The results of the 2024 European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant call (call deadline 15 November 2023) were published. Synergy grant projects consist of minimum two to maximum four Principal Investigators (PIs) and their teams that jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Inv... read more 

Note that there has been a reshuffle of responsibilities of the NCP Flanders Advisors that takes effect as of now, November 2024. This reshuffle has an impact on several subdomains under Horizon Europe Pillar III 'Innovative Europe'.The following NCP Advisors now stand ready to support you on the European Innovation Council (EIC), European Inn... read more 

Note that there has been a reshuffle of responsibilities of the NCP Flanders Advisors that takes effect as of now, November 2024. This reshuffle has an impact on several Clusters under Horizon Europe Pillar II 'Global Challenges'. The following NCP Advisors now stand ready to support you in Cluster 4, Cluster 5 and Cluster 6 & related EU M... read more 

The GENDERACTIONplus project wrote an open letter to Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner-Designate for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, to stress the importance to continue working to expand gender equality policies and ensure that these policies incorporate inclusivity and intersectional perspectives, including maintaining Gender Equalit... read more 

We would like to draw your attention to the following cascading calls for proposals. This is an update of the overview we published in summer. What is a cascading call? A cascading call is a funding mechanism where a larger project, already funded by Horizon Europe or other funding programme, distributes part of its funds to smaller projects... read more 

€ 323 million is available for co-funding the deployment of digital connectivity infrastructures. 5G Large scale pilots (large scale 5G stand-alone infrastructure), with a budget of €105 million. Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways (mainly submarine and terrestrial cables), with €128 million for studies and works.... read more 

The Communication ‘Implementation of the European Research Area (ERA): Strengthening Europe’s Research and Innovation: The ERA’s Journey and Future Directions’ has been adopted on 22 October by the Commission. The Communication takes stock and assesses the progress made since the previous Communication ‘A new ERA for... read more 

Under the Horizon Europe: Cluster 3 - Civil Security for Society programme, managed by the European Research Executive Agency, police authorities are not just passive recipients of research outcomes. Instead, they play an active and pivotal role as participants in EU projects. In security research projects, law enforcement authorities collaborate... read more 

The EIT Manufacturing Innovate Together 2024 Call is open, with deadline on 6 December 2024. The call focuses on two topics:   First-Time-Right Manufacturing : manufacturers should leverage the following technologies and solutions, in particular, applied to critical production processes: End-of-Lifecycle Management: Info session to rew... read more 

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) has published the draft texts of topics under consideration for inclusion in the next calls for proposals on the Future Opportunities page of the website. Currently, the draft topics are under consultation and it is therefore likely that the topics may change between now and the call launch, and... read more