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Home Funding Calls for proposals European Universities European Universities ERASMUS-EDU-2027-EUR-UNIV Topic Calls for proposals Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Erasmus (ERASMUS ) Call European Universities (ERASMUS-EDU-2027-EUR-UNIV) Type of action ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants Type of MGA ERASMUS Lump Sum Grant [ERASMUS-AG-LS] Open For Submission Deadline model Single-stage Opening date 29 October 2026 Deadline date 04 March 2027 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description 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. This call for proposals will support alliances of higher education institutions demonstrating an existing deep institutional transnational cooperation, including - but not limited to - the European Universities alliances previously funded under the 2023 Erasmus+ call for proposals (ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EUR-UNIV), taking their cooperation to the next level and concretely materialising their long-term strategies, in line with the ambitious vision of the European Universities initiative as described in this call. The Erasmus+ funding period for the alliances selected under this call will be of 2 years. Show more Topic updates 29 October 2026 The submission session is now available for: ERASMUS-EDU-2027-EUR-UNIV Show more Topic conditions and documents Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions n/a 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion n/a 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes n/a 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in the call document. Publication of the call: OCTOBER, 29 2026. Deadline for submitting applications: MARCH, 4 2027 17:00 (Brussels time). Evaluation period: MARCH-JULY 2027. Information to applicants: JULY-AUGUST 2027. Signature of grant agreement: OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2027. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants n/a Call document and annexes: call document Application form templates Standard application form (ERASMUS BB and LSII) Detailed budget table (ERASMUS LSII) Guidance ERASMUS Programme Guide Model Grant Agreements (MGA) ERASMUS MGA — Multi & Mono Additional documents: ERASMUS+ Work Programme ERASMUS Regulation 2021/817 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2027 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants ERASMUS-EDU-2027-EUR-UNIV - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants 218 400 000,00 € Single-stage 29 October 2026 4 March 2027 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–1 of 1 Partner search announcements 12 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point. To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section. Two-factor authentication is mandatory since the 30th of June 2026 for all users of the Funding & Tenders Portal. You must have two-factor authentication enabled for accessing, editing or submitting a proposal. If you haven’t activated it yet, please go to the security settings to activate it or read more guidance in the IT HOW TO. You may also access the FAQs related to two-factor authentication. 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