Subject to approval by the Council of Ministers, a specific open call in the Human Factors domain, with a dedicated budget, will be launched soon.
During a dedicated information day (in Dutch or French) (28 January 2026), the DEFRA team will present the objectives, and modalities of this call for proposals to researchers from both the public and private sector. It’s an excellent opportunity to start your network!
The goal of this open call is to explore new solutions towards the development of defence and security policy and optimised functioning and integration of human beings in complex organisations such as defence, from an economical, legal, psychological, sociological, historical, or ethical point of view.
| HUMAN FACTORS OPEN CALL | Indicative budget (in M€) |
|---|---|
| Human Factors Open Call | 4.0 |
| TOTAL | 4.0 |
Projects will have a duration of minimum 2 and maximum 4 years.
| Activity | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Information session (in Dutch or French) | 28 January 2026 |
| Deadline Pre-proposals | 19 February 2026 (14h00) |
| Communication of evaluation result pre-proposals | 23 March 2026 |
| Deadline Full proposals | 4 May 2026 (14h00) |
| Remote scientific peer review evaluation | 5 May - 1 June 2026 |
| Ethical evaluation | 5 May - 5 June 2026 |
| Feedback to applicants in preparation of panel meeting (remote scientific peer evaluation, ethical evaluation & consensus reports and questions to applicants) | 10 June 2026 |
| Written feedback by applicants (answers) | 19 June 2026 |
| Panel evaluation, incl. interviews with the applicants | Between 22 June and 15 July |
| Selection proposal formulated by the scientific committee of the RHID | 4 September 2026 |
| Final selection of proposals by the board of directors of the RHID and allocation of projects | 10 September 2026 |
| Communication of results to applicants | 14 September 2026 |
Call information
Template for the Pre-proposal:
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The pre-proposals as well as the full proposals must be electronically created, elaborated and submitted via the online submission platform.
The templates for the pre-proposal and the full proposal are made available on the website. However, after the evaluation of the pre-proposals, a maximum of ten pre-proposals will be invited to submit a full proposal.
A new submission platform is being developed. More information will follow soon.
