Highlights

  • All Projects funded under the first DTP Call are coming to an end and are organizing their final events on these months to disseminate the main achievements gained during their implementation. Find out more here
  • Due to the large number of last-minute applications and requests, the Call for Nominations for the Danubius Young Scientist Award 2019 has been prolonged until 31st May 2019! Read more here
  • As part of the national strategy for the European Research Area, Germany is expanding its collaboration with the EU13 member states. The ERA Fellowships – Science Management action supports capacity building in the field of science management. Find more details here
  • All actors involved in the Danube region such as, politicians, civil society, public and private organisation are invited to contribute to the elaboration of the new EUSDR Action Plan. Folllow this link by 20th May and find out more
  • Detailed information concerning the state of implementation of each macro-regional strategy is now available. The document is based inter alia on contributions from the key stakeholders of the strategies, EU institutions, Member States representatives, academia and experts. Find the final report here and the EC staff working document accompanying the document  at this link 
  • Registrations for the 8th EUSDR Annual Forum are open. The  Forum will cover topics of particular importance for the Danube region: connectivity and regional mobility, economy, ICT, environment, tourism, links between Macro-regional strategies, EU mainstream operational programs and the new Cohesion Policy. Find out more here
  • Bucharest will host the Innovative Enterprise Week next June to allow debating about how to bridge the gap from idea to investable project, how to support breakthrough innovations and the scale up potential with high risk for private investors. Find more information here.
  • The JRC is organising the Conference Supporting Smart Specialisation Strategies and Technology in South-East Europe. All details are available at this link

Articles, Reviews, etc.

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The EC is currently evaluating 300 SwafS proposals- 56% more proposals received compared to last year.
The last SwafS call received 308 proposals, 56% more than last year. Citizens Science is the topic g…

The EC to launch a new a tender for an open access publishing platform
The European Commission is committed to supporting beneficiaries in complying with open access requi…

Expression of Interest: Collaborating Region in the Water Smart Territories Partnership
The European Commission recently approved a new thematic area focused on “Smart Water Territories” i…

EUREKA project EYEINJECT – new invention will help you seing better
A Czech eye surgeon is the man behind an invention to save patients pain from eye surgery. The produ…

Statement by Commissioner Moedas on the European Parliament’s vote on Horizon Europe
The European Parliament has endorsed the provisional agreement reached by the co-legislators on Hori…

Made in Danube – Open Innovation World Café events successfully organised in Slovakia and Hungary
Two out of the three Open Innovation World Cafes’ by the DTP Made in Danube project have already bee…

Joint event of the UpGradeSME project and the Priority Area 8 of the EU Strategy of the Danube Region
On 19th March 2019 the Joint Event of the Project UpGradeSME and the Priority Area 8 of the EUSDR wa…

The EU RISE expert group presents ideas for future of R&I in Europe
The EU Research, Innovation and Science Expert group (RISE), who advise the European Commissioner fo…

ERDF-funded science centre destined for Medimurje, Croatia
This project aims to improve the development of teaching, research and professional capacities at th…

Detailed tracking of the financing of climate action by Cohesion policy is now open access
To reach the EU agreed climate and energy targets by 2020, the European Commission committed itself …

EC Directorate General Research and Innovation under re-organisation
As reported by Science Business, the DG new structure will allow the Commission to better …

Euronews – protecting Danube’s ecosystem
The Danube is the second longest river in Europe, flowing through 10 countries. In this Euronews „Sm…

EC launched Horizon Impact Award contest
On 20 March 2019, the European Commission (EC) launched the first Horizon Impact Award – a prize…

Bulgaria: External independent evaluation of research carried out by universities and research organizations
The aim is to evaluate 8 universities and 26 institutes at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, based …

Upcoming Teaming Projects in the Danube Region
13 projects have been selected for funding from Teaming part of Horizon 2020. Three of them are loca…

ResInfra@DR project starts series of Information Sessions
The Events on research infrastructures in the Danube macro-region will be organised in Kiev, Chișină…

