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The network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the European Research Council (ERC), mERCury, has recently published the first edition of the ERC Success Stories from Widening countries. The collection features seven ERC grantees from Malta, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Latvia, Greece and Türkiye who have received Starting, Consolidator,...
Read moreThe selected projects of the 2026 European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant call (call deadline 5 November 2025) were published by the ERC Executive Agency. Synergy grant projects consist of minimum two to maximum four researchers or Principal Investigators (PIs) and their teams that jointly address ambitious research problems that could...
Read moreThe new European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage (RCH) that kicked off at the end of September has launched its first Joint Transnational Call (JTC): "Foundations for climate-resilient cultural heritage: Assessing and managing impact and risk, dealing with damage and loss". This first call within the RCH Partnership invites research...
Read moreNCP_WIDERA.NET, the WIDERA National Contact Points network, has so far put six projects, funded under the ERA part of the Horizon Europe WIDERA or Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society (Swafs) work programmes, in the spotlight in their ERA Success Stories series. The latest project example is COALESCE Advancing Leadership and Engagement in...
Read moreThe European Commission (EC) is inviting the European research community to nominate candidates for the next president of the Scientific Council, the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC). Research organisations across the EU are invited to nominate candidates by 23 November 2026. The new President will take office on 1...
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The Annual Research Conference (ARC) bridges academic research and European policymaking, bringing research findings directly to the European Commission. Organised jointly by the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the ARC addresses a different topic each year to inform...
Read moreAttendees can expect to gain insights into regulations and best practices on dual-use goods relevant to their sectors. Two online sessions of this basic training on dual-use goods are planned on 26 February and 12 November 2026 from 9:30 to 11:45. One physical session is planned on 10 June in the offices of the Strategic Goods Control Unit...
Read moreThe European Commission is organising a YouTube webinar about Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe (HEU) "Lump Sum Funding in HEU: How does it work? How to write a proposal?", including sharing of practical experiences. The link to the programme and the webinar can be found here. No prior registration is needed. You can also go...
Read moreThis webinar targets early career researchers and looks at the basics of intellectual property and open science. It aims to show how IP rules and open science practices can work together, and explains that open access does not remove IP considerations or automatically allow commercial use. The session is organised by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency through the European IP Helpdesk.
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Funded under Horizon Europe (HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01) and running from 2023 to 2026, the ANERIS project aims to tackle the rapid loss of ocean biodiversity. The project’s main objective is to develop, test and implement the next generation of scientific instrumentation tools and methods for sensing and monitoring marine-life. Another key concept of the project is the introduction of the concept of Operational Marine Biology (OMB) as a biodiversity information system. The project consortium consists of 25 partners from 13 countries. Read more about the project and the contribution of Flemish partner VLIZ in this testimonial.
