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With the deadlines for the Horizon Europe Cluster 3 “Civil Security for Society” 2026 calls approaching, it is a good moment to revisit the additional eligibility conditions that apply specifically to the Cluster 3 destinations managed by the European Commission and to reflect on the lessons from the 2025 evaluation results. The recently published infosheet "Practitioner participation in Cluster 3 ‘Civil Security for Society’ calls: key requirements and common errors” provides a summary of the additional eligibility criteria for Cluster 3, highlights common errors that may lead to ineligibility, and describes how to avoid them. The 2026 deadlines for Cluster 3 calls are 15 September for the Cybersecurity topics managed by the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) and 5 November for the remaining Cluster 3 destinations managed by the European Commission.
EIT Health has published the 2026 Transformative Healthcare Instrument call. It is designed to support high-potential European healthcare start-ups as they move product development forward, improve commercialisation plans and prepare for further fundraising. The programme focuses on unmet clinical needs across Europe.Eligible applicants are private SMEs with at least 4 full-time equivalent employees and a minimum total equity investment of €2,000,000 closed within the previous 36 months, including at least one new investor. Projects must meet minimum Innovation Maturity Levels: IML 5 or above for biotech, IML 6 or above for medtech, and IML 7 or above for digital health and for biomarkers or diagnostics.Projects may request €300,000 to €500,000 from EIT Health, covering up to 50% of total project costs, with the remaining 50% to come from other sources.You can find further information about the call on this website. The call will close on 16 September 2026. An open Q&A session about the call is organised by EIT Health on 2 September at 11 am. Interested? Register here Background: The European institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) stands at the crossroad of business creation, innovation and education. It consists of ten knowledge and innovation communities, including the EIT health community. The overall objective is to transform promising innovations into succesful companies.
The Request for Proposal covers the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability Concept Design phase and asks each of the four pre-qualified bidders to propose up to two concept design solutions. The package also includes an offer for de-risking activities to help mature the proposed designs in an initial step of incremental development. According to NSPA, the RFP is based on a harmonised operational and technical baseline developed with Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. This baseline includes key performance parameters linked to capability and supportability requirements, together with operational mission scenarios. NSPA says the procurement is the first it has launched under its new “Acquisition by Qualified Options” competitive mechanism. Bid evaluation is planned to finish by the end of 2027, after which NSPA aims to submit an evaluation summary report to the participating nations. The agency also plans to use digital trials in an in-house modelling and simulation environment as part of the operational evaluation. More information is available at https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/eProcurement5G/Opportunities/Opportunities/DetailsOpportunity?RowIDEncrypted=wKb0O1orsbsor1liAAE4Ig&index=3 and https://www.nspa.nato.int/news/2026/nspa-releases-rfp-for-next-generation-rotorcraft-capability-concept-design
The call identifier is EDF-EDIP-USI-2026-LS-IRA. It sits under EDIP’s Ukraine Support Instrument and is designed for Industry Reinforcement Actions linked to missiles, ammunition and bombs. Eligible consortia must include at least one legal entity in Ukraine. The deadline for submitting proposals is 13 October 2026. Further details are available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/calls-for-proposals?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&callIdentifier=EDF-EDIP-USI-2026-LS-IRA See also our previous news item: https://ncpflanders.be/news/edip-opens-first-industry-reinforcement-call
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The Project SeafoodTomorrow is a project that is approved within the call BG-08-2017: Innovative sustainable solutions for improving the safety and dietary properties of seafood.
The three-year SeafoodTomorrow project brings together 34 partners. From Flanders, ILVO takes part in the project.They are responsible for setting up two databases which are the central point of the project to gather all the project data from analysis and assessement. ILVO is also leader of the workpackage dealing with authenticity, traceability and labelling. ILVO is also involved a the workpackage about novel food preparation. And in the managerial part, ILVO is head of the IPC- Intellectual Property Comité.