Widening participation recently discussed in Bucharest
Upon invitation by the Romanian Presidency, Research ministers met for an informal meeting in Buchar…

Country report and investment needs for 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy presented in Slovenia
The 2019 European Country Report for Slovenia was recently published. This year’s country report has…

With more space, University of Ljubljana increases academic output
With the addition of two new, state-of-the-art facilities for the faculties of chemistry and chemica…

H2020 project PaNOSC officially started to contribute making FAIR data a reality
Large-scale research infrastructures produce a huge amount of scientific data on a daily basis. For …

Visit regularly our News area on the portal to keep informed.

Funding Opportunities

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Horizon Prizes: Cleanest engine of the future – € 3.5 Million
( Deadline: May 20, 2019 )
The purpose of this prize is to stimulate the development of next generation engine and powertrain t…

Call for Tender: European Monitoring of Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes (EMBAL)
( Deadline: June 5, 2019 )
The objective of this contract is to support EU efforts in strengthening the capacity for collecting…

Call for Tender: Support Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water with the Implementation Support to the Regional Water Projects
( Deadline: June 6, 2019 )
The objective of the technical assistance assignment is to facilitate high quality and uniform imple…

Call for Tender: Gender Equality Index in the EU Member States: Policy Context and Statistical Analysis
( Deadline: June 11, 2019 )
The main objective of this procedure is to support EIGE’s work on the Gender Equality Index and to c…

2019 LIFE call for proposals for traditional projects – environment and resource efficiency
( Deadline: June 17, 2019 )
LIFE programme launched the 2019 calls for proposals: €400 million of EU funding available for …

4th Call Interreg Central Europe
( Deadline: July 5, 2019 )
The new call, Capitalisation through coordination, is an experiment to coordinate capitalisation acr…

Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) aspects of the Clean-Energy Transition (LC-SC3-CC-1-2018-2019-2020)
( Deadline: August 27, 2019 )
This call includes the contribution of the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge „Secure, clean and effici…

Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation – Widening Fellowships WF-02-2019
( Deadline: September 11, 2019 )
Call ID: H2020-WF-2018-2020 – Types of action: Career Restart panel; Reintegration panel , Standar…

Development and long-term sustainability of new pan-European research infrastructures – Design Studies
( Deadline: September 12, 2019 )
 Call ID: INFRADEV-01-2019-2020

MSCA-COFUND-2019 – Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
( Deadline: September 26, 2019 )
Proposed programmes are encouraged to cover all research disciplines („bottom-up“), but can also foc…

Call: Quality of Environment Slovakia
( Deadline: December 31, 2020 )
Quality of Environment programme’s  budget is 4,3 bill. €, of which 1,86 bill. € …

Call: Regions in Growth Bulgaria
( Deadline: December 31, 2020 )
Open call of Structural Funds in Bulgaria. 

Call: Transnational network R&D-projects in energy field
( Deadline: December 31, 2020 )
EUREKA is a publicly-funded, intergovernmental network, involving over 40 countries. EUREKA’s aim is…

Call for proposals in Environmental Issues in Czech Republic
( Deadline: December 31, 2020 )
Operational Programme (OP) „Environment“ 2014-2020 for the Czech Republic is worth more th…


Find more funding opportunities available for researchers in the Danube Region here. As for Horizon 2020, please notice that we publish only some of the existing calls. Kindly refer to the participant portal for more related announcements.

Workshops, conferences, etc.

