Belgium & Europe

Many innovation challenges require collaboration between organizations in different Belgian regions. FAIR can help organizations identify suitable partners and prepare collaborative projects involving researchers and companies from Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.

One example is BEL-COO, a cross-regional R&D program that supports collaboration between organizations across Belgian regions. FAIR can help organizations explore whether these opportunities align with their ambitions and identify relevant research partners.

In addition to regional funding programs, a range of federal initiatives support innovation in strategic domains such as digital technologies, healthcare, energy and sustainability. These opportunities vary over time and are typically launched around specific policy priorities.

FAIR helps organizations identify relevant opportunities, connect with the appropriate funding agencies and build collaborations around emerging AI research and innovation challenges.

For organizations exploring new AI capabilities and long-term innovation opportunities.

Typical activities include:

• development of novel AI technologies;

• collaborative research projects;

• sector-specific innovation in domains such as health, energy and industry.

Horizon Europe Pillar II projects typically involve international consortia and focus on medium- to long-term research and innovation challenges.

For breakthrough innovations with strong commercial potential.

These opportunities are particularly relevant for startups, scale-ups and SMEs aiming to transform research results into market-ready solutions. Funding may include grants and, for some instruments, equity investment.

Long-term public-private initiatives bringing together researchers, companies and public stakeholders to shape future innovation agendas in AI, data and robotics.

FAIR works closely with NCP Flanders, the National Contact Point for Horizon Europe in Flanders.

While FAIR helps organizations identify relevant AI expertise, build collaborations and shape project ideas, NCP Flanders provides specialized guidance on European funding program, calls, proposal development and application procedures.

For the latest information on European programs and open calls, please consult NCP Flanders.