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 

The Chips JU announces the opening of new calls on 8 July, aiming to drive progress in key areas of Europe’s semiconductor strategy by advancing low-power Edge AI design, enabling next-generation substrates, and strengthening international cooperation.𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴:• Low-power Edge AI Chips• Accelerator for Advanced... read more 

Among the 27 honorary mentions of the European Union’s Citizen Science Prize 2025 is the HealthFerm project that was funded under the Horizon Europe cluster 6 call topic HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-14 Microbes for healthy and sustainable food and diets. KU Leuven is coordinator of the HealthFerm project and VUB was one of the part... read more 

The European Commission's Cities Mission is launching a new call for cities to join its twinning and learning program. This program aims to facilitate partnerships between cities to share knowledge and experiences in addressing common urban challenges.  Cities interested in this program can apply by the 12th of September. The initiative is de... read more 

During the past months, the Commission has published updated versions of several key documents for application to the call topics of the main Horizon Europe Work Programme (WP) 2025: Standard application form for applicants  - last updated on 16 December 2024 Horizon Europe Programme Guide - last updated on 15 May 2025 General Annexes to... read more 

This represents the EIC Board’s extensive reflections and assessments over the last months and provides a contribution to the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework proposal, which is expected to be published soon.  Key proposals include: adopt a new Challenge model based on an ambitious ARPA-inspired approach, scaling up the EIC... read more