Completion of the Submission of Proposals for the CONCEPT/0326 Call for Proposals
The submission of proposals for Call for Proposals CONCEPT /0326 of the « Proof of Concept » Programme, was completed on the June 26th 2026.
A total of 181 proposals were successfully submitted by 103 unique organisations, marking a record…
Early Submission of Proposals to the RIF Calls – CONCEPT/0326 and ENTERPRISES/0326
Please note that the deadline for Call CONCEPT/0326 is June 26, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., while for Call ENTERPRISES/0326 it is June 30, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
RIF recommends the timely submission of proposals, within a reasonable timeframe before…
WEBINAR FOR THE NEW CALL FOR PROPOSALS PRE-SEED/0526
On June 12th 2026, the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), following the announcement of the New Call for Proposals for the “Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme (PRE-SEED/0526)…
PROPOSAL WRITING WORKSHOP FOR THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS « CREATION AND INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STARTUPS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION» (PRE-SEED/0526)
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) is organizing on the 26th of June 2026, between 10:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m., a Proposal Writing Workshop for the RIF open Call for Proposals «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International…
Three Years of Full Operation of the Central Knowledge Transfer Office (CKTO) of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)
The Central Knowledge Transfer Office (CKTO) of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has completed three years of full operation, playing a pivotal role in strengthening knowledge transfer capacities and the commercialisation of research…
Completion of Proposal Submission for SPONSORSHIPS/EVENTS/0426 and SPONSORSHIPS/COMP/0426 – Category I Calls for Proposals
On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026, the proposal submission process for the SPONSORSHIPS/EVENTS/0426 and SPONSORSHIPS/COMP/0426 - Category I Calls for Proposals was completed.
The Call SPONSORSHIPS/EVENTS/0426 had a total budget of €100,000…
New Call for Proposals RIF-CKTO/CAP-ENHANCE/0526 and Extension of the Deadline of the Calls for Proposals CKTO/SPOKES/0326
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the launch of the new Call for Proposals “Local KTO Staffing & Capacity Enhancement” under Call Identifier RIF-CKTO/CAP-ENHANCE/0526.
The National Knowledge Transfer System operates…
New Call for Proposals for the «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme (PRE-SEED/0526)
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme (PRE-SEED/0526).
The Call budget is €1.000.000,…
Cyprus storms into the global Top-35 as the fastest-growing startup environment in the EU
The StartupBlink Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2026 has been released this morning.
Cyprus features on the 34th place globally, up 6 places from last year and is the country with the highest climb for the third consecutive year.
The ecosystem…
Announcement of Evaluation Results for AIINGOVT/0725 Challenge 4 Call of the «AI in Government – Challenge 4 » Programme
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the evaluation results of proposals submitted for the AIINGOVT/0725 Challenge 4 Call of the «AI in Government – Challenge 4» Programme, the evaluation procedure of which was…
Budget Exhaustion for Call BRIDGE2HORIZON/0326
The Research and Innovation Foundation announces that due to budget exhaustion of the BRIDGE2HORIZON/0326Call, no additional proposals will be accepted. It is noted that the BRIDGE2HORIZON/0326 Call was announced on 26/03/2026 and the deadline…
Internship Opportunities for Students – Research & Innovation Internships Program 2026
The RIF announces the launch of a new online platform created for the R&I Internships Program and the available internship opportunities for students through the Research & Innovation Internships Program 2026.
Through the program,…