The European Commission has launched a call for evidence to help shape the first action plan for women in research, innovation and start-ups. The EU’s action plan will address persistent gender gaps and promote diversity, equality and inclusiveness in the European Research Area (ERA). The plan aims to make the ERA the world’s most attra... read more 

The personnel cost of SME owners and natural persons beneficiaries has to be declared by using the unit cost (daily rate) fixed by the authorisation decision C(2020)7155 and set out in Annex 2a, as explained in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement p 64. This Annex 2a has been updated again in December, stating the following SME owner unit cost expr... read more 

Net4Society, the NCP network for Cluster 2, has published the latest edition of the document "Opportunities for Researchers from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon Europe". This document is designed to help potential applicants to find SSH-related call topics across the different parts of Horizon Europe in Work Programmes 2026-202... 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. CERIC... read more 

The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) has opened a call for tenders to set up a European testing infrastructure for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Open to applicants across the European Economic Area, the contract is worth EUR 25 million and covers IT services including development and support. The submission deadline is 20 Februa... read more 

The European Commission has published a new call: MCP on Innovative and Connected Public Administrations (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-MCP-09-INNOV-ADMIN). The Multi-Country-Project (MCP) funded under this call is supposed to bring together Member States and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme, to jointly identify needs, deploy... read more 

In October 2025 the European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation questionnaire on the Have Your Say Portal, inviting all interested stakeholders to contribute to the future European Research Area (ERA) Act. More information is also available in the EC’s news alert. The questionnaire is an important part of the consultation pro... read more 

The European Commission (EC) launched a call for applications for the selection of members of the informal Commission Expert Group on European Union Research and Innovation for the automotive sector (EURIAS). That expert group is meant to advise the EC on the preparation of future policy initiatives and instruments related to R&I in the automot... read more 

The Fast Track Programme of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) offers support to start-ups and small teams and researchers at a pivotal stage of development, ensuring that promising personalised medicine (PM) innovations do not stall due to lack of validation resources and guidance. The Fast Track Programme offers target... read more 

On 8 January, the European Partnership for Brain Health has launched two calls for proposals for multinational translational research projects: JTC2026 Call 1: Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurological, mental and sensory di... read more