The European Union has historically excelled in life sciences. However in the last decades they are losing ground on their international competitors. The upcoming European Life Sciences Strategy want to reverse this evolution and the European Commission would like to receive feedback from interested parties on this new strategy. You can give y... read more 

In June 2024, the seventh EU-US Transportation Research Symposium was held in Washington. The theme of the event was "Behavioural, Social and Technological Research and Innovation (R&I), Strategies for Transportation Decarbonisation".  It is the perfect reading for those who are interested in mobility R&I on the international sta... read more 

The Maglev system (magnetic levitation) of rail transport has been in existence for a long time but has never known a breakthrough in the European Union because of a number of technological disavantages and a lack of adequate infrastructure. The Joint Undertaking European Rail would like to further develop the maglev-derived systems and has theref... read more 

The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre has published today the Digital Europe Cybersecurity Work Programme 2025-2027, detailing the plans for remaining 3 years of the current programme period. The work programme can be found on the dedicated website of the European Commission. NCP Flanders organises an info session... read more 

GREENET the international network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Cluster 5 “Climate, Energy and Mobility”, has launched a survey to identify the needs of the stakeholders who are active in the areas of Climate, Energy and Mobility.   Participating in this questionnaire is a valuable opportunity for stakeholders to share the... read more 

The Commission has added several clarifications on the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AMGA) (update 1 April 2025). The additions are listed on page 4/5 and in the document highlighted by a green square on the left hand side. Some clarifications out of this list: several details of the personnel cost calculations link to a guidance document... read more 

The European Commission has published today the Digital Europe Main Work Programme 2025-2027, detailing the plans for remaining 3 years of the current programme period. The main work programme focuses on the Specific Objectives AI, data & cloud, Advanced Digital Skills and Deployment-Accelerating the best use of technologies. The work program... read more 

EIT Health is currently calling for applications for several health bootcamp programmes. These are intensive incubation programmes for start-ups. The programmes gives start-ups the chance to explore their full-market potential and connect with a network of fellow innovators across Europe. Themes of the 2025 Bootcamps: Women Entrepreneurshi... read more 

What is it ? The European Institute of innovation and Technology (EIT) tries to bridge the achievements of our researchers and succesful start-ups and/or fast-growing companies. They consist of nine sectoral subdivisions who each publish calls to look for the most promising projects in which they can invest in. One of these calls, the EIT Manufac... read more 

What is it? The European Institute of Innovation and Technology tries to bridge the gap between promising innovations and successful businesses. It consists of nine sectoral subdivisions, with EIT Food being particularly important for the Belgian market, as its headquarters are based in Leuven. To help these high-potential companies reach out to n... read more