VALLEYS Open Call #1
Horizon Europe · Cascade funding
Summary
A Polish company can use this call for R&D.
Knowledge valorisation intermediaries pilot an AI-enabled toolbox, undertake cross-border secondments or combine both to implement European knowledge valorisation practices.
- Who can apply
- Unclear from the source: other.
- Amount
- €40K per projectTotal budget €210,000
- Deadline
- 14 Dec 2026 18:00 CETin 51 days
- Status
- Openopened 14 Oct 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
Open Call #1 funds pilots operationalising at least one of the 4 EU Codes of Practice: intellectual assets, standardisation, industry–academia co-creation or citizen engagement.
• Strand A: onboarding, configuration, staff training and real-case testing of the AI-enabled Toolbox.
• Strand B: cross-border secondments between two KVIs, with an individual skills upgrade and an organisational outcome.
• Strand C: both combined.
All must deliver tangible outputs and a continuation or replication plan.
VALLEYS aims to strengthen Knowledge Valorisation in Europe by building a Network of Knowledge Valorisation Intermediaries.
OC1 funds six-month pilots operationalising at least one ERA Code of Practice:
• Strand A: Toolbox Integration Pilots, up to €10k,
• Strand B: Cross-border Mobility and Secondments, up to €30k, two partners,
• Strand C: Combined Approaches, up to €40k, two partners.
Budget €210,000 for up to 11 projects. Open to EU/Associated Countries.
Open from 14 Oct to 14 Dec 2026, 17:00 CET.
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- Other
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 2 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- EU Member States and associated countries
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Optional
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Per project
- €40K
- Topics
- Knowledge valorisation
- Intellectual assets
- Standardisation
- Industry–academia collaboration
- AI-enabled tools
- Cross-border secondments
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €210,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
Call facts
- Opens
- 14 Oct 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- VALLEYS Open Call #1
- Types of action
- —
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 23 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 15 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.