Malta

EUP OHAMR joint transnational call 2026: National rules and requirements for applicants from Malta.

The information below of the national rules and requirements is only a summary. Please visit the national website and contact the national contact person for full details.

Xjenza Malta (XM)

Eligible institutions

• Malta-based applicants that are Eligible Undertakings, with an Operating Base in Malta, planning to carry out Fundamental Research, Industrial Research and/or Experimental Development projects and must either be:
  • A partnership constituted under the Companies Act, being a partnership en nom collectif, en commandite or a limited liability company; or
  • Be duly registered as a co-operative society under the Co-Operative Societies Act, or
  • Professional body; or
  • NGOs; or
  • Non-profit making entities (including Foundations).

will be eligible for funding subject to the terms and conditions laid out in the latest version of the National Rules for Participation (State Aid).

• Any Public Entity or Public Research or Knowledge-Dissemination Organisation registered in Malta, that do not carry out an economic activity within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU, will be eligible for funding subject to the terms and conditions laid out in the latest version of the National Rules for Participation (Non-State Aid).

Eligible experimental approaches and disciplines

All approaches and disciplines.

Eligibility criteria for the Principal Investigator

Researchers, technicians, and supporting staff, to the extent that they are employed on the relevant project or activity by the eligible Malta-based entity. Further information can be found in the detailed National Rules accessible from the Xjenza Malta website: https://xjenzamalta.mt/media/funding-schemes/ 

Eligible costs

Eligible costs and rates of funding depend on the type of the Malta-based entities and the funding route choses (caps apply).

Eligible costs include the following: personnel; instruments, specialised equipment, and research consumables; IP and knowledge transfer activities; travel and subsistence; subcontracted activities; overheads and other operating expenses.

Further information can be found in the detailed National Rules accessible from the Xjenza Malta website: https://xjenzamalta.mt/media/funding-schemes/

Submission of the proposal at the national level

The national application form together with the required annexes can be downloaded from the Xjenza Malta website (https://xjenzamalta.mt/media/funding-schemes/) and must be sent to eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt by the national deadline specified in the detailed National Rules.

Further guidance

Further information can be found in the detailed National Rules accessible from the Xjenza Malta website: https://xjenzamalta.mt/media/funding-schemes/