EIT Urban Mobility has opened a call for applications aimed at startups addressing urban mobility challenges. Eligible companies can apply for funding of up to €2.5 million.  The initiative seeks to enhance Europe’s innovation capacity in urban mobility by supporting pre-seed, seed, and Series A startups. Financial aid is inte... read more 

The results of the 2025 European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant call  (second deadline date 18 September 2025) were published. Principal Investigators (PIs) with a main ERC Grant that is ongoing or ended after 1 January 2024 are eligible to participate in an ERC 2025 PoC Grant. The ERC PoC Grants aim at facilitat... read more 

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