Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research (CINR)

GAIN Nuclear Energy (NE) Vouchers is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN). Provides competitively awarded access to DOE national labs for U. S. businesses to tap into the intellectual and technical resources needed to overcome critical technology challenges for their advanced energy products and gain a global competitive advantage.

NSF 26-513 establishes State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs to expand researcher access to AI computing, with approximately 100 million US dollars available and about 10 awards anticipated per cycle, one per state or multi-state region, at 4 to 12 million dollars each. The solicitation addresses five core elements: hub consortium governance built on multi-institutional partnerships spanning higher education, industry, philanthropy and state and local government; computing, data, software and other AI infrastructure, funded by the consortia rather than by NSF; regional partnerships including industry collaboration, workforce development and integration with the National AI Research Resource; an AI infrastructure workforce of systems administrators, engineers and AI for science facilitators who support researcher access; and faculty training through instructional materials, labs, workshops and programmes that help students use computing and data resources for scientific research. The diagnosis behind the programme is that the constraint on AI-enabled science at most United States institutions is no longer the existence of compute but the absence of local capacity to make it usable: no facilitators, no trained faculty, no institutional pathway to a national resource. The solicitation is domain-neutral, emphasising broad enablement across science and engineering rather than naming healthcare, climate or agriculture priorities, which means a hub serving an agricultural or biomedical research region can shape its proposal around that regional strength without working against the call. Full proposals are due 4 November 2026, then 3 November 2027 and the first Wednesday in November annually thereafter.

Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: Identification and prioritization of climate security scenarios, assessing cascading and compounding risks across multiple sectors; Development and validation of advanced tools, technologies, and data-driven solutions for climate - and environmental - risk forecasting, crisis management, and adaptation, including risk analytical and assessment tools, weather alerts and forecasts; Development and validation of advanced tools and technologies to assess and monitor climate-induced disasters, also providing risk information on adaptation and risk reduction measures; Strengthened engagement with stakeholders, ensuring end-user involvement in defining requirements, testing, and validation of climate security solutions; Development and validation of new risk-management tools, technologies and data, closer to operational environment. Focus on local and regional risk-management and climate adaptation work should be prioritized; Pre-crisis analysis and post-crisis situational awareness in case of those disasters related to climate change (floods, fires, landslides, heat waves, etc.); Enhanced international cooperation, policy integration, and public awareness to improve climate security resilience and preparedness. Strengthen networks to exchange best practices and support the international dimension of the Preparedness Union Strategy and the Sendai Disaster Risk Reduction Framework. Scope: Climate change is a global challenge with profound security implications at the global, regional, and local levels. It exacerbates risks across multiple sectors, including agriculture, biodiversity, health, border security, economy, financial stability, transport, telecommunication and human displacement, leading to severe socio-economic consequences and destabilizing communities. The increasing frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters highlight the urgent need for a holistic, long-term strategy to address climate security, integrating risk assessment, crisis management, and adaptation measures, while also leveraging the expertise of the insurance sector. While climate services based on data analysis have reached a high level of trust among users, their application to civil security remains underdeveloped. Proposals should aim to develop methodologies, tools, and technologies that enhance situational awareness both before a crisis (pre-crisis) and after a crisis (post-crisis), enabling decision-makers and populations to respond effectively. Research should focus on defining priority climate security scenarios in the EU, identifying key stakeholders, and establishing essential indicators for informed decision-making. Efforts should be directed toward understanding and mitigating the impacts of floods, landslides, wildfires, and other climate-induced disasters. This includes developing improved methods and models for risk prevention and reduction, early detection, emergency response tactics, and rescue efforts under extreme conditions. The study of cascading effects and compounding disasters is critical, particularly regarding groups in a vulnerable situation such as older people, people with disabilities, and children. In this view, the proposals should build on the European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA [1] ) and consolidated national risk assessments [2] as well as find synergies with project’s chosen for the similar EU Mission: Adaptation to Climate Change topic [3] . Both the European Preparedness Union Strategy, the European Water Resilience Strategy and the upcoming European Climate Adaptation Plan act as policy guidance. Diverse climate and environmental security scenarios should be developed, supported by innovative, reliable tools that leverage multiple data sources, enabling a comprehensive and adaptive response. Proposals should also integrate space programme components such as Copernicus and Galileo to improve data a Programme areas: Horizon Europe (HORIZON), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Civil Security for Society, Disaster-Resilient Societies Keywords: Climate change adaptation, Disaster resilience and crisis management, Policy and Support, Protection, Security, Climate security, Pre-crisis analysis and post-crisis situational awareness, civil preparedness, climate adaptation, cooperation, crisis management, disaster, end-user, environment, public awareness, resilience, risk forecasting, security, validation of advanced tools and technologies