10 open or announced calls (EU instruments: 1 · cross-border with Romania: 0 · national: 9). Plus 396 European Commission calls open to entities from Serbia through association with EU programmes.
Candidate country status since March 2012; accession negotiations since January 2014. · updated
10 calls
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EU pre-accession instrumentRS SerbiaEuropeAid calls (EU delegations / IPA III / NDICI)
EU National Resource Center for Civil Society Organizations in Serbia
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €4.1 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
NGOs and associations
Field
Democracy, rights and justice · International cooperation and migration
Type
Call for proposals (grant) · EuropeAid/186165/DD/ACT/RS
NationalRS SerbiaDevelopment Fund of the Republic of Serbia (loans)
The Development Fund of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Economy inform all interested parties that public calls for non-refundable funds and loans have been launched under the Programmes
Фонд за развој Републике Србије и Министарство привреде обавештавају све заинтересоване да су расписани јавни позиви за доделу бесповратних и кредитних средстава по Програмима
Announcement of 17 August 2026 on the launch of public calls for non-refundable funds and loans under the programmes. The page does not state the programme names, amounts or deadlines.
NationalRS SerbiaDevelopment Fund of the Republic of Serbia (loans)
The Ministry of Economy and the Development Fund inform all interested parties that the public calls for certain programmes are being extended
Министарство привреде и Фонд за развој, обавештавају све заинтересоване да се продужавају јавни позиви по појединим програмима
Announcement of 4 September 2026 on the extension of public calls for certain programmes. The page does not state which programmes are concerned or the new deadlines.
NationalRS SerbiaInnovation Fund of Serbia (Inovacioni fond)
Sixth public call open for Pametni početak (Smart Start)
Otvoren šesti javni poziv za Pametni početak
Sixth public call for the Pametni početak (Smart Start) programme, 'From a business idea to the first step towards the market'. The page gives no further details.
Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
Start-ups · Micro-enterprises
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Research and innovation
Cross-border programmes covering Serbia and Romania
Joint projects by partners from both countries (local authorities, NGOs, universities, SMEs, as applicable). Calls appear in the list above when they are open; programmes with no call open at the moment continue to be monitored daily.
European Commission calls open to entities from Serbia
396 open or announced calls under programmes with which Serbia is associated. Entities there can in principle take part on the same footing as those in Member States, usually in consortia. Below are the first to close, one per programme.
Association according to the Commission's official lists (Funding & Tenders): Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values — all strands EXCEPT “Union Values” (agreement 24 November 2023, applicable from 1 January 2023); Creative Europe — full participation (agreement November 2021, from 1 January 2021); CUSTOMS — has joined the Customs 2021-2027 programme; Digital Europe — participates only in SO 1, 2, 4, 5 (agreement August 2023, retroactive from 1 January 2023); ERASMUS+ — ASSOCIATED third country — all actions (agreement November 2021, from 1 January 2021); EU4H — participates (agreement December 2025, provisionally applied from January 2026, effective from 1 January 2026); FISCALIS — has joined the Fiscalis 2021-2027 programme; Horizon Europe — associated (entire programme); the agreement has legal effect — included in the F&T list since 17 December 2021; Single Market Programme — only “SME Competitiveness” (agreement September 2023, retroactive from 1 January 2021); Specific social and skills strands — participates in the ESF+ EaSI strand (from 2022); UCPM — participating state (agreement 16 April 2015, in force from 26 May 2015). Some calls restrict participation (e.g. Horizon Europe Art. 22(5)–(6), Digital Europe Art. 12(5)–(6)): check the conditions of each call.
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European CommissionEU All Member StatesHorizon Europe
Integrated Production and Product Development for Next-Generation Lithium-based Batteries for Mobility (BATT4EU and Made in Europe Partnerships)
The projects must fulfil the performance targets, at the cell and system level, corresponding to the specific targeted application, to be specified in the proposal. Appropriate KPI must be defined for the energy density (volumetric and gravimetric), Power density and C-rate, number of cycles and cost defined under operational conditions. Boost EU competitiveness in next-generation battery technologies for mobility applications. Develop pilot manufacturing capability for next generation lithium-based batteries.
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €100 millionGrant per beneficiary up to €33.3 million
For
Universities and research institutes · SMEs · Large companies · NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT
Field
Energy and climate · Transport and mobility · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
European CommissionEU All Member StatesSingle Market Programme
EU support to Stakeholders to improve measurement of food waste and help implement food waste prevention in their operations and organisation - 2026-2027
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Large companies · NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT
Field
Agriculture, food and fisheries · Environment, water and biodiversity
European CommissionEU All Member StatesDigital Europe
AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure
The expected outcomes of this topic are : A common EU evaluation platform for AI chips and racks, with transparent KPIs, workloads and benchmark reports used for Chips JU selection and procurement decisions. First pilot deployments of European AI compute systems validated for EU sovereign partitions of AI infrastructure. Structured collaboration between buyers and suppliers, supporting deployment, integration and optimisation of European AI compute solutions.
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €70 millionGrant per beneficiary €50 million – €70 million
For
Universities and research institutes · SMEs · Large companies · Public authorities and UAT
Field
Digitalisation and artificial intelligence · Research and innovation
European CommissionEU All Member StatesCitizens, Equality, Rights and Values
Strengthen integrated child protection systems (CPS) incl. via cross-sectoral collaboration, and ensure child-centred, coordinated responses to violence against children, to contribute to the implementation of Commission Recommendation on integrated CPS
This topic is one of the 5 priorities of the call for proposals for EU action grants to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV) . For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the call document.
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €21 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT · Universities and research institutes
Field
Employment and social inclusion · Democracy, rights and justice
European CommissionEU All Member StatesSpecific social and skills lines
SOCPL-2026-INFO-REPR
The main objective of this call is to develop employees’ involvement in undertakings by raising awareness and contributing to the application of European Union law and policies in this area. The call aims at supporting projects which seek to help accompany through social dialogue at company level the significant changes driven by industry transitions and, in particular, the take-up and effective functioning of European Works Councils.
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €2.5 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT · Universities and research institutes
Field
Employment and social inclusion · Democracy, rights and justice
European CommissionEU All Member StatesCreative Europe
European slate development
The objective of the European slate development support is to foster the competitiveness of European independent production companies and to increase their economic weight on the market. The aim is also to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop projects with the potential to circulate throughout Europe and beyond, and to facilitate European and international coproduction.
Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €22.4 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Large companies
Field
Culture, media and creativity · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Can companies and institutions from Romania access funding in Serbia?
Yes, in three ways. 1) Cross-border programmes (Interreg Danube Region Programme — Calls for proposals; Interreg IPA Romania–Serbia — Timetable of the planned Calls) fund joint projects by partners from both countries. 2) European Commission calls under programmes with which Serbia is associated (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, Creative Europe, CUSTOMS, Digital Europe, ERASMUS+, EU4H) allow consortia with partners there. 3) EU-funded institutional twinning projects are aimed at public administrations in Member States, including Romania. The country's national programmes are, as a rule, only for locally registered entities.
Where does the data on Serbia come from?
From the European Commission's Funding & Tenders portal (EU delegation calls) and from 6 official sources of cross-border programmes and government agencies, checked daily. The country's status in relation to the EU and its association with programmes are taken from the Commission's official documents.
The list is generated automatically from official sources and does not replace the call guide. Check the conditions and deadlines on the official page before applying. The status in relation to the EU is presented factually, based on the documents of the European institutions.
Want to apply to a call in Serbia?
We will tell you whether you qualify, find project partners on the other side of the border and write the application — for cross-border programmes, Commission calls and Twinning.
