Demonstration of reduced energy use and optimised flexible energy supply for industrial bio-based systems

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Code: 36661 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-11 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

Scope: Key elements of circular economy applicable to industrial bio-based processes and technologies include increasing their energy and resource efficiency. In fact, on one side, industrial bio-based systems may be affected by a higher energy consumption; on the other side, energy supplies may experience shortage and/or price fluctuations that make the most energy-intensive sectors more vulnerable. Industrial bio-based systems within the scope of this topic do not include food/feed, biofuels, bioenergy and cultural/recreation sectors.

Environmental biotechnology applications in service of remediation of polluted ecosystems

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Code: 36659 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

The degradation of soil, sediment, and water is mainly caused by human activities, such as pollution and unsustainable exploitation, as well as by sudden accidents. This degradation is often worsened by extreme climatic events such as wildfires, floods, and erosion. When degrading factors and vulnerability are high, and resilience is low, the situation can escalate into an environmental disaster. The topic focuses on the remediation and restoration of polluted areas affected by hazardous chemicals, pharmaceutical waste, plastics, and other litter. It also includes addressing the consequences of accidents and environmental crises. The funded projects will support European policies aimed at reducing pollution and restoring ecosystems. At the same time, they will help Member States implement climate adaptation strategies that promote nature-based and ecosystem-based solutions. In this way, they contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development.

Large-scale in situ biodiversity observations for better understanding of biodiversity state, drivers of its decline and impacts of policies

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Code: 36655 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to restore ecosystems and improve the conservation status of species and habitats, with a target to restore 20% of land and sea areas by 2030. However, the lack of reliable biodiversity data hinders progress monitoring. High-quality in situ data collection is needed to assess the current state, identify causes of degradation, and support the green transition.

Bioprospecting and optimised production of the terrestrial natural products: new opportunities for bio-based sectors

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Code: 36652 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-08 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

The aim of this action is to broaden the range of novel compounds, lowering the production costs, quicken the development pipeline, and enable more innovation for the industrial operators, with clear-cut benefits for the final users (consumers and industries).

The scope covers immense diversity of terrestrial micro- and macro-organisms and their communities, which represents a rich and largely unexplored reservoir of natural products and their base ingredients (e.g. plants, fungi, microorganisms etc. are in scope).

Demonstration, deployment and upscaling of circular systemic solutions in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative)

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Code: 36650 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

Proposals are expected to implement and demonstrate circular systemic solutions for the deployment and upscaling of the circular economy in cities and regions. The main objective is to stimulate social innovation through new circular innovative technologies, novel governance and business models in order to contribute to climate mitigation and help reduce pressures on natural resources, whilst increasing Europe’s competitiveness.

This CCRI-related topic does not target specific technologies or industrial sectors, but supports the implementation of a systemic approach. This means that the implemented circular systemic solutions should involve relevant circular economy stakeholders in the targeted cities/regions, and address several (at least two) sectors and value chains – as set out in the 2020 circular economy action plan.

Supporting the implementation of nature restoration measures for sustainable farming systems

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Code: 36648 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-10 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

Farmers play a pivotal role in addressing biodiversity loss while ensuring food production and quality, thereby contributing to overall food security. To support biodiversity-friendly agriculture, it is essential to first list demonstrated farming practices and ecosystems that benefit biodiversity. Next, there is a need to assess the socio-economic impact of nature restoration measures on the agricultural sector and the individual farm, as well as develop and improve existing incentives and their interplay. A key element for a wide adoption of such practices by farmers is demonstrating production and labour benefits, or at least maintaining economic competitiveness in the implementation of nature restoration measures. Moreover, specific targets for agricultural ecosystems outlined in the EU Nature Restoration Regulation necessitate that applied research lays the foundation for Member States to effectively comply and design appropriate and successful strategies. Therefore, environmental, economic, and social benefits, as well as potential trade-offs between nature restoration measures and food security and quality (production and availability) should be demonstrated over different time frames. These should be developed with farmers in mind: short-term and immediate impact on production, their businesses, and nature, as well as medium and long-term.

Hop-on facility

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Code: 36646 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03-ACCESS-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 04/09/2025

The Hop-on Facility allows for legal entities from low R&I performing countries to join already funded Horizon Pillar II ‘main’ Work Programme and EIC Pathfinder collaborative R&I actions, subject to the agreement of the respective consortium and provided that legal entities from such countries are not yet participating as beneficiary, associated partner, or affiliated entity. The scheme aims to improve the inclusiveness of Horizon Europe.

European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

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Code: 36643 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIE-2025-01-INNOVSMES-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 19/06/2025

The overall objective of the initiative is to implement a co-funded European Partnership for Innovative SMEs to stimulate economic growth and job creation by enhancing the competitiveness of innovative SMEs while contributing to deliver a positive economic, societal and environmental impact in Europe and beyond.

In order to address that objective, the initiative should:

• Enable innovative SMEs to develop all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, and strengthen market deployment of innovative solutions;
• Foster the internationalisation of European innovative SMEs;
• Connect national programmes to unlock the potential of all partners.

