AI Testing and Experimentation Facility (TEF) for the energy sector – bringing technology to the market

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Code: 30057 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-11 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

The TEF has the scope to then bridge the gap between lab and market due to lack of in-depth testing of AI technology in the real environment to fully validate them before the deployment.

Energy AI TEF will aim at testing AI–based technologies and solutions that have already been tested in the labs and have to be tested in operational environments.

Alternative equipment and processes for advanced manufacturing of PV technologies

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Code: 30053 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal in the transition to a clean energy system and the achievement of a climate-neutral economy. To this end, it is important to enhance affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies along with further efficiency improvements. To ensure security of supply, retaining the whole value chain in EU Member States/Associated countries is essential; technology de-risking is a necessary step towards this direction.

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• Contribute towards establishing a solid European PV innovation and production base.
• Reduce the CAPEX and OPEX in the PV solar production chain, ultimately leading to cheaper modules and lower LCOE.
• Reinforce the sustainability of the European PV value chain building a secure, resilient, and diverse domestic energy sector industrial base.

Development and integration of advanced software tools in SCADA systems for High, Medium and Low voltage AC/DC hybrid systems

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Code: 30046 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-17 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 16/01/2024

This topic focuses on the development and integration of advanced software tools in SCADA systems for High, Medium and Low voltage AC/DC hybrid systems.

Improved toolbox for evaluating the climate and environmental impacts of trade policies

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Code: 30038 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

Actions are expected to cover all of the following areas:

• Study and quantification of the effects of trade on the climate and the environment
• Study and quantification of the effects of trade policy on the climate and the environment
• Methodology and toolbox related aspects

Enhanced quantification and understanding of natural and anthropogenic methane emissions and sinks

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Code: 30036 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

The challenge of this topic is to further quantify and understand natural and anthropogenic methane emissions based on carefully selected European land sites and European sea sites with unprecedented resolution in space and time that should leverage the latest advances in observations from satellite, ground-based, and airborne, together with advances in reconciling inverse and bottom-up modelling approaches.

This activity is expected to foster and enhance collaboration between the modelling and observing (satellite, ground-based, airborne) communities and advance towards an enhanced global and regional assessment of the methane sources and sinks from land and the ocean, their short and long-term evolution as well as the related natural and anthropogenic processes and impacts on atmospheric chemistry and dynamics and on Earth radiation budgets.

Inland ice, including snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets and permafrost, and their interaction with climate change

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Code: 30034 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

Snow cover, ice sheets and glaciers affect not only the Earth radiation balance and the global climate, but also continental climate systems, the weather of circumpolar regions and their terrestrial and oceanic carbon dynamics, ecosystems, and sea level. Snow and ice cover regulate the properties of the ground underneath and are interlinked with permafrost in areas where average ambient air temperature is below 0°C.

The research actions should contribute to observing, modelling, and projecting the characteristics, volume, and dynamic of inland ice and permafrost in relevant regions, impacting regional and global climate, taking inter-seasonal, annual, decadal, as well as long-term (centuries) changes into account.

The actions should enhance the understanding of the ice sheet or glacier dynamics and evaluate reversibility or irreversibility of changes on multi-decadal to centennial timescales.

Paleoclimate science for a better understanding of the short- to long-term evolution of the Earth system

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Code: 30030 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

The geological and ice-core records provide long-term information on the conditions and processes that can drive physical, ecological, and social systems during interglacial periods, deglaciations and abrupt climatic events. The challenge of the research under this topic is to test Earth system models over selected past climate scenarios, outside the range of variability recorded over the past centuries.

Next generation low-emission, climate-resilient pathways and NDCs for a future aligned with the Paris Agreement

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Code: 30026 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

Actions should define principles for high-integrity, more coherent climate commitments and review processes.

Projects should contribute to strengthening of national climate policies, NDCs and long-term strategies, by developing next generation low-emission transformation pathways, with increased sectoral detail, and fostering more holistic and more integrative approaches that promote synergies and minimise trade-offs between mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity and other policy objectives. They should support the creation of tools that evaluate the existing NDCs and facilitate monitoring processes.

The role of climate change foresight for primary and secondary raw materials supply

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Code: 30024 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-06 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

Achieving enhanced digitalisation and a low carbon society will involve a change in the type and quantity of the raw materials required by the economy. Materials are likely to be extracted from increasingly lower grade ores and hostile environments, from mining wastes, as well as through recycling. Ceteris paribus, this would involve a general increase in the energy required to supply raw materials, as well as associated greenhouse gas emissions and changes in some other environmental impacts (such as related to transport and land take for mineral extraction and waste disposal). It will also involve changes in technologies and substitution to materials with lesser environmental impact, some of which not sufficiently well understood. This can include consideration of substitution and circular use of materials.

This topic is focused on the role of climate change foresight for primary and secondary raw materials supply.

