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Among the results of the 2026 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant call (call deadline 14 October 2025) are 16 researchers with a Flemish main host institution. Starting Grants Starting Grants are open to researchers with 2–7 years of experience since completion of their PhD (extensions are possible under certain documented circumstances), a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal. Note the rules have changed as of the 2027 ERC work programme. More information is available in this news article. Proposal evaluation Proposals are evaluated in 28 evaluation panels in three research domains (Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE), Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) and Life Sciences (LS)), composed of top scientists and scholars coming from all over the world and additionally by remote referees with the necessary specialised expertise (two to five per proposal). Starting Grant 2026 call submissions and awards Of the 4807 submitted proposals 421 researchers with 52 different nationalities received an ERC Starting Grant: 113 In Life Sciences, 169 in Physical Sciences and Engineering and 139 in Social Sciences and Humanities. The overall success rate was 8.8%. In the ERCEA news articles, more background on the evaluation results, call statistics and several project examples are highlighted. Among the 421 selected researchers, 16 are based at Flemish main host institutions. For Belgium, 21 grants were awarded in total. The projects of some of the 16 Principal Investigators (PIs) are presented in news articles of KU Leuven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Universiteit Hasselt. The following researchers have been awarded a Starting Grant (first and last name, main host institution, acronym and title of the project and evaluation panel). Aurélie BELLEMANS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, ESCAPADE - Energising the future with clean plasma-based technologies, PE8 Katrien BENHALIMA, KU Leuven, PRISCILA - Precision risk stratification in pregnancy and postpartum in women with gestational diabetes, LS7 Tim BEYNE, KU Leuven, RECRYPT - Reshaping the Security Analysis of Symmetric Cryptography, PE6 Christina BEZARI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, MEDWON - Mediterranean Shores and Women’s Networks: Translation, Print Culture and Decolonial Thought in Southern Europe and the Maghreb (1912–1995), SH5 Andreas BLOMMAERT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, HOLOVERSE - Gravity without boundaries - a cosmological hologram, PE2 Nel DE MÛELENAERE, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, EVERYDAY REBELLIONS - Creativity and Domestic Care as Civilian Resistance in Occupied Europe, 1939-1945, SH6 Jan EIJKING, Universiteit Antwerpen, REGCOM - Regulatory Communities and the Making of Global Order, SH2 Nicolas ENGLEBERT, Universiteit Gent, VISIR - On-chip quadratic soliton modelocking in the ultraviolet, visible, and mid-infrared, PE7 Hilde GUNNINK, Universiteit Gent, LoLaSa - The lost languages of Southern Africa: Linguistic traces of Southern Africa’s early inhabitants, SH4 Mina IBRAHIM, Universiteit Gent, GPS-Archives - The Glocal Public Syrian Archives: Reclaiming Popular Media for Memory and Justice Before and After the Fall of Assad, SH8 Akash KOPPA, Universiteit Gent, LAMDA - Land–atmosphere interactions as a mechanism of dryland formation, PE10 Pablo MARIN-PALOMO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, COMBYNE - Dynamics of Coupled Lasers: AllOptical Scalable Path for Programmable On-Chip Frequency Comb Sources, PE7 Nick RAHIER, Universiteit Gent, HEATWAYS - Beyond Temperature: Thermal Futuring and the Anthropology of Viability in the East African Rift Valley, SH8 Wouter SAELENS, Universiteit Gent, PowerPortrait - Building a full causal Portrait of cell differentiation, LS2 Wouter VAN GOMPEL, Universiteit Hasselt, CONCePT - Electroactive organic cations for chiral hybrid perovskites: combining efficient charge carrier transport with strong chiroptical activity, PE11 Matthew WILSON, KU Leuven, DOLIGOAL - The Role of Dolichol in Linking Glycosylation, Lipid Homeostasis and Human Disease, LS1
The Commission has asked Health NCPs to communicate the information below to the Cluster Health applicant community:The Commission has brought forward the deadlines for two upcoming Cluster Health calls to February 2027. This means many health call topics will have a deadline on 17 February 2027 (instead of April 2027). Below is an overview of the new opening and closing dates:📍 HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01Opening: 29 Oct 2026Deadline(s): 17 Feb 2027 📍 HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02Opening: 29 Oct 2026Deadline(s): 17 Feb 2027 (First Stage), 16 Sep 2027 (Second Stage)📍 HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03Opening: 03 Jun 2027Deadline(s): 16 Sep 2027The latest version (26 June 2026) of the amended draft health work programme that is publicly available on the Comitology register includes the new, correct deadlines. Consult it directly here. ! Important: Please be aware that the update of the dates on the EU Funding & Tenders portal can only happen after the formal adoption of the amended health work programme 2026 - 2027 by the Commission. Formal adoption is foreseen to happen in the course of October 2026. In brief: the information on opening dates and deadlines for the 2027 health calls provided on the EU Funding & Tenders portal is currently incorrect and will not be corrected before October 2026. The correct information is available here.
The FOREST Partnership is seeking independent experts to support the evaluation of research and innovation proposals for its planned 2026 call. Invited are researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders with recognised expertise in the Call topic areas and objectives, including interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research, innovation and practice. Applicants can contact mika.kallio@gov.fi for more information on the eligibility criteria and applicants can submit their application form here.
The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) has opened a new round of cybersecurity calls under the Digital Europe programme, inviting applicants to submit proposals for the following topics: Cybersecure tools, technologies and services relying on AI (DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-CYBERAI)This action supports the development and deployment of AI-based cybersecurity systems, tools and services for national authorities, competent authorities, National and Cross-Border Cyber Hubs, CSIRTs, public bodies, NIS 2 entities and other relevant stakeholders. Strengthening cybersecurity capacities of European SMEs with cybersecure AI-powered solutions (DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-AI4SME)This action supports the development of AI-powered solutions, tools and services for European SMEs, including user-friendly tools for risk management, threat detection, incident response and notification. Strengthening EU cybersecurity capacities & capabilities in line with legislative requirements (DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-EULEG)This action supports stakeholders in addressing new responsibilities and obligations linked to EU cybersecurity legislation (e.g. Cyber Resilience Act, the NIS 2 Directive, GDPR, DORA, the Cybersecurity Act, specific requirements of the AI Act), including through financial and organisational support where relevant. Dual-use technologies (DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-DUALUSE)This action aims to improve operational cooperation between the civil and defence spheres through the development of dual-use working prototypes, ready-to-market products and operational infrastructures related to cybersecurity technologies, applications and tools that have relevance in both civilian and defence contexts. Coordinated preparedness testing and other preparedness actions (DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-COORDPREP)This action covers coordinated preparedness testing of entities operating in sectors of high criticality across the Union, and other preparedness actions for entities operating in sectors of high criticality and other critical sectors. It supports activities including penetration testing, threat assessment, vulnerability monitoring, risk monitoring, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, exercises and training courses. Regional Cable Hubs (DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-REGCABH)The initiative supports the set-up of processes, tools and services for the detection and analysis of emerging threats, near real-time situational awareness, incident reporting and information sharing between relevant national authorities to strengthen the resilience and security of Europe’s undersea cable infrastructure. The call is now open for submission. The deadline to submit applications is 14 January 2027. More information on each call topic can be found in the call document.
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The ATHENA project addresses emerging risks for the water sector in operational technology created by digitalisation. The project responds to Digital Europe call DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03-UPTAKE-CYBERSOLUTIONS – Uptake op Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions. The project started in September 2023 and will run until November 2026. De Vlaamse Waterweg - The Flemish Waterway participates in the project to enhance the resilience of the organisation by co-developing targeted training modules for operational technology environments.
