The results of the 2025 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant call (call deadline 15 October 2024) were published. Starting Grants are open to researchers with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (extensions are possible under certain documented circumstances), a scientific track record showing great promise... read more 

The Commission has launched a consultation to develop guidelines and a code of practice on AI transparency obligations, based on the provisions of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The objective behind this initiative is to support deployers and providers of generative AI systems to detect and label AI generated or manip... read more 

The European Commission has informed us that the deadline for the energy related calls HORIZON-CL5-2025-01-Two-Stage (first stage deadline) and HORIZON-CL5-2025-02  will be postponed by one day until tomorrow 3 september 17:00 Brussels time due to technical problems with the Funder & Tender Portal today. Regarding the mobility r... read more 

The Luxembourg government has launched a new research and development (R&D) call focused on defence, moving away from dual-use projects to meet NATO requirements. The annual budget for this call is €11.25 million, aimed specifically at defence-related projects. This call allows entities from allied and partner countries to participate as... read more 

What is it about ? The Global Outreach Initiative of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) wants to help starting entrepreneurs to embark on a global journey and conquer new markets. The next possible destination is Japan and the EIT has set-up a business training programme "Calling2Scale Gunma: gateway to Japan 2025". It is a... read more 

The commission informs about on-going public consultations with relevance to the ‘climate-energy-mobility’ area covered also by cluster 5: European Research Area Act closing 10 September Citizens Energy Package – protecting and empowering consumers in the just transition closing 11 September EU strategy to boost global climat... read more 

The European Commission has launched a Call for Expression of Interest to recruit up to six new Programme Managers of the European Innovation Council (EIC) - Europe's flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale up game changing innovations- and to establish a reserve list for future opportunities. As an EIC Programme Mana... read more 

The call text for call topic HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2025-CSA-JPN has been updated in the section "Expected outcomes". The updated version of the expected outcomes reads as follows:  Support joint activities of companies in the semiconductor value chain to improve security of supply for chips and increase the resilience of the ecosystem... read more 

The EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) wants the three corners of the knowledge triangle to join forces to create succesful businesses. They consist of ten knowledge and innovation communities (KIC) each focussing on a specific sector.  The KIC on Climate previously launched the 'Green Horizons farmers network', which foste... read more 

The August MSCA ‘Fellow of the Month’ is Tiago Martins, an MSCA doctoral candidate at KU Leuven in Belgium and Nijhuis Saur Industries in the Netherlands. His research focuses on developing safe and efficient methods to recover metals from sludge using an electrochemical process known as electrowinning. In this artic... read more