{"id":7074,"date":"2025-03-24T08:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:38:09","slug":"access2-partnerships-a2p-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/2025\/03\/24\/access2-partnerships-a2p-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Access2 Partnerships (A2P) Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Funding Opportunity for Malta-based Researchers to Join R&amp;I proposals under various Horizon Europe Partnerships \u2013 Apply Now!<\/h2>\n<p>Are you looking for funding to participate in international R&amp;I projects within Horizon Europe Partnerships where Malta is not an official funding partner?<\/p>\n<p>Il- <strong>Access2Partnerships (A2P) Scheme<\/strong>\u00a0is now open! This scheme enables Malta-based researchers to participate as self-funded partners in transnational R&amp;I projects across more than 50 European initiatives covering health (e.g. pandemic preparedness, rare diseases, personalised medicine), climate, energy and mobility, digital technologies, food and bioeconomy, natural resources, and environmental research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding Opportunities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for Malta-based <strong>self-funded partners<\/strong> up to <strong>\u20ac300,000 per project<\/strong> (first-come, first-served basis)<\/li>\n<li>Assistance with administrative processes, including <strong>Letter of Intent<\/strong> for eligible applicants. This letter may be required during the Partnership\u2019s pre-proposal or full-proposal submission as proof of funds availability for the self-funded partner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility &amp; Application Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants must participate as self-funded partners in proposals submitted to a Joint Transnational Call (JTC) of interest and submit their national applications to the A2P Scheme via email at <a href=\"mailto:eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt\">eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For each proposal, the National Application Form and all relevant Annexes must be submitted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By the JTC pre-proposals deadline set by the relevant Partnership when a Letter of Intent is not required at the pre-proposal stage;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">OR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No later than 3 weeks before the JTC pre-proposal deadline, if a Letter of Intent is required at the pre-proposal stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is the Applicant\u2019s responsibility to verify the requirements concerning self-funded partners and whether a Letter of Intent is needed at the pre-proposal or full proposal stage.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to provide a requested Letter of Intent to the relevant Partnership Secretariat may result in ineligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Xjenza Malta in advance to confirm the applicable national submission timelines, particularly if the 15-working-day deadline is applicable, to confirm the exact deadline date and avoid late applications.<\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ri\u017corsi g\u0127all-Applikazzjoni<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A2P-Scheme-2026-National-Application-Form-Final.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A2P Scheme National Application Form<\/a> (Updated on 16\/02\/2026)<\/li>\n<li>Review the relevant national rules:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A2P-Scheme-2026-National-Rules-State-Aid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Rules for Participation (State Aid)<\/a> (Updated on 22\/04\/2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A2P-Scheme-2026-National-Rules-Non-State-Aid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Rules for Participation (Non-State Aid)<\/a> (Updated on 22\/04\/2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1dVUhoqOoGFbTOP7rhqsZi5JYujMk4StX81jjhQ0Ifws\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Current Open Transnational Calls &amp; List of Partnerships \u2013 A2P Eligible (not exhaustive)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A calendar of currently open JTCs can be accessed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.era-learn.eu\/network-information\/call-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to access the ERA-LEARN Call Calendar<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Correspondence should be directed to:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Kaylen Borg<\/p>\n<p>(Executive \u2013 Internationalisation)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Christy Baldacchino<\/p>\n<p>(Senior Executive \u2013 Internationalisation)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\ud83d\udce9 <a href=\"mailto:kaylen.borg.1@gov.mt\">kaylen.borg.1@gov.mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u260e\ufe0f +356 2360 2134<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\ud83d\udce9 <a href=\"mailto:christy.baldacchino.2@gov.mt\">christy.baldacchino.2@gov.mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u260e\ufe0f +356 2360 2158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 71px;\" width=\"1502\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"601\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cc\u2019ing <a href=\"mailto:eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt\">eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Xjenza Malta Access2Partnerships Scheme Information Session was held on <strong>12 September 2025<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D6-wzhHf-Wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch the recorded session here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Years\u2019 Reference Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A2P-Scheme-2025-National-Rules-State-Aid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A2P Scheme 2025 \u2013 National Rules for Participation (State Aid)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A2P-Scheme-2025-National-Rules-Non-State-Aid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A2P Scheme 2025 \u2013 National Rules for Participation (Non-State Aid)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-7079 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-300x200.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27967%27%20height%3D%27644%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20967%20644%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27967%27%20height%3D%27644%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A2P_web-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding Opportunity for Malta-based Researchers to Join R&amp;I proposals under various Horizon Europe Partnerships \u2013 Apply Now! Are you looking for funding to participate in international R&amp;I projects within Horizon Europe Partnerships where Malta is not an official funding partner? The Access2Partnerships (A2P) Scheme\u00a0is now open! This scheme enables Malta-based researchers to participate as self-funded<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-funding-schemes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7074"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}