Quantification of the role of key terrestrial ecosystems in the carbon cycle and related climate effects

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Code: 30022 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/09/2023 | End submission calls: 05/03/2024

The main challenge of this topic is to develop an enhanced capacity to better characterise and reduce uncertainties of the carbon cycle related to key terrestrial European ecosystems as a function of anthropogenic emissions, environmental forcing conditions, and management practices. In order for this challenge to be met, actions should be performed at spatial resolutions required to represent the mechanisms by which human interventions necessary to move towards net-zero carbon balance, can be quantified. Further, the dynamics and response of vegetation to climate change, short- and long-term stress, natural dynamics (e.g. fire), and especially change in frequency, form and severity of extreme events, need to be better understood and quantified.

Preparatory Action Writing European

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Code: 30020 | Identifier Code: PPPA-MEDIA-2023-WRITINGEU Grant | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 30/08/2023 | End submission calls: 07/11/2023

The objective of the proposed scheme is to respond to the need for European storytelling suitable for co-production.

The purpose of this preparatory action “Writing European” is to help the European audiovisual industry to develop excellence in creating and writing high-quality drama content and foster innovative storytelling. It aims to promote co-writing practices, thereby also enlarging the experience of creative talents working on fiction series.

ERC SYNERGY GRANTS

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Code: 30017 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-SyG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 12/07/2023 | End submission calls: 15/11/2023

The aim is to provide support for a small group of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone.

ERC STARTING GRANTS

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Code: 30002 | Identifier Code: ERC-2024-STG | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Research Council (ERC) | Start submission calls: 11/07/2023 | End submission calls: 07/11/2023

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

Organisation of two local European Youth Events (EYE) in 2024

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Code: 30000 | Identifier Code: EP-COMM-SUBV-2024-LOCAL-EYE | Programme name: 17864 | Start submission calls: 11/07/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

The objective of the call is the organisation by two different organisers of local EYEs taking place over a weekend in two different EU Member States before the European elections in 2024.

The aim of a local EYE is to activate and inspire young people, and make them part of a conversation with European decision makers at the local level and pave the way for a long-lasting engagement.

EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative: Deep Tech Talent Training Prize

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Code: 29998 | Identifier Code: Deep Tech Talent Training Prize | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) | Start submission calls: 10/07/2023 | End submission calls: 31/10/2023

In its first year, the Deep Tech Talent Initiative has already developed its courses’ catalogue, pledger community and Initiative offerings. The main goal of the Deep Tech Talent Initiative is to skill one million people within deep tech fields over the next three years (2023-2025). Deep tech innovations – cutting-edge technological solutions combining fields of science and engineering in the physical, biological and digital spheres – are indispensable in addressing the most pressing global challenges. The Deep Tech Talent Training Prize rewards excellence in addressing Deep Tech training challenges. Awards are given to applicants who demonstrate excellence in addressing a challenge in a Deep Tech Talent Initiative area group in one of the two prize categories: Partner Training and Targeted Training around the Deep Tech Talent Initiative area groups. Such challenges may vary from an organizational, sectoral, or population specific need to a regional or even pan-European challenge.

ATM Excellent science and outreach for Artificial Intelligence (AI) for aviation

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Code: 29996 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-8 | Programme name: 20969 | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 15/11/2023

WA1 (ATM excellent science and outreach) comprises the exploratory research activities necessary to develop new concepts for ATM beyond those identified in the European ATM Master Plan and will help to develop emerging technologies and methods to the level of maturity required to feed the applied research conducted by the SESAR 3 JU. WA1 covers innovative content at pre‐TRL1 (TRL0) maturity level and the minimum target maturity level is to complete TRL1.

Tomorrow’s aviation infrastructure will be more data-intensive and thanks to the application of Machine Learning (ML), deep learning and big data analytics aviation practitioners will be able to design an ATM system that is smarter and safer, by constantly analysing and learning from the ATM ecosystem. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the main enablers to overcome the current limitations in the ATM system. AI is a breakthrough technology that could radically influence or transform the aviation/ATM industry value chain, potentially impacting all stakeholders, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their business models. The impact of transformative AI will be felt throughout the industry, and beyond. The challenge is to develop potential innovative and breakthrough AI solutions that will help addressing capacity issues in ATM by enabling better use of data, leading to more accurate predictions and more sophisticated tools, increased productivity and enhancing the use of airspace and airports. Considering the extent of these challenges, the proposals shall define and develop potential innovative AI-based solutions that may come up with innovative responses based on non-straightforward correlations of parameters, while improving the scalability, efficiency and resilience of the system.

ATM Excellent science and outreach for air–ground integration and autonomy

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Code: 29994 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-2 | Programme name: 20969 | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 15/11/2023

WA1 (ATM excellent science and outreach) comprises the exploratory research activities necessary to develop new concepts for ATM beyond those identified in the European ATM Master Plan and will help to develop emerging technologies and methods to the level of maturity required to feed the applied research conducted by the SESAR 3 JU. WA1 covers innovative content at pre‐TRL1 (TRL0) maturity level and the minimum target maturity level is to complete TRL1.

