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New year, new opportunities. The Horizon Europe 2026-2027 work programme was published in December and new calls have recently opened or will open soon. Under the Digital Europe programme, several calls are currently open (deadline March 2026) and a new wave of calls is expected in spring.Are you exploring your options or already developing a proposal? NCP Flanders provides a number of tools and services to support you along the way: Want to learn more about open and forthcoming funding opportunities? Have a look at our call topic overview. Building a consortium and looking for suitable partners? One of your options is to look at our partner search section. Also check our country eligibility tool, especially if you consider involving non-EU partners. Looking for support to prepare your proposal? Contact your institution's support office or have a look how NCP Flanders can support you. Find out more about all the services NCP Flanders provides here.
The European Commission and/or its agencies organise info days on the 2026 call topics and these are often complemented by brokerage events, organised by National Contact Point (NCP) networks and/or the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). These events provide opportunities to connect with potential collaboration partners. In addition, several programmes offer dedicated matchmaking platforms to facilitate partner searches. Here is an overview of the upcoming info days and brokerage events with the link to the event webpage, which you can find in our event calendar as well. When new dates and information will be made known subsequently this overview will be updated. The matchmaking platforms are included in the overview as well. Pillar 1 European Research Council (ERC) 29/04/2026 mERCury webinar - Towards an ERC Advanced Grant: From groundbreaking idea to successful proposal Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Radiance MSCA Matchmaking Platform 16/02/2026 Networking and Brokerage Event on MSCA Staff Exchanges Call 2026 – Ukraine 23/02/2026 International Brokerage Event on Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges 03/03/2026 Q&A session MSCA Staff Exchanges call 2026 (REA) 03/06/2026 MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 Call info day (REA&EAC) Research infrastructures 18/03/2026 (info day) 1-4/06/2026 (RICH Europe Proposal Check Workshop 2026 for Horizon Europe Research Infrastructure Topics) Pillar 2 Cluster 1 Health26-30/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 10/2/2026 (info day) Cluster 2 Culture, creativity & inclusive society26/3/2026 (info day) and 1-2/6/2026 (brokerage event) Cluster 3 Civil security for society 04/03/2026 (info day) Cluster 4 Digital, Industry and Space29-30/1/2026 (info day) and Ideal-ist online brokerage platform Cluster 5 Climate, energy & mobility14/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 15/1/2026 (info day) and Greenet Partner Search Tool Cluster 6 Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture & environment21/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 22-23/1/2026 (info day) and 10/12/2025 Care4Bio Information session on tools for applicants Clusters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and EU Mission Cities with STEM or SSH expertise relevant to AI - Artificial intelligence in Horizon Europe calls: an interdisciplinary challenge 25/2/2026 (brokerage event - 2026 and 2027 call topics) Horizontal Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (WIDERA) 11/12/2025 (ERA info day - 2026 and 2027 call topics) and 17/12/2026 (ERA brokerage event) and 22/1/2026 (Widening info day) EU Missions 20-21/1/2026 (info day) and 28-29/1/2026 (brokerage event) and 16/12/2026 Workshop: From Policy to Practice – Regional and Local Impacts of EU Missions and HE Clusters. New European Bauhaus Facility 24/02/2026 (info day) and 05/03/2026 (brokerage event) More information about the publication of the Horizon Europe Main Work Programme 2026-2027 can be found in this NCP Flanders news article.
The European Commission is reviewing its Drone Strategy 2.0 this year to look at progress since its adoption in 2022 and to identify possible changes or additional measures for the EU drone market. As part of this work, the Commission is revising the mandate of its existing expert group on drones and reopening membership. The group will be renamed "the Expert Group on drones and innovative air mobility". Its updated mandate is designed to improve stakeholder participation, make it possible to set up sub-groups and align working methods with the Commission’s rules for expert groups. It is intended to support the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport in preparing policy initiatives, improving cooperation between the Commission, Member States, EU bodies and stakeholders, and sharing best practice for the safe, secure and sustainable development of the sector. The group shall be composed of around 80 members. Around 38 stakeholder organisations in the broad sense of the word, including companies, associations, NGOs, trade unions, universities, research institutions and training organisations (Type C members) Member States' authorities at national level, with a maximum of one authority per Member State (‘Type D members’); Around 15 other public entities, such as public authorities from EFTA countries, EU bodies, offices or agencies, and international organisations (‘Type E members’) The call for applications is open and applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. The first evaluation round is due to take place in June 2026 and then annually. Organisations that want to be considered in the first round need to apply by 9 June 2026 and should send their application by e-mail to move-e4-drones@ec.europa.eu. Please include "EXPERT GROUP APPLICATION" at the beginning of the subject line of the e-mail. Before sending your application, please consult all the relevant documents at the bottom of this website.
Digital Europe funded project CIRCAT has opened its first call for Financial Support to Third Parties (cascade funding) on Penetration Testing Scenarios Development. The project is looking for looking for applications from National Cybersecurity Authorities (NCAs), National Coordination Centres, large industrial installations, Operators of Essential Services (OES), governmental entities, and other relevant stakeholders with the capacity to aggregate demand. Eligible applicants include SMEs, mid-caps, large companies, research centres (including universities), and public bodies. Selected beneficiaries have to develop testing scenarios for Networks, Applications, Virtualisation, Cloud, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and IoT within CIRCAT prioritised verticals: Energy, Health, Public Administration, Digital infrastructure, ICT Service management (B2B) and the Financial market infrastructure. Applications must address large industrial operators. Financial Support and Benefits: Maximum Grant: Up to €40,000.00 per project (Lump Sum). Funding Rate: 50% co-funding (applicants must cover the remaining 50% through their own resources). Non-Financial Support: Access to the CIRCAT Mentoring Programme, including technical guidance, tool repositories, and networking with the European cybersecurity ecosystem. Deadline to submit applications is 9 July 2026. More information on the call, its requirements and the application procedure can be found on the Funding & Tenders Portal and the CIRCAT website.
The EU Commission has added a new lump sum detailed budget table to some call topics under HORIZON-CL6-2026-01, which is embedded directly in the Part A application forms. This means that applicants to the concerned lump sum topics will no longer need to fill out and upload the lump sum budget Excel file. The lump sum budget table in the online Part A forms requires the same level of information as the Excel template, and the budget will be assessed in the same way as before. Detailed instructions on how to fill in the budget table are included in the online form itself. As the roll-out of the online table is gradual, the new budget table format will not be applied to all lump sum topics immediately. During the transition time, there will be lump sum topics with the Excel file or with the online budget form running in parallel. At the time of publication of this news article, the online budget table already applies to the following HORIZON-CL6-2026-01 call topics: HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-05 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-06 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-11 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-10 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04 HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07
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Founded in 1999, Luciad serves clients in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Though it recently was acquired by Hexagon Geospatial, they kept an agile SME mindset. Thousands of end users work directly with Luciad’s geospatial applications, and major systems integrators (think Airbus Defense and Space, Lufthansa Systems, NATO, Thales…) incorporate its software in their own products.
NCP Flanders went to Leuven to interview Frederic Houbie, the Research Projects Manager at Luciad, about how he sees Horizon 2020. Luciad is a partner in the MARISA project, which is a collaborative RIA project submitted to an ICT call topic.
