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The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Culture & Creativity has launched the Spark call, providing €1.05 million to help early-stage founders turn creative-tech concepts into scalable businesses. Selected individuals and small teams can receive up to €30,000 and join a nine-month programme offering coaching, mentoring, business training and access to a pan-European network. This call targets technology-driven ventures in materials and the built environment, including fashion, architecture, and advanced or circular materials. Applicants must be based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country, have no registered company and aim to establish a for-profit, scalable venture. Applications close on 16 November 2026 at 17:00 CET, with online information sessions on 20 October and 10 November. Visit the call webpage for registration and full details.
The call invites applications from start-ups working on dual-use technologies across air, space, land and sea. The published themes include digital, drones and autonomous mobility, communication and supply chain, energy, and resilience and protection. According to the application portal, projects may also cover areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and data. The selection programme is due to run online. Applications are open from 7 September to 2 November 2026, followed by pre-selection and jury review from 3 to 24 November 2026. A networking day is planned for 7 December 2026 at the Fédération Nationale du Crédit Agricole, 48 rue la Boétie, 75008 Paris. The selected start-ups may be invited to enter an accompanying support phase in 2027 and 2028 through participating Village by CA structures. Winners may get access to an network of defence companies, technology firms, public actors, investors and institutional partners. The call is aimed at French and European start-ups not already supported by a Village, and the support fee is set at €300 per month. Interested start-ups can review the eligibility rules and submit an application through the portal before 2 November 2026: https://server.matchmaking-studio.com/fr/Innovation-Duale/
Overview of the call EIT Health, a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), is looking for experienced consortia to develop and deliver five practical learning paths for promising European health start-ups. The programmes will cover health innovation, digital health validation, deep tech and AI commercialisation, cross-border expansion, and patient access. Who can apply Consortia must comprise two to five independent organisations from at least two Horizon Europe countries and demonstrate complementary expertise across industry, education, and research. Funding EIT Health has allocated up to €610,000 for this call, covering a maximum of 50% of eligible project costs. Applicants may submit proposals for one or several learning programmes, but a separate proposal is required for each. The application deadline is 2 November 2026. Selected projects will run from January 2027 to December 2028. Full details are available on the EIT Health website.
The updated version of the Horizon Europe Work Programme (HE WP) 2026-2027 Research Infrastructures (RI) was published on 29 September 2026 (available here). An overview of the changes compared to the previous version (1.0 with publication date 11 December 2025, available here) is the subject of this article. Bridging calls In the introduction reference is now made to the HE Horizontal Activities work programme (HA WP) which also includes call topics relevant to the areas covered in the RI work programme. The Bridging Actions 2027 call included in the HA WP aims to prepare the ground for the EU's next research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe 2028-2034, and its links with the future European Competitiveness Fund. The three call topics related to RI areas are: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-04 Supporting the long-term resilience and European sovereignty of critical research data and knowledge repositories and scientific services for the life sciences HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-06 Access to research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing industry needs in priority areas HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-07 Europe’s world-class research and technology infrastructures as strategic assets for talent to Choose Europe Call budget changes and new call topic The total call topic budget for HORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-01 Preparatory phase of new ESFRI research infrastructure projects has been reduced from €30 to €29 million. The expected EU contribution per project remains unchanged, between €1.5 and €3.5 million. The €1 million reduction was used to create a new action under the HA WP: HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-04 Developing a model for a Data Lab for Science linking with EOSC and RAISE (RAISE pilot) (CSA). The total call topic budget for HORIZON-INFRA-2027-DEV-01-03 Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – individual support for evolution, long-term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures has been reduced from €29.50 to €29.35 million. The expected EU contribution per project remains unchanged, between €3 and €4.5 million. A new Grant to Identified Beneficiary (GIB) of €0.15 million to support the organisation of the 25-year anniversary of the ESFRI conference under the Greek Presidency (1 July-31 December 2027) has been added. Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP) clarified There have been amendments to the description to clarify the FSTP approach in two call topics under destination INFRASERV: HORIZON-INFRA-2027-SERV-01-01 Access to research infrastructures, their resources and services: large-scale pilots for a more integrated scheme across (sub)domains HORIZON-INFRA-2027-SERV-01-03 Connecting research infrastructures and a wider user community across the European Research Area through access to advanced research infrastructure services
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The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Implementation Phase (EHRI-IP) project was funded under Horizon Europe call topic HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-02. The project duration was two years and came to an end in February 2026. The main objective of the EHRI-IP project was to undertake all necessary legal, financial and strategic work to have a permanent organisation or ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) fully operational by the end of the implementation phase. The project consortium consisted of 14 partners from 13 countries. Read more about the project and the contribution of Flemish partner Kazerne Dossin in this testimonial.
