VLAIO - ITEA call 2025

Research

Funding organisation:

Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen

What?

ITEA (Information Technology for European Advancement) is an industry-driven European ecosystem for collaborative R&D projects focussing on software-intensive systems. Topics include artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, smart cities, Industry 4.0, smart mobility, health care and smart engineering.

Who?

VLAIO allocates funding for Flemish organisations via Research Projects or Development Projects. Hasselt University can not receive funding without the participation of a Flemish company.

Application?

A preliminary schedule is available for the application to ITEA. 

• 10 November 2025: Submission of Project Outlines
• 12 February 2026: Submission of Full Project Proposal

For VLAIO the application must also be registered via the online portal by 29 May 2026.
After registration with your eID you receive (as main applicant) a link to your application to complete the proposal and to upload all necessary supporting documents. Please note that after submitting a part of the proposal, the data in this proposal cannot be modified anymore. Make sure that before submitting all parts that the budget is final and that everything in the online portal is consistent with the content of the completed templates.

Only OBI is allowed to submit the part for the "kennisinstelling", as they have a mandate to do so.

More information?

From 16 - 18 September ITEA will organise Project Outline Preparation Days. Registering can be done via this link.


Contact OBI when preparing a project proposal. OBI

• Helps with process-related questions (e.g. questions about the application template, submission procedure etc.)
• Acts as an intermediary between the researchers and VLAIO
• Acts as an intermediary when internal (TTO, PER, FIN) or external consultation is necessary
• Helps with preparing the project budget
• Checks the final project budget
• Helps with administrative formalities relating to Hasselt University
• Has the mandate to submit the application for Hasselt University

Deadline

12.02.2026

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail sarah.szyr@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269052