Author: Gloria Bevilacqua
The widerAdvance Facility project has launched its first Open Call, offering tailored support to help research teams in a Widening country, an Outermost Region or an HE Associated Country strengthen the uptake and exploitation of their Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects’ results. This is a great opportunity to access practical, hands-on guidance that can speed up your path from promising outputs to real impact!
What the Open Call offers
Selected applicants will work directly with experts to turn their research results into uptake, funding opportunities and market-ready solutions. The support gives access to:
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Individual expert support: Tailored guidance for the dissemination and exploitation of your project results.
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Pitching coaching & matchmaking events: Support for market uptake and building new partnerships.
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Capacity building: Trainings, workshops, and study visits for your research and administrative teams.
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Coaching on follow-up funding: Learn how to sustain and scale your initiatives.
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Boosting visibility: Raise your organisation’s profile and showcase research achievements across Europe.
The services are free for the selected beneficiaries and delivered online, on-site or in a hybrid format depending on the activity.
Who can apply
The Open Call is open to research-performing organisations or innovation actors that have been a beneficiary of a Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe project based in:
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Widening countries
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Outermost Regions
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Associated Countries to Horizon Europe
Eligible applicants can apply with a single project result, a set of outputs or a wider portfolio that needs support to reach users, policy, industry or society.
Why join
The widerAdvance Facility is designed to fill a gap many research teams face. You may have strong results but turning them into meaningful impact often needs targeted expertise and structured follow-up. Through this call, selected beneficiaries will receive personalised mentoring and tools that help them:
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Clarify their exploitation route
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Strengthen their IP position
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Align results with market or policy demand
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Improve the way they communicate with users and decision-makers
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Identify the right funding path and upcoming opportunities
If you’re trying to accelerate uptake or simply want to make sure your results don’t stay on the shelf, this programme gives you the guidance and momentum to move forward.
How to apply
Applications are open now, with regular cut-off dates until 2028. The full call details, application guidelines and deadlines are available on the official widerAdvance website. The process is simple, and the selection focuses on the relevance of your results and the potential benefit of the services. Learn more and apply at www.wideradvance.eu/open-call/open-call
