Funding Instrument 3

* **Eligible applicants**: Small Grants for People-to-People Cooperation Projects: consortia including participation of Researchers, Artists, or Entrepreneurs - affiliated with independent legal entities-, established either in different Enlargement Countries or in an Enlargement Country and an EU Member State. Secondees, i.e. applicants for the mobility programme, must be citizens of an eligible enlargement country or hold a permanent residence permit in an enlargement country. The participating entities can be Companies, Research Organisations and Academia Research Groups, Non-profit entities, Digital Innovation Hubs /European Digital Innovation Hubs, and others relevant R&I actors from the eligible countries, namely: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, and Ukraine. * **How to apply:** Submit your proposal via our online form before the relevant Cut-off Date. Your application must be in English, and all mandatory sections must be completed. Proposals cannot be modified after submission. * Multiple submissions are allowed only for different Funding Instruments, provided that the limits set out in these Terms and Conditions are respected. For the same Funding Instrument and Cut-off Date, multiple submissions are not allowed. If more than one proposal was submitted by the same third party for the same Funding Instrument and Cut-off Date, only the proposal submitted last will be considered. * **Cut off dates**: * 12 November 2026, 17:00 Brussels time * 5 May 2027, 17:00 Brussels time * 3 November 2027, 17:00 Brussels time * 3 May 2028, 17:00 Brussels time * **Activities that can be funded**: Small Grants for People-to-People Cooperation Projects: small grants aimed at implementing people-to-people cooperation projects with and within enlargement countries. * **Eigible activities include**: * Mobility programme for Researchers from Higher Education Institutions and R&I organisations. * Mobility programme for Creative Professionals from Creative Industries. * Mobility programme for Entrepreneurial Talent / Staff from European Incubation Networks. * Other people-to-people cooperation projects supporting partnerships between higher education institutions, creative professionals and industries, and European incubation networks for creativity-driven innovation. * Other people-to-people cooperation projects supporting partnerships between the previous categories. * **Number of grants and total funding available**: up to 20 mobility grants under the Small Grants for People-to-People Cooperation Projects. * *Note that: POLICY ENLARGE expects to select an indicative number of proposals under each Cut-off Date (generally range from 3 to 4 under Funding Instrument #1, from 2 to 3 under Funding Instrument #2, and up to 5 under Funding Instrument #3. However, the final number of selected proposals, the distribution across countries, and the Cut-off Dates themselves may be flexibly adjusted based on the quantity and quality of applications and available budget. Any unused budget or places will be transferred to subsequent Cut-off Dates.)* * **Duration of the Support Programme:** The Grant is offered together with the POLICY ENLARGE Support Programme. Our Programme lasts up to 6 months. * **Support Programme**: Our Support Programme covers the implementation of the selected Third Party Projects under the three POLICY ENLARGE Funding Instruments. The Support Programme is divided into two main stages over the 6 months. Third-party projects will receive their grant in instalments upon the successful completion of each stage. For more details on the exact payment schedule and how each project's progress will be evaluated, please refer to the Payment Conditions and Milestones Review chapters. * **More info about POLICY ENLARGE**: You can find more information about our Project on https://enlargement-infohub.eu/theme/policy-enlarge/