Large-scale production of liquid advanced biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin

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Code: 38176 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/09/2025 | End submission calls: 17/02/2026

Demonstrate innovative large-scale production of liquid advanced biofuels and/or renewable fuels of non-biological origin for sectors with specific need for such fuels (particularly aviation and shipping and energy-intensive industries).

Production is expected to be based on various EU sustainable biomass feedstocks, notably biogenic residues and wastes, biogenic part of slurries and industrial wastes, and/or on non-biological origin feedstocks, such as renewable hydrogen and CO₂ or renewable carbon, nitrogen, or their compounds, through chemical, biochemical, biological, and thermochemical pathways, or a combination of them.

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

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Code: 38173 | Identifier Code: POST-DOC/0925 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 18/09/2025 | End submission calls: 28/11/2025

The “POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS ” Program aims to support existing and integrate new postdoctoral level scientists into the Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) system of Cyprus for the preparation of high-level research projects, seeking their involvement in the development of new research activities, the creation of a critical mass of researchers in cutting-edge scientific fields and the creation of sustainable highly specialized jobs for the employment of new scientists.

In addition, the Program is expected to contribute to addressing the problem of brain drain abroad, a phenomenon that has worsened in recent years.

SOFT Innovation Prize 2026

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Code: 38169 | Identifier Code: EURATOM-2026-SOFT-PRIZE | Programme name: 23715 | Start submission calls: 03/06/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

Fusion research encompasses innovation in the domains of physics and technology over a wide range of specialisations.

Fusion researchers are constantly challenging the scientific state-of-the-art and improving the technology thereby creating the conditions for innovation, much of which can be exploited in other science and industrial sectors for the benefit of society.

The fundamental basis of the Euratom Programme is the drive and support for innovation across the product development chain from research to market. In this context the researcher plays a critical role.

Welfare monitoring: data driven risk assessment in fast and slower growing broilers (BROWARD)

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Code: 38165 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-BIOHAW-01 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 17/06/2025 | End submission calls: 26/11/2025

The objective of this call for proposals is to identify a consortium of EFSA Art 36 organizations (EC regulation 178/2002) that will fill in this gap of knowledge by achieving the following project outcomes:

• Standardized data collection protocols for broiler welfare measurements
• Field data collection on broiler welfare
• Establish a dataset with Animal Based Measures, resource-based measures and management-based measures that can inform future risks assessments

Scaling up deep tech ecosystems

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Code: 38162 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 10/09/2025 | End submission calls: 20/01/2026

Pan-European research infrastructures are strategic assets to boost R&I, scientific discoveries and deep-tech developments at regional, national and European levels.

They have a strong role in increasing the R&I potential of academia and industry in local and regional ecosystems, thus enhancing competitiveness, innovation in strategic areas and overcoming fragmentation.

The Council conclusions on strengthening the competitiveness of the EU and overcoming the fragmentation of the European Research Area encouraged better use and deployment of Research Infrastructure facilities and services by academia and industry, including SMEs and start-ups across the entire EU.

European network of national competence centers for innovation procurement

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Code: 38159 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 10/09/2025 | End submission calls: 20/01/2026

Many public buyers around Europe still lack experience on innovation procurement and need training and guidance.

To tackle this challenge, several countries around Europe have set up national competence centers that cooperate with policy makers in their country to implement capacity building measures for innovation procurement.

With support of Horizon 2020 funding, in the past, five new competence centers were set up and started collaborating with five existing competence centers across borders.

Expanding Investment Ecosystems

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Code: 38157 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 10/09/2025 | End submission calls: 20/01/2026

The lack of later-stage funding and partners for expansion to foreign markets is one of the most problematic aspects of business growth particularly for the startups from less developed innovation ecosystems. In order to scale to a leading business, startups need to expand to foreign markets beyond their region.

At earlier stages start-ups are typically supported by local investors and partners. However, in order to expand inside the EU they would need access to the funding from actors with presence and knowledge in these new markets.

The lack of partners for expansion to foreign markets beyond their region is harmful for local start-ups’ growth and investor activity and the development of regional scale-ups, even more so for women-led companies.

While the limited number of established European start-up hubs attract significant money and traction, the innovation ecosystems in other areas struggle to keep pace with fewer resources, including funds and technical expertise.

In the struggle for resources, many start-ups face the choice to either forego growth and ultimately close their business or move elsewhere, while foreign investors struggle to enter new markets due to insufficient information about the market, its opportunities and regulatory frameworks.

Call for proposals for the development of new diagnostic tests for vector-borne diseases (HERA)

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Code: 38154 | Identifier Code: EU4H-2025-HERA-PJ-2 | Programme name: 10993 | Start submission calls: 04/09/2025 | End submission calls: 04/12/2025

The activities conducted under this action will focus on supporting late-stage development of medical devices, bringing them to (near-) market; improvement of existing products in terms of accessibility, affordability, or accuracy; or, in case of unmet needs, aid the creation of innovative solutions. Supported actions will need to advance beyond the current R&I status and, where applicable, must also take into account ongoing Union projects, such as under Horizon Europe, guaranteeing complementary. This will expand diagnostic capabilities to address emerging and re-emerging pathogens in the Union, by providing advanced tools to monitor and respond to outbreaks.

Updating diagnostic technologies to improve accuracy, speed, and accessibility and the optimisation of diagnostic technologies such as molecular assays and serological tests, should be supported by evidence on novel antigens or genetic sequences, including clinical testing.

Call for proposals to support the development of innovative medical countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (HERA) – Reusable respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE)

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Code: 38151 | Identifier Code: EU4H-2025-HERA-PJ-1-b | Programme name: 10993 | Start submission calls: 04/09/2025 | End submission calls: 04/12/2025

Call for proposals to support the development of innovative medical countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (HERA) – Medicinal products

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Code: 38148 | Identifier Code: EU4H-2025-HERA-PJ-1-a | Programme name: 10993 | Start submission calls: 04/09/2025 | End submission calls: 04/12/2025

Call for proposals to support the development of innovative medical countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (HERA) – Detection and diagnosis

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Code: 38146 | Identifier Code: EU4H-2025-HERA-PJ-1-c | Programme name: 10993 | Start submission calls: 04/09/2025 | End submission calls: 04/12/2025

The objective is to improve the Union’s readiness to respond to intentional health threats, including cross-border ones, by supporting the development of medical countermeasures to biological, chemical and radio-nuclear agents for which there currently are no or only limited treatment options.

This action will focus on supporting advanced research on threat-agnostic medical countermeasures against CBRN agents and platform approaches to treat injuries from CBRN agents.

Setting up of Cross-Border Coordination Points

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Code: 38124 | Identifier Code: PPPA-2025-BRIDGEFOREU | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 14/08/2025 | End submission calls: 13/11/2025

CBCP and prospective CBCP set-up according to the Regulation aim at providing solution of legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context and in land or maritime border regions of neighbouring Member States.

Any activity for the operational setting-up of CBCP (such as, but this list is indicative only and not exhaustive, rent or purchase of real estate, of digital equipment or systems, of furniture and office equipment; procurement of studies and advise to define the CBCP functioning model; purchase of office supplies; purchase of design and development of web pages; legal consulting; legal assessment of the first files (as defined in articles 7 and 8 of the Regulation) received by the CBCP);

Any communication activity related to the CBCP.

ERC SYNERGY GRANTS

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Code: 38122 | Identifier Code: ERC-2026-SyG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 10/07/2025 | End submission calls: 05/11/2025

The aim is to provide support for a small group of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone.

Empowering Truck Drivers – Revolutionizing European Logistics

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Code: 38121 | Identifier Code: PPPA-2025-EMPOWERTD | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 02/09/2025 | End submission calls: 04/11/2025

The awarded consortium will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing an app for truckers, free of charge, where drivers and operators can access detailed information about any point of interest, and provide their feedback. The information generated by the app should also be made available and exploitable by third party systems.

The work includes the identification of points of interest in scope, defining main indicators and information needs of truckers, determine functional requirements, development of the app and the supporting systems, testing, deployment and communication.

