The European Commission wants contracting authorities to take up a more R&D intensive approach and contribute to the take-up of innovative products. To this purpose they have set-up a large initiative on Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI). Some of these calls are launched within the Horizon Europe Framew... read more 

The call deadline for call DIGITAL-EUROHPC-JU-2024-MASTER-03 was extended to 27 May 2025 17:00 (Brussels local time). An updated Q&A for the call is available here. read more 

On 14 May, the Horizon Europe Main Work Programme 2025 and the amendment to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2025 were adopted and published on the European Commission Funding & Tender portal. The Work Programmes can be found under reference documents at the Funding & Tender Portal (the files of the Main Work Programme with publ... read more 

A new study has found that children born today are likely to experience significantly more exposure to extreme climate events over their lifetime than previous generations - unless global greenhouse gas emissions are substantially reduced. Using climate model projections and global demographic data, the researchers assessed exposure to six types o... read more 

The European Commission is inviting the European research community to nominate outstanding candidates for membership to the Scientific Council, the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC). Deadline for submission is 23 June 2025 at 12:00 CET.  More information about the call and the online nomination form are available in the Eu... read more 

The call for the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions in R&I has been launched to complement and reinforce the eligibility criterion requirement for legal entities from Member States and Associated Countries that are public bodies, research organisations or higher education establishments (including private research organisations and higher e... read more 

At the Cities Mission Conference in Vilnius, 39 cities participating in the EU Mission for climate neutral and smart cities have received the EU Mission label. This recognition highlights their ambitious plans to reach climate neutrality by 2030 and is designed to help them unlock public and private funding to support this goal. Antwerp is one... read more 

The European Commission and Egypt have successfully concluded the negotiations on the association to Horizon Europe. The signing of the association agreement is foreseen for November 2025. Transitional measures are applicable as of 10 April 2025 and will allow Egyptian entities to apply for and to be treated as "eligible entities" establi... read more 

The EIC NCP Network Access2EIC  has published a new version (2025) of the Annotated Proposal Template  to Guide EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 Applicants. The annotated template mirrors the official EIC Pathfinder Open proposal format but includes added layers of insight: Blue text: Original proposal instructions from the European Commissio... read more 

On Europe day, the European Commission launched the Science4EU campaign to show support to science. You can be part of this campaign by sharing your contribution to science using the hashtag #Science4EU and the campaign visuals (download the Science4EU social media kit here) until 31 May.  To do so like, comment and share your testimoni... read more