Indoor air quality and health

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

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.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-02

Call

Indoor air quality and health

Summary

Air quality is primarily monitored in outdoor locations, often for regulatory targets compliance purposes. Ιmproving outdoor air quality leads to general improvements of indoor air quality as well, certain sources of air pollution not covered by ambient air quality standards can dominate in some indoor environments. In addition to identifying determinants for indoor air quality, it is important to assess their health impacts in the levels reached indoors to facilitate setting of purposeful indoor air quality standards. This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 2 ‘Living and working in a health-promoting environment’.

 

Detailed Call Description

Applicants should propose research actions that advance the understanding of the indoor air quality and related health and safety issues and should include all of the following activities:

  • Identification and characterisation of sources and routes of exposure and dispersion of chemical and biological indoor air pollution.
  • Identification of differences and modes of interaction between indoor and outdoor air quality at relevant and representative locations.
  • Development and deployment of technologies enabling cost-effective monitoring of indoor air quality and user-friendly alert systems.
  • Development and deployment of effect-based test systems for the detection of synergistic effects of different biogenic particles and substances as well as additional chemical substances such as volatile organic compounds, including in vitro and in vivo approaches with respect to 3Rs.
  • Identification of body burdens resulting from multipollutant (real-life scenario) indoor exposures and associated health effects, with specific focus on vulnerable population groups and sensitive life stages.
  • Conducting dose-response studies to facilitate the setting of purposeful quality standards.
  • Development of cost-effective, environment-friendly and scalable technologies to improve indoor air quality to reduce disease burdens.
  • Preparation of guidelines and training materials for interventions, supporting health promotion and disease prevention in various sectors, e.g. construction and transport, and in various socio-economic settings.
  • Delivery of FAIR data and databases structured to allow user-friendly access to information about exposures, sources and risk factors.

Proposals should ensure that chemical monitoring data are shared in IPCHEM through involvement with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

All projects funded under this topic are strongly encouraged to participate in networking and joint activities, as appropriate.
Proposals are expected to include a budget for the attendance to regular joint meetings and may consider to cover the costs of any other potential joint activities without the prerequisite to detail concrete joint activities at this stage.

Call Total Budget

€40,00 million

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

100%

EU contribution per project:€ 8,00 million

Thematic Categories

  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Health
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

Call Opening Date

22/06/2021

Call Closing Date

21/09/2021

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation
Marinos Fotiadis
Contact Phone: 22 205 048
E-mail: mphotiades@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/

Ioannis Theodorou
Contact Phone: 22 205 038
E-mail: itheodorou@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/

(Publish Date: 01/08/2021-for internal use only)

EU Contact Point

European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact