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DG Research & Innovation of the European Commission developed this guidance as part of the ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 and its structural policy "Upscaling knowledge valorisation capacities and activities". Knowledge valorisation is distinct from dissemination — the public disclosure of results — and from impact, which describes the change that research produces in the world. Valorisation is the deliberate activity that connects the two: transforming data, know-how, and research outputs into products, services, solutions, and knowledge-based policies that generate social and economic value. Multidisciplinary research including Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) offers valuable solutions for addressing Europe's societal challenges. By integrating knowledge across disciplines and sectors, it can provide new policy perspectives, human-centred innovations, and business ideas. However, its potential is not always translated into broader societal, economic, and political value, and uptake needs to be accelerated. The guidance is designed to help R&I projects create greater value from multidisciplinary results, including those involving Social Sciences and Humanities. It is based on a comprehensive analysis of existing best practices and offers 10 practical pathways – from research to human-centred technology, participatory innovation, entrepreneurship, organisational change, evidence-informed policy and more.
The LLM-BRIDGE Consortium has launched its second open call for an incubator or innovation partner to deliver the Venture Incubation Programme (VIP). The initiative will support early-stage European startups developing solutions based on large language models, generative AI, multilingual AI and natural language processing. The call is implemented by 28DIGITAL together with the LLM-BRIDGE partners. 28DIGITAL falls within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The selected organisation can receive up to €60,000 in financial support to run a 12-week incubation programme. Activities will include startup onboarding, mentoring, market and business-model validation, regulatory and ethical AI guidance, investor readiness, progress monitoring and a final Demo Day. The programme may be delivered on site, online or in a hybrid format. Applicants must be established in an EU Member State or a country associated with the Digital Europe Programme and demonstrate relevant deep-tech incubation experience, operational capacity, access to mentors and infrastructure, and the ability to deliver the programme in English. Selection will include an eligibility check, independent evaluation, consensus meeting and panel ranking. Interested organisations can consult the official Open Call document and submit the application form. An online information webinar will take place on 3 November 2026, from 11:00 to 12:30 CET. The application deadline is 28 November 2026.
The LLM-BRIDGE Consortium has launched its first open call for the 2027 Acceleration Programme. Sixteen market-ready European companies developing generative AI or language technology solutions will be selected for a 14-week programme focused on investment readiness and market expansion. Led by 28DIGITAL with ALT-EDIC, ADRA and other consortium partners, the programme is co-funded by the EU Digital Europe Programme. It falls within the overall framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Eligible applicants must be established in an EU Member State or a country associated with the Digital Europe Programme. They should have a commercially active solution at TRL 8–9 and be preparing to scale towards Series A funding. Selected companies will receive free business and technical advice, access to European high-performance computing infrastructure, regulatory guidance, investor-readiness support and networking opportunities. The programme will be delivered online, with in-person attendance required only for the Investor Roundtable Summit, tentatively planned alongside Wolves Summit in April 2027. At least one founding team member must commit sufficient time throughout the programme. Applications can be submitted through the online application form. Full conditions are available in the official open call document. An online information webinar is scheduled to take place on 16 October 2026 from 14:00 to 15:00 CET. The application deadline is 18 November 2026.
Technical problems affected the submission for Cluster 2 and Cluster 6 lump sum proposals in recently closed topics. The main problems were: Slow performance Different person-month figures (in some proposals, the figures entered in the Part A online forms did not match those in the submitted PDF) Incorrect indirect costs (some proposals displayed 0% indirect costs instead of 25%) Missing country correction coefficients The technical problems identified will not put the affected proposals at a disadvantage. Where necessary, the Commission will correct the budget data and add the missing figures. The central services will upgrade the system before reintroducing the lump sum budget section in the Part A online forms. Until then, calls that have not yet opened are expected to use the previous approach, thus applicants will be expected to provide again their detailed lump sum budget in an Excel table.
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The AgrifoodTEF, funded under the Digital Europe call for a Testing and Experimentation Facility for Agri-Food, is a network of world-class testing and experimentation facilities (TEFs) in the agri-food sector that supports testing state-of-the-art data, AI, and robotics solutions in real-world environments to accelerate their market introduction. ILVO, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Flemish node of the AgriFoodTEF supports the entire agri-food business, leveraging its infrastructures, experience and vast network established through participation in numerous Digital Europe and Horizon Europe initiatives.
