Policy support to facilitate the implementation of a zero-tolerance approach towards gender-based violence in the ERA

Code: 25766 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-09 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual harassment, sexual assault and psychological violence, occurs at all career levels of higher education and research and in all disciplines.
With the institutional change approach through gender equality plans, measures to address GBV (e.g., through a code of conduct or a protocol for complaints), are expected to advance among R&I organisations, as they are recommended components of these plans, defined in the Horizon Europe eligibility criteria. However, a more comprehensive and strategic policy coordination is needed to ensure that R&I entities in Member States and Associated Countries are supported in implementing the necessary institutional changes to foster safe and inclusive working environments in academia.

Experimentation and exchange of good practices for value creation

Code: 25764 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

To bring existing good practices in knowledge valorisation to support value creation across Europe, we need more experimentation, peer learning and testing of new models as well as trying out good practices in different environments.

The future of research ethics review in the changing research environments

Code: 25759 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-12 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The overall objective is to identify gaps in practice and formulate proposals to enhance the capabilities of the existing ‘ethics infrastructure’ in Europe.
Support an effective adaptation of the ethics reviews to the evolution of scientific research, notably due to the emergence of new areas of research and new forms of research collaborations.
The emergence of new areas of research and development, including in the areas of gene editing and artificial intelligence, and the shift of research activities and collaborations to the online digital space, challenge the future of research ethics reviews. Ethics should focus on the adherence to values and principles and not be a legal compliance mechanism.

Building a virtual European Info Platform on Contemporary China

Code: 25754 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-06 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The action funded under this topic will have the objective of networking excellent knowledge nodes supporting the advancement of independent knowledge on contemporary China from across the European Union to build a virtual European Info Platform on contemporary China that will become sustainable beyond the end of the project.

This action seeks to bolster a stronger European understanding of contemporary China and to strengthen European’s capacity to sustain the production of such knowledge that is key to develop excellent EU-China policy-making based on facts, independent and unbiased analyses, and foresight. The action aims to empower the European Union to act coherently and proactively on the international stage preserving an open research and innovation ecosystem while safeguarding European interests and values.

Support to reforms of research assessment in the European Research Area

Code: 25746 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

This action aims at supporting the reform of the assessment of research projects, researchers, research units, and research institutions.

Laying the groundwork towards Europe-wide citizen science campaigns

Code: 25743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-08 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Citizen science, involving citizens directly in the development of new knowledge or innovations, is a rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation that can lead to increased quality and effectiveness, e.g., through collecting, processing or analysing new qualities and quantities of data.
The action should identify the most promising citizen science initiatives for transnational upscaling, foster the development of broad societal coalitions around the identified and promising initiatives, and propose how to unlock the necessary funding commitments (e.g., from EU and national programmes and funders, philanthropic, and/or commercial sources) required.

Exploitation and valorisation of results relevant for the ERA Policy Agenda

Code: 25736 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

ERA Policy Agenda – actions under Horizon Europe support the transformation and institutional change of universities, research organisations and enterprises. The action will implement a facility to disseminate results widely, facilitate their use, tailor them to the needs of the different communities and build a community of practitioners that support mutual learning and exchange of good practices in institutional change in the spirit of the New ERA. It will furthermore design measures for mutual learning among Member States and stakeholders, with a focus on those ERA Policy Agenda actions where no other configuration support this. It will provide expertise to countries participating in the implementation of an ERA Policy Agenda action to address bottlenecks and increase stakeholder engagement. It will contribute to the building of an ERA community, including, with regular events at European level, and support a coherent approach to communication activities and their branding at national level.

Development of new approaches to the macroeconomic modelling of research and innovation

Code: 25734 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The successful proposal will improve the integration of R&I within macro-economic modelling, while at the same time bringing fresh light on the role of R&I to tackle current societal challenges, with a particular focus on the European context.

A strong European R&I Foresight Community to better inform R&I policy decisions in the European Research Area about potential futures

Code: 25732 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

The objective of this action is to accelerate the development of a European R&I foresight community supporting the development of national R&I foresight communities that are well integrated in national policy systems; and can contribute not only to the design of national reforms and policies but also to the evidence underpinning and the governance of a vibrant European Research Area, which delivers on common priorities and objectives.

Programme level collaboration between national R&I policy-makers

Code: 25726 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

Successful proposals should align national and regional research funding programmes on agreed priorities that are common to the countries participating in the action and, where appropriate, implement joint calls for transnational R&I projects as well as other joint calls or other joint activities.

