Funding opportunities - Open call

The Carit Foundation, in line with the 2026 Forecast Programmatic Document and the 2024-2026 Multi-year Activity Program, has decided to publish this call for proposals in order to collect all requests for contributions related to the sectors of intervention described in paragraph 1.1 of this call, with the exception of those for which a specific call will be issued during the year, as listed below:

• Scientific and technological research
• Art, cultural activities, and heritage
• Public health, preventive and rehabilitative medicine
• Education, instruction, and training, including the purchase of
  editorial products for schools
• Volunteering, philanthropy, and charity
• Local development

The publication of the “General Contribution Requests” call is aimed at supporting third-party projects or initiatives in the selected fields intended to produce socially relevant results within a specified time frame as outlined in Art. 2, Title II, paragraph 5, of the Regulations for institutional activities.

Eligible applicants:

As established by the Foundation’s Statute, and in accordance with articles 9 and 10 of the institutional activity regulations, the eligible applicants are:
- Third Sector organizations (ETS)
- Private non-profit organizations
- Public entities
- Civilly recognized religious entities
which pursue objectives of social benefit and the promotion of the economic development of the territory, and which operate in the Foundation’s sectors of intervention, organized and formally established by a registered act for at least three years from the publication date of this call. For social enterprises established in any of the forms covered by Book V of the Civil Code, the Foundation reserves the right to determine, in relation to the various funding opportunities, any requirements that the statute must meet to be considered eligible, such as, for example, the total absence of direct or indirect subjective profit.

This cluster aims to strengthen European democratic values, including rule of law and fundamental rights, safeguarding our cultural heritage, and promoting socio-economic transformations that contribute to inclusion and growth.

The expected impacts of this cluster are contained in the "Horizon Europe strategic plan".

Areas of intervention:
democracy
cultural heritage
social and economic transformations
Policy information
Research area: Social Sciences and Humanities

Apply for funding
All funding information and details on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal

Work programme
Funding opportunities under Horizon Europe are set out in multiannual work programmes, which cover the large majority of support available.

The aim of the Call for Applications is to promote and support scientific research by fostering the development of innovative projects capable of generating impact on both the scientific community and the relevant local area.

Projects must address the topic of Nutrition and Health with reference to one or more of the following priority areas:

Agriculture: sustainable production and food safety
Green transition in the food chain
Healthy eating behaviours for the prevention of neoplastic, cardiovascular, metabolic, and gastroenterological diseases
Diet and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
Relationship between nutrition and microbiota
Prevention and treatment of eating disorders
Projects may be submitted by one of the following entities: public research bodies and public universities with registered office or operational headquarters in the Foundation’s area of reference.

Consult the regulations and apply via the ROL platform

For further information, please contact us at ricerca@fondazioneperugia.it