Conferences & Funding Opportunities

Find out about the latest conferences and project funding opportunities (e.g. citizen science, public engagement, nature protection and beyond) which we have found.

Conferences & events

Title Date Date for submissions Location
RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025 26 - 29 August 2025   United Kingdom
Ars Electronica Festival // 2025 3 - 7 September 2025   Austria
Open Science Festival 2025 8 - 9 September 2025   Austria
Transdisciplinary and anticipatory dialogue for climate resilience 11 - 12 September 2025   Greece
Grounded in high places: Mountains, people and sustainability in action 14 - 18 September 2025   Austria
NetworkNature Annual Event 2025 | Choose Nature 16 September 2025   Belgium
European Research and Innovation Days 2025 16 - 17 September 2025   Belgium
European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) 2025 17 - 19 September 2025   Belgium
Rewilding Our World 20 - 21 September 2025   The Netherlands
Summer School on Ecosystem Regeneration & Ocean Literacy 22 - 26 September 2025 20 July 2025 Italy
Open Science Week 22 - 26 September 2025   The Netherlands
All-Atlantic Forum 2025 25 - 26 September 2025   Belgium
European Researchers’ Night 2025 26 September 2025   Europe
Urban Mobility Days 2025 30 September  - 2 October 2025   Lithuania
Open Science Conference 8 - 9 October 2025   Germany
Microplastics - workshop for early career researchers 12 - 17 October 2025   Sweden
CitSciOz25 13 - 15 October 2025   Australia
Citizen Science for Health 6 - 7 November 2025   Switzerland
Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Tokyo Symposium & 7th JSF Conference 11 - 13 November 2025   Japan
The Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2026 24 - 26 February 2026  30 September 2025 Austria
The Festival of the New European Bauhaus Spring 2026   Belgium
ECSA 2026 Conference Oulu 3 - 6 March 2026 7 October 2025 Finland
2026 Botanical Bridges Congress 20 - 24 April 2026 30 September 2025 Dominican Republic
European Science Engagement Association Conference 19 - 21 May 2026   Luxembourg
European Maritime Day 2026 21 - 22 May 2026   Cyprus
UArtic Congress 2026 26 - 29 May 2026 31 July 2025 Faroe Islands
The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum (CKF) June 2026   Canada
Living Knowledge (LK11) Conference 7 - 10 July 2026 15 December 2025
10 January 2026
Poland
The International Society of Ethnobiology Congress 26 - 29 July 2026 31 October 2025 Australia
ECSA 61 - Bridging the gap between science and policy in estuarine and coastal marine biodiversity: the way forward 24 - 27 August 2026 24 November 2025 Belgium
12th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens 3 - 7 July 2028   The Netherlands

 

Funding opportunities and Programs

Title Date Program Range
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Grant 31 July 2025 RES EDI Grant  
Community Participation Grants 1 August 2025 The Coast Protection Board’s Community Participation Grants Australia
Coast Protection Grants 1 August 2025 The Coast Protection Board’s annual Coast Protection Grant Program Australia
Co-creating Everyday Ecosystems 22 August 2025   United Kingdom
SBO (Strategic Basic Research) projects 26 August 2025 SBO (Strategic Basic Research) projects Europe
Foresight Workshops 31 August 2025 EuroMarine Call for Foresight Workshops 2025 Europe
The Mission Soil Work Programme 2025 4 September 2025 Horizon Europe (two-stage calls) Europe
2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge 7 September 2025 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge Global
Culture and Art Programme 11 September 2025 Culture and Art Programme - Nordic Culture Point Nordic Region
Research on Wildlife, Environment and Society 2025 16 September 2025 The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Sweden
Creating urban co-creation spaces for driving sustainable food system transformation 16 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-04 Europe
Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience 16 September 2025 Horizon Europe (two-stage call), HORIZON-CL2-2025-02-HERITAGE-02-two-stage Europe
The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values 16 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-10 Europe
Science comes to town 2027 18 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-06-ERA-07 Europe
Nature & Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) (LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT) 23 September 2025 LIFE Programme, LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-NATURE Europe
Circular Economy and Zero Pollution 23 September 2025 LIFE Programme, LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT Europe
23 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62 Europe
AI Foundation models in science (GenAI4EU) (RIA) 23 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61 Europe
Horizon Mission Ocean and Water 2025 Programme 24 September 2025 Horizon Europe Europe
Mission Adaptation Funding Calls 24 September 2025 Horizon Europe Europe
Boosting the attractiveness of agriculture and the connection between the farming community and society 24 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-03 Europe
BlueLightS second call for schools 25 September 2025 Horizon Europe Europe
The Mission Soil Work Programme 2025 30 September 2025 Horizon Europe (single stage calls) Europe
Citizen engagement for sustainable land management through local and regional authorities 30 September 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-MISS-2025-05-SOIL-09 Europe
TD-Lab Funding Program of the Berlin University Alliance 30 September 2025 TD-Lab Funding Program  
DIZH Project call 2025 1 October DIZH Innovation Program 5th Project Call Switzerland
MSCA and Citizens: European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2026-2027 22 October 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Europe
The Seed Grant Call 2026 Expected in November 2025 Competence Center Citizen Science / Citizen Science Zurich Switzerland
ERC SYNERGY GRANTS 5 November Horizon Europe, ERC-2026-SyG Europe
The impact of common space on neighbourhood communities 12 November 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION-01 Europe
Beautiful, sustainable and inclusive street furniture for the transformation of neighbourhoods 12 November 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION-03 Europe
Open topic on citizen and regional and/or local authorities' engagement in enhanced disaster risk awareness, including education, and preparedness 12 November 2025 Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-01 Europe
ASI Seed Money 2 December 2025 ASI Seed Money & Innovation Research Booster 2025 Europe
EASST Fund 31 December 2025 European Association for the Study of Science and Technology Fund European region
Scientific Exchanges grants All year round The Scientific Exchanges funding scheme Switzerland
Community building fund Continuous Community building fund - S4S Europe
Principal Investigator Projects Rolling Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Europe
Arts-Based Research (PEEK) Rolling Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Europe
FRONTIERS Science Journalism Residency Program (round 3) 7 May 2026 FRONTIERS Europe

 

Other

Title Date (for submission)
Marine Protected Area Day 1 August 2025
Frontiers | Transforming Mind-sets for Sustainable and Circular Societies 20 August 2025
Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 Decade Projects 31 August 2025
World Cleanup Day 20 September 2025
International Open Access Week 2025 20 - 26 October 2025
International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 17 October 2025
COST Action 21 October 2025
World Cities Day 31 October 2025
World Soil Day 5 December 2025
International Mountain Day 11 December 2025
EASST Awards 2026 31 December 2025

 

Short News

  • A new paper titled "Citizen Science Approaches for Water Quality Measurements" has been published by the scientists behind CrowdWater. Find it in the papers section!

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  • A new paper from the Horizon 2020 project IPM titled "Genetic variability of Metarhizium isolates from the Ticino Valley Natural Park (Northern Italy) as a possible microbiological resource for the management of Popillia japonica" has been added to our page. Find this and other Citizen Science related publications on the SPOTTERON Papers & Publications section.

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