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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.
The 2026-2027 "Horizontal activities" Work Programme in Horizon Europe is created to break down the traditional walls between different scientific departments and funding silos. Rather than keeping research fragmented across separate categories, this new program pools resources to tackle the EU’s most urgent, evolving policy priorities in a unified, cross-sector way. This way, the European Commission tries to achieve a massive, coordinated push that delivers market-ready solutions for Europe's biggest strategic targets and build a bridge towards the next Research and Innovation framework program. This new Horizon program (2028-2034) will notably focus more on competitiveness on the world stage, be more cross-sectoral and be more flexible in terms of funding. It includes 4 different parts The Clean Industrial Deal (€540M) to boost clean tech AI in Science (€90M) for trusted AI (including RAISE doctoral networks) Transformative change towards a nature-postive economy and society (€230M) or in short the biodiversity call, with call topic deadlines in 2027 Bridging actions focusing on bringing innovations to the market (€193M), with call topic deadlines in 2027 Currently, only the first two parts have been officially adopted by the European Commission which you can find here. The final two parts are still in the final drafting phase and can be subject to minor changes. You can find the draft on this webpage. ScienceBusiness wrote an article on these calls which provides interesting reading but please note that this was written in March so some elements might be a bit outdated. You can always consult the latest draft work programmes on our newly created website page "Horizontal activities", where also all latest news and related events will be published. You can adapt your profile on the website ticking this domain of interest ("horizontal activities") to receive updates through the mailings. Finally there is our comitology webpage where you can find the reports of all programme committees, including the latest draft work programmes. For example, you can find the above-mentioned documents under the domain 'Horizontal activities & missions'. Background: more information on how Horizon Europe call topics are developed and followed by Flanders here. More general information about Comitology here and the comitology register here. For a general understanding of Horizon Europe work programmes see the General Introduction of the Horizon Europe work programme 2026-2027.
The European Commission launched an open consultation to help shaping future EuroQCI activities to be supported from 2027 onwards. The aim of the consultation is to gather technical input to inform future EuroQCI activities, following the deployment of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) infrastructures and the broader quantum communication technological developments across Europe supported by the European Union under the EuroQCI and other EU programmes, as well as by national initiatives. The open consultation will remain open until 24 June 2026.
The Foodies is a sustainability award for small and medium-sized enterprises and impact start-ups in the EU agri-food sector. It is linked to SIAL Paris and supported by the European Commission. The award highlights sustainability work across four categories aligned with the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices. The award covers four categories. Greener Planet looks at action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across operations and the wider food chain, such as lower energy use, renewable energy, better logistics and low-carbon technologies. Nutrition Action focuses on products and practices that help consumers move towards healthy and sustainable diets, including reformulation, new products, suitable portion sizes and clearer information. Circular Chain looks at prevention of food loss and waste, efficient resource use, by-product valorisation, redistribution, and packaging or process innovation. Shared Value covers decent work, resilient growth, fair partnerships, and responsible sourcing, including deforestation-free and socially sustainable practices. Interested SMEs and impact start-ups can review the category descriptions and eligibility details, and apply through the Foodies website.
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
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The RUSTICA project obtained funding under Horizon 2020, more in particular under the topic ‘Closing nutrient cycles’. RUSTICA focuses on demonstration and implementation of circular bio-based nutrient valorisation chains, focusing on waste from the fruit and vegetable agro-food system. The project kicked off in 2021 and will run until 2024. It will use a strong multi-actor approach to co-create both socio-economic and technological knowledge in four case study regions in Europe and one in Colombia. The Flanders-based company DRANCO is one of the project partners and acts as technical project manager for the entire project. DRANCO participates in the project to develop its own technologies, to network and to help make the transition to a more circular based economy.
