AM Observatory / Call for Funding

Call for funding:

This page provides information on the European Union available funding instruments that can be utilized for each of the below implementing activities:

  • FUNDING TO EQUIP TRAINING CENTRES AND SCHOOLS WITH AM EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE
    Programme Name Type of support Short Description
    Erasmus + Regulation Grants Supports people's professional, academic, and personal progress in the areas of education and training, youth, and sport, fostering social cohesion, encouraging innovation, and fostering a sense of engaged citizenship and sustainable growth. Chapter II of the Regulation deals with supported actions in the sectors of education and training.
    Digital Europe Programme Regulation Procurement, grants and prizes The following operational goals support the development of advanced digital skills:
    • design and delivery of high-quality, long-term training and courses, including blended learning, for students and the workforce;
    • design and delivery of high-quality, short-term training and courses for the workforce, in particular in SMEs and in the public sector;

    It helps the workforce, particularly in SMEs and the public sector, through high-quality work placements and on-the-job training for students, including traineeships. In particular, all with relation to high performance and cloud computing, big data analytics, cybersecurity, distributed ledger technologies, quantum technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
    Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Horizon Europe) Regulation Grants Increasing training and career development systems, organizing and improving institutional and national recruiting, and providing researchers with new knowledge and skills through mobility and exposure across borders, industries, and disciplines.
    European Social Fund + Regulation Grants Supports the policies of Member States to ensure equality of opportunities, access to the labor market, fair and decent working conditions, social protection, and inclusion, with a particular emphasis on quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning, investments in children and youth, and access to basic services.
    Article 4 of the Regulation outlines specific goals.
    European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regulation Grants Supports the development of accessible infrastructure, notably through promoting resilience for remote and online education and training, in order to enhance equitable access to inclusive and high-quality services in education, training, and lifelong learning. also encourages education, retraining, lifelong learning, and training initiatives.
    EIT Manufacturing, Education Pilar Grants Empower: Conducting Master's and PhD programs with the EIT designation as well as professional development to create a high-value learning path for students and professionals.
    Provide the learning environments and infrastructures needed for individuals and organizations to network, acquire new skills, and retool within the Manufacturing Innovation Community. Offerings include help for Teaching and Learning Factory as well as quick online courses geared at the workforce.
    Engage: Getting in touch with students, youth, the general public, and other industries to foster mutual awareness, attraction, and engagement in manufacturing through disseminating knowledge and information.
  • MAP AND PROMOTE FUNDING RELEVANT FOR AM SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
    Programme Name Type of support Short Description
    European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers Regulation Grants, Applications through national authorities Supports coordinated national active labor market policy initiatives, including the retraining and upskilling of employees who face job loss due to globalization.
    Digital Europe Programme Regulation Procurement, grants and prizes The following operational goals support the development of advanced digital skills:
    • design and delivery of high-quality, long-term training and courses, including blended learning, for students and the workforce;
    • design and delivery of high-quality, short-term training and courses for the workforce, in particular in SMEs and in the public sector;

