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As part of their 30th anniversary in 2026, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are teaming up with Frontiers for Young Minds (FYM) to publish a special collection on “Young researchers who will change the world”. FYM is a non-profit linked to the scientific journal Frontiers. Its goal is to make cutting-edge science discoveries available to younger audiences. The MSCA is looking for 12 excellent abstracts (between 200 and 300 words) from young MSCA fellows that will later be turned into 12 engaging short papers (1500 words) with the help of young students between the ages of 8 to 15. This call is for young MSCA fellows (PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers or research and innovation staff). The submissions deadline is 31 July 2025, 12.00, CEST. Find more information about the call, evaluation criteria, previous FYM articles and application form in this news article on the MSCA website.
2025-06-25 MSCAYesterday a joint statement ‘No directionality in MSCA’ was published. The statement opposes the proposed introduction of directionality in the draft of the MSCA Work Programme 2026–2027. The signatory organisations shared their concerns about the European Commission’s proposal to establish targeted calls aligned with the EU's political priorities and use top-down funding from other parts of Horizon Europe to fund projects in strategic fields. The statement is available on the websites of the current 18 signatory organisations: European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities ALLEA, Aurora Universities Network, Universities of Science and Technology in Europe CESAER, Association of European universities Coimbra Group, European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities EASSH, European Consortium of Innovative Universities ECIU, Alliance of independent European research institutes in the life sciences EU-LIFE, European University Association EUA, European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers Eurodoc, Initiative for Science Europe (ISE), League of European Research Universities LERU, Marie Curie Alumni Association MCAA, Polish Science Contact Agency PolSCA, SPARC Europe, The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe UNICA, and Young European Research Universities Network YERUN.
2025-06-25 MSCAThe honour of kicking off the MSCA Fellow of the month initiative is to Dr. Fatemeh Mokhtari, an MSCA postdoctoral fellow working at the Department of Materials Engineering at KU Leuven. In this article the journey from PhD to her current research is explained. Watch out for more inspiring stories from MSCA fellows to be published on the MSCA website in the coming months.
2025-06-24 Culture and society EITThe European institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) tries to build the bridge from promising innovations to succesful businesses. It counts about 10 knowledge and innovation communities (KIC) that focus on a specific sector. The EIT Culture and Creativity is one of the more recently established newer KIC's. To help businesses cross this bridge it has launched a call for applications for two tailored business support programmes designed to accelerate the growth of promising start-ups and scale-ups in Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI). The focus is on five key sectors: fashion, architecture, cultural heritage, audio-visual media, and gaming. You can apply if you are a start-up or scale-up operating in one or more CCSI sectors, legally established in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe-associated country. Applicants must meet the SME criteria, have at least two years of operations, and a product or service on the market. The application deadline for cohort 1 has passed but you can still apply for cohort 2 untill the 11th of July 2025. You can find all the application details here.
2025-06-23 Digital, Industry & Space HPC AI ContinentThe FFplus project has opened its second FFplus Open Call for Business Experiments. This call provides an opportunity for SMEs and startups across Europe —with no prior experience in high-performance computing (HPC) — to explore how these technologies can benefit and advance their own business development, with funding of up to €200,000 per project available. All submissions must be made by 26 August 2025 (17:00 Brussels time). Who can apply? SMEs and startups from Europe or Horizon Europe-eligible countries with no prior HPC experience. Consortia made up of an SME and up to 4 supporting partners, which can be all types of organisations that are eligible to participate within the Digital Europe framework programme. Proposals can request a maximum of €200,000 in total funding,shared across all partners. Opportunities for companies active in generative AI? SMEs and startups active in the field of generative A.I. that need to scale up to large or extreme scale computing resources are invited to apply for an Innovation study. The call for Innovation Studies is expected to open soon, you can register for updates via the link below. Details such as funding, consortium might be different from the business experiments details listed here. Eligible costs: 100% funding of eligible direct costs (personnel, equipment, travel, materials). No indirect or overhead costs are covered. For supporting consortium partners, only engineering activities are eligible for funding. HPC time should be acquired via EuroHPC JU access schemes. Full details can be found in the call document. For more info or support please visit www.enccb.be/FFPLUS-2025.
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The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) European Innovative Training Network “PBNv2 - Next generation Pass-By Noise approaches for new powertrain vehicles” started in May 2017. Their research has the shared objective of investigating the possibilities to decrease pass-by noise of vehicles.
The project is a collaboration between 17 research institutions and companies in the European automotive R&D and provides a learning environment for 14 PhD fellows. The Belgian partner is the Noise and Vibration Research Group of KU Leuven, and this project is one of the many Horizon 2020 MSCA Innovative Training Networks that the KU Leuven research group participates in.
