Cascade Funding
Open Calls
Cascade funding to empower knowledge valorisation intermediaries to adopt, test and scale the ERA Guiding Principles and Codes of Practice
VALLEYS will hold two open calls for intermediaries working to strengthen knowledge valorisation across Europe, particularly newcomers and organisations in Widening countries, through direct grants.
Open Call #1
Open: 14 October 2026
Deadline: 14 December 2026 at 17:00 CET
INFO DAY 2
Strand B - Mobility and Strand C - Combined Approaches
9 November 10:00 CET
About the call
Each funded project will implement a six-month pilot aligned with at least one of the four EU Codes of Practice for Knowledge Valorisation, demonstrating measurable progress in knowledge uptake and long-term impact. Projects will produce practical outputs (e.g. case studies, roadmaps or playbooks) and include a plan to ensure results.
Eligibility & criteria
Funding Strands
Three funding modalities are available under this call.
Deployment and use of the VALLEYS Knowledge Valorisation Toolbox,
including its AI-enabled assistants and producing documented case
studies for replication.
Structured staff exchanges between two knowledge valorisation intermediaries from two different countries. One organisation acts as the host and the other as the guest.
Integrated projects combining a cross-border staff secondment with deployment of the VALLEYS Knowledge Valorisation Toolbox. Involves a guest and a host organisation from two different countries.
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