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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
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the revision of the EIT Regulation (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) with a feedback period from 12 August 2026 till 23 September 2026. This proposed regulation is one of the final pieces in the revision of the Horizon Europe programme. It wants to examine more in particular the following issues: How to better translate knowledge into market impact ? Which features of the EIT and its KICs (knowledge and innovation communities) have been succesful so far ? How can the EIT better attract and support talented innovators and entrepreneurs ? How can the EIT enhance the synergies with other financial instruments in the next framework programme ? How can the flexibility and governance of the EIT model be improved without hampering the financial interests and ethical rules of the European Union Stakeholders are invited to share their views through the Commission's Have Your Say portal which can be accessed here.
DefTech Forges is part of the BraveTech EU flagship programme for defence and dual-use technologies. It is designed for companies developing prototype-stage solutions that respond to urgent battlefield needs in Ukraine and wider European security challenges. 40 selected companies will get the possibility to attend offline multi-day challenge events at military facilities, where they can test technologies in practice and receive feedback from military and technical experts. The current call focuses on five challenge areas: 🔹 Multi-mode guidance systems for missiles and UAVs — passive, semi-active and active guidance technologies designed to engage targets in a range of conditions🔹 Autonomous strike UAVs — AI-enabled loitering munitions, FPV platforms and decentralized swarm coordination with minimal operator involvement🔹 Modular UAV systems — rapid payload changes and fast mission reconfiguration🔹 Detection systems — sensors and sensor networks for battlefield detection🔹 EW-resilient UAV platforms and flight controllers — technologies that enable UAVs to navigate and operate in environments affected by electronic warfare Applications are open until September 7 Six winners are expected to receive €120,000 each. Successful teams may also move on to further testing with the European Defence Agency and compete for up to €750,000 in additional support for development and scale-up. The in-person events are expected to take place around 9–13 November 2026 in Germany and Romania. BraveTech EU is funded by the European Commission, supported by Brave1 and the European Defence Agency, and implemented by Starburst, Civitta and Darkstar. More information and the application form are available at https://eu.brave1.tech/
With the deadlines for the Horizon Europe Cluster 3 “Civil Security for Society” 2026 calls approaching, it is a good moment to revisit the additional eligibility conditions that apply specifically to the Cluster 3 destinations managed by the European Commission and to reflect on the lessons from the 2025 evaluation results. The recently published infosheet "Practitioner participation in Cluster 3 ‘Civil Security for Society’ calls: key requirements and common errors” provides a summary of the additional eligibility criteria for Cluster 3, highlights common errors that may lead to ineligibility, and describes how to avoid them. The 2026 deadlines for Cluster 3 calls are 15 September for the Cybersecurity topics managed by the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) and 5 November for the remaining Cluster 3 destinations managed by the European Commission.
EIT Health has published the 2026 Transformative Healthcare Instrument call. It is designed to support high-potential European healthcare start-ups as they move product development forward, improve commercialisation plans and prepare for further fundraising. The programme focuses on unmet clinical needs across Europe.Eligible applicants are private SMEs with at least 4 full-time equivalent employees and a minimum total equity investment of €2,000,000 closed within the previous 36 months, including at least one new investor. Projects must meet minimum Innovation Maturity Levels: IML 5 or above for biotech, IML 6 or above for medtech, and IML 7 or above for digital health and for biomarkers or diagnostics.Projects may request €300,000 to €500,000 from EIT Health, covering up to 50% of total project costs, with the remaining 50% to come from other sources.You can find further information about the call on this website. The call will close on 16 September 2026. An open Q&A session about the call is organised by EIT Health on 2 September at 11 am. Interested? Register here Background: The European institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) stands at the crossroad of business creation, innovation and education. It consists of ten knowledge and innovation communities, including the EIT health community. The overall objective is to transform promising innovations into succesful companies.
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The Horizon2020 twinning project ScreenME has as its objective to enhance excellence in screen media entrepreneurship at Tallinn University (TLU). To do so, ScreenME has established a network of universities across Europe that aim to improve research into and teaching of entrepreneurship for the screen media industry. ScreenME will develop a teaching course and will kick off research initiatives and projects on entrepreneurial activities in media organisations. The research group on ‘Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)’ of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is partner in the network and is involved in two cross-cutting activities of the project: support for early stage researchers and developing stakeholder involvement.