MSCA4Ukraine Fellowships 2025

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Code: 36641 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

Given that the ongoing Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has caused and continues to cause significant damage to Ukraine’s R&I landscape as well as to force researchers based in Ukraine to flee the country, the need for support remains. The objective of the grant is to provide this support in the form of fellowships to displaced researchers from Ukraine to continue or resume their research activities at host organisations established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Experimental protocols for estimation of pest survey parameters

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Code: 36639 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-PLANTS-02 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

The objective of this call is to prepare experimental and statistical protocols to quantify key survey parameters, Method Sensitivity, Relative Risk and Design Prevalence, for their estimation in the process of designing delimiting surveys for the EU priority pests.

Survey preparation in the EU: Pest survey cards for 12 regulated pests

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Code: 36637 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-PLANTS-04 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 08/05/2025 | End submission calls: 15/07/2025

The purpose of this call is to develop pest survey cards to support the EU MSs in the preparation of pest surveys for 12 regulated pests in the EU. The work consists in characterising:

• the pests,
• the population of host plants targeted by the surveys and
• the methods of detection and identification for these pests and when possible grouping the pests.

Thermal ecology and biology of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (false codling moth) in East Africa

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Code: 36633 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-PLANTS-01-02-Lot2 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 30/04/2025 | End submission calls: 23/07/2025

The objective this call is to address, by collection and analysis of experimental and observational evidence, key knowledge gaps identified during EFSA plant health risk assessment and preparedness activities on invasive insect plant pests and on insect vectors of invasive plant pathogens.

This call is divided into three specific groups. Applicants may apply for one or more groups.

Lot 2: focuses on understanding the thermal ecology and biology of the different life stages of the false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) in East Africa, to reduce key risk assessment uncertainties on this pest.

Ecology of insect vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in EU table grapes outbreaks

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Code: 36631 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-PLANTS-01-01-Lot1 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 30/04/2025 | End submission calls: 23/07/2025

The objective this call is to address, by collection and analysis of experimental and observational evidence, key knowledge gaps identified during EFSA plant health risk assessment and preparedness activities on invasive insect plant pests and on insect vectors of invasive plant pathogens.

This call is divided into three specific groups. Applicants may apply for one or more groups.

Lot 3: focuses on understanding the role of insect vectors and putative vectors in the spread of the quarantine plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa in table grape vineyards during outbreaks in the EU, in order to support risk assessment and control of Xylella fastidiosa epidemics in table grapes.

Taxonomy and biology of Leucinodes species (grass moths) from Africa

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Code: 36628 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-PLANTS-01-03-Lot3 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 30/04/2025 | End submission calls: 23/07/2025

The objective this call is to address, by collection and analysis of experimental and observational evidence, key knowledge gaps identified during EFSA plant health risk assessment and preparedness activities on invasive insect plant pests and on insect vectors of invasive plant pathogens.

This call is divided into three specific groups. Applicants may apply for one or more groups.

Lot 3: This grant aims to enhance knowledge on the taxonomy and biology of the shoot and fruit borers African Leucinodes species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in sub-Saharan Africa, to reduce key risk assessment uncertainties on this group of moths affecting solanaceous crops in Africa.

Training of national judges in EU competition law

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Code: 36626 | Identifier Code: SMP-COMP-2025-JUDG | Programme name: 3856 | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

The objective of this call for proposals is to co-finance projects aiming to train national judges in the context of enforcing European competition rules. This includes public and private enforcement of both the Antitrust rules and the State aid rules, thereby increasing the knowledge and know-how of national judges. The final aim is to ensure a coherent and consistent application of EU competition law by national courts.

These objectives can best be achieved through projects which specifically focus on the role of national judges in the application of EU competition law, their particular needs and work environments and pre-existing training and knowledge.

Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 2a

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Code: 36622 | Identifier Code: I3-2025-INV2a | Programme name: 16401 | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 13/11/2025

This call for proposals is for Strand 2a and focuses on reinforcing the integration of innovation actors from less developed regions and transition regions in developing EU value chains while creating local opportunities for innovation and smart economic transformation in regions with shared (or complementary) smart specialisation areas.

AI Factory Antennas

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Code: 36620 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2025-AIFA-01 | Programme name: 24430 | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 09/07/2025

The aim of AI Factories is to provide European startups as well as the industrial and the scientific community with enhanced access to AI optimised computing capabilities and underpinning services for the training and development of general-purpose, large-scale AI models, and for the development, testing and validation of emerging AI applications.

Develop Open Call

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Code: 36618 | Identifier Code: PoliRuralPlus | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 26/05/2025 | End submission calls: 31/07/2025

The objective of the Develop Call is to fund applied, small-scale innovation projects that address specific rural-urban challenges in PoliRuralPlus pilot regions while contributing to the technical advancement of the project.

European Film sales agent

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Code: 36616 | Identifier Code: CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMSALES | Programme name: 3948 | Sub-program: MEDIA | Start submission calls: 29/04/2025 | End submission calls: 19/06/2025

The European Film Sales support shall encourage and support the wider transnational distribution of recent European films by providing funds to European sales agents, based upon their performance on the market, for further reinvestment in the acquisition, promotion and distribution (including online) of recent non-national European films.

EIC Transition Open

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Code: 36614 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-TRANSITIONOPEN | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/04/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments (by making use of prototyping, formulation, models, user testing or other validation tests) as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialisation.