Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of observation systems will play a critical role in global initiatives such as WMO’s Global Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases or the GEO initiatives and flagship initiatives, which are essential to support EU and international policies, such as the Paris Agreement, the Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Agreement, the European Climate Law, the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy, the EU Climate Change Regulation, the EU Climate Action Plan and the EU Climate Action Plan.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals are expected to exploit the latest digital technologies (e.g. Artificial Intelligence, digital twins, IoT) and science (e.g. data assimilation and analysis, or models) to develop innovative, generic, quantitative, cost-effective and user-friendly tools to optimize current and future/emerging orbital (baseline and small satellite constellations) and non-orbital observing systems (e.g. autonomous systems, manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), citizen science networks) and their combinations from a performance and investment point of view, using approaches like Observing System Experiments (OSEs) and Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs).
Proposed activities should identify technical, as well as socio-economic, cultural, geo-political, or other barriers on usability, accessibility (including at international level), effectivity, interoperability and exploitation of environmental observing systems, and propose and support the implementation of innovative, efficient and pragmatic solutions to overcome them. Towards this end, the inclusion of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines is encouraged.
Innovative decision-making approaches should be investigated to support and facilitate international governance and negotiations at European and global level, as well as national actors on sustainable and resilient environmental observations matters, regarding investments, operations, accessibility, gaps and innovation. Inter-operability with European data spaces and other existing data infrastructures should be considered.
The approaches should be demonstrated in the context of one of the following specific use case areas (and proposals should identify which use case area they are addressing):
- Area A: monitoring global anthropogenic and natural greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, in support of the Paris Agreement;
- Area B: ozone depleting substances and F-Gases, in support of the Montreal Protocol.
Proposals are expected to demonstrate a good understanding of data requirements for policy implementation. The optimisation of the observing systems should identify and address in an iterative process the needs of well identified user groups, like for example modelling communities, Copernicus, Destination Earth, international organisations, and regional or national authorities.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €5.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Culture
- Environment and Climate Change
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Natural and Cultural Heritage
- Other Services
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Services Providers
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Marcia Trillidou
Scientific Officer A’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy
Dr. Mary Economou
Scientific Officer
Email: meconomou@research.org.cy