On 11 December 2025, the European Commission has adopted the Horizon Europe Main Work Programme 2026-2027 and has published it on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. The Work Programmes can be found under reference documents on the Funding & Tenders Portal.On the NCP Flanders website the published work programmes can be consulte... read more 

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 pro... read more 

The EIT Higher Education Initiative's new call is designed to strengthen the innovation capacity and entrepreneurship within the STEM fields. By 2028, the initiative aims to impact 200,000 students, academics, and non-academic staff through training in innovation, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property management. A total budget of €70 mi... read more 

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has published an FAQ document for call topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QGC-02-01 - Quantum Grand Challenge (deadline to submit proposals: 29 January 2026). This document can be found here. read more 

The results of the 2025 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant call (call deadline 14 January 2025) were published. Consolidator Grants are open to researchers with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (extensions are possible under certain documented circumstances), a scientific track record showing grea... read more 

The European Commission co-funds campaigns to promote EU-grown farm products in the single market as well as in third countries. To evaluate campaign proposals competing for EU funding in 2026, The European Research Agency needs the knowledge and experience of professionals in this field. They are notably looking for experts in: a... read more 

For years, European R&I has been obsessed with TRLs (Technology Readiness Levels). Whether developing a battery, mobility service, or digital platform, the prevalent question (for improved clarity) always was: “What is its TRL?”. Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe baked TRL into work programmes, calls and evaluations, and it became a s... read more 

The Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking has published its Work Programme 2026, announcing €147 million to fund research and innovation projects tackling major global health challenges. The 2026 calls for proposals will open mid-January 2026 and include six topics: four research and innovation action (RIA) topics (two-stage) aim... read more 

The European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) will launch its 2026 joint transnational call 'Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non-genetic diseases' on 10 December 2025. The goal of this call is to solve Undiagnosed Rare Genetic diseases and to address complex, multifactorial Rare Non-Genetic diseases by... read more 

On 10 December, the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) will launch its Twinning Call, aiming to accelerate the implementation of personalised medicine (PM) solutions or approaches from one country to another through structured peer-to-peer exchanges.What is Twinning?A Twinning partnership connects a Twinning Donor—an o... read more