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 PRIN 2026 Call (Projects of Relevant National Interest) has been published, promoted by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR), aimed at funding basic research projects, with the goal of strengthening the national research system and fostering interactions between universities, research institutions, and AFAM institutions.

The program funds three-year projects that, due to their complexity and characteristics, require the collaboration of multiple research units.

The main guiding principles of PRIN 2026 are:

   the promotion of scientific excellence, impact, and efficiency in the execution of the projects;
   support for proposals in all areas of research;
   the adequacy of the financial support guaranteed by MUR.
   The funding allocated to each project ranges from 1,000,000 to 1,200,000 euros.

Project proposals, which must be drafted exclusively in English, must be submitted through the dedicated platform, starting from 3:00 PM on April 17, 2026.

Projects must be submitted by groups consisting of a minimum of four and a maximum of six research units, belonging to different universities or institutions. A share equal to 15% of the available resources is reserved for projects submitted by Principal Investigators under 40 years of age.

The deadline for submitting applications is set at 3:00 PM on June 1, 2026.

For further information and to consult the official documentation, please visit the section dedicated to the call at the following link: https://www.mur.gov.it/it/atti-e-normativa/decreto-direttoriale-n-2298-del-10-04-2026