The European Commission is reviewing its Drone Strategy 2.0 this year to look at progress since its adoption in 2022 and to identify possible changes or additional measures for the EU drone market. As part of this work, the Commission is revising the mandate of its existing expert group on drones and reopening membership. The group will be renamed... read more 

Digital Europe funded project CIRCAT has opened its first call for Financial Support to Third Parties (cascade funding) on Penetration Testing Scenarios Development. The project is looking for looking for applications from National Cybersecurity Authorities (NCAs), National Coordination Centres, large industrial installations, Opera... read more 

The EU Commission has added a new lump sum detailed budget table to some call topics under HORIZON-CL6-2026-01, which is embedded directly in the Part A application forms. This means that applicants to the concerned lump sum topics will no longer need to fill out and upload the lump sum budget Excel file. The lump sum budget table... read more 

As regards the incidents experienced during the submission of proposals from calls HORIZON-CL5-2026-05 and HORIZON-CL5-2026-07, the Commission IT services confirm that they are aware of the technical issues faced by the applicants during the submission of their applications. The associated requests which have been submitted will be carefully exami... read more