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LIFE in 2025: a year of climate, environment and clean energy action

It’s been a big year for the LIFE Programme, with a record 1 095 applications for the 2025 Call for Proposals and 132 new projects awarded €358 million of EU funding. An additional €86 million of EU funding was announced for strategic climate...
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Digital Europe Programme fuels digital transformation and skills development across Europe

The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is making a significant impact on Europe’s digital transformation, as shown by the interim evaluation published on 18 December 2025. © European Commission Key achievements include the funding of JUPITER, Europe's first...
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Health and energy sectors drive R&D investment growth in the EU amid overall slowdown

The 2025 EU industrial R&I investment Scoreboard reveals moderate growth, but performance varies across sectors. The 2025 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard reveals a slowdown in overall R&D investment growth among EU companies. Against this trend,...
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Merry Xmas and Happy New year!

We would like to wish you Merry Xmas and Happy New year! We will be back on the 05/01/2026 with more news and services!
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EIC Pathfinder and Accelerator projects among the winners of the Innovation Radar Prize

Two partners from the EIC Pathfinder-funded projects were among the winners of the Innovation Radar Prize:  ExoMatter, a start-up from Germany, were awarded the overall 2025 Innovation Radar Prize for their innovative ExoMatter Platform for Materials R&D,...
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EIB lends €40 million to Technip Energies for R&D investments in decarbonisation technologies and circular economy solutions

The loan will enable French technology and engineering company Technip Energies to accelerate its research and development investments. The financing will also support the extension of Technip Energies’ textile recycling company Reju and its demonstration hub,...
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European Commission and EIB Group announce new initiative to mobilise €10 billion investment for Europe’s biotech sector

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group have today announced an initiative to mobilise €10 billion in investment in 2026-27 into the biotech and life sciences sector. The project aims to give a significant boost to the EU’s...
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ATHENA FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES CALENDAR

Digital Europe 2021-2027

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
ELEVATE: European League of Advanced Digital Skills Academies

DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES

04 Nov 202503 Mar 2026
European Advanced Digital Skills Competitions

DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS

04 Nov 202503 Mar 2026

Erasmus +

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
Alliances for Education and Enterprises

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO-EDU-ENTERP

04 Dec 202510 Mar 2026
Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the ‘Blueprint’)

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO-BLUEPRINT

04 Dec 202510 Mar 2026
Alliances for STEM Skills Foundries

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PI-ALL-INNO-STEM

04 Dec 202510 Mar 2026
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in Neighbourhood East

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-NE

04 Dec 202526 Nov 2026
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in South Mediterranean Countries

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-SMC

04 Dec 202526 Mar 2026
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in Western Balkans

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-WB

04 Dec 202526 Nov 2026
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in Sub-Saharan Africa

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-SSA

04 Dec 202526 Mar 2026
Erasmus Mundus Design Measures

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-EMJM-DESIGN

18 Nov 202512 Feb 2026
European Universities

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-EUR-UNIV

18 Nov 202503 Mar 2026
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PEX-EMJM-MOB

26 Nov 202512 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Actions for other fields of Education and Training: Learning EU

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-OFET-LEARNING-EU

27 Nov 202503 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education: Centers of Excellence

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-HEI-TCH-RSCH-COE

27 Nov 202503 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education: Chairs

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-HEI-TCH-RSCH-CHAIR

27 Nov 202510 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education: Modules

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-HEI-TCH-RSCH-MODULE

27 Nov 202503 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Network on Internal Policy: A resilient Single Market to boost EU competitiveness

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-NETWORKS-HEI-EU

27 Nov 202503 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Networks in other fields of education and training

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-NETWORKS-SCHOOLS

27 Nov 202503 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Network on External Policy EU-INDIA

ERASMUS-JMO-2026-NETWORKS-HEI-NON-EU-INDIA

27 Nov 202503 Feb 2026
Central Asia

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-6

04 Dec 202510 Feb 2026
Latin America

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-10

04 Dec 202510 Feb 2026
Caribbean

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-11

04 Feb 202610 Feb 2026
South Mediterranean

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-3

04 Dec 202610 Feb 2026
Cross-Regional

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-CROSS-REGIONAL

04 Dec 202610 Feb 2026
Neighbourhood East

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-2

04 Dec 202510 Feb 2026
Pacific

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-8a

04 Dec 202510 Feb 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-CBHE-REGION-9

04 Dec 202510 Feb 2026
Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education: Chairs

ERASMUS-JMO-2025-CHAIR

28 Nov 202412 Feb 2026

Horizon Europe 2021-2027

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
Understanding and Preventing Overweight and Obesity: Mechanisms of their onset and progression, neglected determinants and novel strategies for critical transitional periods in life – PREVENT-OO

ERA4Health

Grant

13 Nov 202521 Jan 2026
EIC STEP Scale Up

HORIZON-EIC-2026-STEP

06 Nov 202525 Nov 2026
PhotonQBoost Open Call for Solutions, Missions, Trainings and Services
17 Nov 202519 Jan 2026

Open for SMEs-Innovators-Students

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
EIC Accelerator 2026 – Short proposal

HORIZON-EIC-2026-ACCELERATOR-01

06 Nov 202517 Dec 2026

Transanational Cooperation

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
Europe-Africa Research and Innovation call on Sustainable Energy – 2026

LEAP-SE

19 Nov 202506 Feb 2026

EVENTS

Harnessing international collaboration in research and innovation for competitiveness, EUA event, 14/01/2026

by | January 2, 2026 | Workshops | 0 Comments

Europe has long championed international cooperation in research and innovation, reflected in the wide network of countries already associated to Horizon Europe, as well as others that are now progressing toward association. As the EU prepares its next long-term...
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Info day and brokerage event: AI – Data – Robotics

by | January 2, 2026 | Workshops | 0 Comments

This info day and brokerage event is dedicated to upcoming 2026 calls in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Robotics, under Horizon Europe Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space) and the Digital Europe Programme. GettyImages © imaginima This event is organised by the...
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Infoday – GenAI Meets Public Administrations – presentations and recording

by | January 2, 2026 | Workshops | 0 Comments

Recording and presentations of the infoday held on 17 December are available. © AdobeStock volga The online infoday held on 17 December gave guidance on the CSA GenAI & Public Administration call for proposals DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-GENAI-PA under the...
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Online Info Session: European Solidarity Corps 2026 – Volunteering Teams in High Priority Areas

by | January 2, 2026 | Workshops | 0 Comments

Volunteering Teams are solidarity activities that allow groups of minimum 5 participants to volunteer together for a period between 2 weeks and 2 months. Volunteering Teams in High Priority Areas are large scale, high impact projects...
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Online Q&A Session: Erasmus Mundus Action 2026- Presentations available

by | December 15, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is organising an online Q&A session related to the 2026 Calls for Proposals for Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) and Erasmus Mundus Design Measures (EMDM). The event will...
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European Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2025: “Re-Imagining partnerships: the road to FP10”

by | December 13, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

The event provided an excellent networking opportunity, bringing together the entire community of stakeholders from co-funded, co-programmed and institutionalised partnerships. Two panel discussions addressed: Shaping collaboration: European Partnerships under FP10...
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Conference on Research Careers 2025-Videos available

by | December 13, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

The Conference on Research Careers 2025 will take place 11-12 December. This third edition of the conference will explore how Europe can create a more sustainable, supportive, and high-quality environment for researchers. It brings together policymakers,...
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