Research Calls

1. HORIZON EUROPE

1.1. ERC

Duration: 5 years

Deadline: 25.10.2025 (estimated)

Budget: 1.500.000 EUR (+ 1.000.000 EUR additional possible) 

Content:

The call is not open yet, please see the ERC official website.

Duration: 5 years

Deadline: 14.01.2026 (estimated)

Budget: 2.000.000 EUR (+ 1.000.000 EUR additional possible)

Content:

The call is not open yet; please see the official ERC website.

Duration: 5 years

Deadline: 29.8.2025 (estimated)

Budget: 2.500.000 EUR (+ 1.000.000 EUR additional possible)

Content:

The call is not open yet, please see the ERC official website.

1.2. WIDENING

1.4. MSCA

Duration: 4 years

Deadline: 28.11.2025

Budget: The budget will be calculated based on the person-months  

1.5. HORIZON EUROPE CLUSTERS

Content:

The draft program has not been published yet

2. ERASMUS+

Duration: 74 months

Deadline: 13.02.2026 (estimated)

Budget: A contribution to the institutional costs for the implementation of the programme; a maximum number of student scholarships to be awarded throughout the duration of the agreement. A top-up intended to cover individual needs of students with disabilities 

Duration: 15 months

Deadline: 13.02.2026 (estimated)

Budget: 60.000 EUR

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 06.03.2026 (estimated)

Budget: 4.000.000 EUR

Duration: 48 months

Deadline: 11.06.2025

Budget: 4.000.000 EUR

Duration: 12-36 months

Deadline: 05.03.2026 (estimated)

Budget: Single lump sum 120.000 EUR, 250.000 EUR, 400.000 EUR 

Duration: 6-24 months

Deadline: 05.03.2026 (estimated)

Budget: 60.000 EUR

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 12.02.2026 (estimated)

Budget: Jean Monnet Modules: 35.000 EUR| Jean Monnet Chairs: 60.000 EUR| Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence: 100.000 EUR

3. TUBITAK

3.1. TUBITAK RECENT CALLS

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: First Round: 30.04.2025, Second Round: 30.09.2025

Budget: 10 milyon TL 

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 06.03.2026 (estimated)

Budget: 125.000€

3.2. TÜBİTAK - TEYDEB

Duration: 2 years

Deadline: Rolling

Budget: In case the customer is in SME scale, 75% of the project budget included in the support is covered by TÜBİTAK and the remaining 25% by the customer. In case the client organization is large-scale at the project application date, 60% of the project budget included in the support is covered by TÜBİTAK and the remaining 40% by the customer. The portion of the project budget to be covered by TÜBİTAK is limited to 2.000.000 TL. 

Duration: 5 years

Deadline: Rolling

Budget: 10 millions TL per year (Industry Collaboration is required.) 

3.3. TÜBİTAK - ARDEB

Content:

https://ardeb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr/ 

Deadline, max budget and duration may vary according to different calls. 

3.4. TÜBİTAK - BİDEB

Duration: 7 years

Deadline: Rolling

Budget: Scholarships for doctoral students; Project incentive bonus for project superviser and academic thesis advisor; Employment support for private sector organizations / institutions  

3.5. TÜBİTAK – UIDB

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: varying

Budget: Around 5 Million TL (varies)

Deadline: Rolling

Content:

All open calls for Bilateral and Multilateral Programs can be found:

https://uidb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr/pb/programCagriList.htm?programId=49

4. İSTKA

5. EUROPEAN RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS

Duration: up to 5 years

Deadline: 11.02.2026 (estimated)

Budget: up to 2 Million EUR 

Duration: 3-5 years

Deadline: March 2026 (estimated)

Budget: up to 1.5 million EUR 

Duration: up to 1.5 years

Deadline: 03.04.2026 (estimated)

Budget: up to 400.000 EUR

Duration: up to 1 year; cooperation projects: five years

Deadline: expected in Sept. 2025

Budget: up to 180,000 euros; cooperation projects up to 1,3 Mio euros

Content:

target groups: inter- and intradisciplinary research groups with researchers and partners from (civil) society, intl. participation possible

Transformational Knowledge on Democracies under Change – Transdisciplinary Perspectives | VolkswagenStiftung

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 3.6.2025

Budget: varies 

Content:

Subsections for proposals: 1. Democracy as Utopia, Experience and Threat, 2. Contours of Future Democratic Society 

https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/democracy  

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 5.5.2025

Budget: varies 

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 5.5.2025

Budget: varies

Content:

Six core areas: 1-Forced-migration infrastructures, 2- South-South (im)mobilities, 3- Multiple displacements, 4- Displaced people’s agency, 5- Gender and intersectionality, 6- (Supra-)state influences on displacement processes

Special Programme Forced Migration | Gerda Henkel Foundation

Duration: 6-12 months

Deadline: TBD - applications on a rolling basis

Budget: Minimum of $10,000 and maximum of $900,000 for a year-long contract.  OTF’s target support ceiling is $300,000; most supported efforts receive between $50,000 and $200,000. 

Duration: 24 months

Deadline: Applications accepted throughout the year

Budget: varies  

6. US RESEARCH FUNDS

6.1. NSF USA

Duration: 36 months

Deadline: 02.04.2025

Budget: 600.000 USD

Duration: 12 months

Deadline: 29.09.2025

Budget: per year, dependent on the availability of funds

6.2. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Content:

For detailed information about US National Science Foundation calls, please check the link below :

https://grants.nih.gov/funding/nih-guide-for-grants-and-contracts

7. ASIAN RESEARCH FUNDS