Open calls for funding

KOTK funds psychosocial research and implementation projects that introduce something new in the care of (ex-)cancer patients or substantially improve existing care. Funding can be in the form of seed money or project money.

Deadlines: 13 January 2025, 10 March 2025, 26 May 2025, 25 August 2025, 9 October 2025

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The Open Call Action proposal submission, evaluation, selection and approval (SESA) procedure is fully science and technology-driven and will ensure a simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and selection process, reflecting the bottom-up, open and inclusive principles of COST.

Deadline: 21 October 2025 at noon

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The Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program provides funding to strengthen civic engagement, equal rights for all, and the application of EU values. It supports organizations and governments in protecting fundamental rights, promoting democratic participation, gender equality, non-discrimination, and tackling racism and xenophobia. It is also committed to the rights of children and vulnerable groups.

The European Commission wants to promote inclusion and equality and is launching this project call as part of that effort. Applicants must demonstrate how their project responds to the priorities of this call. Selected projects will be closely monitored, deliver tangible results, and contribute to cooperation and innovation across borders.

Budget: 20.000.000 euro
Deadline: 23 October 2025

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The biannual  call for the iBOF-programme has recently been launched. Within the iBOF programme, excellent, pioneering frontier or blue-sky research is supported that will be carried out in a consortium of at least 3 promoters from at least 2 Flemish universities. An iBOF project brings together top researchers who through such an interuniversity project, will (further) promote Flanders at an international level by deepening or broadening scientific knowledge and increasing capacity building in a sustainable partnership. IBOF projects have a duration of 4 year. Each promoter provides essential expertise for the realization of the proposal. At the same time, the promoters must be complementary to each other and/or mutually reinforcing as they need each other to be able to carry out the project in synergy. The involvement of promising scientifically junior researchers, at least as co-promotor, is highly recommended. Proposals from all domains are possible, both mono- and interdisciplinary project proposals.

Budget: between 450.000 – 900.000 euro
Deadline: 23 October 2025 (declaration of intent); 29 May 2026 (full proposal)

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The main objective of this call for projects is to significantly reduce the use of single-use medical products in Belgian hospitals, within a general framework of sustainability, taking into account the important aspect of safety for healthcare providers and patients. These projects must demonstrate a certain degree of complementarity with existing efforts.

The projects can fall into two categories:

• Direct reduction in the use of disposable products for (at least) one identified type of product/location.
• Strengthening of cross-cutting processes (such as purchasing, logistics, cooperation and data exchange between actors, etc.) to reduce the use of disposable products.

Budget: 600.000 euro (in total for 3 to 6 projects)
Deadline: 27 October 2025

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ITEA is an industry-driven European ecosystem for collaborative R&D projects on software-intensive systems. ITEA projects cover all topics related to software innovation, including:

• Artificial intelligence (e.g. large language models and other generative AI)
• Smart healthcare
• Cybersecurity (digital safety and security)
• Industry 4.0 and smart engineering, including simulation tools, digital twins, robotics and IoT
• Sustainability, including smart mobility and smart cities

Participating countries include Austria, Belgium (Flanders: VLAIO; Brussels: Innoviris; Wallonia: SPW), Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary, South Korea, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Turkey.

Deadline: 10 November 2025 (concept); 29 May 2026 (full proposal)

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This fourth joint call for proposals is based on the 10 research priorities identified in 2022 by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust*.

*https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/research/your-cf-research-priorities.

The call consists of several stages. Stage 1: preproposal & eligibility check: does the research proposal adressess at least one of the defined priorities?

The preselected projects will be invited to introduce a full proposal (stage 2).

Budget: 100.000 – 300.000 euro
Deadline: 13 November 2025

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The Fund Marie-Thérèse De Lava and the Fund Robert Schneider wish to foster research in geriatric medicine, which plays an increasing role in health care. Both Funds aim to encourage high level researchers to develop their career by combining scientific research in geriatrics with clinical practice.

The support of max. 140.000 € over a period of 3 years, should enable a promising researcher in geriatrics to develop his own research line and to anchor his longer-term research vision. The research will focus on improving health, well-being and quality of life of older adults.

Budget: 50.000 – 150.000 euro
Deadline: 25 November 2025

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The Philippe and Paul Claes Fund was established on the initiative of Paul Claes and his brother Philippe. Paul Claes had suffered from a rare disease since his teenage years. He was severely limited in his activities and often had to go to hospital for treatment. Despite this disability, he was determined to remain independent and lead an active social life. This was a daily challenge for him, but at the same time he felt well supported by those around him, both in his private and professional life. After Paul’s death in 2023, the Philippe and Paul Claes Fund was activated within the King Baudouin Foundation. The Fund aims to encourage and finance initiatives that make the lives of people with disabilities resulting from rare diseases, and those of their families, easier, more pleasant and richer.

This second call for projects focuses on a wide range of initiatives in Belgium that improve the quality of life of people with severe disabilities. The disability may be physical, mental or emotional, but must be directly related to a rare disease as defined by the European Union (in the EU, a rare disease is defined as a disease that affects less than 5 in 10,000 people in the general population)*. The initiatives must alleviate the physical, mental, emotional or other disabilities of these people and their environment. They must support them in fully realising their personal, social and/or professional potential.

Budget: 2.500 – 17.500 euro
Deadline: 04 December 2025

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Adolescence is a crucial period of self-discovery and discovery of others, but this very specific and enriching stage has its own particular challenges: Teenagers question their own existence and often seek to develop their strengths and abilities, realise their potential and live life to the full, which drives them to nurture and grow what is alive within them.

They renew their sense of existence and identity by exploring, accepting and embracing their rapidly changing bodies. Body-based practices help them to become aware of what is happening inside them, to adapt and to integrate into reality while maintaining a personal representation of what is fundamental to them.

With this call for proposals, the Huoshen Fund aims to support organisations developing psychophysical activities for adolescents in order to raise their awareness of the importance of taking care of their lives by learning a body-based practice under the guidance of qualified trainers.

Budget: 5.000 euro
Deadline: 06 January 2026

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