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NEWS

EU spending on R&D exceeded €403 billion in 2024

According to Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, the European Union spent an estimated €403.1 billion on research & development (R&D) in 2024, indicating a 3.6% increase from 2023 (€389.2 billion). Compared with 2014, R&D expenditure grew by 62.2% from...
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EC and EIB sign Memorandum of Understanding to support AI Gigafactories

The European Commission, represented by Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen, and the President of the European Investment Bank Group Nadia Calvino as well as the Deputy Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund,...
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EIT launches new HEI Call to boost STEM education

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has launched a new call under its Higher Education Initiative (HEI) to boost STEM education, strengthen innovation capacity, and support Europe’s future workforce. For the first time, the call will also...
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EIC presents winners of European Capital of Innovation Awards 2026

On 4 December 2025, the European Commission announced Grenoble Alpes Métropole and Aalborg as the winners of the 2026 European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital). Supported by Horizon Europe, this year’s prestigious awards mark the eleventh year of...
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EU and the Republic of Korea reinforce tech and digital cooperation at the third Digital Partnership Council

Today, the European Union and the Republic of Korea (ROK) reaffirmed the central role of their partnership in advancing cooperation on emerging digital technologies to unlock mutual benefits for their economies. During the third Digital Partnership Council held in...
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European Union and Singapore discuss reinforcing digital cooperation through Digital Partnership Council

Today, the EU and Singapore held their second Digital Partnership Council meeting in Brussels, reiterating their intention to cooperate across a range of digital areas from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cybersecurity and beyond. Both sides reaffirmed their intention...
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EC launches public consultation on Europe’s future climate resilience

The European Commission is inviting citizens, businesses, regional authorities, and all stakeholders to take part in a new public consultation on climate resilience. This is a unique chance to influence the EU’s future policies and determine how Europe prepares for...
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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
Call for Pilots Work Strand 1 – Connecting Existing Local Digital Twins

LDT4SSC

14 Nov 202515 Dec 2025
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

Brokerage Event Week – Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Health 2026

by | November 27, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

The European action HNN3.0 together with the European Commssion and Enterprise Europe Network  is organizing the next Horizon Europe Brokerage Event on the 2026 Cluster 1 Health calls for proposals. The Brokerage Event is...
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EIT Innovation Awards 2025 | LIVESTREAM

by | November 25, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JQXIcmT2F0 EIT Innovation Awards: Empowering Europe’s Startup Ecosystem: From Local Ideas to Global Impact  Innovation is Europe’s most renewable resource – yet still underused. Talent is everywhere, but opportunities are not...
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Innovation conference under the Danish EU-presidency

by | November 25, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

Copenhagen November 25-26, 2025 Europe holds immense potential – but continues to fall short when it comes to scaling deep tech. Despite world-class research, strong entrepreneurial talent, and vibrant early-stage innovation, too few deep tech startups grow into...
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Save the date – Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants

by | November 21, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

On November 28, 2025, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., an ERC webinar will be held on a new type of ERC grant, known as ERC Plus. The new type of ERC grant will be presented by the ERC President Prof. Maria Leptin. The ERC Plus Grants are a new funding...
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Online Q&A Session: Erasmus Mundus Action 2026

by | November 20, 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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Online Info session: European Universities 2026 Call for proposals

by | November 20, 2025 | News, Workshops | 0 Comments

The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is organising an online info session to illustrate the 2026 European Universities call for proposals - (ERASMUS-EDU-2026-EUR-UNIV). Join us on Thursday 27 November 2025 from 10:00  to...
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ECS Brokerage Event,04-06/02/2026

by | November 11, 2025 | Workshops | 0 Comments

The event combines the brokerage activities of the industry associations AENEAS, EPoSS and INSIDE into one networking event dedicated to project proposals for the new Chips JU Calls 2026. This event gathers the ECS community around project ideas, allowing it to...
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