The Digital European Sky vision foresees the progressive evolution towards autonomous flying, increasing the global ATM performance in terms of capacity, operational efficiency and accommodation of new and/or more autonomous forms of mobility and air vehicles, i.e. supporting the evolving demand in terms of diversity, complexity from very low-level airspace to high level operations. The challenge is to propose and develop potential innovative or breakthrough solutions to allow the accommodation or full integration of these air vehicles, which will have a high degree of autonomy and will use digital means of communication and navigation. This requires closer integration and advanced means of communication between vehicle and infrastructure capabilities so that the infrastructure can act as a digital twin [A digital twin is a digital representation of an intended or actual real-world physical product, system, or process (a physical twin) that serves as the effectively indistinguishable digital counterpart of it for practical purposes, such as simulation, integration, testing, monitoring, and maintenance] of the aircraft. Future operations should therefore rely on direct interactions between air and ground automation, with the human role focused on strategic decision-making while monitoring automation. The objective is to ensure that both manned and unmanned aerial vehicles operate in a seamless and safe environment using common infrastructure and services supporting a common concept of trajectory-based operations.

ATM Excellent science and outreach for connected and automated ATM

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Code: 29986 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-1 | Programme name: 20969 | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 15/11/2023

WA1 (ATM excellent science and outreach) comprises the exploratory research activities necessary to develop new concepts for ATM beyond those identified in the European ATM Master Plan and will help to develop emerging technologies and methods to the level of maturity required to feed the applied research conducted by the SESAR 3 JU. WA1 covers innovative content at pre‐TRL1 (TRL0) maturity level and the minimum target maturity level is to complete TRL1.

The future ATM environment foreseen by the Digital European Sky vision will be increasingly complex, integrating new airspace users’ needs, new airspace vehicles with different performances than conventional aircraft e.g., different speeds and altitudes, etc. The challenge is to propose and develop innovative or unconventional ideas to increase the level of automation (i.e., level 4 (high automation) and level 5 (full automation)) and digitalization in Europe’s ATM and design a future ATM infrastructure that would help reducing rigidities in the ATM system and making it even safer than today’s while improving its scalability and resilience. Secure data sharing between all the components of the ATM infrastructure and the relevant non-ATM stakeholders is another cornerstone of this vision. Research proposals shall aim at leveraging and exploiting emerging digital technologies that could help transforming the sector, in support of new airspace users and design a future ATM infrastructure commensurate with the performance required by each airspace user type and environment. This includes those environments in the transition areas between Europe and neighbouring ICAO regions, which may have specific regulations and challenges.

ATM Excellent science and outreach for the aviation Green Deal

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Code: 29983 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-7 | Programme name: 20969 | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 15/11/2023

WA1 (ATM excellent science and outreach) comprises the exploratory research activities necessary to develop new concepts for ATM beyond those identified in the European ATM Master Plan and will help to develop emerging technologies and methods to the level of maturity required to feed the applied research conducted by the SESAR 3 JU. WA1 covers innovative content at pre‐TRL1 (TRL0) maturity level and the minimum target maturity level is to complete TRL1.

The European Green Deal has set the objective of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in line with the EU’s commitment to global climate action under the Paris Agreement. To achieve this objective it is required to accelerate the shift to smarter and more sustainable mobility. The challenge is to achieve zero inefficiencies due to ATM by 2040: this means not only eliminating inefficiencies in the current system but also in the design and execution of the future ATM and U-space architecture. Proposals shall define and develop innovative solutions that could cover a wide variety of aspects e.g., operational measures that could be put in place to improve the fuel efficiency of flights, speeding up the modernisation of the air infrastructure to offer more capability and capacity and therefore offering more efficient trajectories, adapting the charging scheme to incentivise environmentally friendly operations, etc. The scope covers as well innovative ideas to accelerate decarbonisation of ATM and reduce the CO2 and non-CO2 emissions, through the integration of energy, transport and digitalisation platforms that are at the base of the green transition.

ATM Excellent science and outreach for capacity on demand and dynamic airspace

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Code: 29981 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-3 | Programme name: 20969 | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 15/11/2023

WA1 (ATM excellent science and outreach) comprises the exploratory research activities necessary to develop new concepts for ATM beyond those identified in the European ATM Master Plan and will help to develop emerging technologies and methods to the level of maturity required to feed the applied research conducted by the SESAR 3 JU. WA1 covers innovative content at pre‐TRL1 (TRL0) maturity level and the minimum target maturity level is to complete TRL1.

The future ATM system will require increased agility and flexibility in providing capacity where and when it will be needed across the network, particularly for maximising the use and performance of limited resources, i.e. airspace and ATCOs. The challenge is to propose innovative potential solutions that will supply the required capacity on demand in a dynamic, agile and resilient manner, improving cost and flight efficiency while maintaining (or improving) safety. These solutions shall enable the dynamic reconfiguration of resources and the provision of new capacity-on-demand services to maintain safe, resilient, smooth and efficient air transport operations while allowing for the optimisation of trajectories even at busy periods. The proposed innovative solutions shall aim at responding to emerging business needs that can only be addressed through standardised data sharing between air traffic service providers using a highly interconnected, digital and resilient network.