03/02/2026

ERA-LEARN Guide on co-funded European Partnerships

ERA-LEARN has published an essential guide for newcomers on co-funded European Partnerships. The guide covers common issues such as budgeting, conflicts of interest, implementing joint calls for proposals, monitoring projects, implementing additional activities, and demonstrating impact. To enhance understanding, it provides real-world examples of these challenges and effective solutions, helping stakeholders apply best practices in their context.

07/01/2026

European Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2025 - Key Takeaways available

ERA-LEARN and the European Commission jointly organised the fourth edition of the European Partnership Stakeholder Forum on 3 December 2025 in Brussels. The event provided an excellent networking opportunity, bringing together the entire community of stakeholders from co-funded, co-programmed and institutionalised partnerships. The two main panel discussions addressed the following topisc:

• Shaping collaboration: European Partnerships under FP10
• Building a coherent and strategic portfolio of European Partnerships

First key takeaways, slides and recordings are available. A detailed report will follow shortly.

26/02/2026

Looking Ahead: European Partnerships and Pathways to Sustainability

The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) is organising together with ERA-LEARN the workshop “Looking Ahead: European Partnerships and Pathways to Sustainability” on 26 February 2026 in Brussels. This workshop will serve as a continuation of the European Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2025 discussions and will support partnerships further developing their financial sustainability agendas as an integral part of their phasing-out strategies towards finalisation and adoption. 

16/01/2026

European Partnership for Virtual Worlds launched

The European Partnership for Virtual Worlds was launched on 10 December 2025 to bring together industry, academia, research organisations and end-users to support research and innovation in this area. The European Partnership on Virtual Worlds aims to ensure the EU fully benefits from the potential of virtual worlds. It will promote excellence in research, innovation, standardisation and skills development, while encouraging the deployment and adoption of human-centric virtual worlds. Under the partnership, the European Commission plans to allocate up to €200 million within the current Multiannual Financial Framework to research and innovation activities and Virtual Worlds Association members will match this investment with at least €200 million between 2025 and 2030, ensuring strong public-private collaboration to scale virtual worlds across sectors.

22/01/2026

New 'European Partnership Help Center' on the ERA-LEARN Website

ERA-LEARN has published a new Help Center for European Partnership on its website, containing frequently asked questions and answers from our webinars and events. More questions and answers will be added over time. If you have any questions, please send them to office@era-learn.eu and we will add them to the Help Center. 

22/01/2026

Implementing co-funded European Partnership Workshop - Q&As published

ERA-LEARN and the European Commission held a hybrid workshop 29-30 September 2025 in Rome. The workshop provided a comprehensive overview of issues related to the preparation and implementation of co-funded European Partnerships. A new Q&A document has now been published to answer questions from participants.

20/11/2025

Expert Group on the Design and Selection of Directional Initiatives

The European Commission has published information on the Expert Group on the Design and Selection of Directional Initiatives under the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (E03996).

14/11/2025

New EIT Water Launched  

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has selected the consortium that will lead the new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), EIT Water, which is dedicated to addressing critical challenges across the water, marine and maritime sectors and ecosystems. EIT Water is the EIT’s tenth KIC. Adopting an integrated approach across freshwater, marine, and maritime environments, it will support entrepreneurial education and skills development, innovation projects, and business creation. The winning team, Allwaters, comprises 50 partners from 24 countries. These include leading industry partners, universities, research organisations, ports, non-governmental organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises.

18 - 22/05/2026

MIOIR Course on Evaluation of Science and Innovation Policies

This long-running course addresses the latest thinking in evaluation and teaches the most effective use of evaluation tools. As a leading European centre in the study of science, technology and innovation policy and evaluation methodologies, and based on forty years of evaluation practice, the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research is able to call upon a wealth of expertise, both from staff who have practical experience of the conduct of evaluations, and from policy makers and practitioners.

Participants will learn about evaluation tools and approaches, ‘get to grips’ with indicators, bibliometrics and altmetrics, and consider how to evaluate the institutions involved in delivering STI policy and the broad range of economic and societal impacts of policy decisions.

News from the ERA-LEARN database

New Call: Clean Hydrogen Call for Proposals 2026
New Call: BE READY NOW JTC2026
New Call: Agriculture of Data: EU-wide data-driven solutions to real problems
New Call: AGROECOLOGY: Fostering plant and animal genetic diversity and empowering farmers to accelerate the agroecological transition
New Call: THCS JTC 2026 - Access to Care
New Call: Made in Europe: Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies - Two-stage calls
New Call: EP BrainHealth: Biological, social and environmental factors that impact the trajectory of brain health across the lifespan – in the field of neurological, mental and sensory disorders
New Call: Made in Europe: Leadership in materials and production for Europe - One-stage calls
New Call: Green ERA-Hub: Sustainable Production and Utilisation of Biomass
New Call: FutureFoodS - Accelerating Food Sustainability - through Household Dietary Shifts, Trust and Transparency, and Innovations in Circular Food Processing Systems
New Call: ERDERA 2026 Joint Transnational Call: Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non‑genetic diseases
New Call: ERA4Health Understanding and Preventing Overweight and Obesity