✨ What this post is (and what it is NOT)
✅ This is a deadline guide for organisations/institutions applying under Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) in 2026 (e.g., NGOs, municipalities, schools, youth centres, universities, public bodies, associations).

❌ This is NOT an application calendar for individuals.
If someone is a student/young person looking for “how to apply personally,” they usually apply to a project opportunity shared by an organisation, not to these programme calls directly.

🧭 How to use this guide (fast & practical)

🏷️ Step 1: Find your field (School / VET / Adult / Higher Ed / Youth / Sport / ESC)
🗓️ Step 2: Check the action code (KA…, ERASMUS-…, ESC…)
⏳ Step 3: Build your internal plan backward (partners → concept → budget → forms → approvals)

🏫 Erasmus+ (Decentralised Calls – National Agency)

🎒 School Education

  • KA120-SCH (Accreditation) → 29 September 2026
  • KA121-SCH (Mobility for Accredited Organisations) → 19 February 2026
  • KA122-SCH (Short-term Mobility) → 19 February 2026
  • KA210-SCH (Small-scale Partnerships) → 5 March 2026
  • KA220-SCH (Cooperation Partnerships) → 5 March 2026
  • KA240-SCH (European Partnerships for School Development) → 9 April 2026

🧰 Vocational Education & Training (VET)

  • KA120-VET (Accreditation) → 29 September 2026
  • KA121-VET (Mobility for Accredited Organisations) → 19 February 2026
  • KA122-VET (Short-term Mobility) → 19 February 2026
  • KA210-VET (Small-scale Partnerships) → 5 March 2026
  • KA220-VET (Cooperation Partnerships) → 5 March 2026

👩‍🏫 Adult Education

  • KA120-ADU (Accreditation) → 29 September 2026
  • KA121-ADU (Mobility for Accredited Organisations) → 19 February 2026
  • KA122-ADU (Short-term Mobility) → 19 February 2026
  • KA210-ADU (Small-scale Partnerships) → 5 March 2026
  • KA220-ADU (Cooperation Partnerships) → 5 March 2026

🎓 Higher Education

  • KA130-HED (Consortium Accreditation) → 19 February 2026
  • KA131-HED (Mobility with Programme Countries) → 19 February 2026
  • KA171-HED (Mobility with Partner Countries) → 19 February 2026
  • KA220-HED (Cooperation Partnerships) → 5 March 2026

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Youth

  • KA150-YOU (Accreditation) → 29 September 2026
  • KA151-YOU (Mobility for Accredited Youth Organisations) → 12 February 2026
  • KA152-YOU (Youth Exchanges) → 12 February 2026 / 1 October 2026
  • KA153-YOU (Mobility of Youth Workers) → 12 February 2026 / 1 October 2026
  • KA154-YOU (Youth Participation Activities) → 12 February 2026 / 1 October 2026
  • KA155-YOU (DiscoverEU Inclusion Action) → 1 October 2026
  • KA210-YOU (Small-scale Partnerships) → 5 March 2026
  • KA220-YOU (Cooperation Partnerships) → 5 March 2026

🏟️ Sport

  • KA182 (Mobility of Sport Staff) → 12 February 2026

🏛️ Erasmus+ (Centralised Calls – European Level)

🏗️ Capacity Building

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-STRAND-1/2/3 (CBHE – Higher Education) → 10 February 2026
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CB-VET (Capacity Building in VET) → 26 March 2026
  • ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB (Capacity Building in Youth) → 26 February 2026
  • ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-CB (Capacity Building in Sport) → 5 March 2026

🌐 Virtual Exchanges

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH → 26 March 2026

🏅 Sport Support Actions

  • ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-SCP → 5 March 2026
  • ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-SSCP → 5 March 2026
  • ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-SNCESE → 5 March 2026
  • ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-LSNCESE (Large-scale Events) → 22 January 2026

🧠 Forward-type item with a 2026 deadline (listed under 2025 call)

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-FORWARD-HE-EDPP (European Degree Pathway Projects) → 3 March 2026

🚀 Alliances for Innovation

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO-EDU-ENTERP → 10 March 2026
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO-BLUEPRINT → 10 March 2026
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO-STEM → 10 March 2026

🏭 Centres of Vocational Excellence

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PEX-COVE → 3 September 2026

🎓 Erasmus Mundus

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PEX-EMJM-MOB → 12 February 2026
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-EMJM-DESIGN → 12 February 2026

🤝 European Youth Together

  • ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-YOUTH-TOG → 26 February 2026

📚 Jean Monnet

  • ERASMUS-JMO-2026-MODULE / CHAIR / COE / OFET-TT / OFET-LEARNING-EU / NETWORKS (HEI-EU, HEI-NON-EU-INDIA, SCHOOLS) → 3 February 2026

🏫 European Universities

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-EUR-UNIV → 4 March 2026

🧪 European Policy Experimentations

  • ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP → 8 April 2026

🤝 European Solidarity Corps (ESC)

🛡️ Quality Label

  • ESC50 (Quality Label) → Open all year

🧑‍🔧 Volunteering Projects

  • ESC51 → 18 February 2026

🧩 Solidarity Projects

  • ESC30 → 18 February 2026 / 1 October 2026

👥 Volunteering Teams (High Priority Areas)

  • ESC-SOLID-2026-VTHPA → 3 March 2026

🆘 Humanitarian Aid Volunteering

  • ESC-HUMAID-2026-QUAL-LABEL-FP (Quality Label) → 22 September 2026
  • ESC-HUMAID-2026-VOLUN (Volunteering Projects) → 23 April 2026

✅ Youth Works Hub Reminder

If your institution is planning to apply in 2026:
📌 Start partner-building early
🧾 Prepare budgets + mandates ahead of time
🗂️ Keep core documents updated (PIC/OID, legal docs, signatures, policies)
⏰ Don’t wait for the final week—most projects fail on admin, not ideas

⚠️ Disclaimer (Deadlines & Responsibility)
Please note that application deadlines, call details, and eligibility rules may change due to updates by the European Commission, National Agencies, or programme authorities. Youth Works Hub is not responsible for any modifications, postponements, cancellations, or corrections made after publication.
✅ For the most accurate and up-to-date information, all organisations must verify deadlines directly through the official European Commission Erasmus+ / European Solidarity Corps call pages and relevant National Agency websites before submitting an application.