RESTART 2016-2020 – NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE – Cyprus Award – Commercial Exploitation of Research Results 2025

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Code: 38037 | Identifier Code: CULTURE / AWARD-EXPLOITATION / 0725 | Programme name: 27535 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in the frame of its activities to develop a culture of knowledge transfer and commercial exploitation of research results, announces for the first time the “Cyprus Award for the Commercial Exploitation of Research Results”.

Knowledge Transfer activity at national level makes a significant contribution to enhancing competitiveness, creating new jobs and contributing to the diversification, sustainability and vitality of national economies.

This Award will provide a reward for a scientist or a group of scientists who have demonstrated successful commercial exploitation of research results and seeks to motivate and encourage further development of knowledge transfer activities in the Cypriot ecosystem.

RESTART 2016-2020 «NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE» «Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher 2025» AWARD-YR

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Code: 38031 | Identifier Code: CULTURE / AWARD-YR / 0725 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in the frame of its activities for recognizing and rewarding research excellence, established an annual Research Award for Cyprus in 2007. In 2013, the Award was modified in order to separately reward young and more experienced  researchers, in a parallel attempt to support early-career researchers and promote distinguished scientists active in Cyprus.

RESTART 2016-2020 «NURTURING AN RTDI CULTURE» «Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Researcher 2025»

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Code: 38028 | Identifier Code: CULTURE/AWARD-DR/0725 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: i. “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes | Start submission calls: 04/07/2025 | End submission calls: 19/09/2025

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) launches the Call for Nominations for the “Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Researcher” of the Programme “Nurturing an RTDI Culture” within the framework of the “RESTART 2016-2020” Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) and invites all interested parties to submit nominations for the award.

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025 – Tourism

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Code: 38025 | Identifier Code: NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/TOURISM/0925 | Programme name: 27535 | Start submission calls: 12/09/2025 | End submission calls: 18/11/2025

The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the Tourism industry, as well as through the evaluation and identification of challenges and weaknesses.

Additionally, the Programme seeks to achieve their compliance of SMES with European and internationally accepted measures and standards through a certification scheme, the Cyber-Hygiene Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the NCC-CY.

Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025

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Code: 38023 | Identifier Code: NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/0925 | Programme name: 27535 | Start submission calls: 12/09/2025 | End submission calls: 18/11/2025

The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as through the evaluation and identification of challenges and weaknesses.

Additionally, the Programme seeks to achieve their compliance of SMES with European and internationally accepted measures and standards through a certification scheme, the Cyber-Hygiene Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) of the NCC-CY.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of unemployed young people aged 15 to 29, not in Education, Employment or Training, with flexible employment arrangements

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Code: 38020 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidising part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire young people aged 15 to 29 who are not in employment, education, or training and are registered as unemployed with the Public Employment Service (PES) up to one day before or on the date of their recruitment, with flexible employment arrangements.

It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups of the population into the labor market.

The aim of the Plan is to recruit 350 young people belonging to the target group.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of inactive women with flexible working arrangements

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Code: 38017 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidizing part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire inactive women with flexible working arrangements. It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market. The aim of the Plan is to recruit 470 inactive women.

ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 38014 | Identifier Code: ERC-2026-STG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 09/07/2025 | End submission calls: 14/10/2025

The Starting Grant supports excellent Principal Investigators starting or having recently started their own independent research team or programme.

A Starting Grant Principal Investigator should have already shown evidence of the potential for research independence, for example, by having produced at least one important publication as its main author or a publication without the participation of their PhD supervisor.

Incentive Scheme for the Recruitment of Unemployed Women

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Code: 38010 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The scheme involves subsidising part of the wage costs of staff as an incentive for employers to hire unemployed women registered with the Public Employment Service (PES) up to one day before or on the date of their recruitment. It is included in the Active Employment Policies measures and contributes to the active integration of vulnerable groups into the labor market. The aim of the Plan is to recruit 820 unemployed women.

Coordinate deployment for the EuroQCI (CSA)

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Code: 38009 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-02 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 16/10/2025

To ensure a coherent EuroQCI initiative and support the Commission, ESA and the Member States by providing key support functions in coordination, industrialisation, dissemination and alignment, enabling national and cross-border EuroQCI networks to discuss progress, to identify and utilise synergies in their work, share best practices and information about EU components and their certifications, supporting QKD standardisation efforts, and coordinating overall progress towards a fully functional EuroQCI.

Maturing of a European industrial ecosystem for security-certified terrestrial QKD technologies and systems

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Code: 38006 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-01 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 15/07/2025 | End submission calls: 16/10/2025

To stimulate the maturing and the transition to security certified (common criteria) of compact and efficient European components and systems for quantum key distribution and quantum secure networks, ready for integration into telecom networks, and compliant with security requirements (e.g. protection profile).

Contribute to the development of a European industrial quantum communication ecosystem, including a thriving SME sector.

Incentive Scheme for the recruitment of unemployed people over the age 50

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Code: 38000 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2025 | End submission calls: 05/09/2026

The Scheme aims to encourage employers to hire unemployed persons over the age of 50, on the date of recruitment, who are registered with the Public Employment Service (PES). The Scheme is part of the active employment policies promoted by the Government and contributes to the effort to combat poverty and social exclusion, particularly with regard to the active integration of vulnerable population groups into the labor market. From 5/9/2025 until the budget is exhausted or the Plan is announced as terminated.