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NCP Flanders is conducting a short satisfaction survey to gather valuable feedback and suggestions on the NCP services. The survey is organised into three sections: NCP Flanders assistance, info sessions, and NCP Flanders website & LinkedIn. If you are not familiar with one of these sections, the survey will automatically guide you to the next section. The survey is fully anonymous and will remain open until 24 July 2026. The NCP Flanders team would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to fill in the survey and provide your opinion via this link. If you would like to get in touch NCP Flanders, please mail to info@ncpflanders.be
The 2nd EO 4 Soil Symposium is organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) and focusses on three thematic areas: policy and user uptake scientific and technical progress applications and use cases Topics include soil monitoring methods, soil organic carbon mapping, uncertainty assessment, data harmonisation, soil carbon certification and possible Copernicus soil monitoring services. The in-person event is set for 4–6 November 2026 at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, near Rome, Italy. Abstracts for oral presentations and posters can be submitted until 13 August 2026. Abstracts must be in English and should be 200 to 400 words. Submitters need to provide co-author and presenter details. ESA plans to notify selected oral presentations and posters by 15 September 2026. Registration for attendance is also open, with closure on 11 October 2026. You can find all relevant information on this website.
The European Commission adopted a Charter of Access for Industrial Users to Research and Technology Infrastructures on 28 July 2026 and launched an outreach campaign. The charter aims to facilitate easier and faster access for companies, including startups and scaleups, to the services offered by European research and technology infrastructures, including advanced laboratories, pilot lines and large scientific instruments. Limited information on the availability and access conditions of relevant services can be a barrier, particularly for SMEs, startups and scaleups. The charter is intended to address this by improving visibility, simplifying access and supporting better use of infrastructure services for developing, testing and validating technologies, products and services. The charter sets out six principles to guide research and technology infrastructures in facilitating access for industrial users: Increased visibility and availability of services Transparency and quality of services Simplified contract and agreement procedures Safe intellectual property management Tailored support to companies Cooperation between infrastructures and access to data Research and technology infrastructures can endorse the charter on a voluntary basis. The European Commission has also launched an outreach campaign to support uptake, including a first webinar (which takes place on 22 September), and a call for good practices to showcase successful examples of support provided by research and technology infrastructures to industrial users. The initiative is linked to the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy and complements the European strategy on research and technology infrastructures. More information is available in this European Commission news article and on this webpage.
These free training courses under the EIC Tech to Market Programme are designed to help deep-tech researchers turn research results into market-ready innovations. Applications are now open across the full offer for EIC beneficiaries: EIC Pathfinder and Transition beneficiaries, entities eligible for EIC Transition, Seal of Excellence holders, Women TechEU awardees. 1) Entrepreneurship Foundation: Introduction to entrepreneurship for researchers (the core concepts and principles of entrepreneurship, for researchers starting from scratch). Application deadline: 24 August 2026 | Duration: 1–3 September 2) Entrepreneurship Immersion: deeper, practical knowledge across the topics that decide whether a deep-tech venture succeeds. Application deadline: 24 August 2026 | Duration: September–December 3) Business Idea Validation: a hands-on course to test how your research results fit real market needs, using stakeholder interviews and design thinking. Designed for teams whose results are already at a more advanced stage, typically EIC Transition or late-stage Pathfinder projects. Requires a team of at least two. Application deadline: 24 August 2026 | Starts: 5 October Find more information on trainings here. Apply here.
The Water4All partnership has pre-announced a Joint Transnational Call for research and innovation projects on “Sustainable Water Management”. The Call focuses on Sustainable Water Management (excluding extreme events and circularity) and invite proposals addressing critical challenges related to hte following topics: Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), River Basin Management, Groundwater Management, Water Resilience, Integrated Water Monitoring and data management and Water-positive solutions. The call will open on 8 September, and it closes on 10 November 2026. An informative webinar dedicated to the international researchers’ community will be organised on 17 September at 2pm. You can register for it via this website.
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Avia-GIS is a Belgian innovative SME established in 2001. They have built research and public authority trust over the past 19 years and developed a unique, disruptive software suite - VECMAP® - that supports society to overcome one of its important health threats, the spreading of Pests of Public Health importance.
With the help of a Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 project, they will be able to add Integrated Pest Management functionalities and go to the market. With the grant, that was an essential component of their second investment round, Avia-GIS aims at raising its revenue from the current 2 M€ to 14.2 M€ in 2024, and increase the headcount from 15 to 58.
