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 

The draft ERC work programme 2026 is available in the European Commission’s comitology register here. Early June the main changes for the ERC 2026 work programme and the ERC 2027 work programme were announced in this ERC news article. The final version of the ERC 2026 work programme is expected to be adopted by the European Commission in July... read more 

The European Commission has appointed Professor Conny Aerts to the governing body of the European Research Council, the Scientific Council. The appointment is for an initial term of four years, starting from 1 July 2025. More information about the Scientific Council and a biography from Professor Conny Aerts are available in this ERC news... read more 

The European Commission has launched a procurement procedure for a Virtual Human Twins (VHT) Platform Project Support Office.The main goal of the Project Support Office (PSO) will be to provide support and advice to the Contracting Authority in managing the VHT Platform framework contract and specific contracts. The PSO will ensure h... read more 

The Commission unveiled new features for artificial intelligence (AI) researchers and industry on itsAI-on-Demand platform, including an AI marketplace, an AI development tool that requires minimal coding, as well as secure solutions for generative AI and large language models. The platform, developed jointly by the EU-funded projects AI... read more 

As part of their 30th anniversary in 2026, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are teaming up with Frontiers for Young Minds (FYM) to publish a special collection on “Young researchers who will change the world”. FYM is a non-profit linked to the scientific journal Frontiers. Its goal is to make cutting-edge science discoveries av... read more 

Yesterday a joint statement ‘No directionality in MSCA’ was published. The statement opposes the proposed introduction of directionality in the draft of the MSCA Work Programme 2026–2027. The signatory organisations shared their concerns about the European Commission’s proposal to establish targeted calls aligned with the EU... read more 

The honour of kicking off the MSCA Fellow of the month initiative is to Dr. Fatemeh Mokhtari, an MSCA postdoctoral fellow working at the Department of Materials Engineering  at KU Leuven. In this article the journey from PhD to her current research is explained. Watch out for more inspiring stories from MSCA fellows to be published on the MSCA... read more