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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
Thematic call for proposals Pulsed Directed Energy Effectors Reminder & important change On 21 August, the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID) will launch a thematic call for proposals “Pulsed Directed Energy Effectors”. The call will focus on the delivery of technology brick demonstrations up to TRL 4 for directed-energy Counter-UAS technologies, explicitly targeting pulsed microwave and waveform-controlled laser approaches, as a first step toward future proof-of-concept and technology-demonstrator activities. In contradiction to information that was previously communicated, there is no triple helix requirement for applications in this call. Proposals can be submitted by a single organisation or by a partnership. Budget of the call is 5 M€.The projects will have a duration of 12 to 18 months. Timeline of submission and evaluation will be short as projects must be awarded before the end of this year. Deadline for pre-proposals: 11 September 2026 (14h)Deadline for full proposals: 16 October 2026 (14h) More information: Continuously on the DEFRA website Register already for the online information session that will take place on 31 August 2026. Feel free to pass this information to any eligible applicant.
Following the liquidation of EIT Manufacturing in March 2026, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is taking steps to protect students. 28DIGITAL, an EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), will award the EIT Label certificate to students currently enrolled in the five EIT Manufacturing's Master School programmes, ensuring that their qualifications are formally recognised without interruption. Students enrolled in the former EIT Manufacturing Master School programmes will receive diplomas from both their entry and exit universities, as well as the EIT Label certificate, awarded by 28DIGITAL. This measure protects the value of students' qualifications and ensures that there is no disruption to the credentialing process. It is important to clarify that this decision applies strictly to students enrolled in the 2023–2025 and 2024–2026 cohorts and does not apply to future students of the five Master’s programmes.
Abstract submission and registration are open for the first European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare Scientific Conference. The event is set to take place in Milan, Italy, from 19 to 22 January 2027 and invites contributions from both EUP AH&W members and non-members. Abstracts are due by 31 August 2026. The conference is designed to bring together researchers working on animal health and welfare across terrestrial and aquatic systems. The programme is not final yet but will aim to cover prevention and control of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, animal welfare monitoring, diagnostics, vaccines, treatments, and integrated approaches including socio-economic aspects. Abstracts should be in British English, present new scientific results on animal health and welfare, and stay within 2,000 characters, with one abstract allowed per presenting author. Feedback on submitted abstracts is expected around mid-October 2026. This is the submission form. Registration is also open for the main conference. Early bird registration runs until 31 October 2026, regular registration until 9 January 2027, and on-site registration is subject to seat availability. More information is available here.
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.
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The MareGraph project, ‘Towards an Interoperable Marine Knowledge Graph’, obtained funding under the Digital Europe topic ‘OPEN-AI – Public Sector Open Data for AI and Open Data Platform’. The project will increase the semantic, technical, and legal interoperability of three selected high-valued datasets (HVDs) all maintained by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), which is one of the four partners of the project. This will allow the onboarding of essential marine datasets in the Common European Data Spaces. As such MareGraph will provide a structural component in the digital transition of the marine landscape. The numerous impacts of the project will benefit our seas globally in old and new ways to come.
