Horizon Europe

FORTIS Open Call #2: Pushing towards the deployment of FORTIS and Exploiting the FORTIS solution in other key sectors

Deadline: 4 November 20262 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: up to 250,000 EUR
Funding rate: do 70% kosztów dla firm; do 100% dla organizacji non-profit

What it funds

Funds companies, universities and research organisations integrating and piloting human-robot collaboration technologies, advancing from TRL 4–5 to TRL 7.

Human-robot collaboration · Digital twins · Extended reality interfaces · Robotic localisation · Adaptive ergonomics

Who can apply

Konsorcja z udziałem co najmniej jednego obejmujące startupy, mid-caps, uczelnie, organizacje badawcze lub użytkowników końcowych.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

OC#2.1: co najmniej 3 podmioty z co najmniej 2 kwalifikujących się krajów; OC#2.2: co najmniej 2 podmioty, dopuszczalny jeden kraj.
Technologia na wejściu TRL 4–5, docelowo TRL 7.
Łączny udział uczelni i organizacji badawczych nie może przekraczać 30% budżetu projektu.
Limit wsparcia: 250 000 EUR na projekt OC#2.1 lub 170 000 EUR na projekt OC#2.2.

Rules checked on 30 October 2026 on the operator's page: ec.europa.eu

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Who won before

Projects from the same area of the programme, from earlier calls.

Wrocław University of Science and Technology · 1 project

QPIC1550: Quantum photonic integrated circuits at 1550 nmMarcin Grzegorz Syperek · Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology · 362,076 EUR · whole project 5,998,129 EUR · 2023

With Polish institutions taking part · 39 projects

Each project names its coordinator, which can be an institution outside Poland.

GRAIL: Generative Robotics & AI for EU Industrial LeadershipFundacio Eurecat · 40,075,863 EUR · 2026
Sensor4Food: Advancing photonic sensor systems for a smarter and safer food and poultry futureTurun Ammattikorkeakoulu Oy · 5,992,374 EUR · 2026
M-BARC: MICROLASER ACOUSTIC SENSORS FOR MECHANICAL BARCODING OF CELLS AND PARTICLESStichting Vu · 5,924,981 EUR · 2026
QOMPASS: QUANTUM COMPETITIVENESS ALIGNMENT, SCALING AND SUPPORTEuropean Quantum Industry Consortium Ev · 4,499,735 EUR · 2026
SPE: Strategy for Post ExascaleInstitut National de Recherche En Informatique Et Automatique · 2,498,856 EUR · 2026

Sources: RAD-on (OPI-PIB), CORDIS, Baza of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. For the university's projects we give its part of the sum and the award year.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

The PWr dates have passed. Ring the Projects Office (+48 71 320 45 71) and ask what you can still do.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 21 October 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 26 October 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
4 November 2026The last moment to file the application with the funder.Check the hour on the call's page.

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl