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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 ERC grants for UGent professor Lieven Eeckhout

ERC grants for UGent professor Lieven Eeckhout

Professor Lieven Eeckhout’s main research interests include computer architecture and the hardware/software interface with a specific emphasis on performance evaluation and modeling, and dynamic resource management.

Professor Eeckhout is the recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant, Advanced grant and three Proof of Concept grants. Two of his former PhD students founded in 2013 CoScale, a spin-off in data center monitoring, which was acquired by New Relic.