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LLM-Bridge's Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) serves as an instrument to strengthen incubation capacity in Europe to support early-stage GenAI ventures, accelerate the commercialisation of LLM technologies, providing mentoring, access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources, data infrastructures, and regulatory guidance. The VIP programme aims to select one incubator to run a 12-week VIP cohort across Europe, which will: Deliver structured training and mentoring to 30 startups. Provide and help access technical expertise and AI infrastructure. Monitor and report progress using standardised KPIs. Contribute to the overall impact of LLM-BRIDGE and the European GenAI innovation ecosystem. More information on the call can be found on the Funding & Tenders Portal and on the project's website. Deadline to apply is 28 November 2026. Background: The LLM-Bridge project aims to strengthen Europe’s position in generative AI by building a pan-European ecosystem for foundation models and language technologies, reducing dependence on non-EU providers and embedding European values, languages, and culture in AI systems. It brings together expertise, infrastructure, and resources across Member States to support the development, scaling, and competitiveness of European GenAI innovators.
The NOSTRADAMUS project has launched its first open call for digital applications that support more sustainable and efficient cereal-based farming. SMEs, start-ups and small mid-caps can apply individually or in a consortium of up to two organisations, with research organisations, universities and end-user bodies eligible as partners. Proposals should develop and validate open-source, data-driven tools for crop optimisation, soil and nutrient management, water efficiency, drought resilience, or predictive pest and disease management. Cross-domain applications combining several of these areas are also eligible. Selected projects will receive up to €50,000 and take part in a 12-month programme, including testing at a NOSTRADAMUS pilot site. Applications must be submitted by 2 December 2026 at 17:00 CET. Full application documents and further details are available on the NOSTRADAMUS open call webpage.
As of the 2028 ERC calls, under the EU’s future Research and Innovation framework programme (2028-2034), a new thematic evaluation panel on Fundamentals of AI in the domain Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE12) will be established. The new panel will cover fundamental and basic research aimed at advancing the foundations, methods, and theories of artificial intelligence - rather than applications of AI in specific domains, which can be submitted to other panels. The new PE12 scope will include machine learning, reasoning, intelligent and autonomous systems, computer vision, natural language processing, generative and multimodal AI, and its mathematical and statistical foundations. The establishment of the new panel will bring the total to 29 evaluation panels (9 panels in Life Sciences; 8 in Social Sciences and Humanities and 12 in PE). More information on this news is available here and on the panels here.
The NCP_WIDERA.NET factsheet ‘Key Facts on Knowledge Valorisation (KV) in the European Research Area (ERA)’ presents key information on KV and highlights its relevance within the ERA and Horizon Europe (HE), with a special focus on the HE programme component “Reforming and Enhancing the European R&I System” (in short: the “ERA part”) of the WIDERA work programme. For more information about the ERA part, visit the dedicated Research Executive Agency page and NCP Flanders page. The European Commission defines knowledge valorisation as follows: “KV is the process of creating social and economic value from knowledge – transforming research results, data, and know-how into sustainable products, services, solutions, and knowledge-based policies that benefit society. It serves as a bridge linking academia, industry, policymakers, and citizens”. The topics covered in the factsheet are: KV in the ERA Part of the WIDERA Programme ERA KV: Key Milestones HE: KV Funding Actions EU Tools and Resources for KV Activities and Key Studies for KV Information and Advice NCP Flanders offers info sheets on the following topics Knowledge Valorisation & Results Boosters in the HORIZON Europe context and the Horizon Results Platform.
The MSCA30 podcast, ‘We Are Fellowship’, is hosted by Shane Bergin, a physicist at University College Dublin in Ireland and former MSCA fellow, and produced by Shaun O’Boyle & Maurice Kelliher for the European Commission as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). This six-part podcast series features conversations with current and past MSCA fellows. Together, they explore the work, motivations, and shared experiences that define the MSCA community. The first episode is about the power of connectivity in research and the second about mentorship. The podcast series is available here.
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The Horizon2020 twinning project ScreenME has as its objective to enhance excellence in screen media entrepreneurship at Tallinn University (TLU). To do so, ScreenME has established a network of universities across Europe that aim to improve research into and teaching of entrepreneurship for the screen media industry. ScreenME will develop a teaching course and will kick off research initiatives and projects on entrepreneurial activities in media organisations. The research group on ‘Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)’ of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is partner in the network and is involved in two cross-cutting activities of the project: support for early stage researchers and developing stakeholder involvement.
