Member States have successfully reprogrammed €34.6 billion in their 2021-2027 cohesion policy funds towards the EU's most urgent strategic priorities. These include boosting competitiveness, enhancing defence and civil preparedness, promoting affordable and...

The ERC Scientific Council has adopted new guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence in the evaluation of grant proposals. The guidelines aim to safeguard the integrity of peer review while allowing limited use of AI where it does not compromise responsibility...

The European Commission is presenting AGILE, a €115 million pilot funding tool to rapidly move disruptive defence technologies from lab into practical use. It targets AI, quantum, drones and other advanced solutions, with a strong focus on SMEs, including start-ups...

The European Commission will support 141 doctoral programmes to train and develop the skills of around 2 115 doctoral candidates. The European Commission has announced the results of the 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks call. The Commission...

Queen’s University Belfast has signed a Letter of Intent for Collaboration with the George Washington University (GW), opening the door for potential new opportunities for student and staff exchanges and research collaboration....

A major new study has revealed that Europe’s university spinout companies have grown into a technology ecosystem worth hundreds of billions of euros – with photonics playing a vital enabling role across many of its most strategic sectors. Called “European Spinouts...

The EPO Technology Dashboard (formerly Patent Index) shows strong growth in demand for patents for digital and energy technologies. The US and Germany remain top countries of origin, while China enters top three for first time. Uptake for Unitary Patents was high,...

After the launch of the OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026: Exploring Effective Uses of Generative AI in Education, the OECD “Smart Data and Digital Technology in Education” project team organises a two-day international conference that will bring together leading...

The Information and Networking Webinar on 19 March 2026 aiming to boost participation of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) partner countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine - in Horizon Europe, the EU Funding Programme for Research and...

The Energy Poverty Advisory Hub annual conference will take place on 17 and 18 March 2026 in Athens, Greece. Hosted by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy, in collaboration with the City of Athens and EPAH, and...

2026 Topic video presentations Please watch the pre-recorded presentations of the call topics linked below. Destination 1: Democracy Video | Presentation slides Destination 2: Cultural Heritage Video | Presentation slides Destination 3: Transformations Video |...

STOA high-level conference - Academic Freedom in Support of Democracy Academic freedom is widely recognised as a key condition for functioning of open and democratic societies that adhere to the rule of law. Similarly, full realisation of academic freedom is unlikely...

The Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) are the pillars of excellent vocational education in Europe. They provide high quality vocational skills in specific areas for initial training of young people as well as for continuing up-skilling and...

ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-SSEF - Policy experimentation: Erasmus+ scholarships  Funding: EUR 5 million Who can apply? higher education institutions, public and private organizations active in the field of education and training, research and innovation or in the...