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SEARCH FOR FUNDING

Spinbase includes 37 EU funding programmes and Horizon Europe drafts for future work programmes. Learn how to search for funding efficiently.

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SEARCH FOR PARTNERS

Spinbase has over 63 000 organizations in the database. Find the best partners based on their competence and experience.

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SEARCH FOR PROJECTS

Benchmark your project ideas against what has been funded before. Over 40,000 projects included in the database. 

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Frequently asked questions

What does Spinbase do? How does it work?

Spinbase is an AI-powered search tool to find funding, partners and similar projects for your Research, Development and Innovation ideas.

By simply entering your idea description, you will find:

  • suitable funding instruments
  • other organizations with similar interest and experience in that domain
  • past funded projects to refine your plans.

The search engine works based on semantic analysis and natural language processing, thus provides more versatile results than traditional searches.

Spinbase is a web application, accessible on most common web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.

For a step-by-step guide on how Spinbase works, please watch the tutorial videos.

Who is Spinbase for?

Universities & Research organizations

Grants office, research managers, funding specialists and research support staff in many universities & research organizations use Spinbase to find funding calls quickly, look for partners with specific expertise and benchmark their research ideas against what has been funded before. 

Read our reference from Tampere University.

 

Cities, municipalities & regional development companies

Business advisor, digital officers, EU affairs managers and project managers in cities and municipalities use Spinbase to find funding calls for their regional development projects and support local businesses in accessing relevant financing for innovation.

Read our reference from Municipality of Rotterdam.

 

Innovative companies of all sizes

Funding experts, grant managers and RDI managers takes advantage of Spinbase to build grant strategy, funding roadmap and find financing and relevant partners for their research and development projects.

Read our reference from SITES Ltd.

What kind of search queries works best on Spinbase?

Because Spinbase uses semantic analysis and natural language processing, free-form long-text search queries that describe:

  • What problem you wish to address
  • What you want to achieve
  • How you will achieve that (activities, research methodologies, etc.)

This will likely match the "Expected outcomes" and "Scope" section in the call description. The search query can be 1 paragraph of about 3 sentences. 


For instance, research abstracts, project ideas, service/product description, or organization strategy usually works very well on Spinbase.  

 

Keywords also work on Spinbase, but not optimally. You can try to clarify your keywords by adding context: such as instead of search with "air", you can search with "air quality and emission data". You can also use a string of keywords in the same field such as: "artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, ML". 

Which funding programmes are included on Spinbase?

We include the majority of EU funding programmes:

1.Promotion of Agricultural Products (AGRIP)

2.Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)

3.Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI)

4.Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI)

5.Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

6.Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)

7.Creative Europe (CREA)

8.Customs Programme (CUST)

9.Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL): anticipated future calls also included.

10.Europe Direct (ED)

11.European Defence Fund (EDF)

12.European Solidarity Corps (ESC)

13.European Parliament (EP)

14.Erasmus+ Programme (ERASMUS)

15.European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)

16.European Social Fund + (ESF)

17.EU4Health Programme (EU4H)

18.EU Anti-fraud Programme (EUAF)

19.Euratom Research and Training Programme (EURATOM)

20.Fiscalis Programme (FISC)

21.Horizon Europe (HORIZON): anticipated future calls also included.

22.Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)

23.Innovation Fund (INNOVFUND)

24.Internal Security Fund (ISF)

25.Justice Programme (JUST)

26.Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)

27.Protection of the Euro against Counterfeiting Programme (PERICLES IV)

28.Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPA)

29.EU External Action (RELEX) – incl. Global Europe, ENDIC.

30.Research Fund for Coal & Steel (RFCS)

31.Single Market Programme (SMP) (including COSME, Consumers, European Statistics)

32.Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL)

33.Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM)

34.Interreg

35.NordForsk

36.European Investment Fund

37.EUREKA

How often is the database updated?

We have a team of editors updating the funding calls regularly so you have the latest information in hand. For the majority of calls, the database is updated every night.

What is the pricing?

We have standardized subscription plan as follows:

Basic Standard Premium

250€/month
Up to 3 users

1000€/month*
15 users

2400€/month*

Unlimited users

 

If your number of users vary between these, we can also create a flexible pricing plan to match your need, reach out to us to get a quotation.

*Discount applies when you paid annually.

How to change/add users to my subscription plan?

Simply send us a message and we will update the users for you.

Can I export the search results?

Yes, you can export in the common file types like Word, PowerPoint and Excel. 

Simply click "Select" on the funding calls you're interested in and choose the type of export on the left-hand column.

Spinbase export instruction

Excel export only works on the results that have been saved to your profile. 

For a step-by-step guide on how Spinbase works, please watch the tutorial videos.

My email is not verified yet, what should I do?

Please contact us and mention your account email in the message so we can support you.

The system says my trial has ended. What should I do?

You need a subscription to access Spinbase.

If your organization has purchased a subscription, the problem might be due to browser cached data. To reset the system and resolve this, please:

 

In all other cases, please contact us and indicate your situation so we can support you.

Where can I get personal support?

You can drop us a message in the Contact form below. We promise to get back within 1-2 business days.

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