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The Research Executive Agandcy (REA) reported that 73 new Research Infrastructure projects will receive funding and are starting their activities. In total 159 applications were submitted to the Research Infrastructures 2025 call destinations, in total 18 call topics which closed on 18 September 2025. 23 funded projects have participation of one or more Flemish entities. More information about the objectives of the funded projects is available through the CORDIS project links below. More information about the 2025 call results can be found in this REA news article. Research Infrastructures 2025 call destinations Developing, consolidating and optimising the European research infrastructures landscape, maintaining global leadership - INFRADEV Enabling an operational, open and FAIR EOSC ecosystem - INFRAEOSC RIs services to support health research, the green transition, the digital transformation, and frontier knowledge - INFRASERV Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods and advanced digital solutions - INFRATECH 23 funded projects with participation of 13 Flemish entities Imec in SLICES-IP - Scientific Large-scale Infrastructure for Computing/ Communication Experimental Studies – Implementation Phase KU Leuven and Universiteit Antwerpen in GUIDEPREP2 - Growing Up In Digital Europe Preparatory Phase 2 Universiteit Gent in EOSC-ARENA - AI Research Enhancement through Networked Agents KU Leuven in ISIDORe II - INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK RESEARCH II Universiteit Antwerpen in ST4RIS - Strengthening and Training for Research Infrastructure Staff KU Leuven en Universiteit Gent in PRISMAP+ - Furthering the European Medical Radionuclide Programme KU Leuven - RADNEXT 2030 - Accelerators and other Research Infrastructures for Radiation Effects Research Vito in iRIS - Intelligent Research Infrastructure Sustainability Universiteit Gent in MARINERG-i_IMP - Marine Renewable Energy Distribute Research Infrastructure - Implementation Phase VIB and SCI-SCALE in ESG4Stars - Sustainable Scientific Workflows for Research Infrastructures Universiteit Gent and Ainigma Technologies in PRISM - Pediatric clinical Research Infrastructure Service Model VLIZ in EOSC-Marine: Operationalizing the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean to Support the EU Mission Ocean & Waters Ainigma Technologies and Fujitsu Technology Solutions in RAISE-CONNECT-Enabling and Connecting Interoperable FAIR Digital Objects KU Leuven in EASI-OMICS - Integrated Multi-Omics Services for Next Generation Biomedical Research VLIZ in EARTH-AID - Agentic AI for Trustworthy Impact Simulations Integrating Digital Twins and Data Lakes for Geohazards & Georesources within Destination Earth KU Leuven in ET-COMPASS - COordination, Management, Planning And Strategic Support for the Einstein Telescope Project Imec in Ready-PV - Ready-PV: Reliability Evaluation through Analytics and Data for emerging technologY in Photovoltaics Vito in EIRENE IMP - European InfrastRucturE for humaN Exposome research IMplementation Project Vito, KU Leuven, Universiteit Antwerpen and Universiteit Gent in SIRENE - Services for envIRonmental Exposure and health assessmeNt in Europe Vito and Universiteit Gent in RISE-UP BIO - Research Infrastructure Services in Biotechnology to support Biomanufacturing Vito, Virtual Physiological Human Institute for Integrative Biomedical Research vzw, The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data and Building Digital Twin Association in AIGENT - AI-GENERATED DIGITAL TWIN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEALTHCARE & LIVING ENVIRONMENT KU Leuven in RAISEARTH - Research Infrastructure Services Advancing Frontier Knowledge in Sun-Earth Interactions KU Leuven in RESILIENCE TIP - RESILIENCE - Transition to Implementation Phase
The European Innovation Act, proposed by the European Commission, is presented as a key action under the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy and the Competitiveness Compass for the EU. It aims to strengthen the Single Market for innovation by addressing two main barriers to commercial success: Creating a harmonised EU framework for research and development procurement. Creating an EU-wide framework for the valuation of intellectual property. Target group: researchers, universities, research organisations, start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs, larger companies, investors, and public procurers.
More information is available about opportunities for transnational (TNA) and virtual access (VA) to European research infrastructures for researchers from the academic and private sector in this RICH Europe leaflet. Access the database on TNA and VA open calls here. The database can be filtered on scientific domain, the status of the call (open, closed, forthcoming), type of access and project acronym. Currently there are several open calls for TNA and/or VA. More information is available via the links below. ACME – Astrophysics Center for Multimessenger studies in Europe. More info about the transnational and virtual access AQUASERV – Research Infrastructure Services for Sustainable Aquaculture, Fisheries and the Blue Economy. More info about the transnational and virtual access ATRIUM – Advancing fronTier Research In the arts and hUManities. More info about the transnational access Infra4NextGen. More info about the virtual access INFRACHIP – European Research Infrastructure on Semiconductor Chips. More info about the transnational and virtual access IRISCC – Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks. More info about the transnational and virtual access LASERS4EU – European Laser Research Infrastructures serving Science and Industry. More info about the transnational access NFFA – Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis. More info about the transnational and virtual access NEPHEWS – NEutrons and PHotons Elevating Worldwide Science. More info about the transnational and virtual access POLARIN – Polar Research Infrastructure Network. More info about the transnational and virtual access RIANA – Research Infrastructure Access in NAnoscience & nanotechnology. More info about the transnational and virtual access For any questions about the calls, please contact the infrastructures directly.
Updates about submission are published in the part "Topic updates" under each call topic on the Funding and Tender Portal. Hereunder the publication of topic updates of some EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition call topics. EIC Pathfinder The European Commission has announced a change in the ethics and security section in the following call topics (deadline for submission 28 October) HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01 HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03 The annexes, regarding the Part B Ethics section and Part B Security section, were indicated previously as mandatory. They may be useful for the Ethics and Security assessment of the selected for funding proposals, however, the Commission noticed that they create confusion for the applicants, because the basic information on Ethics and Security is already mandatory in Part A. The Commission has now removed these annexes from Part B and encourages applicants to check the submission and to make sure they comply with the corrected requirements. EIC Transition Regarding the call topic HORIZON-EIC-2026-TRANSITIONOPEN, with deadline 16 September: applicants specifying an eligible originating project with a 6-digit project number should note that the administrative forms (part A - Other questions) only accept 9-digit project number. To proceed with the submission, applicants should add three leading zeros (000) to the project number. Eligible originating project with a 9-digit do not need to add anything.
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Funded under Horizon Europe (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-09), running from 2024 to 2028, CLARION (Building Climate-Resilient Ports for the Future) aims to contribute to shaping a sustainable future for the maritime sector by developing and implementing innovative climate adaptation solutions. Port of Antwerp-Bruges is one of the leading European ports involved in the project. Together with two other Flemish project partners, Brabo Group and the Antwerp Maritime Academy, Port of Antwerp-Bruges is developing demo cases that tackle real-life operational and training challenges posed by climate risks. Read more about the project in this testimonial.
