SYSTEMEU - Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP)
Horizon Europe · Cascade funding
Summary
A Polish company can use this call for R&D.
Funds cross-border collaborative innovation projects applying digital technologies in healthcare, energy and mobility at TRL 6–8.
- Who can apply
- Unclear from the source.
- Amount
- €2.2M per projectTotal budget €7,550,000
- Deadline
- 17 Nov 2026 00:59 CETin 23 days
- Status
- Openopened 15 Sept 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
The primary goal of the first SYSTEMEU Open Call (OC1) is to select and fund five to eight high-quality, cross-border collaborative innovation projects that focus on the digital transformation of the Healthcare, Energy, and Mobility sectors. The projects must operate at the application stage within the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) range of 6-8.
SystemEU Website: https://systemeuvalley.eu/
Open Call Homepage: https://opportunities.getonepass.eu/open-opportunities/systemeu/systemeu-fstpcall
OpenHubs Plattform: https://openhubs.io/topics/47675/feed
Who can apply, in detail
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 2 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- —
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Required
- Readiness level (TRL)
- 6-8
- Per project
- €2.2M
- Topics
- Digital transformation
- Healthcare
- Energy
- Mobility
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Conditions
Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.
- Other condition
- FSTP is paid as a milestone-linked lump sum in three tranches: 25% pre-financing, 50% interim and 25% final; required reports and acceptance criteria govern later payments.
- Other condition
- Regional FSTP budget envelopes are absolute ceilings: Castilla y León EUR 2,000,000; Romania EUR 1,650,000; Tuzla Canton EUR 1,650,000; Norte EUR 1,300,000; Bavaria EUR 950,000. A project cannot be funded as proposed if its regional request exceeds the remaining regional envelope, unless a budget adaptation is agreed. This is separate from typology-level project maxima.
- Expected project duration, maximum
- 18
Open call summary duration range; manual has some payment dates expressed as month 16 or 19, so the final tranche month should be checked against the selected project typology and signed agreement.
- Expected project duration, minimum
- 15
Open call summary duration range; manual has some payment dates expressed as month 16 or 19, so the final tranche month should be checked against the selected project typology and signed agreement.
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €7,550,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
- Funding per beneficiary, maximum
- €600,000
Cumulative per individual organization across one or more SYSTEMEU interregional projects and across all SYSTEMEU open calls.
- Call allocation
- €7,550,000
Total co-funded FSTP budget across all regions. Regional ceilings constrain regional shares; project typology maxima and the cumulative per-beneficiary cap are separate constraints.
- Eligible cost
- Eligible personnel costs cover researchers, technicians and administrative support staff directly assigned to action, with timesheet tracking. Other eligible categories include project travel, equipment depreciation, other goods/services, subcontracting (20% cap) and 25% indirect costs excluding subcontracting.
- Funding intensity
- 50
Large enterprises; restricted to highly integrated collaborative roles and regional caps may apply.
- Funding intensity
- 100
Non-profit Universities/RTOs only for non-economic activities; separate accounting required.
- Funding intensity
- 100
Public authorities/NGOs only for eligible public-service/non-commercial activity under regional rules.
- Funding intensity
- 70
SME funding intensity; signed co-financing commitment required.
- Funding intensity
- 70
Startups based in Castilla y León, Spain; requires all startup definition criteria.
- Funding intensity
- 100
Qualified startups; Castile and León startups are capped at 70%, while Tuzla Canton startups have a separate 100% row.
- Funding intensity
- 100
Startups based in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina; startup definition and applicable state-aid legislation apply.
- Ineligible cost
- Subcontracting between partners in the same project consortium is prohibited.
- Project funding, maximum
- €2,200,000
Flagship typology only; 5–8 partners across all five regions, with an RTO/University, a company and a public service delivery entity.
- Project funding, maximum
- €1,100,000
Medium project typology only; 3–5 partners from at least three regions, including a for-profit company.
- Project funding, maximum
- €750,000
Small project typology only; 2–3 partners from at least two regions, including an eligible-region Startup or SME.
Personnel and services
Other role
Staff cost the grant can fund
Source documents
Call facts
- Opens
- 15 Sept 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- SYSTEMEU - Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP)
- Types of action
- —
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 23 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 8 Sept 2026
- Review status
- Partial review
- Reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.