BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:RVO-session about consortium grants: Cluster 4 Digital/Industry METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260421T120000 DTEND:20260421T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T120000 UID:2026/rvo-session-about-consort@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260504T052225 LOCATION:VU Campus SUMMARY:RVO-session about consortium grants: Cluster 4 Digital/Industry X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IXA-GO, VU Grants Offic e organises in collaboration with Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederl and (RVO) a series of meetings focused on the collaborative grants of Horizon Europe. Topics: Digital/Industry, Digital Europe, EIC, and Research Infrastructure.

Clusters and topics:

Cluster 4 (Digital/Industry), Digital Europe, EIC and Research Infrastructure . More information in detail below.

Programme


These meetings will be presented by the represent atives (National Contact Points) of the HE Clusters and Programmes. A s such this is a good opportunity to connect with them for your grant application. 

We would like to remind you that if you pla n to submit a Horizon Europe proposal as a coordinator, please contac t IXA-GO , VU Grants Office for additional support from grant advisors, impact managers and business developers: subsidiedesk@vu.nl

Clust er 4 strengthens Europe’s leadership in digital, industri al, and space technologies, ensuring competitiveness and res ilience across key sectors. It supports advances in advanced materials, AI, robotics, next‑generation internet, quantum technolo gies, Big Data, and clean/circular industry. The cluster pro motes secure, sustainable supply chains—including critical raw mate rials—while fostering Europe’s open strategic autonomy. Its actio ns accelerate both the green and digital transitions and encourage et hically aligned, human‑centred technology development.

The Digital Europe Programme accelerates Europe’s d igital transformation by funding large‑scale deployment of key digi tal capacities such as supercomputing, AI, cybersecurity, adv anced digital skills, and the uptake of digital technologies across e conomy and society. It bridges the gap between digital resea rch and market deployment, helping businesses—especially SMEs—ben efit from digital tools. DIGITAL enhances Europe’s digital sovereig nty by reducing dependencies in critical technologies, including semi conductors under the Chips for Europe initiative. It co mplements Horizon Europe and other EU programmes to reinforce resilie nce, security, and technological leadership.

The Europe an Innovation Council supports breakthrough, market‑c reating and deep‑tech innovation across the full lifecycle—from e arly‑stage research to commercialization and scale‑up. Its three main instruments—EIC Pathfinder, EIC Trans ition, and EIC Accelerator—fund cutting� �edge science, technology validation, and business growth for start� �ups and SMEs. The EIC Fund provides equity investments to help innov ators scale and attract co‑investment from private capital. Guided by an independent EIC Board and specialised Programme Managers, the E IC proactively steers portfolios toward technological breakthroughs. Overall, the EIC drives Europe’s leadership in transformative techn ologies and supports visionary entrepreneurs.

Research Infrastr uctures are world‑class facilities, resources, and services —from major scientific equipment to data infrastructures� �that enable frontier research and innovation. They provide open acce ss for top researchers across Europe and beyond, supporting scientifi c excellence and cross‑border collaboration. RIs underpin Open Scie nce through the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), high‑performance computing, and data‑driven research. They play a critical role in enabling the green and digital transitions, health research, and evidence‑based policymaking. Horizon Europe’s RI pr ogramme strengthens and expands the European infrastructure landscape , supporting innovation, training, and long‑term sustainability.

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Clusters and topics:

Cluster 4 (Digital/Industry ), Digital Europe, EIC and Research Infrastructure. More info rmation in detail below.

Programme


The se meetings will be presented by the representatives (National Contac t Points) of the HE Clusters and Programmes. As such this is a good o pportunity to connect with them for your grant application.  We would like to remind you that if you plan to submit a Horizon Europe proposal as a coordinator, please contact IXA-GO, VU Grants Office for additi onal support from grant advisors, impact managers and business develo pers: subsidiedesk@vu.nl Cluster 4 strengthens Europe’s leade rship in digital, industrial, and space technologies , ensuring competitiveness and resilience across key sectors. It supp orts advances in advanced materials, AI, robotics, next‑gen eration internet, quantum technologies, Big Data, and clean/circular industry. The cluster promotes secure, sustainable supply ch ains—including critical raw materials—while fostering Europe’s open strategic autonomy. Its actions accelerate both the green and di gital transitions and encourage ethically aligned, human‑centred te chnology development. The Digital Europe Programme&n bsp;accelerates Europe’s digital transformation by funding large‑ scale deployment of key digital capacities such as supercompu ting, AI, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and the uptake of d igital technologies across economy and society. It bridges t he gap between digital research and market deployment, helping busine sses—especially SMEs—benefit from digital tools. DIGITAL enhances Europe’s digital sovereignty by reducing dependencies in critical technologies, including semiconductors under the Chips for Europe  initiative. It complements Horizon Europe and other EU pro grammes to reinforce resilience, security, and technological leadersh ip. The European Innovation Council supports br eakthrough, market‑creating and deep‑tech innovation across the f ull lifecycle—from early‑stage research to commercialization and scale‑up. Its three main instruments—EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition, and EIC Accelerator—fund cutting‑edge science, technology validation, and busin ess growth for start‑ups and SMEs. The EIC Fund provides equity inv estments to help innovators scale and attract co‑investment from pr ivate capital. Guided by an independent EIC Board and specialised Pro gramme Managers, the EIC proactively steers portfolios toward technol ogical breakthroughs. Overall, the EIC drives Europe’s leadership i n transformative technologies and supports visionary entrepreneurs. R esearch Infrastructures are world‑class facilities, resourc es, and services—from major scientific equipment to data i nfrastructures—that enable frontier research and innovation. They p rovide open access for top researchers across Europe and beyond, supp orting scientific excellence and cross‑border collaboration. RIs un derpin Open Science through the European Open Science Cloud ( EOSC), high‑performance computing, and data‑driven resea rch. They play a critical role in enabling the green and digital tran sitions, health research, and evidence‑based policymaking. Horizon Europe’s RI programme strengthens and expands the European infrastr ucture landscape, supporting innovation, training, and long‑term su stainability. IXA-GO, VU Grants Office organises in collaboration wit h Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) a series of meetings f ocused on the collaborative grants of Horizon Europe. Topics: Digita l/Industry, Digital Europe, EIC, and Research Infrastructure. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR