ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-EU-AWARDS-PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY

#BeActive-EU-SPORT-AWARDS – Physical activity

Status
open for submission
Programme
Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+)
Action type
ERASMUS Prizes
Opens
30 Jun 2026
Deadline
17 Sep 2026
Fetched
15 Jul 2026, 07:18 UTC
Plain-language summary

#BeActive-EU-SPORT-AWARDS rewards organisations promoting physical activity to foster healthier, active societies.

This award recognises organisations that promote physical activity in education, workplaces, and communities. It focuses on initiatives encouraging movement for all ages and highlights the health benefits, especially preventing cardiovascular diseases. The goal is to inspire a more active and healthier society through sport activities.

Likely relevant for

  • Sports organisations
  • Health promotion NGOs
  • Educational institutions
  • Community groups
  • Workplace wellness programmes

Project signals

Physical activity promotionHealth awareness campaignsCardiovascular disease prevention

What it funds

  • Sport activities promoting physical activity across education, training, non-formal learning, workplaces, and communities
  • Initiatives encouraging movement integration into daily life for all ages
  • Projects raising awareness of physical activity's link to health and cardiovascular disease prevention

Expected outcomes

  • Increased physical activity participation
  • Greater awareness of health benefits of regular exercise
  • Healthier, more active communities and workplaces

Who can apply / participate

  • Organisations involved in sport and physical activity promotion
  • Educational and training institutions
  • Non-formal learning providers
  • Workplace organisations
  • Community groups
  • Single-stage submission model; consortium rules not explicitly stated
  • Eligible countries as per call document section 6; must verify
  • Refer to call document section 6 for detailed eligibility conditions
  • Financial and operational capacity requirements apply
  • Specific consortium composition rules
  • Exact eligible countries

Must check before shortlisting

  • Eligibility criteria in call document section 6
  • Country eligibility
  • Financial and operational capacity requirements

Money

The award offers a prize of EUR 25,000 in 2026 for the Physical Activity category.

  • Prize amount — 25000EUR
    Single prize awarded in 2026

Application notes

  • Single-stage submission model with proposal page limits and layout specified in the call document and application form.
  • Proposal page limit and layout as per call document section 5 and application form Part B
  • Eligibility and admissibility conditions as per call document section 6
  • Financial and operational capacity requirements as per call document sections 6 and 7
  • Evaluation criteria and process detailed in call document sections 8 and 9
  • Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement in call document section 4
  • Prepare proposal following page limits and layout guidelines
  • Submit proposal by 17 September 2026, 17:00 Brussels time
  • Ensure compliance with eligibility and capacity requirements
  • Follow evaluation and award procedures as described
  • Check eligibility conditions carefully in call document section 6
  • Financial and operational capacity must be demonstrated
  • Evaluation criteria and thresholds must be met for award

Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 2 Jul 2026, 08:38 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.

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Official source text

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Topic description

Scope: This award aims to recognise sport activities implemented by organisations that have significantly contributed to promoting physical activity across education and training establishments, non-formal learning environments, workplaces or local community. It recognises efforts that inspire and create opportunities for people of all ages to integrate movement into their daily lives, fostering a more active and healthier society. This category celebrates initiatives that have successfully encouraged physical activity at all levels while strengthening awareness of the link between regular physical activity and health, with particular emphasis on prevention of cardiovascular diseases. It highlights the power of physical activity in transforming lives, workplaces, and communities, inspiring a healthier and more active society.

Conditions and documents

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

As described in section 5 in the Call document

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.



2. Eligible countries

As described in section 6 in the Call document

3. Other eligibility conditions

As described in section 6 in the Call document

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

As described in sections 6 and 7 in the Call document

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

As described in section 8 in the Call document

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in section 9 in the Call document

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

As described in section 4 in the Call document



Publication of the call: 25 June 2026.

Deadline for submitting applications: 17 September 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: September 2026-March 2027

Information to applicants: March 2027

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

As described in section 10 in the Call document

Support information

For help related to this call, please contact EACEA-SPORT@ec.europa.eu Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.

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