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Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe is the main Research and Innovation Funding Programme of the European Commission.

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the previous Funding Programme. There are no longer calls, but projects can run until 2024.

Digital Europe

Digital Europe is a Funding Programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and administrations.

Other EU Funding

There are many other relevant EU funding programmes, managed by several agencies and directorates.

Other EU Funding

Besides Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe there are many other relevant funding programmes managed by several agencies and directorates of the European Commission.

All EU funding, now collected in one convenient place

The EU provides funding for a wide range of projects and programs, covering almost all areas. Finding your way in this vast landscape of possibilities is not always easy and can be very time consuming. But no longer...

Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) has created the handy EU Funding Overview tool . Find your way faster within the EU jungle of support options. Check what funding is available to finance your projects, company or organisation.

List of Flemish contact points

Found a funding programme that fits your needs, but don't know who can help you out?

Consult VLEVA's list of contact points in Flanders  for European programmes, other than Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

Below you can find a handpicked selection of European funding programmes. We listed those that are closely related to Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, so expect mostly Research, Development & Innovation programmes in thematics related to the Horizon domains.

AAL (Active Assisted Living)

AAL (Active Assisted Living) is a European Joint Program that supports projects that increase the quality of life of older people through the use of ICT.

Alain Thielemans
| +32 2 432 42 44

ERDF-INTERREG

Together with the ERDF Flanders program, Interreg programs form the ERDF part of the cohesion policy in Flanders.

Jorre Van Damme
| +32 2 553 37 70

EUREKA

The European cooperation program EUREKA provides a label to companies for the implementation of applied market-oriented industrial research and development.

Lieve Apers
| + 32 2 212 94 21

Eurostars

EUROSTARS, set up by Eureka, focuses on research-intensive SMEs, and is based on the 'bottom-up' principle: EUROSTARS puts the SMEs at the wheel, supports small consortia, and stimulates market-oriented projects in themes that the SMEs themselves determine.

Frederik De Vusser
| +32 2 432 42 98

Life +

Is the EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects throughout the EU.

VEKA

Testimonial

image of Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe

Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe

The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.