Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has launched InvestAI, an initiative to mobilise €200 billion for investment in AI, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories. This large AI infrastructure is needed to allow open, collaborative development of the most complex AI models an... read more 

The European Commission has published guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the EU AI Act. The guidelines provide an overview of AI practices that are considered unacceptable due to their potential risks to European values and fundamental rights.  The AI Act, which aims to promote innovation while... read more 

We hereby want you to give an overview of the known activities related to the EDF 2025 calls: Publication of the European Defence Fund (EDF) Work Programme 2025 infosessions: Belgian and Flanders EDF infoday on February 21st in Brussels The EDF Info Days 2025 will take place on 2-3 April in hybrid format in&n... read more 

The European Commission has published guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the EU AI Act. The guidelines provide an overview of AI practices that are considered unacceptable due to their potential risks to European values and fundamental rights.  The AI Act, which aims to promote innovation while... read more 

Dear users of the NCP Flanders website, As of today, the NCP Flanders website has a new look aimed at providing a more user-friendly experience. While the content and services available on the website remain unchanged, the fresh new layout is designed to enhance navigation and accessibility. Pages specifically related to one of the programmes we... read more 

District09 has currently a large satellite data-related tender outstanding, on behalf of the EUSPA-funded SPACE4Cities consortium. The Call for Tenders for SPACE4Cities was launched on 15 January 2025 and it will stay open until 9 April 2025. The tender forms, documents and other resources are now available.  You can also... read more 

We would like to inform you that the Commission has adopted and published the European Defence Fund Work Programme 2025. The news announcement (with links to the documents and a factsheet) is available on DEFIS website: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/european-defence-fund-over-eu1-billion-drive-next-generation-defence-technologies-and... read more 

In the last months, the European Commission has finalised its due dilligence on the previous calls within cluster 6. in total over 90 projects have signed their grant agreement which amounts to a total investment of just under 501 million euros. More details and all projects can be found here. read more 

The Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC-ERIC) is calling for proposals for coordinated access to more than 60 instruments and support laboratories for research in all fields of materials, biomaterials and nanotechnology. A detailed description of the facilities available in CERIC can be found here. Access to CERIC is op... read more 

If your organisation is focused on cybersecurity, you know there’s no time to waste in getting projects up and running. While we await the official publication of the Horizon Europe and Digital Europe 2025 work programmes, here you can find a selection of open cascade calls that could be relevant to your business: CyberSecDome Open Ca... read more