With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The main novelties for 2026, as well as the longer-term goal to extend the eligibility of applicants for Starting and Consolidator Grants from …
The European Commission launched an online public consultation on joint clinical assessments of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices at Union level under the HTA Regulation. This online consultation will be open for responses until 25 June 2025. This public consultation is focussed on the last implementing act for adoption under the HTA Regulation, which will complete the …
The Council has adopted a regulation setting up the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument. SAFE is a new EU financial instrument that will support those member states that wish to invest in defence industrial production through common procurement, focusing on priority capabilities. SAFE will finance urgent and large-scale investments in the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB). The aim is to boost production …
EU Member States have significantly closed the gap to achieving the 2030 energy and climate targets, according to the European Commission’s assessment of the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). EU countries have substantially improved their plans following Commission recommendations in December 2023. As a result, the EU is closing in collectively on a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as committed …
The Commission launched a public consultation on a new methodology to calculate the quality of service of 5G connectivity. The features offered by this new methodology enable the calculation of the estimated (theoretical) quality of service of 5G, as opposed to the measured (sample tests) quality of service of 5G. It proposes a common approach …
The Commission has launched a targeted consultation to gather feedback in view of the European Union’s decision on the future use of the 1980-2010 MHz and 2170-2200 MHz frequency bands for Mobile Satellite Services (‘the EU 2 GHz MSS band’). In 2009, following a procedure carried out at EU level, the Commission selected two operators, …
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has received an unprecedented 2,087 project proposals under the EIC Pathfinder Open 2025 call, involving participants from 71 countries. The call closed earlier this week on 21 May 2025, with applicants collectively requesting over €6.23 billion in grant funding— demonstrating the growing demand for support in transformative, high-risk research. This …
EIF commitment is backed by the InvestEU programme, which aims to trigger more than €372 billion overall in investment supporting EU policy priorities, until 2027 This investment is the EIF’s first investment in a dedicated European defence fund The Fund targets early-stage companies across the EU, focusing on information superiority, cyber defence, space, autonomy and …
To strengthen Europe’s vaccine readiness and responsiveness in times of pandemics, the European Vaccine Hub (EHV) was inaugurated in Siena. The initiative consist of key actions, that will amongst others, speed-up vaccine development to less than four months from identifying a pathogen’s genomic sequence. The Hub will bring together nationally-funded vaccine research and development investments at EU …
On 16-18 May, the third and final session of the European Citizens’ Panel on the new EU long-term budget took place in Brussels. For the first time, a group of 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU Member States have brought forward bringing their ideas for a sustainable and flexible long-term EU budget. This diverse panel …