On Monday 14 October 2024, in the afternoon, the first DEFRA (Defence-related Research Action) gathering will be held. Purpose is to present the results of the survey on the modalities of the programme to the DEFRA community. You will also get a preview of the themes of the 2025 DEFRA call. An excellent opportunity to strengthen your network … . Registration link

The Belgian Royal Higher Institute for Defence and US Army DEVCOM and US Office of Naval Research – Global are inviting you to this second bilateral workshop on defence research. The aim of the event is to familiarize the Belgian Research community with available funding mechanisms and to identify and share new, crazy and potentially disruptive ideas (as opposed to discussing past successes). The “Forging the future – BE-US joint effort in science for a safer world” workshop will be the second edition of this event introducing Belgian research and technology community to representatives from the Belgium Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the United States of America – Department of Defence (DoD). This meeting will provide academic institutions, research institutions, industries (big and small cap) and government representatives with the opportunity to discuss emerging research and technologies across a broad range of topic areas with the goal of building collaboration across the research community and with government agencies. The workshop programme will be built around five topical areas where researchers will be presenting 10-minutes “lightning” talks describing their blue sky, crazy ideas.  Topic areas: quantum, biotechnologie, AI, autonomy, hypersonics material sciences. This event will also offer the occasion for networking opportunities and the possibility of bilateral talks with BEL Defence and/or US Defence funding authorities. Online registration can be done through this link

The Belgian Horizon Europe National Contact Points (NCPs) are organising a training session on 'Impact in Horizon Europe', targetting (potential) applicants.During this session, participants will : Learn about the Horizon Europe impact logic presented by the Commission Get to know how to plan your research around impact using a Research Impact Toolkit Put your new knowledge into practice with an exercise Learn about the way your NCP can help you Our target audience are stakeholders located in Belgium who are planning to or interested in participating in Horizon Europe actions. We encourage applicants with less experience to participate in this training session.Registration is open! More detailed information and registration on this webpage. Please note that places for this on-site event are limited, participants will be accepted on a first come first served basis and the organisers reserve the right to decline any registration.