In brief

• The updated FENG schedule includes eight new calls, including two financial instruments.
• The calls cover research and development, clusters, innovation centres, promotion of SME brands and critical technologies.
• Several announcements have been postponed to December 2026 or January 2027, so it is worth checking the current deadlines.

New FENG calls

The updated schedule includes eight new calls. Among them are two financial instruments: equity instruments for companies in the growth phase and guarantees for firms with development potential. Both are non-competitive in nature (Aktualizacja harmonogramu naborów w programie Fundusze Europejskie dla Nowoczesnej Gospodarki – Portal Funduszy Europejskich).

Under action 1.1 SMART Path, a call for research and development for consortia will be announced in November. The call is run by NCBR. A call for developing the offer of clusters, aimed at Krajowe Klastry Kluczowe and Ponadregionalne Klastry Wzrostowe, will appear in August 2027.

A call under action 2.18, concerning the development of the offer of innovation centres for companies, is planned to be announced by April 2027. Promotion of innovative SME brands, i.e. action 2.25, is due to start in August 2027. At the latest, under action 5.1, a call for the SEAL critical technologies fund, also run by NCBR, will appear in February 2027.

Postponed deadlines

Not all announcements are up to date. The announcement of the call under action 1.1 concerning the implementation of R&D results, run by NCBR, has been moved from December 2026 to January 2027.

Under action 2.7 Proof of Concept, the call has been moved from November to December 2026. Two further announcements, under actions 2.18 and 2.25, have been moved from October to December 2026.

What it means for companies

Entrepreneurs planning to apply for calls on research, innovation or growth should check the new dates in the programme schedule before preparing their documentation. The postponements affect several actions at once, so deadlines recorded earlier in plans may already be out of date.