European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2026-2027
Funds European Researchers' Night events and Researchers at Schools visits that bring researchers face to face with the public and pupils across Europe.
This is a single-stage call that closed for applications on 22 October 2025, funding 50 grants from an EUR 16.25 million budget, each capped at a maximum EU contribution of EUR 350,000. Grants are awarded not purely by ranking but to at least the top-ranked proposal per country of the coordinator, so activities spread across as many eligible countries as possible. The budget itself is judged under…
This topic funds coordination and support actions that combine two public-engagement initiatives: the European Researchers' Night, a Europe-wide event held on the last Friday of September, and Researchers at Schools, which brings researchers into classrooms and school groups into research facilities. Activities should target the general public, with particular focus on young people, pupils and students who don't usually have access to STEAM fields or research.
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