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4th Forum of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and 2nd Fora of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce, Cities and Universities
( May 7-8, 2019 – Budva, Montenegro)
The EUSAIR Annual Forum 2019 runs under the slogan »Integration for the people, development for the …

Made in Danube – Open Innovation World Café in Vinkovci, Croatia
( May 9, 2019 – Vinkovci, Croatia)
The development of new products and innovative services in the area of bioeconomy by companies in th…

Edu-Lab Final Conference „Better Chances for Young People in the Danube Region“
( May 14-15, 2019 – Zagreb, Croatia)
The partnership consortium of the Interreg-project EDU-LAB: New Danubian Governance in Labour market…

European Cluster Conference 2019 – Connecting Ecosystems: Bridge. Inspire. Change
( May 14-15, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
The event will be a unique chance to hear about recent and future priorities for cluster policies an…

EUREKA Global Innovation Summit 2019
( May 14-16, 2019 – Manchester, United Kingdom)
The EUREKA Global Innovation Summit is an international meeting place for businesses and innovat…

RARE final event
( May 15-17, 2019 – Novi Sad, Serbia)
RARE aims to enhance the capacities of and cooperation among actors having a stake in the labour mar…

Training on Technology Transfer and IP Management
( May 20, 2019 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
This training is organised by the Department Technology Transfer and IP Management  of the Cent…

Publich Hearing: Towards better economic convergence and competitiveness within macro-regions
( May 21, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU asked the European Economic and Social Committee (E…

ResInfra@DR – Know-how exchange forum in Bratislava
( May 22-23, 2019 – Bratislava, Slovakia)
ResInfra@DR project’s mission is to improve framework conditions for research infrastructures (RIs) …

Interreg Annual Event 2019
( May 22-23, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the meeting is one of the annual oppo…

Joint Event by DANUBIOVALNET project and EUSDR PA 8-Competitiveness
( May 27-28, 2019 – Prague, Czech Republic)
The event, held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 – 29 May 2019, aims to explore the future deve…

ATTRACTIVE DANUBE Final Conference
( May 28-29, 2019 – Postojna, Slovenia)
The event entitled Attractive Region vs. Sustainable Region which will take place 28. – 29. May 2019…

Webinar: Freedom to Operate in Horizon 2020
( May 29, 2019 – online, Other)
The first part will provide participants with a general description of Freedom to Operate analysis. …

Made in Danube Final Event
( June 3, 2019 – Stuttgart, Germany)
The final event of the INTERREG Danube Transnational Programme project Made in Danube will take plac…

EC Conference “The Digital Cities Challenge”
( June 5, 2019 – Brussels, Belgium)
The European Commission hosts on 5 June 2019 a high-level conference on “The Digital Cities Cha…

Visegrad 4 Conference on Digital Transformation in the New Era: Current Status and Future Challenges
( June 6, 2019 – Brussels, Belgium)
The conference is jointly organised by the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD…

Ministerial conference “The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region – Instrument for Economic Development”
( June 11-14, 2019 – Tulcea, Romania)
The Romanian Ministry for Tourism, in colaboration with Tulcea County Council, will organize th…

ResInfra@DR Final Event in Vienna
( June 12-13, 2019 – Vienna, Austria)
The meeting “Perspectives for Research Infrastructures in the Danube macro-region” will invite inter…

EuroNanoForum
( June 12-14, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
EuroNanoForum 2019 stands as the most significant European forum that brings together scientists, in…

8th Evaluation Conference of EU Cohesion Policy
( June 20-21, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
 The 8th Evaluation Conference of EU Cohesion Policy takes place on 20-21 June 2019 in Buchares…

Pathways to Greener Transport Infrastructure. Solutions and Policy Options for Sustainable Road & Rail Networks in Europe
( June 25, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
The event will be held under the patronage of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Counc…

YES! EUSDR / Youth – Entrepreneurship – Science
( June 26, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
Generating an entrepreneurial mindset should start in early stage of life. YES! EUSDR is established as platform for discussing tool…

Workshop on the Interplay between regions and clusters in the context of post-2020 Cohesion Policy
( June 26, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
This workshop is organized by Priority Area 8 Coordinators from Baden Wurttemberg and Croatia as a s…

16th DRC Summer School: “Falling Walls – moving borders – common house Europe?”
( June 30, 2019 – July 7, 2019 – Zagreb, Croatia)
The DRC (Danube Rectors’ Conference) Summer School project was initiated by the Institute for the Da…

