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NCP Flanders has extended the duration of its short satisfaction survey to gather valuable feedback and suggestions on the NCP services. The survey is fully anonymous and is open until 9 October 2026. It 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 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 with NCP Flanders, please email info@ncpflanders.be
After lengthy discussions, the final work programme on the horizontal activities has been officially published on the website of the European Commission. First added to Horizon Europe in 2025, this broadly defined work programme supports EU policy goals through four topics: the Clean Industrial Deal, AI in Science, a nature-positive economy and society, and bridging innovations to market. R&I support of the Clean Industrial Deal Mobilises investment in clean resources and technologies, strengthens industrial competitiveness and resilience, and supports the decarbonisation and circularity of energy-intensive industries. AI in Science The European Commission’s RAISE initiative is designed to fund AI-in-science networks of excellence, automated laboratories and doctoral networks modelled on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Transformative change towards a nature-positive economy and society Supports biodiversity research and innovation to help business growth, innovation and ecosystem restoration advance together, delivering a measurable increase in nature. Bridging actions Supports the transition from Horizon Europe to the 2028–2034 EU R&I Framework Programme by helping research results progress from innovation to investment and market deployment. An info day on the nature and bridging calls is planned for 16 October for which all the information is available here. If you are looking for partners for the nature calls, participants may wish to take part in the matchmaking session on 19 October.
EIT Culture & Creativity (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) has launched a €10.5 million call supporting market-ready innovations in fashion, architecture and audiovisual media. The programme targets startups, scale-ups and SMEs established in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country, with a technically validated innovation at Technology Readiness Level 7 (TRL). Modalities: The call has two stages. Selected applicants receive €20,000 in stage 1 to develop a Business Development Plan. In stage 2, up to 11 projects may receive up to €900,000 each for an implementation period of up to 18 months during which they must focus on market entry, scaling up and revenue generation. Deadlines: 30 October 2026 for stage 1 and 15 March 2027 for stage 2. More information: Full eligibility criteria and application details are available on the EIT Culture & Creativity website. An online information session is planned for 7 October 2026 from 10.00 CET, and registration is available here.
The OECD and the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation have joined forces to develop a new international survey of personnel working in research and development (R&D). The survey is part of OECD’s Research and Innovation Careers Observatory (ReICO), which brings together internationally comparable evidence on R&D careers across more than 50 countries. Policy debates about R&D careers draw on case studies and personal accounts, but survey data from the people working in R&D is scarce. Their experiences and perspectives will help policymakers and employers make better-informed decisions about R&D careers. The survey is available here on the OECD website. To take part in the survey respondents have two authentication options. A first option is to authenticate through the personal Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). A second option is to request that the survey link be sent by email. The survey has been open since July and is expected to remain open until mid-October 2026.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) anniversary publication features a selection of over 100 projects and testimonials highlighting the researchers, projects and collaborations supported by MSCA over the past three decades. Through these stories, the publication celebrates the achievements of the MSCA community and illustrates how MSCA-funded research has helped advance scientific knowledge, support innovation and contribute to society. The interactive publication is available here. The participation of Flemish entities in MSCA funded projects is highlighted in the overview below (entity, participation status in project, project acronym, project title, MSCA type of action, call year, links to the project impact and further information). Thematic area: Aerospace Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Universiteit Antwerpen (beneficiaries) in CHAMELEON – Virtual Laboratories for Exoplanets and Planet Forming Disks, MSCA Innovative Training Networks 2019, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Thematic area: AI Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (beneficiary) in NeEDS - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Network of European Data Scientists, MSCA Research and Innovation Staff Exchange 2018, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (associated partner) in SMASH - Machine learning for Sciences and Humanities, MSCA COFUND Postdoctoral Programmes 2021, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Thematic area: Biotech Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (associated partner) in Talent4BBI - Developing Talent for Bio-Based Industries of Europe, MSCA COFUND Doctoral Programmes 2020, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Thematic area: Energy Siemens Industry Software NV (beneficiary) in AEOLUS4FUTURE - Efficient harvesting of the wind energy, MSCA Innovative Training Network 2014, Project impact and Cordis link Umicore (associated partner) in DESTINY - Doctorate Programme on Emerging Battery Storage Technologies INspiring Young scientists, MSCA COFUND Doctoral Programmes 2019, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Thematic area: Environment Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (coordinator) in C-Urge - Anthropology of Global Climate Urgency, MSCA Doctoral Networks 2021, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Thematic area: Health Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (beneficiary) in OrganoVIR - Organoids for Virus Research - An innovative training-ETN programme, MSCA Innovative Training Networks 2018, Project impact and Cordis link Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (beneficiary) in SyDAD - Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer Disease, MSCA Innovative Training Network 2015, Project impact and Cordis link Thematic area: Mobility and Smart Cities UHasselt, Cegeka, AbeonaConsult (beneficiaries) and Citymesh Integrator (associated partner) in IVORY - AI for Vision Zero in Road Safety, MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022, Project impact, Cordis link and project website Tenneco Automotive Europe BVBA (beneficiary) in MOCO - Encouraging Innovation in Motion Control Systems for Vehicles, MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023, Project impact, Cordis link and project website
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The Horizon2020 twinning project ScreenME has as its objective to enhance excellence in screen media entrepreneurship at Tallinn University (TLU). To do so, ScreenME has established a network of universities across Europe that aim to improve research into and teaching of entrepreneurship for the screen media industry. ScreenME will develop a teaching course and will kick off research initiatives and projects on entrepreneurial activities in media organisations. The research group on ‘Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)’ of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is partner in the network and is involved in two cross-cutting activities of the project: support for early stage researchers and developing stakeholder involvement.
