ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

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Code: 30840 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-COG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 12/12/2023

The ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

Increasing the circularity in electronics value chains

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Code: 30820 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-3-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The circular economy action plan (CEAP) highlights electronics including information and communications technology (ICT) equipment as one of the four particularly important material and product streams with regard to their circularity potential and their environmental footprint.

Proposals should address the priorities set in the CEAP, which states that “electrical and electronic equipment continues to be one of the fastest growing waste streams in the EU, with current annual growth rates of 2%. Proposals should aim to implement traceability solutions in support of recent policy developments, e.g. regarding the digital product passport. Projects should also help produce harmonised and robust methods to assess the amount of recycled content in sectoral products, which is key for a future review of green claims through authorities and consumer organisations.

Unlock the potential of the New European Bauhaus in urban food system transformation

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Code: 30817 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-01-1 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Sustainable food systems can be an integral part of our living spaces including urban gardens, rooftop gardens and other nature-based solutions and positively transform our food environments. Exploiting the vision of New European Bauhaus and providing inclusive access, education and capacity building can provide multi-functional benefits and help transforming food systems especially in urban and peri-urban areas.

The overall aim of this topic and associated R&I activities is to leverage the New European Bauhaus values for urban and peri-urban food system transformation by positively transforming the food environment to enable sustainable, inclusive, and aesthetic ways of food system transformation.

From silos to diversity – small-scale bio-based demonstration pilots

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Code: 30813 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-6-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The current economy system is based on an intensive consumption of fossil fuels in a way that severely compromise the future of the planet due to the severe consequences in climate change. Europe’s future economic growth and jobs will increasingly have to come from innovation in sustainable products based on renewable resources and in line with the climate and biodiversity objectives. This topic addresses innovative business models and technology options in primary production sectors to unlock the potential of the bioeconomy in rural areas and to efficiently use underutilised biomass, in particular side streams from agriculture and forestry, for high value applications in small-scale bio-based demonstration pilots.

Creating smart and attractive tools to enhance healthy and sustainable food provision, eating and treating of food at home

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Code: 30810 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-5 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The overall aim of this topic and associated R&I activities is to enhance healthy and sustainable diets aligned with national dietary advice by empowerment of citizens and their capacity to eat and cook at home in line with budgetary and time constraints as well as their living situation. Interventions should not target citizens directly, as full alignment with national policies and advice on nutrition and health needs to be ensured.

Preventing and reducing food waste to reduce environmental impacts and to help reach 2030 climate targets

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Code: 30808 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-8 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Climate change and environmental degradation are recognised as the main challenges to tackle in the European Green Deal. Food waste prevention and reduction could contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, pollution reduction, better air quality, biodiversity preservation.

This topic should focus on preventing and reducing food waste to reduce environmental impacts and to help reach 2030 climate targets.

Microbiome for flavour and texture in the organoleptic dietary shift

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Code: 30806 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-9 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The need for a holistic approach to realize the full potential of microbiome innovation has to develop bioinformatics prediction of smell and taste of microbes to create new nuances and flavours.

Environmental impacts of food systems

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Code: 30804 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-3 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

When considering wider environmental and climate impacts of food systems, more information is needed to understand these impacts, particularly when it comes to pollution stemming from food processing, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, trade, consumption (including emerging food consumption trends, such as products of alternative diets), food waste and end of life practices.

The successful proposal should fill the relevant knowledge and data gaps. It should explain how it will deliver co-benefits to some of the Food 2030 priorities: climate, biodiversity and environment, circularity and resource efficiency, innovation and empowering communities. The data should be aligned with, and support the relevant objectives of the upcoming Sustainable food system framework initiative.

This topic is focused on environmental impacts of food systems.

Selective breeding programme for organic aquaculture

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Code: 30802 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-9 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Breeding under organic conditions is essential to achieve the objectives of organic aquaculture and respect its principles. Breeding is at the same time essential to allow the farmers to reach good productive results and efficient use of the resources under organic production conditions.

Proposals should plan breeding programs under organic aquaculture for the main European aquaculture finfish species, i.e. seabass, seabream, trout and salmon. They should breed organic juveniles under organic production conditions respecting high animal welfare standards and should aim to improve species resilience, diseases resistances and feed efficiency satisfying nutritional needs using as much as possible alternative feed materials to increase production sustainability.

Selection of partners to carry out EUROPE DIRECT activities (2023-2025) in Slovakia

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Code: 30799 | Identifier Code: ED-SK-2023 | Programme name: 20281 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2023 | End submission calls: 17/10/2023

The European Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”), through its Representation in the Slovak Republic, announces a call for proposals for the selection of partners who will operate the EUROPE DIRECT centers in the period 2021-2025.

Increasing the circularity in plastics value chains

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Code: 30796 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-2-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

The new circular economy action plan (CEAP) highlights plastics as one of the four particularly important material and product streams with regard to their circularity potential and their environmental footprint.

This topic is focused on increasing the circularity in plastics value chains.

