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ERASMUS + – Partnerships for Innovation – Alliances for Innovation – 2026

Erasmus+ - The Erasmus+ programme aims at offering around 10 million Europeans the opportunity to acquire skills and develop personally, socio-educationally and professionally through study, training, work experience or youth and sport-related activities.

2026-03-10
67 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO
Programme ERASMUS +
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Education & Training Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Research centre & university Training organisation & school

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Call reference

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To implement a coherent and comprehensive set of sectoral or cross-sectoral activities, which should be adaptable to future knowledge developments across the EU
  • To strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting innovation through cooperation and flow of knowledge
  • To foster innovation in higher education, vocational education and training, enterprises and the broader socioeconomic environment
  • To create new strategic approaches and cooperation for concrete skills development solutions
  • To create sectorial, transnational and sustainable cooperation

Among financed actions

  • Jointly developing and implementing new learning and teaching methods
  • Setting up incubators within education and training institutions across Europe
  • Mapping of existing upskilling and reskilling support available
  • Fostering partnerships among students, academia, and industry in strategic sectors
  • Developing delivery methodologies for the curricula and training programmes

Eligibility

  • Be a public or private organisation
  • Be established in an EU member State or third country associated to the programme
  • Higher education institutions established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)
  • A consortium composed of

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: between 24 and 48 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

  • Contact: EACEA-EUROPEAN-UNIVERSITIES@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 67 million euros
  • Amount of the grant per topic:
    • Lot–1 – Alliances for Education and Enterprises between 1 and 1.5 million euros
    • Lot–2 – Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills 4 million euros
    • Lot-3 STEM Skills Foundries 1.5 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 80% of the total eligible costs