SFP Pulse is our free weekly digest of high-potential Horizon Europe and Digital Europe calls, hand-picked by SFP senior consultants with commentary on what's worth watching.
EuroHPC opens the AI Gigafactories tender with up to €10 billion behind it, the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund goes live, and Japan joins Pillar II.
10 August 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
The ERC's 2027 Starting Grant call opens with €594.1 million, while final AI Act transparency guidance and the AI Omnibus reset compliance planning.
27 July 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
The EU opens its first direct equity route for defence scale-ups, while ETS reform, the AGILE programme and a new cyber-AI plan reshape the autumn funding pipeline.
20 July 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
86 organisations push for a stronger FP10 as Europe debates its next research budget, plus a new European Partnerships consultation and fresh calls to act on.
13 July 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
Chips JU launches €120M in new semiconductor calls on 7 July while the Commission proposes five joint defence megaprojects.
06 July 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
The EIC's €100M Defence Scale Up call opens 30 June, the Council adopts its FP10 position, and the ERC awards €838M to 319 researchers.
29 June 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
The EIC opens to defence with a new €100M scale-up call, CEF Transport reopens with €1.1bn, and the AI Act high-risk consultation now runs to 23 July.
22 June 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
Women TechEU returns with €12M for women-led deep tech founders, Australia joins Horizon Europe from 2027, and the EU finalises its AI content labelling rules.
15 June 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
ERC Plus opens Tuesday with up to €7M per project. Ten Cluster 5 calls launch Thursday as the Innovation Fund draws record demand and FP10 stalls.
01 June 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
New European Bauhaus opens its 2026 call with €101 million across nine topics, and EU research ministers head to Council on 29 May to set FP10 direction.
18 May 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
EIC results, new bioeconomy finance coordination, and major 2026 call windows now open across LIFE, Digital Europe and CBE JU.
29 April 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners
A wave of major EU funding windows has opened this week, led by the LIFE 2026 programme, new Digital Europe topics, and the CBE JU 2026 call - creating a high-opportunity moment for consortia to lock roles and move to submission-ready plans.
23 April 2026 · Strategic Funding Partners