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2026-05-26
ERC MSCA Research Infrastructures Health Culture and society

NCP Flanders satisfaction survey - your feedback matters!

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     

2026-08-24
Agro-Food, Environment

Cluster 6: Partnerships opening transnational calls in September

Here you will find an overview of upcoming Cluster 6-related Partnership calls opening in September 2026, including key topics, information sessions and proposal deadlines. Call opening 8 September — Water4All: Sustainable Water Management Topics include integrated water monitoring, nature-based approaches, adaptive water infrastructure and resilient water governance. Information webinar: 17 September, 14:00–16:00 CEST Registration Pre-proposal deadline: 10 November 2026 For more information, please visit: Call information/Water4All   Call opening 9 September — Biodiversa+ The call will address novel ecosystems, their functioning, socio-ecological dynamics, future trajectories, and the distribution of biodiversity benefits, costs and trade-offs. Approximately €40 million has been provisionally reserved. Information webinar: 10 September 2026 11 CEST Registration Pre-proposal deadline: expected in early November For more information, please visit: Call information/Biodiversa+   Call opening 14 September — Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership The fourth Joint Transnational Call has an indicative budget of €37 million. It covers sustainable blue-economy sectors, digital and ecosystem-based management of sea uses, marine bioresources, and resilient coastal communities and businesses. Questions: sbep.call-secretariat@uefiscdi.ro  Pre-proposal deadline: 16 November 2026 For more information, please visit: Call information/Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership   Call opening 15 September — FORESTPathways The first FOREST Partnership Joint Call will provide more than €40 million in indicative public funding. Its provisional topics cover climate-resilient forest systems, multifunctional forest management, innovative wood-based products, and forest value chains, markets and governance. Information webinar: 17 September at 10:00 CEST.  Webinar information and registration For more information, please visit: Call information/FORESTPathways The FOREST Partnership is also recruiting independent experts to evaluate proposals. For more information, please visit: Become a FOREST Joint Call expert  

2026-08-21
Health EIT AI Continent

Novel validation and experimentation services for SMEs for AI and robotics-based healthcare solutions

The Testing and Experimentation Facility for Health AI and Robotics (TEF-Health) has opened a call offering SMEs discounted access to novel validation and experimentation services for health AI and robotic solutions. Through TEF-Health, SMEs can work with European research centres, hospitals, universities and certification bodies to test AI and robotics solutions using high-quality data and real clinical environments, helping prepare products for market entry. More information on the call and its requirements can be found on the dedicated website. The call stays open until the capacity of the service providers is reached, and closes at the latest at the end of the TEF-Health project funding period on 31 December 2027. Background: TEF-Health is a Digital Europe project coordinated by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and comprises 52 partners from 9 European Union countries — each forming a so-called Node. The project is co-financed by national funding provided by Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden.

2026-08-21
Defence DIRS

DEFRA Thematic call Pulsed Directed Energy Effectors is now open

The Defence-related Research Action (DEFRA), run through cooperation between BELSPO and the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID), has opened its thematic call for proposals on “Pulsed Directed Energy Effectors”. General information about the programme and the call is available on the DEFRA website. Pre-proposals must be submitted through a dedicated SharePoint site. To request access, the coordinator should email defra@belspo.be and state their name, email address and the theme for which they want to submit a pre-proposal. Access to the SharePoint folder is restricted to one person per pre-proposal, namely the coordinator. The submission deadline is 11 September 2026 at 14.00. An online information session is planned for 31 August 2026 from 13.30 to 15.00. It is designed to explain the context, scope, timeline, rules, themes, submission procedure, evaluation process, and safety and ethical aspects of the call. Registration is mandatory and closes on 28 August 2026 at 17.00. More information is available at https://www.belspo.be/defra and https://www.belspo.be/belspo/defra/infoSession_20260831_en.stm.

2026-08-21
Advanced Digital Skills

Small Grants for Grassroots Coding Projects (part of EU Code Week)

The Digital Europe-funded Code4Europe Consortium is launching a second round of the International Grants for Grassroots scheme to foster grassroots activities and widen the support offered by EU Code Week in local ecosystems. Applications for grants for impactful, large-scale activities in digital education, coding, computational thinking, and STEM education can be submitted by organisations with the experience, capacity, and networks required to implement high-impact activities and achieve significant results within a limited timeframe. Eligible applicants are Schools and educational institutions;  Libraries and similar institutional entities;  Non-governmental organisations;  Private organisations and coding clubs;  Associations specialised in coding and computational thinking Information on the scope of the call, elibility, evaluation and participation conditions can be found on the Funding & Tenders Portal and the dedicated website. Deadline to submit applications is 17 October 2026.

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AgrifoodTEF - the AI Testing & Experimentation Facility for the agri-food sector

The AgrifoodTEF, funded under the Digital Europe call for a Testing and Experimentation Facility for Agri-Food, is a network of world-class testing and experimentation facilities (TEFs) in the agri-food sector that supports testing state-of-the-art data, AI, and robotics solutions in real-world environments to accelerate their market introduction. ILVO, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Flemish node of the AgriFoodTEF supports the entire agri-food business, leveraging its infrastructures, experience and vast network established through participation in numerous Digital Europe and Horizon Europe initiatives.