Open Call 4 - Short Term and Long Term Funding to support ICT standardisation
Open Call 4 - Short Term and Long Term Funding to support ICT standardisation supports ICT experts’ short- and long-term work in standards organisations to contribute to global ICT standards.
Funder: European Commission
Due Dates: November 9, 2026, 09:00 (Applications open) | January 8, 2027, 17:00 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: EUR 650,000 total funding available
Summary: Supports ICT standardisation experts’ short- and long-term contributions to global standards, prioritising data economy, cloud and edge computing, and data interoperability.
Description
This call is part of StandICT.eu 2029, the European Commission-funded ICT Standardisation Observatory and Support Facility in Europe. It supports ICT standardisation experts’ involvement in standards development organisations (SDOs) at a global level through short-term and long-term activities. Funding is awarded and paid by the EU-funded project through a cascade funding mechanism.
Open Call 4 prioritises the data economy, cloud and edge computing, and data interoperability, particularly contributions to ETSI TC DATA, CEN/CLC JTC25, and ISO/IEC JTC1 SC38. Applications should address topics in the Multi-Stakeholder Platform Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation. This is one of six planned StandICT.eu open-call cycles.
