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Robot accelerates the search for energy-storage materials

A new robotic platform automates electrochemical experiments and helps researchers gather information more efficiently about materials suitable for energy storage.  “We have developed new robotic tools that are not particularly complicated, but which allow us to...

How South Korea Can Turn Its AI-Memory Boom Into Systemic Strength in the Face of China’s Scale Pressure

KEY TAKEAWAYS Advanced industries play an unusually large role in South Korea’s economy. Ten key sectors, including electronics, machinery, vehicles, and chemicals, accounted for 25.1 percent of its economy in 2022—more than twice their share of the global economy....

Research and Innovation Careers Observatory 2026

Every scientific breakthrough and every new technology starts with people. The research and innovation workforce underpins countries' greatest ambitions in terms of economic prosperity and societal wellbeing. Yet the evidence on this workforce has long been scattered...

EIC Board statement on Horizon Europe (2028-2034) negotiations

Based on previous recommendations, the EIC Board broadly welcomes, albeit with some caution, an important milestone in the negotiations on the next programming period (2028-2034) - the adoption of the Council’s Partial General Approach (PGA) of the legislative...

The Space Economy at a Glance 2026

As space activities expand and become embedded in everyday economic and public-service functions, governments need better evidence to understand their benefits, risks and policy implications. The Space Economy at a Glance 2026 provides a compact and...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call receives record number of applications

The 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) closed on 9 September 2026. The European Research Executive Agency received 21,627 proposals under this call, the highest number of applications received for MSCA Postdoctoral...

International declaration on space-based scientific data.

Signatures : Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea,...

ATHENA FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES CALENDAR

Erasmus +

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in Neighbourhood East
ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-NE
04 Dec 202526 Nov 2026
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges in Western Balkans
ERASMUS-EDU-2026-VIRT-EXCH-WB
04 Dec 202526 Nov 2026

Horizon Chips 2023 JU

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Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies
HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14-01
13 Aug 202617 Nov 2026

Horizon Europe 2021-2027

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
MSCA Staff Exchanges 2027
HORIZON-MSCA-2027-SE-01-01
15 Dec 202615 Apr 2027
Pilot access schemes to Technology Infrastructures for European startups, scaleups and innovative SMEs (CSA)
HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-47
22 Sep 202602 Feb 2027
R&I Policy Support for Enlargement Countries
POLICY ENLARGE
09 Sep 202612 Nov 2026
Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Call 2026
DUT
01 Sep 202617 Nov 2026
EIC STEP Scale Up
HORIZON-EIC-2026-STEP
06 Nov 202525 Nov 2026

Horizon Europe Cluster 5

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
Africa-EU CO-FUND action on climate
HORIZON-CL5-2027-01-D1-11
17 Nov 202604 Mar 2027

Open for SMEs-Innovators-Students

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
EIC Accelerator 2026 – Short proposal
HORIZON-EIC-2026-ACCELERATOR-01
06 Nov 202517 Dec 2026

Regional Innovation-Research-Education

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
KAVA Call 14 – RIS Innovation
EIT RM BP26-28
07 Aug 202616 Oct 2026

Transanational Cooperation

Call/TopicOpenDeadline
European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Innowwide CALL 5
InnovativeSMEs
01 Oct 202601 Oct 2026

EVENTS

Defence Innovation Day 2026

The event has reached capacity, so registration is now open for the waiting list. If you are the right person to be in the room, register now. Places may become available if registered participants cancel. Join us on 21...

Horizon Europe Event 2026

https://research-innovation-community.ec.europa.eu/events

CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days 2026: Built in Europe. Built to Last!

This annual event brings together promising startups, investors, accelerators, and industry and institutional leaders to discuss how European Union space tech ventures are adapting to evolving geopolitical and market dynamics....

EUSPA Career Day

EUSPA Career Day offers an opportunity to discover the people, projects and career paths behind EU's Space Programme. Through expert talks, employee testimonials and practical workshops, you'll gain first-hand insights into working at EUSPA and learn how to take the...

European Research & Innovation Days 2026 will take place on 10-11 November

The seventh edition of the European Commission’s flagship research and innovation event will take place on 10 and 11 November 2026 in Brussels and online. It brings together policymakers, researchers, innovators, business leaders and representatives of civil...

The international launch of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 report, 08/09/2026

Watch live below Join us for the launch of the PISA 2025 results. PISA is the largest international comparative survey of 15-year-old students, assessing how well they can apply what they learn to real world problems. More than 760,000 students in 91...

Unlocking European Research, 23/09/2026

Choose europe: Guiding you into the European innovation ecosystem. Join 'Unlocking European Research' a free three-part webinar series guiding researchers, diaspora scientists and entrepreneurs through funding, career pathways, and relocation into Europe’s innovation...