Tools to increase the effectiveness of EU import controls for plant health

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Code: 30792 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02-3-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

Plant health is threatened by species injurious to plants and plant products, which now present a greater risk of being introduced into the Union territory owing to globalisation of trade and climate change. The current EU plant health legislative landscape aims at a proactive approach ensuring safe trade and mitigating the impacts of climate change on the health of the crops and forests in Europe.

Research activities should support these measures by contributing to the development of more rapid, reliable and economic innovative solutions and devices that can assist plant health inspectors at the borders. Technologies such as e-noses, acoustic devices, scanners, and portable devices for molecular identification of plant pests within hours/minutes of the specimen’s sampling often using limited amounts of plant or plant product material, and other relevant solutions, are included within the scope of this topic.

Horizon Europe Travel Grants

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Code: 30787 | Identifier Code: TRAVEL GRANTS/0823 | Programme name: 2941 | Sub-program: ii. OTHER RIF PROGRAMMES | Start submission calls: 29/08/2023 | End submission calls: 31/12/2026

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces a Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) for supporting individuals from Organizations established in the Republic of Cyprus in participating in networking Events organized abroad, with the aim to encourage their participation in proposals to be submitted in the context of Horizon Europe, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-27.

This Call for EoI particularly targets interested Organizations that are planning to submit Proposals as Coordinators and/or Work Package Leaders and/or lead particular activities as Task Leaders in potential Project consortia submitting in Horizon Europe Calls for Proposals.

Ocean models for seasonal to decadal regional climate impacts and feedbacks

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Code: 30783 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-6 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Most climate models include the ocean dimension that stops at the regional scale as defined by meteorology and climatology like in CORDEX In parallel, operational oceanography centres develop and operate ocean models (physics, biogeochemistry, sea-ice) for daily ocean forecasting and reanalysis that represent more exhaustively the full ocean dynamics. Methods should help close the gap between current climate projections (global, centennial) on the one hand and existing Copernicus Marine physics and biogeochemical models used for daily ocean forecasting.

This topic is focused on ocean models for regional climate impacts and feedbacks.

Holistic approaches for effective monitoring of water quality in urban areas

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Code: 30780 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-1-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 17/09/2024

This objective of this action is to develop and demonstrate a European wide ‘whole system monitoring approach’ to address emerging water pollution and water quality assurance in urban areas in various urban areas covering a wide number of water pollution challenges, , taking into consideration the interactions of pollution sources and pathways between urban areas and the surrounding river and where appropriate drainage basin, and improve the resilience of urban water systems towards pandemics and global and climate change challenges. New systemic concepts and holistic strategies to enhance urban water quality should be integrated and demonstrated in an operational environment, including decentralised systems, hybrid green-grey infrastructures or cascading use of water.

This topic is focused on a variety of holistic approaches for an effective monitoring of water quality in urban areas.

Supporting competitiveness and innovation potential of SMEs

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Code: 30778 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-EUROHPC-JU-2023-SME-01-01 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 07/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/11/2023

Central objective of the action is to empower SMEs with advanced computational capabilities on the basis of HPC, enabling them to drive innovation, enhance competitiveness, and overcome challenges in the digitisation of R&D and business processes. By promoting HPC adoption, the action will unlock new opportunities, accelerate growth, and foster economic development for SMEs.

Stimulating the HPC innovation potential of SMEs aims to position SMEs as technology leaders, fuel their success, and contribute to the overall advancement of industries and economies.

The FOODITY

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Code: 30776 | Identifier Code: Open Call #1 | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 05/09/2023 | End submission calls: 08/11/2023

The FOODITY project aims to create a dynamic European ecosystem of digital solutions for food and nutrition, respectful of citizens’ right to personal data sovereignty – and demonstrate the potential of data-driven innovations in this area, engaging citizens in their development.

European Partnerships – Driving Urban Transitions (DUT)

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Code: 30769 | Identifier Code: EP / DUT / 092 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 04/09/2023 | End submission calls: 09/05/2024

Participation in the “Driving Urban Transitions” (DUT) European Partnership, aims to encourage local enterprises and other organisations to participate in transnational research and development projects to tackle urban challenges.

New circular solutions and decentralised approaches for water and wastewater management

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Code: 30767 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-02-4-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Decentralised water and wastewater systems can play an important role in delivering such an innovative approach and has the potential for a sustainability transition of the water supply and sanitation sector, by treating wastewater close to its source. However, full and appropriate exploitation of these systems, requires further developments, in order to become economically affordable, ecologically sustainable and socially accepted. In addition, the integration between centralised and local, decentralised and/or semi-decentralised solutions should be further explored.

This topic is focused on new circular solutions and decentralised approaches for water and wastewater management.

Climate change and food safety: effects of climate change on food safety across food systems

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Code: 30764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-4 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal will support R&I to foster advances in research related to integrated approaches along the food system for detecting, assessing, and mitigating food safety risks influenced by climate change.

This topic is focused on the effects of climate change on food safety across food systems.