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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 Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) has launched a survey to gather insights on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping research and innovation across the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) community. Questions focus on awareness and perceptions of AI in research, the use of AI tools in scientific work, and finally the needs related to training. By participating, the MSCA fellows and alumni will contribute to an evidence base that can inform future training and policy initiatives under the MSCA. The questionnaire takes approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. MSCA fellows and alumni are invited to complete the survey by 15 February 2026. All information related to this initiative is available in the news article on the MCAA website. About the MCAA The Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) is a global network of researchers who have benefited from or are benefiting from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The MCAA supports and contributes to advancing knowledge for a global, diverse, and informed society. Its primary focus is to support its members’ career development, offer networking opportunities, and contribute to shaping research and innovation policies in the EU. Currently, the MCAA has over 23,000 members from 150+ countries, at all career stages and from diverse research fields.
The 2nd co-funded call for proposals by the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare was launched on 26 January 2026 and is open for submissions until 30 March 2026. The title of the call is Shaping the Future of Animal Health and Welfare”. Researchers aiming to coordinate or to take part in transnational projects are encouraged to review the call announcement for specific guidelines and they can find all relevant information on this website. Background: The vision of the EU Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) is to provide society with sustainable livestock, poultry and aquaculture production. Infectious animal diseases are optimally prevented and controlled with appropriate means, antimicrobials are used prudently, and animal welfare is respected in every phase of the production cycle...
On 28 January 2026, the SECURE project has launched a first round of financial support measures to help small businesses achieve compliance with new cybersecurity requirements for their hardware and software products. This will allow micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to request co-funding to strengthen the cybersecurity of their hardware and software products to ensure compliance with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). As part of the first round of financial support measures offered by the SECURE project, MSMEs may request a maximum of EUR 30.000 co-funding for certain activities, such as Regulatory compliance activities, such as audits, assistance in preparing certifications, and policy definition Product-related technological and security requirements upgrading, through activities such as vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, source code analysis, and application security. Upgrading of technological and security requirements of production infrastructures, including cybersecurity, information security, ICT, IT, and OT resilience activities. Fulfilling internal governance and risk management requirements, such as internal procedures,incident detection, management and notification processes, risk and impact assessments, supply chain security and product maintenance and updating plans. Awareness raising and training activities on products and cyber security. Procurement of material goods and professional services that are instrumental to achieving the required security standards Deadline to submit requests is 29 March 2026. More information on this first call can be found on the project website. Background: The CRA introduces mandatory cybersecurity requirements for manufacturers, covering the planning, design, development and maintenance of such products. The CRA will start to apply on 11 December 2027.
The well-known Excel template used to prepare and submit the detailed budget in lump sum proposals will be successively replaced in the course of 2026 by an online detailed budget table, integrated directly in the Part A application forms. The new format is currently used in 9 topics in Cluster 5 (see list below). When preparing the project proposal for these topics, applicants enter their lump sum budget directly in the Part A application forms, and not in the Excel template. The lump sum budget table in the online Part A forms requires the same level of information as the Excel template, and the budget will be assessed in the same way as before. Detailed instructions on how to fill in the budget table are included in the online form itself. As the roll-out of the online table is gradual, the new format of the budget table will not be applied to all lump sum topics immediately. During this transition time, there will be lump sum topics with the Excel file or with the online budget form running in parallel. The Commision plans to update the detailed guidance on lump sums (How to manage your lump sum grant) to clarify this and to include information on the IT implementation of the lump sum budget table in Part A proposal forms. The Commission claims that an FAQ will be published on the topic pages concerned to indicate the lump topics where the new online budget table is used. Topics with LS budget table in Part A Under the call HORIZON-CL5-2026-05: HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-07 HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-02 HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-12 HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-13 Under the call HORIZON-CL5-2026-07: HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-01 HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-02 HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-03 HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-04 HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-05 For these topics, no Excel template is provided in the online submission system.
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The Project SeafoodTomorrow is a project that is approved within the call BG-08-2017: Innovative sustainable solutions for improving the safety and dietary properties of seafood.
The three-year SeafoodTomorrow project brings together 34 partners. From Flanders, ILVO takes part in the project.They are responsible for setting up two databases which are the central point of the project to gather all the project data from analysis and assessement. ILVO is also leader of the workpackage dealing with authenticity, traceability and labelling. ILVO is also involved a the workpackage about novel food preparation. And in the managerial part, ILVO is head of the IPC- Intellectual Property Comité.
