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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 European Commission and/or its agencies organise info days on the 2026 call topics and these are often complemented by brokerage events, organised by National Contact Point (NCP) networks and/or the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). These events provide opportunities to connect with potential collaboration partners. In addition, several programmes offer dedicated matchmaking platforms to facilitate partner searches. Here is an overview of the upcoming info days and brokerage events with the link to the event webpage, which you can find in our event calendar as well. When new dates and information will be made known subsequently this overview will be updated. The matchmaking platforms are included in the overview as well. Pillar 1 European Research Council (ERC) 29/04/2026 mERCury webinar - Towards an ERC Advanced Grant: From groundbreaking idea to successful proposal Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Radiance MSCA Matchmaking Platform 16/02/2026 Networking and Brokerage Event on MSCA Staff Exchanges Call 2026 – Ukraine 23/02/2026 International Brokerage Event on Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges 03/03/2026 Q&A session MSCA Staff Exchanges call 2026 (REA) 03/06/2026 MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 Call info day (REA&EAC) Research infrastructures 18/03/2026 (info day) 1-4/06/2026 (RICH Europe Proposal Check Workshop 2026 for Horizon Europe Research Infrastructure Topics) Pillar 2 Cluster 1 Health26-30/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 10/2/2026 (info day) Cluster 2 Culture, creativity & inclusive society26/3/2026 (info day) and 1-2/6/2026 (brokerage event) Cluster 3 Civil security for society 04/03/2026 (info day) Cluster 4 Digital, Industry and Space29-30/1/2026 (info day) and Ideal-ist online brokerage platform Cluster 5 Climate, energy & mobility14/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 15/1/2026 (info day) and Greenet Partner Search Tool Cluster 6 Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture & environment21/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 22-23/1/2026 (info day) and 10/12/2025 Care4Bio Information session on tools for applicants Clusters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and EU Mission Cities with STEM or SSH expertise relevant to AI - Artificial intelligence in Horizon Europe calls: an interdisciplinary challenge 25/2/2026 (brokerage event - 2026 and 2027 call topics) Horizontal Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) 11/12/2025 (ERA info day - 2026 and 2027 call topics) and 17/12/2026 (ERA brokerage event) and 22/1/2026 (Widening info day) EU Missions 20-21/1/2026 (info day) and 28-29/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 16/12/2026 Workshop: From Policy to Practice – Regional and Local Impacts of EU Missions and HE Clusters. New European Bauhaus Facility 24/02/2026 (info day) and 05/03/2026 (brokerage event) More information about the publication of the Horizon Europe Main Work Programme 2026-2027 can be found in this NCP Flanders news article.
The Joint Research Centre opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, SMEs, and more in general to the public and private sector.The JRC offers access to its non-nuclear facilities to researchers and scientists from EU Member States and countries associated to the EU Research Programme Horizon Europe. For nuclear facilities, the JRC opens to EU Member States and to countries associated to the Euratom Research Programme.This is a reminder that the following open calls are closing soon: 2026-1-TCB-ELSA-ReactionWall (training) - (Deadline: 30 April) 2026-1-TCB-ELSA-HopLab (training) - (Deadline: 30 April) SMPA, Structural Materials Performance Assessment Laboratories (EMMA) 2026-1-RD-EMMA-SMPA - (Deadline: 5 June 2026) AMALIA, assessment of nuclear power plants core internals (EMMA) 2026-1-RD-EMMA-AMALIA - (Deadline: 5 June 2026) MCL, Micro-Characterisation Laboratory (EMMA) 2026-1-RD-EMMA-MCL - (Deadline: 5 June 2026) Find more information on the dedicated JRC website.
EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) has opened a call to select one organisation to develop, deploy and scale the Future Farm Lab, a 3D digital learning platform on regenerative agriculture. The project is set to run from 2026 to 2028, with total funding of €370,000 and a minimum 10% co-funding requirement. The call aims to support the next phase of the Future Farm Lab, an immersive digital learning platform designed to expand education on regenerative agriculture. The selected organisation is expected to build new learning modules, improve the platform’s SaaS infrastructure, support use in vocational, higher education and professional training, and help test the platform’s proof of concept. The call is open to both EIT Food partners and non-partners and is limited to mono-beneficiary applications. Applicants must be legally incorporated for at least five years in an EU Member State or another Horizon Europe eligible country, provide a PIC number, and own or have access to an existing digital platform infrastructure or reusable digital learning assets at the time of application. Interested organisations should review the full call conditions, check the mandatory application documents and budget template and prepare a mono-beneficiary proposal before 7 July 2026. All information can be found on this website.
On 19 May 2026, the COST Commitee of Senior Officials (CSO) has approved 80 new COST Actions (results from OC-2025-1) that will have their first kick-off meetings between beginning of September and November 2026. An overview of the newly approved COST Actions can be found in this booklet. All COST Member States (including Belgium) are part of new COST Actions once approved by the CSO. Researchers and innovators in Belgium can directly participate in these new COST Actions. Applications for participation to the working groups of the COST Actions can be submitted through the e-cost platform and are subjected to the approval of the management committee of the COST Action. Working groups perform the tasks required by the COST Action to fulfil the objectives of the network’s project plan. When submitting an application for participation to the working groups you can also indicate your wish to be part of the management committee. The management committee supervises and coordinates the proper implementation and management of the respective COST Action. Applications for participation to the management committee are however subjected to an additional national application procedure. Please contact FWO for further guidance regarding the application procedure for participation in the management committee. Each COST Member State can nominate up to two national representatives in the management committee of a COST Action. On page 5 of the rules for COST Actions (level B) document you will find more information about the role and responsibilities of the management committee members. Please note that it is strongly advised and encouraged to contact the main proposer or chair of the COST Action in advance if you would like to join the new COST Action to discuss your participation and contribution to the COST Action and in which capacity. More information and contact details for the 80 newly approved COST Actions will be available on the COST Website as from 12 June 2026 onwards. Any further queries related to COST can be directed to cost@fwo.be or more information on how to participate in COST Actions can also be found here. COST Press Release
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Horizon Europe Cluster 2 project DELIAH examines the multifaceted role of humour across artistic, cultural, and digital spaces. Universiteit Gent coordinates the project that aims to explore how humour can both support and undermine democratic participation in Europe.
