Planning of calls for proposals by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) for 2026
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces its planning of calls for proposals for funding for 2026.
The planning includes new calls within the "THALIA" Program 2021-2027 as well as calls for European Partnerships whose announced…
Consultation on the New Rules for Participation in RIF’s Funding Programmes
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the launch of a consultation process on the new Rules for Participation in its funding Programmes.
The new rules will be applied on the RIF’s new Grants Management System, which is…
Webinar for the new RIF Programme «AI in Government – Challenge 4»
RIF is organising an informative Webinar, in the frame of the announcement of the new Challenge 4 of the new RIF Programme «AI in Government», on Thursday 29 January 2026, time 13:00-14:00 (local time) in order to support interested parties…
Announcement of Evaluation Results for Calls NCC–CY–ENTERPRISES/0925 and NCC–CY–ENTERPRISES/TOURISM/0925 of the Programs “Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025” and “Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025 – Tourism”.
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the results of the evaluation of proposals submitted under the calls for proposals NCC–CY–ENTERPRISES/0925 and NCC–CY–ENTERPRISES/ TOURISM/0925 of the Programs " Enhancing Cybersecurity…
Announcement of Stage A’ Evaluation Results for the INNOVATE/0525 Call of the «DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BY EXISTING ENTERPRISES» Programme
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the evaluation results of STAGE A’ for proposals submitted for the INNOVATE/0525 Call for proposals of the “Development and Promotion of Internationally Competitive Innovative Products…
Opportunities for research funding in the treatment of rare diseases. Call for Proposals of the «European Partnerships – «European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ΕRDERA)» (EP/ERDERA/0126)
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the call for proposals for the “European Partnerships – European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ΕRDERA)” titled «Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non-genetic diseases»…
Call for Proposals of the «European Partnerships – Accelerating Farming Systems Transition (AGROECOLOGY)» (EP/AGROECOLOGY/0126)
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the call for proposals for the “European Partnerships – AGROECOLOGY” titled: «Integrating environmental, economic and social perspectives in assessing the performance of agroecology.…
Announcement of Evaluation Results for AIINGOVT/0725 Challenge 3 Call of the «AI in Government – Challenge 3 » Programme
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the evaluation results of proposals submitted for the AIINGOVT/0725 Challenge 3 Call of the «AI in Government - Challenge 3» Programme, the evaluation procedure of which was completed…
COMPLETION OF THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE BOOST/1224 (B) CALL
The submission of proposals for the second deadline of the Call for proposals of the BOOST/1224 (Β) Call, was completed on December 12th 2025. In total, 26 proposals were successfully submitted through the IRIS portal.
The RIF will proceed…
Announcement of New Challenge – Flagship Funding Programme “AI in Government” Innovative Artificial Intelligence Solutions for the Public Sector
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), in collaboration with the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, announces a new challenge under the flagship funding programme “AI in Government”, aiming to develop innovative…
COMPLETION OF THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE POST-DOC/0925 CALL
The submission of proposals for Call for proposals of the POST-DOC/0925 Call, was completed on November 28th 2025.
In total, 212 proposals were successfully submitted through the IRIS portal as following:
POST-DOC/0925 – RoandOther:…
COMPLETION OF THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE «EXCELLENCE HUBS» EXCELLENCE/0925
The submission of proposals for Call for proposals of the «Εxcellence Ηubs» programme, was completed on November 26th 2025.
In total, 444 proposals were successfully submitted through the IRIS portal.
The RIF will proceed with the…