Fighting against antisemitism

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Code: 38065 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-EQUAL-ANTISEMITISM | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 23/10/2025

European Jews have been contributing to the social, political, economic and cultural development of Europe and are an inextricable part of Europe’s identity. Following the 7 October terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israeli society and the war that ensued, antisemitism has risen across Europe and around the world. This escalation has created a climate of everyday “ambient antisemitism”, characterised by growing insecurity, isolation and the erosion of trust within Jewish communities. Today, we are witnessing a troubling rise in Holocaust distortion and the worrying conflation of the Shoah with ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. This distortion has a corrosive impact on the resilience of our society and democracy. Antisemitism and polarization pose a threat not only to the Jewish communities but also to the broader European society and undermine democratic values

This priority aims at supporting civil society organisations to prevent and combat all forms and manifestations of antisemitism, offline and online, in line with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, and at supporting civil society organisations to foster Jewish life.

Priority 2 is split into an open sub-priority and a restricted sub-priority in support of public authorities.

Ενίσχυση Ικανότητας Επιχειρήσεων για Ανάπτυξη Νέων Προϊόντων

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Code: 38060 | Identifier Code: NPD-CAPBLD/0825 | Programme name: 13602 | Start submission calls: 08/08/2025 | End submission calls: 03/10/2025

«Enterprises Capacity Building in New Product Development» Programme aims to support companies with 10 or more employees, to employ specialised staff in New Product Development and to engage in research and development activities aiming at the development of new products and services.

AI in Government

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Code: 38054 | Identifier Code: ΑΙ in Government | Programme name: 2941 | Start submission calls: 24/07/2025 | End submission calls: 17/10/2025

The aim of this call is to develop innovative solutions that utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address specific challenges faced by public authorities. Through the program, participants have the opportunity to receive financial support for the development and testing of a prototype in a real environment, with the aim of subsequently developing it into a marketable product, service, or solution.  Participants will retain full Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) generated from the process, along with full ownership of the resulting innovation for future commercial use.

SNS Trials and Pilots (T&Ps) with Verticals

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Code: 38050 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2025-02-STREAM-D-01 | Programme name: 26685 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 18/09/2025

The objective is to validate 5G Advanced and 6G technologies in a user context to further enable successful take up by vertical sectors. While in previous WPs we focused in assessing widespread technology usage with the coverage of many verticals under one project, in this WP we aim the in-depth study of existing (potentially single) vertical pain-points to adopt 5G advanced and 6G solutions with the ultimate target that the produced solutions will have a very high prospect to be used by the vertical sectors in the near future.

Κουπόνια Καινοτομίας

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Code: 38047 | Identifier Code: INNOVOUCHERS/0725 | Programme name: 13602 | Start submission calls: 23/07/2025 | End submission calls: 09/10/2025

«Innovation Vouchers» Programme aims to encourage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to engage in research and innovation activities and to strengthen cooperation between enterprises and knowledge intensive organizations.

RESTART 2016-2020 – NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE – Cyprus Award – Commercial Exploitation of Research Results 2025

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Code: 38037 | Identifier Code: CULTURE / AWARD-EXPLOITATION / 0725 | Programme name: 27535 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in the frame of its activities to develop a culture of knowledge transfer and commercial exploitation of research results, announces for the first time the “Cyprus Award for the Commercial Exploitation of Research Results”.

Knowledge Transfer activity at national level makes a significant contribution to enhancing competitiveness, creating new jobs and contributing to the diversification, sustainability and vitality of national economies.

This Award will provide a reward for a scientist or a group of scientists who have demonstrated successful commercial exploitation of research results and seeks to motivate and encourage further development of knowledge transfer activities in the Cypriot ecosystem.

RESTART 2016-2020 «NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE» «Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher 2025» AWARD-YR

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Code: 38031 | Identifier Code: CULTURE / AWARD-YR / 0725 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in the frame of its activities for recognizing and rewarding research excellence, established an annual Research Award for Cyprus in 2007. In 2013, the Award was modified in order to separately reward young and more experienced  researchers, in a parallel attempt to support early-career researchers and promote distinguished scientists active in Cyprus.

RESTART 2016-2020 «NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE» «Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Researcher 2025»

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Code: 38028 | Identifier Code: CULTURE/AWARD-DR/0725 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) launches the Call for Nominations for the “Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Researcher” of the Programme “Nurturing an RTDI Culture” within the framework of the “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) and invites all interested parties to submit nominations for the award.

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025 – Tourism

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Code: 38025 | Identifier Code: NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/TOURISM/0925 | Programme name: 27535 | Start submission calls: 12/09/2025 | End submission calls: 18/11/2025

The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the Tourism industry, as well as through the evaluation and identification of challenges and weaknesses.

Additionally, the Programme seeks to achieve their compliance of SMES with European and internationally accepted measures and standards through a certification scheme, the Cyber-Hygiene Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the NCC-CY.