Open Info Day on Horizon 2020 – ‘Health, demographic change and wellbeing’
( July 3, 2019 – Brussels, Belgium)
Funding opportunities for Horizon 2020’s Societal Challenge 1, which will be expected to offer calls…

H2020 ICTurkey 2019
( July 5, 2019 – Istanbul, Turkey)
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) with the support of the EU-fun…

International research and practice conference „Nanotechnology and nanomaterials“ NANO-2019
( July 27, 2019 – Lviv, Ukraine)
The conference focuses on the latest advances in nanosciences and nanotechnologies and promotes prof…

EIT Digital Conference 2019
( September 10-11, 2019 – Brussels, Belgium)
EIT Digital is organising its fourth annual conference on 10 September 2019 in Brussels, bringing to…

ICT Proposers’ Day 2019
( September 19-20, 2019 – Helsinki, Finland)
Digital Excellence Forum @ ICT Proposers’ Day 2019 will take place on 19-20 September 2019 at the Me…

European Research and Innovation Days
( September 24-26, 2019 – Brussels, Belgium)
Brussels will host several type of events during the R&I Days; the programme for the 3 specific …

10th Danube Academies Conference
( October 30-31, 2019 – Prague, Czech Republic)
The Czech Academy of Science organises the 10th Danube Academies Conference in October in Pague. Amo…

DRC Annual Meeting 2019
( November 6-8, 2019 – Bucharest, Romania)
Exchange, knowledge transfer, networking – our annual meetings are the best opportunity to get in to…

From Idea to Commercialisation: IPforBusiness Training Ljubljana
( December 3, 2019 – Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Reflecting the strong demand for business-oriented IP training, the European IP Helpdesk and the Eur…

Webinar: IP Management in H2020 – with a special focus on MSCA
( December 4, 2019 – online, Other)
The webinar will provide an overview of key aspects in the field of intellectual property management…

Webinar: Maximising the impact of Horizon 2020 project results
( December 11, 2019 – online, Other)
Learn more about exploitation of IP rights in H2020 projects. This webinar gives an overall view of …


Please check out the online calendar for many more announcements!

Papers, Jobs and other Applications

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Open call for Training School „How to support successful grant proposals in Horizon Europe: from Cross-cutting Issues to Grant Writing“
( Deadline: May 8, 2019 )
The Training School „How to support successful grant proposals in Horizon Europe: from Cross-cutting…

Apply for the REGIOSTARS – Europe’s awards for the most innovative, regional projects
( Deadline: May 9, 2019 )
The RegioStars Awards are a yearly competition, organised by the European Commission’s Directorate G…

Open call for Standard Short-term Scientific Missions
( Deadline: May 15, 2019 )
COST BESTPRAC is delighted to announce a new call for Standard Short Term Scientific Missions …

Interreg Project Slam 2019
( Deadline: May 17, 2019 )
The ‘Interreg Project Slam 2019’ is part of the work implemented by Interact Programme promoting inn…

Back Survey on the European Commission’s support to Smart Specialisation Strategies
( Deadline: May 17, 2019 )
The Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL), under the auspices of the Directorate-General for Regional…

Green Talents Competition 2019
( Deadline: May 22, 2019 )
Water management, bioenergy, artificial intelligence: a sustainable society can be reached in many w…

Call for Experts – Contribute to the Roadmap of Research Infrastructures in the Republic of Srpska
( Deadline: May 30, 2019 )
The ResInfra@DR project is currently running several pilot actions with the aim to support research …

Call for Applications: 16th DRC Summer School 2019
( Deadline: May 31, 2019 )
„Falling walls – moving borders – common house Europe?“

ESOF 2020 – Call for proposals for the scientific programme is open
( Deadline: June 15, 2019 )
ESOF 2020 will take place in Trieste, The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, interdiscipli…

PhD scholarships from the German Federal Environmental Foundation