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2026-01-06 Horizon Europe Digital Europe

Getting ready for 2026 call opportunities: NCP support

New year, new opportunities. The Horizon Europe 2026-2027 work programme was published in December and new calls have recently opened or will open soon. Under the Digital Europe programme, several calls are currently open (deadline March 2026) and a new wave of calls is expected in spring.Are you exploring your options or already developing a proposal? NCP Flanders provides a number of tools and services to support you along the way: Want to learn more about open and forthcoming funding opportunities? Have a look at our call topic overview. Building a consortium and looking for suitable partners? One of your options is to look at our partner search section. Also check our country eligibility tool, especially if you consider involving non-EU partners. Looking for support to prepare your proposal? Contact your institution's support office or have a look how NCP Flanders can support you. Find out more about all the services NCP Flanders provides here. 

2026-01-09 Health

EP PerMed - Fast Track Validation Programme 2026 for start-ups & small teams of researchers

The Fast Track Programme of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) offers support to start-ups and small teams and researchers at a pivotal stage of development, ensuring that promising personalised medicine (PM) innovations do not stall due to lack of validation resources and guidance. The Fast Track Programme offers targeted support to accelerate the validation and adoption of innovative PM solutions. The programme helps early-stage innovators progress by at least one Technology Readiness Level through dedicated validation studies carried out together with specialised European validation centres. More information, including the call text and details how to apply & evaluation process are available here. The deadline to submit your application is 10 March 2026. An information webinar on the Fast Track call will take place on 20 January and a final Q&A session on 3 March. 

2026-01-09 Health

European Partnership for Brain Health - 2026 Joint Transnational Calls are open

On 8 January, the European Partnership for Brain Health has launched two calls for proposals for multinational translational research projects: JTC2026 Call 1: Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurological, mental and sensory disorders JTC2026 Call 2: Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurodegenerative disorders The EP BrainHealth invites applications to combine a holistic approach to brain health with in-depth biological understanding. The aim of the call is to facilitate multinational, collaborative and interdisciplinary research that addresses critical translational questions. Applications addressing risk factors that are shared between mental health, neurological, mental and sensory disorders on the one hand, and neurodegenerative disorders on the other are encouraged and should be submitted to the call that best suits their project. Please note that applying with the same proposal to both EP BrainHealth calls is not allowed.More detailed information about both calls (aim & scope, requirements, eligibility, application procedure etc.), is available here. Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) participates in this call. More information on available funding for researchers based in Flanders and on how to apply will become available soon on the FWO website. Pre-proposal deadline for both calls is 10 March 2026 (14 CET). Questions on available funding by FWO? Contact europe@fwo.be.

2026-01-09 Health

European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness starts activities & pre-announced first call

The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness BE READY, coordinated by ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS MIE/Inserm), officially started its activities on 1 January 2026.Later this month (January 2026), the Partnership will launch its first Joint Transnational Call for Proposals for multinational interdisciplinary research projects. The topic of the 2026 Call is Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases. The call will support innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary and transnational research projects aiming for a better understanding of the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens, elucidating the pathophysiology induced by these pathogens, and developing innovative medical countermeasures.Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) plans to participate in this call. More information on available funding for researchers based in Flanders and on how to apply will become available on the FWO website once the call is launched. Questions on available funding by FWO? Contact europe@fwo.be.More information is available here. 

2026-01-09 AI Continent Deployment: Best use of technologies

Recording/presentations available: info session on data space manufacturing & EDMO hubs

The European Commission has published the recording and presentations from its 18 December 2025 info session on the call topics Data Space for Manufacturing (DIGITAL-2026-DSM-AI-09-DS-MANUFACTUR-STEP) and European Digital Media Observatory hubs (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-TECH-EDMO-09-HUBS). The slides and recording are available on this website.

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Micado - Migrant Integration Cockpits and Dashboards

Atlas Integratie & Inburgering Antwerpen is an autonomous agency and a non-profit organisation responsible for implementing the Flemish integration policy on behalf of and for the City of Antwerp. Atlas offers several types of services for newcomers and Antwerp’s public and non-profit organisations.

In 2018, under the leadership of HafenCity University Hamburg, Atlas participated in the H2020 call 'Addressing the challenge of migrant integration through ICT-enabled solutions'. The proposal 'MICADO - Migrant Integration Cockpits and Dashboards' was approved by the European Commission and the project started in January 2019 and runs until June 2022.