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Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - Erasmus+ |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | ERASMUS-EDU-2026-EUR-UNIV |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 04.03.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | 145.600.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | - |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Education
Project Locations
Asia
Turkey
Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia
Description
1) Objective
European Universities’ main objectives are to further develop institutionalised cooperation, making it systemic, structural and sustainable and to increase quality, performance and international competitiveness of European higher education institutions. In line with the vision for a European Education Area, these alliances intend to achieve the following aims: As such, European Universities aim at achieving the following main objectives:
- Promote common European values as enshrined in article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and a strengthened European identity by bringing together a new generation of Europeans who are able to cooperate and work within different European and global cultures, in different languages, and across borders, sectors and academic disciplines.
- Reach a substantial leap in quality, performance, attractiveness and international competitiveness and enable deep institutional transformation of involved European higher education institutions and contribute to the European knowledge economy, employment, creativity, culture and welfare by making best use of innovative pedagogies and striving to make the knowledge square a reality. European Universities will be key drivers to boost the quality of higher education and where possible to strengthen its links to the research and innovation landscape in Europe and its outreach towards the society and economy.
2) Eligibility
Eligible are legal entities (public or private bodies).
3) Location
Actions must take place in EU member states + associated countries and Western Balkans.
4) Budget
The estimated available call budget is EUR 144 000 000. Additional funding of EUR 1 600 000 has been made available for this call through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) to further support the participation of higher education institutions from the Western Balkans countries not associated to the Erasmus+ programme, leading to a total budget of EUR 145 600 000.
5) Application
The deadline for applications submission is 4 March 2026. Proposals must be submitted before the call deadline. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.