On 16 July, the Commission put forward its proposal for the next European Programme for Research & Innovation for the period 2028-2034. The Commission proposes a continuation of Horizon Europe after 2027 with an enhanced budget of €175 billion and a new four-pillar structure: Pillar I ‘Excellent Science’: supporting top-tier... read more 

The results of the 2025 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant call (first deadline date 13 March 2025) were published. Principal Investigators (PIs) with a main ERC Grant that is ongoing or ended after 1 January 2024 are eligible to participate in an ERC 2025 PoC Grant. The ERC PoC Grants aim at facilitating exploration of th... read more 

Please note that the European Commission has extended the submission period for calls DIGITAL-2025-AI-08 and DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08. The new deadline is 2 October 2025. This applies to the following call topics: AI Continent: Digital solutions for regulatory compliance through data Multi-Country project in Agri-Food Support to the... read more 

The analysis categorises Member States in four innovation groups based on their scores:  Innovation Leaders (performance is above 125% of the EU average) Strong Innovators (between 100% and 125% of the EU average) Moderate Innovators (between 70% and 100% of the EU average) Emerging Innovators (below 70% of the EU average) An interact... read more 

We would like to let you know that, for the two IOD/IOV calls for expression of interest, one for the experiments that need aggregation or a rideshare opportunity and one for the ready-to-fly satellites already equipped with payloads with experiments, the next cut-off date has been postponed to 1 October 2025 (instead of previously 1 Sept... read more 

Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) allows researchers to request data from very large online platforms and search engines (full list here) to study ‘systemic risks’ in the European Union. Systemic risks, as outlined in Article 34(1), include issues amplified or generated by such platforms, like the spread of dis... read more 

A key deliverable of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, the European Innovation Act, has the aim to facilitate bringing innovative ideas to market across all sectors, to address challenges in commercialising research results, to strengthen collaboration between the industry and the academia, and to improve access of innovative companies to m... read more 

The ERC work programme 2026 has been adopted by the European Commission and published on the ERC website and European Commission Funding and Tender portal. More information in this ERC news article. The ERC Starting Grant 2026 call opened for submissions with call deadline 14 October 2025. The call topic page on the F&T portal display... read more 

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has launched two new calls:Support to the International HPC Summer School (HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2025-IHPCSS-02) empowering up to 40 early-career researchers through world-class HPC and quantum summer training from 2026 to 2029 Deadline for application: 2 October 2025 Strengthening National Competence Centres and t... read more 

The EIT (european institute for innovation and technology) Urban Mobility's open call invites applications from various organizations, including startups, SMEs, academia, and public authorities to deliver specialized trainings. One of the primary tasks of the EIT is notably to educate the people involved in new innovations and policies. This Urban... read more