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Programme Coverage

EU Funding Programmes We Commonly Support

Use this page to understand what the major EU programmes are for, who they usually fit, and where to go next if you need grant writing, review, strategy, or consortium support.

Flagship programmes and practical next steps

Each programme below includes a short explanation, the kind of applicant it usually suits, and the most relevant internal page to continue from.

Horizon Europe

EU programme overview

The EU flagship programme for collaborative research and innovation projects, mission-led calls, and deep-tech scale-up support.

Best fit for

Universities, research organisations, innovative SMEs, public bodies, and multi-partner consortia preparing excellence-driven projects.

How we help

We help with call-fit analysis, consortium positioning, excellence and impact writing, work packages, evaluator-focused review, and submission readiness.

EIC Accelerator

EU programme overview

EU blended finance and grant support for high-risk, high-potential startups and SMEs with market-shaping innovation.

Best fit for

Single-company startups and SMEs preparing investor-grade innovation cases, growth plans, and commercialization strategies.

How we help

We sharpen business cases, impact logic, market narratives, pitch materials, and full evaluator-facing applications for ambitious deep-tech companies.

Erasmus+

EU programme overview

The EU programme for education, training, youth, and sport, covering mobility, cooperation, and institutional development.

Best fit for

Universities, vocational providers, NGOs, schools, municipalities, and alliances building transnational education and skills projects.

How we help

We support programme matching, partnership design, project logic, work planning, and application drafting for collaborative education calls.

LIFE Programme

EU programme overview

EU funding for environment, climate action, nature restoration, circular economy, and clean energy transition initiatives.

Best fit for

SMEs, cities, public agencies, NGOs, and consortia developing environmental and climate implementation projects.

How we help

We help translate technical environmental projects into credible funding cases with clear intervention logic, budgets, and implementation plans.

Digital Europe

EU programme overview

EU funding to build digital capacity in AI, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and deployment across public and private sectors.

Best fit for

Technology providers, competence centres, public bodies, digital innovation hubs, and consortia building deployment-focused projects.

How we help

We support project framing, implementation logic, stakeholder roles, and proposal drafting for digital capacity and adoption calls.

Interreg

EU programme overview

European territorial cooperation funding for cross-border, transnational, and interregional collaboration projects.

Best fit for

Regional authorities, public bodies, clusters, NGOs, universities, and territorial partnerships needing cross-border cooperation models.

How we help

We help shape cooperation logic, partner roles, governance, implementation packages, and regional impact narratives for territorial programmes.

Creative Europe

EU programme overview

EU support for cultural, creative, media, and audiovisual organisations working on European cooperation and audience development.

Best fit for

Cultural operators, creative networks, media actors, festivals, and public institutions delivering transnational cultural projects.

How we help

We support concept refinement, partner structures, audience logic, implementation design, and application drafting for cultural cooperation calls.

EU4Health

EU programme overview

EU health funding focused on crisis preparedness, health systems resilience, disease prevention, and access to care.

Best fit for

Hospitals, health networks, public agencies, NGOs, research bodies, and consortia building public-health implementation projects.

How we help

We help connect policy relevance, implementation planning, stakeholder roles, and measurable outcomes into fundable health proposals.

AMIF

EU programme overview

EU funding for asylum, migration, reception, integration, and return-related measures across member states.

Best fit for

Public authorities, NGOs, municipalities, social-service providers, and cross-sector partnerships working on migration and inclusion actions.

How we help

We support policy framing, implementation planning, partnership design, and outcome logic for migration and integration proposals.

Connecting Europe Facility

EU programme overview

EU support for transport, energy, and digital infrastructure projects with strategic European value.

Best fit for

Infrastructure operators, public authorities, consortia, and project promoters building large implementation-focused initiatives.

How we help

We help shape implementation logic, partnership roles, planning credibility, and submission-ready narratives for infrastructure calls.

European Defence Fund

EU programme overview

EU funding for collaborative defence research and capability development with industrial and strategic relevance.

Best fit for

Defence industry actors, research organisations, and secure multi-partner teams preparing technically demanding proposals.

How we help

We support technical narrative development, consortium architecture, evaluator readability, and compliance-focused proposal structuring.

Also covering other EU instruments

The programmes above are the main coverage pages for now, but we also support related European instruments where the project fit and timing make sense.

CERVEurostarsInnovation FundMSCAJust Transition FundEIT KIC callsSingle Market ProgrammeErasmus+ Capacity Building
Questions

Common questions about programme fit

Do you only support the programmes listed on this page?

No. These are the main EU funding programmes we are most often asked about, but we also support other instruments, topic families, and call types depending on project fit.

Can you help identify which programme fits our project best?

Yes. Funding strategy and opportunity identification are core parts of our service model, especially when organisations are comparing several possible funding routes.

Do you work with applicants in all EU member states?

Yes. Nexus Grant Solutions supports organisations across the EU with remote, English-language proposal and project support.

Need help choosing the right programme?

Book a consultation and we will help you assess fit, funding route, proposal readiness, and the level of support your project needs.