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CELTIC-NEXT call for projects – Spring 2026
The CELTIC-NEXT Spring Call 2026 invites innovative R&D proposals aligned with its vision of a next-generation communications for a secured, trusted, and sustainable digital society. Open from 1 December 2025 to 24 April 2026, the call covers a wide scope across ICT, including network capacity, photonics, satellite systems, mobility, security, robustness, energy efficiency, 5G, 6G, IoT, smart cities and homes, Industry 4.0, logistics, automotive telecoms, blockchain, fintech, e-health, big data, privacy, identity and public safety. Applicants can build international consortia with industry, SMEs, RTOs and academia, supported through an online Launch Event and a Brokerage Day in Vienna. Participation may give access to national public funding; applicants are encouraged to contact their national public authorities for more funding details. CELTIC-NEXT gives project proposers almost limitless freedom regarding what research topic they can explore in their ICT research projects, offering projects the chance of both evolutionary and disruptive innovation in all relevant ICT areas without limiting their creativity and ambition.
Open Call 1: Interconnecting Local Digital Twins
Funded under the Digital Europe Programme (DEP), the Local Digital Twins for Smart and Sustainable Communities (LDT4SSC) project is launching its first Open Call within Work Strand 1. The call will fund pilot projects that show how existing Local Digital Twins can be linked together to build a Europe-wide network, using common frameworks and services to enable interoperability and cross-domain collaboration. The initiative aims to support projects that demonstrate the interconnection of local digital twin technologies across domains and geographical boundaries. Eligible applicants include local, regional and national authorities, private organisations such as businesses and technology developers, NGOs, not-for-profits, and research institutions and academia across European Union member states.