New Call for Proposals for the «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme (PRE-SEED/0824)

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme (PRE-SEED/0824). The Call budget is €1.200.000,…

ERC Events

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) would like to inform interested researchers that on 19 August 2024, 11:00 CEST, the European Research Council (ERC) will organize a webinar on the ERC Advanced Grant 2024 Call, in order to guide applicants…

New Call for Proposals for the «European Partnerships – Eurostars-3» Programme (EP/EUROSTARS-3/0724)

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the «European Partnerships – Eurostars-3» Programme (EP/EUROSTARS-3/0724). The Call budget is €658.000 and the maximum funding per Project is €200.000…

Increase in the budget of the Vision ERC Call for Proposals

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces an increase in the budget of the VISION ERC/0524 Call for Proposals by €500,000, in response to the increased interest and participation of the research community. The new budget of the…

Webinar for New Calls for Proposals of the Commercial Proof of Concept – Energy (COM-CONCEPT-ENERGY/0624)

Following the announcement of the New Calls for Proposals COM-CONCEPT-ENERGY/0624, the RIF is organizing a webinar to present the call and resolve queries regarding the rules and conditions for participating in the programme on 4 September 2024,…

Invitation to Participate in Market Sounding Exercise

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) is pleased to announce the commencement of a market sounding exercise aiming to gather insights and feedback on a new blended finance funding scheme. The proposed scheme aims to support innovative…

RIF: In the pulse of innovation, the “The Bash! 2024”

12 July 2024    RIF: In the pulse of innovation, the "The Bash! 2024"   Networking opportunity for the local innovation ecosystem stakeholders, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy   For…

Announcement of ERC Work Programme 2025 and opening of ERC Starting Grant 2025

The European Research Council – ERC, announced on 10 July 2024 the adoption by the European Commission of its Work Programme 2025, which is part of Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme of the EU for Research and Innovation 2021-2027. It…

Cyprus is a ‘Strong Innovator’ for the third consecutive year.

Press Release 10 July 2024   Cyprus is a ‘Strong Innovator’ for the third consecutive year. It achieved the greatest progress in performance among Member States. Cyprus is a “Strong Innovator” for the third consecutive…

Announcement of Evaluation Results for the “BRIDGE2HORIZON/0823C” (3rd Cut Off date) of the “BRIDGE2HORIZON Programme”

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the evaluation results of proposals submitted for the “BRIDGE2HORIZON/0823C” Call for proposals (3rd Cut Off date)  of the “BRIDGE2HORIZON Programme”, the evaluation procedure of…

ERC Proposal Writing Workshop 17 July 2024, 09:00-13:00

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), organises on Wednesday 17 July 2024, 09:00 – 13:00, a proposal writing workshop for the 2025 Calls of the European Research Council (ERC), in Cleopatra Hotel, in Nicosia (room AFRODITI). The…

COMPLETION OF THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE «EXCELLENCE HUBS» and the «POST DOC» PROGRAMME

The submission of proposals for Call for proposals of the «excellence hubs» and the «POST_DOC» programme, was completed on the July 5th 2024. In total, 376 proposals in the Call EXCELLENCE/0524 and 121 proposals in the Call POST-DOC/0524…