EU Funding News · Ullswater Investmentshttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/Daily, verified news on European funding for innovators, researchers and SMEs: Horizon Europe, EIC, Digital Europe, defence, cohesion funds and Spanish R&D grants, with links to the official sources.enWed, 04 Nov 2026 23:15:41 +0000Open Research Europe becomes fee-free in 11 countrieshttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/11/open-research-europe-fee-free-11-countries/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/11/open-research-europe-fee-free-11-countries/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000Research PolicyResearchers in 11 countries can now publish on the Commission's open-access platform without publication fees, under a collective funding model.EU and Bpifrance plan €150 million guarantee for Ukraine partnershipshttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/11/bpifrance-eu-guarantees-ukraine-dual-use-partnerships/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/11/bpifrance-eu-guarantees-ukraine-dual-use-partnerships/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000EIC, Defence & EquityThe arrangement under the Ukraine Investment Framework targets French–Ukrainian industrial ties in defence and dual-use technology.Commission proposes €31.7 billion for Ukraine's defence industryhttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/ukraine-support-loan-2027-defence-industry/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/ukraine-support-loan-2027-defence-industry/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000EIC, Defence & EquityThe proposal covers 2027 under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan. The Council still has to adopt it before disbursements start.Canada joins EuroHPC as a Participating Statehttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/canada-joins-eurohpc-supercomputing-network/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/canada-joins-eurohpc-supercomputing-network/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Digital & AIAgreed at the EU–Canada Summit in Montreal, the move opens Europe's public supercomputing, AI and quantum resources to Canada.First EIC defence equity call closes with nine applicationshttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/eic-step-scale-up-defence-call-closes/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/eic-step-scale-up-defence-call-closes/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000EIC, Defence & EquityThe EIC STEP Scale Up Defence call offered direct equity of up to €30 million per company; results are expected in early 2027.Guidelines on generative AI in research get their largest updatehttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/generative-ai-research-guidelines-update/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/generative-ai-research-guidelines-update/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Research PolicyThe ERA Living Guidelines for researchers, research organisations and funders were updated on the same day the first 13 EOSC nodes went live.RAISE pledging initiative launched for AI in sciencehttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/raise-pledging-initiative-ai-in-science/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/raise-pledging-initiative-ai-in-science/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Digital & AICompanies and philanthropic organisations are invited to support researchers who use AI, mainly with models, computing capacity, software, data and training.Horizon Europe Cluster 4 opens its 2027 callshttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/cluster-4-opens-2027-calls/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/cluster-4-opens-2027-calls/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Digital & AIIndustry, two-stage and RAISE calls opened on 13 October; the digital call on federated and sustainable AI data processing opens on 17 November.New €230 million Horizon Europe call on naturehttps://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/horizon-europe-230-million-call-nature/https://news.ullswaterinvestments.com/2026/10/horizon-europe-230-million-call-nature/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Horizon EuropeTen topics to raise biodiversity spending across Pillar II of the 2026–2027 work programme, with most deadlines on 14 January 2027.