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025

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Code: 38023 | Identifier Code: NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/0925 | Programme name: 27535 | Start submission calls: 12/09/2025 | End submission calls: 18/11/2025

The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as through the evaluation and identification of challenges and weaknesses.

Additionally, the Programme seeks to achieve their compliance of SMES with European and internationally accepted measures and standards through a certification scheme, the Cyber-Hygiene Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the NCC-CY.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of unemployed young people aged 15 to 29, not in Education, Employment or Training, with flexible employment arrangements

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Code: 38020 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidising part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire young people aged 15 to 29 who are not in employment, education, or training and are registered as unemployed with the Public Employment Service (PES) up to one day before or on the date of their recruitment, with flexible employment arrangements.

It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups of the population into the labor market.

The aim of the Plan is to recruit 350 young people belonging to the target group.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of inactive women with flexible working arrangements

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Code: 38017 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidizing part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire inactive women with flexible working arrangements. It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market. The aim of the Plan is to recruit 470 inactive women.

ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 38014 | Identifier Code: ERC-2026-STG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 09/07/2025 | End submission calls: 14/10/2025

The Starting Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators starting or having recently started their own independent research team or programme.

A Starting Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of the potential for research independence, for example, by having produced at least one important publication as its main author or a publication without the participation of their PhD supervisor.

Incentive Scheme for the Recruitment of Unemployed Women

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Code: 38010 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidising part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire unemployed women registered with the Public Employment Service (PES) up to one day before or on the date of their recruitment. It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market. The aim of the Plan is to recruit 820 unemployed women.

Coordinate deployment for the EuroQCI (CSA)

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Code: 38009 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-02 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 16/10/2025

To ensure a coherent EuroQCI initiative and support the Commission, ESA and the Member States by providing key support functions in coordination, industrialisation, dissemination and alignment, enabling national and cross-border EuroQCI networks to discuss progress, to identify and utilise synergies in their work, share best practices and information about EU components and their certifications, supporting QKD standardisation efforts, and coordinating overall progress towards a fully functional EuroQCI.

Maturing of a European industrial ecosystem for security-certified terrestrial QKD technologies and systems

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Code: 38006 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-01 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 16/10/2025

To stimulate the maturing and the transition to security certified (common criteria) of compact and efficient European components and systems for quantum key distribution and quantum secure networks, ready for integration into telecom networks, and compliant with security requirements (e.g. protection profile).

Contribute to the development of a European industrial quantum communication ecosystem, including a thriving SME sector.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of unemployed people over the age 50

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Code: 38000 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The Scheme aims to encourage employers to hire unemployed persons over the age of 50, on the date of recruitment, who are registered with the Public Employment Service (PES). The Scheme is part of the active employment policies promoted by the Government and contributes to the effort to combat poverty and social exclusion, particularly with regard to the active integration of vulnerable population groups into the labor market. From 5/9/2025 until the budget is exhausted or the Plan is announced as terminated.

Support standardisation for the EuroQCI (CSA)

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Code: 38001 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-03 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 16/10/2025

To implement appropriate necessary standardisation activities to efficiently support an operational EuroQCI infrastructure with dedicated QKD and quantum cryptography services.

While the available QKD products have now been made available by industry for a market of early adopters and innovators, there is the need to intensify standardization efforts at all levels, from QKD components, systems and applications to network capabilities and components for future quantum networks, to enable integration of quantum devices into wider complex systems, to build a solid industrial base and anticipate foreseeable work on components for future quantum networks and future certification.

Enhanced Learning Strategies for General Purpose AI: Advancing GenAI4EU (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

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Code: 37995 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Large-scale AI models excel at tasks like language processing, image generation, and complex games, but they still struggle with real-world adaptability, robust reasoning (logic, math, multi-step planning), and recognizing their own limits—often producing errors outside their knowledge domains. To move beyond pattern recognition, the goal is to build more robust, adaptive General-Purpose AI by combining self-supervised learning with complementary strategies: hybrid learning (symbolic reasoning + knowledge representation), active learning, reinforcement learning, relational learning, continual learning, evolutionary learning, and physics-based learning. Together, these approaches aim to create GPAI systems with enhanced capabilities that can tackle complex, real-world challenges.

Soft Robotics for Advanced physical capabilities (IA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

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Code: 37992 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Soft robotics represents an important avenue to advance robotics, particularly for enhancing safety and physical interaction. Its potential lies in creating systems with intrinsic and functional safety, capable of securely interacting with humans across various scenarios. By using compliant designs, these systems overcome the limitations of rigid robotic systems, such as limited adaptability and reduced safety around humans. Novel design methods, the use of smart materials, deformable physical architectures, and bioinspired approaches are key to improving robotic performance. However, significant challenges remain in learning, modelling, simulation, control, actuation, sensing, and the integration of soft electronics.

To address this, proposals should focus on exploiting novel materials and design methods for non-rigid structures, along with advanced control techniques for soft robotic systems.