European Union
Funding & Tenders Portal
The European Commission publishes Horizon Europe, EIC, MSCA and other EU programmes here. Expect fixed deadlines. Projects are mostly collaborative, with partners in several countries.
Looking for research funding
Which research funding fits your work?
Finding a research grant starts with your project and the funder’s conditions. Application procedures vary, even when programmes support similar research. Meritevo monitors a growing set of sources and checks new calls against your previous work. Each assessment comes with reasons you can inspect.
Current source coverage
Start with the funder’s rules.
German ministries
Förderportal des Bundes
This portal carries funding announcements from the BMFTR and other federal ministries. Many procedures have two stages. You first submit a project outline through easy-Online; a selected outline leads to a formal application. The announcement sets out which procedure applies.
Application guidance from DLR-PT (in German)
Research foundation
DFG
The German Research Foundation supports curiosity-driven research across disciplines. Its Individual Research Grants are not tied to a call. New proposals can be submitted at any time. Other DFG programmes have their own calls.
Coverage is growing
More sources are on the way.
State programmes and foundations are next on the roadmap. The sources above are the current set monitored by Meritevo.
Before starting an application
Give the call a closer read.
Check who can apply
Look for conditions on organisation type, country and career stage. Compare these with your own situation before spending time on a draft.
Read the expected outcomes
What does the funder want the project to achieve? Describe how your planned work addresses those outcomes. A shared keyword alone tells you little about whether the research belongs in this call.
Work through the budget
Compare the available funding with the costs of your project. Where a contribution is required, check whether your organisation can cover it.
Count back from the deadline
Allow time to agree the consortium and write the application. Check whether you are preparing an outline or a full proposal, and whether the procedure has a second stage.
Gather the relevant evidence
Which publications, previous projects and partners show you can carry out the work? Assemble the evidence you would put in front of a reviewer. Note where the project needs expertise beyond your existing team.
A call assessment grounded in your work.
Meritevo compares new calls from its monitored sources with your research profile, previous proposals, publications and partners in the workspace. The assessment gives you Go, Consider or No-go with reasons citing both the call text and your material. Eligibility, deadlines and budget are checked up front. You can read the reasoning before deciding which calls to pursue.
Monitoring uses no credits. Automatic fit scoring is included in every plan.
About the search
Working with the call assessments
What goes into the fit score?
Each call is compared against your workspace context: past proposals, publications, partners and your research profile. The verdict, Go, Consider or No-go, arrives with reasons, and every reason cites the call text and your own material so you can verify it.
How is call monitoring charged?
Call monitoring is included in every plan and uses no credits. Email digests also use no credits. The 14-day trial gives you time to try the service without a card.
Where does my research office fit in?
Your research office advises on your institution’s rules and strategy. Bring them the calls you want to discuss. Meritevo monitors the sources listed above and helps you assess which new calls warrant that discussion.
