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New year, new opportunities. The Horizon Europe 2026-2027 work programme was published in December and new calls have recently opened or will open soon. Under the Digital Europe programme, several calls are currently open (deadline March 2026) and a new wave of calls is expected in spring.Are you exploring your options or already developing a proposal? NCP Flanders provides a number of tools and services to support you along the way: Want to learn more about open and forthcoming funding opportunities? Have a look at our call topic overview. Building a consortium and looking for suitable partners? One of your options is to look at our partner search section. Also check our country eligibility tool, especially if you consider involving non-EU partners. Looking for support to prepare your proposal? Contact your institution's support office or have a look how NCP Flanders can support you. Find out more about all the services NCP Flanders provides here.
The European Commission and/or its agencies organise info days on the 2026 call topics and these are often complemented by brokerage events, organised by National Contact Point (NCP) networks and/or the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). These events provide opportunities to connect with potential collaboration partners. In addition, several programmes offer dedicated matchmaking platforms to facilitate partner searches. Here is an overview of the upcoming info days and brokerage events with the link to the event webpage, which you can find in our event calendar as well. When new dates and information will be made known subsequently this overview will be updated. The matchmaking platforms are included in the overview as well. Pillar 1 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Radiance MSCA Matchmaking Platform 16/02/2026 Networking and Brokerage Event on MSCA Staff Exchanges Call 2026 – Ukraine 23/02/2026 International Brokerage Event on Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges Research infrastructures 18/03/2026 (info day) Pillar 2 Cluster 1 Health26-30/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 10/2/2026 (info day) Cluster 2 Culture, creativity & inclusive society26/3/2026 (info day) and Net4Society's matchmaking community platform Cluster 3 Civil security for society 04/03/2026 (info day) Cluster 4 Digital, Industry and Space29-30/1/2026 (info day) and Ideal-ist online brokerage platform Cluster 5 Climate, energy & mobility14/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 15/1/2026 (info day) and Greenet Partner Search Tool Cluster 6 Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture & environment21/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 22-23/1/2026 (info day) and 10/12/2025 Care4Bio Information session on tools for applicants Clusters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and EU Mission Cities with STEM or SSH expertise relevant to AI - Artificial intelligence in Horizon Europe calls: an interdisciplinary challenge 25/2/2026 (brokerage event - 2026 and 2027 call topics) Horizontal Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) 11/12/2025 (ERA info day - 2026 and 2027 call topics) and 17/12/2026 (ERA brokerage event) and 22/1/2026 (Widening info day) EU Missions 20-21/1/2026 (info day) and 28-29/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 16/12/2026 Workshop: From Policy to Practice – Regional and Local Impacts of EU Missions and HE Clusters. New European Bauhaus Facility 24/02/2026 (info day) and 05/03/2026 (brokerage event) More information about the publication of the Horizon Europe Main Work Programme 2026-2027 can be found in this NCP Flanders news article.
The evaluation results of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) 2025 call (deadline 10 September 2025) were announced (see this article). A budget of €404.29 million is available, of which €343.65 million for European Fellowships (EF) and €60.64 million for Global Fellowships. For the call a total of 17066 proposals were submitted, of which 16836 proposals were eligible and evaluated: 15668 (EF) and 1168 (GF). The success rate for this call is 9.6%. More information on the evaluation procedure can be found in the HE MSCA 2023-2025 work programme, under section 2.4 award criteria and 2.5 procedure (p. 131-133). More information on the results of the call can be found in several resources published on the call topic page for HORIZON MSCA PF 2025 (under topic updates) on the European Commission Funding & Tender portal: The amount of submitted and evaluated proposals and under which category after the end of the evaluation; A table on the percentage of proposals with a given score or higher, per ranking list, also showing the funding ranges; Summary of the independent observer report; List of proposals selected for funding, as of 9 February 2026. The proposals that were selected for funding with a coordinating organisation in Flanders can be found in the attached file.
The European Defence Fund (EDF) project MaJoR is launching its first cascade funding call to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups. This funding programme, which runs from 28 January 2026 to 25 March 2026, seeks proposals focusing on the modernisation and maintenance of defence systems across air, land, and maritime domains. Topics of interest include multi-material structures, innovative assembly technologies, maintenance and structural health monitoring, as well as digitalisation and artificial intelligence tools for defence maintenance. Each beneficiary may receive funding of up to €60,000 and will participate in a six-month business support programme. Up to 30 innovators will be selected for this opportunity. Eligibility is extended to SMEs and startups based in the EU, Norway, and Ukraine. For more details, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8diMCDZl8. or visit https://major-project.eu/cascade-funding/
The NCP4Missions Toolkit has been introduced to support applicants for EU Missions calls in Horizon Europe. It encompasses various resources designed to aid a better understanding of the missions and the available funding opportunities.The toolkit offers firstly a document summarising frequent questions asked during the info days of the European Commission, along with details from the FAQ section on the Funding & Tenders Portal. Additionally, factsheets provide insights into social engagement activities from current projects and list open funding opportunities related to the Missions. The Toolkit also provides an experience analysis document and a mapping of the Mission Hubs.Explore the Toolkit here. More resources will continue to be added throughout the duration of the NCP4Missions project.NCP4Missions is a networking project of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the five EU Missions. The project aims, among others, to lower the entry barriers for applicants and raise the quality of proposals by offering support to potential Mission applicants, including brokerages, workshops and other digital tools.
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