October terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israeli society and the war that ensued, antisemitism has risen across Europe and around the world. This escalation has created a climate of everyday “ambient antisemitism”, characterised by growing insecurity, isolation and the erosion of trust within Jewish communities. Today, we are witnessing a troubling rise in Holocaust distortion and the worrying conflation of the Shoah with ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. This distortion has a corrosive impact on the resilience of our society and democracy. Antisemitism and polarization pose a threat not only to the Jewish communities but also to the broader European society and undermine democratic values

This priority aims at supporting civil society organisations to prevent and combat all forms and manifestations of antisemitism, offline and online, in line with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, and at supporting civil society organisations to foster Jewish life.

Priority 2 is split into an open sub-priority and a restricted sub-priority in support of public authorities.

Ενίσχυση Ικανότητας Επιχειρήσεων για Ανάπτυξη Νέων Προϊόντων

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Code: 38060 | Identifier Code: NPD-CAPBLD/0825 | Programme name: 13602 | Start submission calls: 08/08/2025 | End submission calls: 03/10/2025

«Enterprises Capacity Building in New Product Development» Programme aims to support companies with 10 or more employees, to employ specialised staff in New Product Development and to engage in research and development activities aiming at the development of new products and services.

AI in Government

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Code: 38054 | Identifier Code: ΑΙ in Government | Programme name: 2941 | Start submission calls: 24/07/2025 | End submission calls: 17/10/2025

The aim of this call is to develop innovative solutions that utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address specific challenges faced by public authorities. Through the program, participants have the opportunity to receive financial support for the development and testing of a prototype in a real environment, with the aim of subsequently developing it into a marketable product, service, or solution.  Participants will retain full Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) generated from the process, along with full ownership of the resulting innovation for future commercial use.

SNS Trials and Pilots (T&Ps) with Verticals

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Code: 38050 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2025-02-STREAM-D-01 | Programme name: 26685 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 18/09/2025

The objective is to validate 5G Advanced and 6G technologies in a user context to further enable successful take up by vertical sectors. While in previous WPs we focused in assessing widespread technology usage with the coverage of many verticals under one project, in this WP we aim the in-depth study of existing (potentially single) vertical pain-points to adopt 5G advanced and 6G solutions with the ultimate target that the produced solutions will have a very high prospect to be used by the vertical sectors in the near future.

Κουπόνια Καινοτομίας

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Code: 38047 | Identifier Code: INNOVOUCHERS/0725 | Programme name: 13602 | Start submission calls: 23/07/2025 | End submission calls: 09/10/2025

«Innovation Vouchers» Programme aims to encourage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to engage in research and innovation activities and to strengthen cooperation between enterprises and knowledge intensive organizations.

RESTART 2016-2020 – NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE – Cyprus Award – Commercial Exploitation of Research Results 2025

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Code: 38037 | Identifier Code: CULTURE / AWARD-EXPLOITATION / 0725 | Programme name: 27535 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in the frame of its activities to develop a culture of knowledge transfer and commercial exploitation of research results, announces for the first time the “Cyprus Award for the Commercial Exploitation of Research Results”.

Knowledge Transfer activity at national level makes a significant contribution to enhancing competitiveness, creating new jobs and contributing to the diversification, sustainability and vitality of national economies.

This Award will provide a reward for a scientist or a group of scientists who have demonstrated successful commercial exploitation of research results and seeks to motivate and encourage further development of knowledge transfer activities in the Cypriot ecosystem.

RESTART 2016-2020 «NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE» «Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher 2025» AWARD-YR

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Code: 38031 | Identifier Code: CULTURE / AWARD-YR / 0725 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in the frame of its activities for recognizing and rewarding research excellence, established an annual Research Award for Cyprus in 2007. In 2013, the Award was modified in order to separately reward young and more experienced  researchers, in a parallel attempt to support early-career researchers and promote distinguished scientists active in Cyprus.

RESTART 2016-2020 «NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE» «Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Researcher 2025»

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Code: 38028 | Identifier Code: CULTURE/AWARD-DR/0725 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) launches the Call for Nominations for the “Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Researcher” of the Programme “Nurturing an RTDI Culture” within the framework of the “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) and invites all interested parties to submit nominations for the award.

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025 – Tourism

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Code: 38025 | Identifier Code: NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/TOURISM/0925 | Programme name: 27535 | Start submission calls: 12/09/2025 | End submission calls: 18/11/2025

The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the Tourism industry, as well as through the evaluation and identification of challenges and weaknesses.

Additionally, the Programme seeks to achieve their compliance of SMES with European and internationally accepted measures and standards through a certification scheme, the Cyber-Hygiene Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the NCC-CY.

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025

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Code: 38023 | Identifier Code: NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/0925 | Programme name: 27535 | Start submission calls: 12/09/2025 | End submission calls: 18/11/2025

The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as through the evaluation and identification of challenges and weaknesses.

Additionally, the Programme seeks to achieve their compliance of SMES with European and internationally accepted measures and standards through a certification scheme, the Cyber-Hygiene Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the NCC-CY.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of unemployed young people aged 15 to 29, not in Education, Employment or Training, with flexible employment arrangements

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Code: 38020 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidising part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire young people aged 15 to 29 who are not in employment, education, or training and are registered as unemployed with the Public Employment Service (PES) up to one day before or on the date of their recruitment, with flexible employment arrangements.

It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups of the population into the labor market.

The aim of the Plan is to recruit 350 young people belonging to the target group.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of inactive women with flexible working arrangements

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Code: 38017 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidizing part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire inactive women with flexible working arrangements. It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market. The aim of the Plan is to recruit 470 inactive women.

ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 38014 | Identifier Code: ERC-2026-STG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 09/07/2025 | End submission calls: 14/10/2025

The Starting Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators starting or having recently started their own independent research team or programme.

A Starting Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of the potential for research independence, for example, by having produced at least one important publication as its main author or a publication without the participation of their PhD supervisor.

Incentive Scheme for the Recruitment of Unemployed Women

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Code: 38010 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidising part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire unemployed women registered with the Public Employment Service (PES) up to one day before or on the date of their recruitment. It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market. The aim of the Plan is to recruit 820 unemployed women.

Coordinate deployment for the EuroQCI (CSA)

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Code: 38009 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-02 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 16/10/2025

To ensure a coherent EuroQCI initiative and support the Commission, ESA and the Member States by providing key support functions in coordination, industrialisation, dissemination and alignment, enabling national and cross-border EuroQCI networks to discuss progress, to identify and utilise synergies in their work, share best practices and information about EU components and their certifications, supporting QKD standardisation efforts, and coordinating overall progress towards a fully functional EuroQCI.