# First Open Call
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**topic id:** CASCADE-17281
**call id:** I3-2024-INV2a
**title:** First Open Call
**programme:** Cascade funding
**status:** open
**deadline date:** 2027-01-18T23:59:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2026-11-12T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls-cs/46827222
**description:** About
NASCHA is an EU I3 project advancing renewable hydrogen technologies in Croatia, Slovenia and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Its five pilots address sustainable irrigation, urban energy storage, island resilience, flexible refuelling and composite hydrogen storage. 
Through cascade funding, NASCHA supports eligible SMEs and start-ups in testing and validating innovative solutions, filling value-chain gaps and enabling market uptake.
Applications must be submitted in English. 
Info: www.nascha.eu
**conditions:** Eligible applicants are SMEs established in the specified regions of Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania and Latvia. 
The full list of eligible regions is provided in the NASCHA Open Call. 
SMEs may apply individually or in consortia of up to three, provided all members meet the eligibility criteria. Funding: up to EUR 60,000 per SME or EUR 180,000 per consortium. 
First Open Call budget: EUR 600,000.
**action type:** Cascade funding (open call from an EU project)
**last synced at:** 2026-11-15T06:30:46.542+00:00

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