ERASMUS + – Partnerships for Innovation – Alliances for Innovation – 2026

Objectives

• To implement a coherent and comprehensive set of sectoral or cross-sectoral activities, which should be adaptable to future knowledge developments across the EU
• To strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting innovation through cooperation and flow of knowledge
• To foster innovation in higher education, vocational education and training, enterprises and the broader socioeconomic environment
• To create new strategic approaches and cooperation for concrete skills development solutions
• To create sectorial, transnational and sustainable cooperation

Among financed actions

• Jointly developing and implementing new learning and teaching methods
• Setting up incubators within education and training institutions across Europe
• Mapping of existing upskilling and reskilling support available
• Fostering partnerships among students, academia, and industry in strategic sectors
• Developing delivery methodologies for the curricula and training programmes

Eligibility

• Be a public or private organisation
• Be established in an EU member State or third country associated to the programme
• Higher education institutions established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)

• A consortium composed of
  • at least 4 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises)
  • at least 8 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (Lot 2: Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills)
  • at least 4 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (Lot 3: STEM Skills Foundries)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 24 and 48 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

• Contact: EACEA-EUROPEAN-UNIVERSITIES@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 67 million euros
• Amount of the grant per topic:
  • Lot–1 – Alliances for Education and Enterprises between 1 and 1.5 million euros
  • Lot–2 – Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills 4 million euros
  • Lot-3 STEM Skills Foundries 1.5 million euros
• Funding rate: up to 80% of the total eligible costs