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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 2026-2027 "Horizontal activities" Work Programme in Horizon Europe is created to break down the traditional walls between different scientific departments and funding silos. Rather than keeping research fragmented across separate categories, this new program pools resources to tackle the EU’s most urgent, evolving policy priorities in a unified, cross-sector way. This way, the European Commission tries to achieve a massive, coordinated push that delivers market-ready solutions for Europe's biggest strategic targets and build a bridge towards the next Research and Innovation framework program. This new Horizon program (2028-2034) will notably focus more on competitiveness on the world stage, be more cross-sectoral and be more flexible in terms of funding. It includes 4 different parts The Clean Industrial Deal (€540M) to boost clean tech AI in Science (€90M) for trusted AI (including RAISE doctoral networks) Transformative change towards a nature-postive economy and society (€230M) or in short the biodiversity call, with call topic deadlines in 2027 Bridging actions focusing on bringing innovations to the market (€193M), with call topic deadlines in 2027 Currently, only the first two parts have been officially adopted by the European Commission which you can find here. The final two parts are still in the final drafting phase and can be subject to minor changes. You can find the draft on this webpage. ScienceBusiness wrote an article on these calls which provides interesting reading but please note that this was written in March so some elements might be a bit outdated. You can always consult the latest draft work programmes on our newly created website page "Horizontal activities", where also all latest news and related events will be published. You can adapt your profile on the website ticking this domain of interest ("horizontal activities") to receive updates through the mailings. Finally there is our comitology webpage where you can find the reports of all programme committees, including the latest draft work programmes. For example, you can find the above-mentioned documents under the domain 'Horizontal activities & missions'. Background: more information on how Horizon Europe call topics are developed and followed by Flanders here. More general information about Comitology here and the comitology register here. For a general understanding of Horizon Europe work programmes see the General Introduction of the Horizon Europe work programme 2026-2027.
The European Commission launched an open consultation to help shaping future EuroQCI activities to be supported from 2027 onwards. The aim of the consultation is to gather technical input to inform future EuroQCI activities, following the deployment of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) infrastructures and the broader quantum communication technological developments across Europe supported by the European Union under the EuroQCI and other EU programmes, as well as by national initiatives. The open consultation will remain open until 24 June 2026.
The Foodies is a sustainability award for small and medium-sized enterprises and impact start-ups in the EU agri-food sector. It is linked to SIAL Paris and supported by the European Commission. The award highlights sustainability work across four categories aligned with the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices. The award covers four categories. Greener Planet looks at action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across operations and the wider food chain, such as lower energy use, renewable energy, better logistics and low-carbon technologies. Nutrition Action focuses on products and practices that help consumers move towards healthy and sustainable diets, including reformulation, new products, suitable portion sizes and clearer information. Circular Chain looks at prevention of food loss and waste, efficient resource use, by-product valorisation, redistribution, and packaging or process innovation. Shared Value covers decent work, resilient growth, fair partnerships, and responsible sourcing, including deforestation-free and socially sustainable practices. Interested SMEs and impact start-ups can review the category descriptions and eligibility details, and apply through the Foodies 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.
