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The Falling Walls Lab (FWL) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2025 is accepting submissions that showcase the quality, diversity and passion of the most innovative minds participating in the MSCA. The FWL competition is an opportunity for MSCA fellows to present their projects and innovative ideas to the scientific community through 3-minute talks. During the talks, the speakers explain how their research helps to break down walls in science and society. This year’s edition will take place on 18 and 19 September 2025 in Lyngby, Denmark, as part of the MSCA conference organised with the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU (more information on the conference). This year, MSCA will participate in two competitions organised by the Falling Walls Foundation: the Falling Walls Lab, where young up-and-coming researchers compete against each other, and the Falling Walls Venture, where young start-ups that are based on a research project compete. The selected contestants will have the opportunity to take part in a professional coaching session and travel to Denmark to attend the MSCA Presidency Conference. The best projects will also get a chance to take part in the finale 6 to 9 November 2025 in Berlin, where they will follow a prestigious networking programme. The finalists of Falling Walls Venture will further have the chance to attract new investors and funding. The submission deadline is extended from 18 May 2025 to 1 June 2025 at 12:00 CEST. The full call and eligibility conditions are available in this MSCA news article. Both the submission form (EU Survey) and submission form on FWL’s website will have to be completed.
2025-05-19 MSCAThe revised version of the MSCA Work Programme 2023-2025 (v 3.0 14 May 2025) was published last week and can be found under reference documents on the European Commission Funding & Tender Portal. A summary of the open and upcoming calls in the MSCA work programme can be found in the European Commission press release and news article on the MSCA website. A key novelty is the introduction of the MSCA Choose Europe for Science pilot initiative with a call budget of 22.5 million euro, part of the Commission's 500 million euro Choose Europe package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers, and designed to address brain drain and improve the long-term prospects of researchers. The scheme will support host organisations committed to offering stable, attractive research careers. The MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2025 call will open on 1 October and close on 3 December 2025. More information on the MSCA Choose Europe for Science pilot initiative is available in this Q&A overview and on the dedicated page on the MSCA website which needs to be updated with the call documents. Potential applicants can look out for info sessions organised ahead of the opening of the call. It is expected the call documents to be available before the info sessions will be organised. Overview of information sessions on other MSCA actions (all practical details are available via the links): MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call Belgian webinar on 23 April more info MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call training in second week of June more info MSCA Staff Exchanges info session on 5 June 10:00-13:30 (online and onsite in Alicante, Spain) more info MSCA Doctoral Networks online info day on 24 June 9:30-12:30 more info MSCA Doctoral Networks training expected in second week of September (onsite in Brussels)
2025-05-19 EITThe 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 Framework. More information can be found on this infosheet. These are the PCP and PPI calls from the Horizon Europe Work Programma 2025 CSA Actions: Preparing PCPs in advanced materials HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44, closing date 23/09/25 Preparing the ground for PCPs in security HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-03, closing date 12/11/25 Network of national competence centers: opens in late 2025 HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-01, closing date 20/01/26 IA actions supporting innovation procurement Industry 5.0 regional innovation valley hubs testing / innovation services supporting innovation procurements HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65 closing date 23/09/25 PCP Actions Net Zero Cities: Boosting the transformation towards climate neutral cities, the net-zero economy and open strategic autonomy through PreCommercial Procurement (PCP), HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-PCP-CIT-01, opens in late 2025 and closing date to be confirmed Wave energy R&D (follow-up of EUROPEWAVE PCP to reach higher TRL levels), closing date 17/02/26 Programme Co-Fund Actions Regional Innovation Valleys: HORIZON-EIE-2025-02-CONNECT-02, closing date 15/10/25 For those who are interested which calls will open in 2026, these are the proposed topics: PCP Actions Health adaptation to climate change: (HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTH-03; opens on 13/4/2027) Open PCP call (linked with regulators/certification) PPI Actions Deploying innovative security solutions Access to integrated care: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-01; opens on 13/4/2027
2025-05-19 HPCThe 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.
2025-05-16 MSCA RI Health Culture and society SecurityOn 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 publication date 14 May 2025 are the final versions). On the NCP Flanders website the published work programmes can be consulted but also direct links to the open and upcoming calls in the Horizon Europe section i.e. on each subprogramme page on the right hand side under ‘work programme and calls’. Find out more about what to expect from this year’s work programme via the Commission’s official press release. An overview of the Info Days and Brokerage Events on the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025 calls can be found in this NCP Flanders news article. Some have already taken place, others will take place in the coming weeks.
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