Research ethics for environmental and climate technologies

Code: 25721 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-11 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/12/2022 | End submission calls: 09/03/2023

It is necessary to tackle the global environmental risks, protect the world’s scarce resources, and decide on policy priorities. This inevitably raises important ethical questions and dilemmas including some related to the production of scientific knowledge and the development of novel technologies.
actively pursuing the preservation of the environment can, in some cases, lead to tensions between the pure environmental objective and the protection of human rights.

Call for proposals for action grants to promote judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters

Code: 25717 | Identifier Code: UST-2023-JCOO | Programme name: 2915 | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

The objectives of the call are to facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and promote the rule of law, independence and impartiality of the judiciary, including by supporting the efforts to improve the effectiveness of national justice systems, and the effective enforcement of decisions.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children: call to intermediaries (giving financial support to third-party civil society organisations)

Code: 25714 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-DAPHNE | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 19/04/2023

The overall aim of this call is to support, empower and build the capacity of independent civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level in combating gender-based violence and/or violence against children and championing EU values, thereby contributing to women and children’s full enjoyment of rights, the equal empowerment of women and men and the empowerment of children, in all their diversity.

Piloting communities of expert facilitators to improve industry-academia-public sector co-creation (CSA)

Code: 25709 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-32 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action will pilot communities of expert facilitators for increasing knowledge exchange and co-creation between industry, academia and public sector and help matching the supply and demand for innovation. This action will link professionals in industry-academia-public sector collaboration, build communities of expert facilitators for industry-academia co-creation and disseminate best practices and know-how for demand-driven industry-academia collaboration across Europe. This will include training a wider community of expert facilitators in higher education institutions across Europe.

Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-driven autonomous robots (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Recycling technologies for critical raw materials from EoL products (IA)

Code: 25700 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable the increase of access to secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors which will alleviate critical raw materials dependency.
Actions should focus on the whole chain of recycling processes and procedures – from collection, logistics, characterisation, sorting, cleaning, refining and purification of secondary raw materials and quality of produced outputs.

Boosting industrial symbiosis by standardisation (CSA)

Code: 25698 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-62 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

• Reinforcing the links between standardisation and research and innovation in circular value chains, ensuring that standardisation facilitates cross-sector interoperability at all levels.
• Facilitating the market entry of innovative solutions, which could aid the circularity of resources and zero pollution.
• Identifying the major bottlenecks for standardisation related framework conditions to support industrial symbiosis.
• In order to support the implementation of the ERA Industrial technology roadmap for low carbon technologies, helping the development of agile and green standards to ensure interoperability in the domain of industrial symbiosis.

Small-scale Partnerships

Code: 25694 | Programme name: 2918 | Sub-program: Key Action 2 (KA2) – Cooperation among organisations and institutions | Start submission calls: 01/11/2022 | End submission calls: 22/03/2023

Small-scale Partnerships are designed to widen access to the programme to small-scale actors and individuals who are hard to reach in the fields of school education, adult education, vocational education and training, youth and sport. With lower grant amounts awarded to organisations, shorter duration and simpler administrative requirements compared to the Cooperation Partnerships, this action aims at reaching out to grassroots organisations, less experienced organisations and newcomers to the Programme, reducing entry barriers to the programme for organisations with smaller organisational capacity. This action will also support flexible formats – mixing activities with transnational and national character although with a European dimension – allowing organisations to have more means to reach out to people with fewer opportunities. Small-scale Partnerships can also contribute to the creation and development of transnational networks and to fostering synergies with, and between, local, regional, national and international policies.

Cooperation Partnerships

Code: 25688 | Programme name: 2918 | Sub-program: Key Action 2 (KA2) – Cooperation among organisations and institutions | Start submission calls: 01/11/2022 | End submission calls: 22/03/2023

The primary goal of Cooperation Partnerships is to allow organisations to increase the quality and relevance of their activities, to develop and reinforce their networks of partners, to increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level, boosting internationalisation of their activities and through exchanging or developing new practices and methods as well as sharing and confronting ideas.

Pervasive photonics – multi-technology integration for digital infrastructure, sensors and internet of things (Photonics partnership)(RIA)

Code: 25684 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-51 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

• Improved key metrics for communications (speed, power consumption, density) or for sensing (sensitivity, compactness, power consumption), making photonics ubiquitous in digital systems
• New photonic-enabled sensing functions, not feasible with a technology platform based on a single material, or computing paradigms enabling new systems architectures (e.g. neuromorphic computing)
• Maintaining European technology leadership in the face of strong global competition