SoilTribes | Open Call to Support Initiatives Led by Multi-Actor Teams

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Code: 38116 | Identifier Code: SoilTribes | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 11/08/2025 | End submission calls: 10/10/2025

SoilTribes invites applications for lump sum grants aimed at supporting innovative, multi-actor initiatives that foster soil literacy, raise public awareness, and engage diverse communities in the protection and restoration of soil. These grants are designed to trigger behavioral change and galvanize innovation at the intersection of science, arts, and society.

dAIEDGE 3rd Open Call – Collaborative Projects

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Code: 38113 | Identifier Code: dAIEDGE | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 14/08/2025 | End submission calls: 14/10/2025

dAIEDGE is a Network of Excellence (NoE) for distributed, trustworthy, efficient and scalable AI at the Edge. The dAIEDGE Network of Excellence (NoE) seeks to strengthen and support the development of a dynamic European cutting-edge AI ecosystem under the umbrella of the European Lighthouse for AI, and to sustain the development of advanced AI.

The 3rd Open Call aims to expand the role of the dAIEDGE Network of Excellence in the edge AI continuum, encompassing micro-, deep-, and meta-edge, with a focus on standardisation, open-source contributions, and infrastructure development.

HERIFORGE 1st Open Call

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Code: 38111 | Identifier Code: HERIFORGE | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 27/08/2025 | End submission calls: 27/10/2025

The main goal of HERIFORGE (cultural HERitage and Immersive technologies for innovation FORGE) is to develop a network of three interconnected place-based hubs in Poland, Cyprus and Turkey providing Research and Innovation environment for innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industries with the responsible use of XR (extended reality) technologies and cultural heritage for the benefit of social resilience.

Support for the Ukrainian tech SMEs and startups

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Code: 38109 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-UKRAINIANTECH-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 12/08/2025 | End submission calls: 26/11/2025

This action focuses on deep-tech startups which 1) have high-impact innovation technology, product, service, or business model that could create new markets or disrupt existing ones, and 2) have the ambition and commitments to scale up.

The successful applicants are expected to work on the deep-tech innovation within the abovementioned priority areas. Such companies often struggle to attract financing because the technology and investment risks are too high.

This topic is designed to enable promising deep-tech startups to develop further their innovations from at least TRL 4 (technology fully validated in a lab) and attract the investment amounts needed for scale up in a shorter timeframe.

The applicants are expected to demonstrate in their application that they:

• have developed technology validated in the lab level (at least all aspects of TRL 4 completed)
• have the potential to reach application and market in period of 2-3 years;
• possess the necessary Intellectual Property Rights to ensure freedom to operate and adequate protection of the idea;
• have a clear vision on the intended pathway and route to market. This includes specific milestones together with concrete and verifiable KPIs to assess progress towards the market.

Applications from women-led companies are encouraged.

If relevant, for those applicant companies that are currently located in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country, a clear intention to relocate back the company to Ukraine whenever feasible is expected.

Citizen and Stakeholder Engagement in Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) and Forest Restoration

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Code: 38108 | Identifier Code: G-05-2025 | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 14/07/2025 | End submission calls: 12/10/2025

FORWARDS is a project funded by the European Union that will prototype the Forest-Ward Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation system that will help assess how European forests respond to the impacts of climate change. It will document current restoration activities concerning forests, biodiversity, carbon, and soils, and explore various restoration options to guide decision-making processes towards climate-smart forest management. One of the aims of the FORWARDS project is to engage and empower citizens and stakeholders in the co-creation of solutions that will support the future of forests amidst climate change challenges.

Waste-to-value devices – circular production of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials

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Code: 38104 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/07/2025 | End submission calls: 29/10/2025

Fossil fuels supply a majority of the world’s energy and also provide the raw materials, or feedstocks, for many essential everyday products.

While energy provision is becoming increasingly decarbonized, the production of fuels, chemicals and materials requires carbon atoms as feedstocks.

However, their production can be “de-fossilized”, by utilising renewable energy and alternative carbon sources. Likewise, a circular economy approach offers scope to reduce external dependencies and source other essential molecular feedstocks including critical raw materials from wastes.