    It helps the workforce, particularly in SMEs and the public sector, through high-quality work placements and on-the-job training for students, including traineeships. In particular, all with relation to high performance and cloud computing, big data analytics, cybersecurity, distributed ledger technologies, quantum technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
    Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Horizon Europe) Grants Increasing training and career development systems, organizing and improving institutional and national recruiting, and providing researchers with new knowledge and skills through mobility and exposure across borders, industries, and disciplines
    Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Grants and loans Supports the advancement of education and skills, especially digital skills and the retraining, reskilling, and requalification of the working population. The national recovery and resilience strategies will determine how this help will be put into action.
    Links to national recovery and resilience plans
    European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Grants Supports the development of accessible infrastructure, notably through promoting resilience for remote and online education and training, in order to enhance equitable access to inclusive and high-quality services in education, training, and lifelong learning. also encourages education, retraining, lifelong learning, and training initiatives.
    Just Transition Fund Regulation Grants Supports initiatives for employees and job seekers to retrain and upgrade their skills. These initiatives must be closely related to the goal of empowering communities and individuals to confront the social, employment, economic, and environmental effects of the transition to the Union's 2030 energy and climate objectives and a 2050 goal of a climate-neutral economy.
    EIT Manufacturing, Education Pilar Grants It allows for:
    · Conducting Master's and PhD programs with the EIT designation as well as professional development to create a high-value learning path for students and professionals.
    · Provide the learning environments and infrastructures needed for individuals and organizations to network, acquire new skills, and retool within the Manufacturing Innovation Community. Offerings include help for Teaching and Learning Factory as well as quick online courses geared at the workforce.
    · Getting in touch with students, youth, the general public, and other industries to foster mutual awareness, attraction, and engagement in manufacturing through disseminating knowledge and information.
    EU Solidarity Corps Regulation Grants Funding for charitable initiatives that clearly offer value for Europe, for instance by being transnational and promoting collaboration and learning mobility.
  • RECOMMENDED CALLS FOR AM-SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
    Programme Name Type of support Short Description
    REACT-EU (Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe)Regulation Grants, Applications through national authorities Supports coordinated national active labor market policy initiatives, including the retraining and upskilling of employees who face job loss due to globalization.
    Digital Europe Programme Regulation Additional resources Provides extra funding to support initiatives supported by the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund that are connected to fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic and laying the groundwork for an economically resilient, green, and digital recovery.
    Horizon Europe (Focus: Made in Europe Partnership) Grants To develop a program that will support all sectors of research and innovation, the money is split among four pillars: great science, global problems, and industrial competitiveness, inventive Europe and extending participation, as well as strengthening the European Research Area. It combats climate change, aids in the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals set out by the UN, and increases the EU's competitiveness and growth. The initiative enhances the influence of research and innovation in creating, promoting, and putting into practice EU policies by facilitating collaboration. In a stronger European Research Area, it activates the talent pool of the EU, encourages industrial competitiveness, and maximizes the effect of investment.
    EIT Manufacturing, Innovation Pilar Grants and loans Innovation is about making a difference and adding value. The of these programmes is to encourage innovation by putting academic and research-based knowledge to practical use in business. It can assist European manufacturing firms and IT enterprises in introducing and commercializing proven ground-breaking technologies with significant room for expansion. It promotes linking up with the appropriate partners within the EIT network, assuring innovation adoption with producers acting as end users, as well as market expansion and scale-up.
  • ORGANISE EVENTS TO FACILITATE NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION IN EU AND NATIONAL CALLS FOR AM
    Programme Name Type of support Short Description
    ESF+ direct (EaSI) Regulation Grants Supports the pursuit of the goals set forth in Articles 3(1), 4(1), and 25 of the Regulation through analytical efforts, policy implementation, capacity building, and communication and dissemination activities.
    European Social Fund + Regulation Additional resources Provides extra funding to support initiatives supported by the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund that are connected to fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic and laying the groundwork for an economically resilient, green, and digital recovery.
    InvestEU Regulation Repayable finance including debt and equity finance The fund has a social investment and skills policy window that includes measures to promote gender equality, skills (demand and supply), education, training, and related services. It also includes microfinance, social enterprise finance, social economy, and social economy and social economy measures.
    EIT Manufacturing, Business creation pillar and AGORA Grants, Networking By assisting entrepreneurs, researchers, start-ups, scale-ups, and existing businesses, EIT Manufacturing is fostering an environment that is supportive of the development of new businesses. It also is a place promoting the discussion of ideas and initiatives for innovation in the industrial sector, as well as help to keep up with the most recent business and Factory 4.0 technology developments and engage in conversations about these subjects. Additionally, it facilitates networking and connections through AGORA, a pan-European social network promoting creative and sustainable business.
  • ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AM AT A EUROPEAN LEVEL

    Promote the needs of the European industrial community ecosystem, education, as well as of individuals for more specialized tools towards fulfilling their increased need for AM-supported activities focusing on upskilling, reskilling, networking, wider adoption of AM, as well as infrastructure.
    This implementing action will be facilitated through the engagement with European and national policy makers to raise awareness of the opportunities offered by AM. Contributing to digital and green transformation, as well as conforming with Industry 5.0 KPIs, through the increased opportunities offered by this implementing action.
    No specific funding and support actions have been defined for this implementing action since its goal is to facilitate the supervision and improvement of all the aforementioned funding programs by the persons in charge.