Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships) (CSA)

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Code: 37521 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Industry 5.0 recognises the power of industry to achieve societal goals beyond jobs and growth to become a resilient provider of prosperity. It focuses on making production respect the boundaries of our planet improving competitiveness of European process industries and placing the wellbeing of the industrial worker at the centre of the production process, while increasingly embracing digital and green technologies to remain the solution provider for all Europeans.

Synergies and mutual learning with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Industrial decarbonisation (CSA)

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Code: 37518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The governance of the action should be under the authority of national and regional governments and relevant public bodies who are responsible for national and regional policies, strategies and programmes addressing energy intensive industries.

Proposals should support the coordination of national and regional public authorities’ funding of research, innovation, acceleration of public/private R&I and deployment of technologies for the energy intensive industries’ decarbonisation. It should be aligned with the policies rolled out under the Clean Industrial Deal. The proposals should take into account and build on the Mutual Learning Exercise on Industrial Decarbonisation.

Solving issues in carbon-neutral iron and steel making processes with diverse input materials of varying quality (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 37514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The topic calls for collaborative approach between academia, industry (including SMEs) and research organizations with the purpose to support: i) understanding, validating, and solving essential problems to allow maturity of innovative technologies in the industrial investment panorama for future carbon-neutral iron and steel making, ii) accelerating a reliable transition to climate neutrality in view of the end of the free ETS allowances by providing solutions optimized for different scenarios, and iii) fulfilling the Commission Recommendation 2024/774 on a Code of Practice on industry-academia co-creation for knowledge valorisation.

Safe and clean processing technologies and products (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 37511 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-36 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Whereas the release of pollutants by European industry has generally decreased during the last decade, and it is expected to continue to do so, industry still contributes significantly to the emission of many pollutants into the European environment. Pollution harms our health and our environment. In addition to affecting people’s health, pollution is one of the main reasons for the loss of biodiversity. Moreover, only emissions of historically important pollutants are reported by industry. Information on emerging and less known pollutants, especially those not regulated by the Industrial Emissions Directive, and related methods of monitoring is lacking. GHG emissions from industry are not included in the scope of this topic. Pollutant emissions to air, water and soil are considered.

Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Made in Europe partnerships) (IA)

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Code: 37507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

As the industry decarbonises net-zero technologies can be applied to a wide range of energy intensive sectors and processes. Furthermore, the Net-Zero Industry Act which is part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, is aiming at increasing the manufacturing capacity of strategic net-zero technologies to meet at least 40% of the EU’s annual deployment needs. In this framework the aim of this topic is to accelerate the deployment of net-zero technologies in at least one industrial sectors through a closer collaboration between, net-zero technology manufacturers and energy intensive industries.

Integrated use of renewable energy carriers in industrial sites (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 37496 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

There is a broad range of renewable energy carriers (e.g., electricity, hydrogen, solar heat, ammonia, etc) which can be utilised in the process industries. Many of them are provided with significant temporal variations, e.g., renewable electricity and solar heat. Integrated design and operation of these highly complex systems within process industry sites are needed to cope with the fluctuations of the energy inputs and to achieve overall energy and cost efficiency. Industrial symbiosis and integration of production systems with energy systems in industrial sites can ensure overall emission reduction. These approaches can increase the efficiency of generation and enable solutions that avoid losses, supporting stability and efficiency of power systems.

Co-funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage

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Code: 37493 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-03-HERITAGE-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

The challenge of cultural heritage lies in preserving and safeguarding a society’s rich history, traditions, artefacts, and knowledge.

This involves addressing issues such as deterioration, damage, theft, conflict, changing societal values and new challenges such as the climate change.

In addition, it is essential to strike a balance between accessibility for future generations and respect for cultural sensitivities.

Green and resilient flexible production processes (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

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Code: 37489 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Flexibility of energy intensive production processes is a necessity for the use of alternative energy carriers as the supply of energy by renewable sources is subject to significant variations and the competitive potential of energy storage is limited. The optimal use of the renewable energy supply will require processes that can perform fast transitions to allow continuous and efficient operation when the renewable energy input varies. The limiting factor addressed by the topic is the ability of the production plants to promptly change loads and throughputs in large ranges without negative consequences for the equipment, while staying energy and resource efficient. Storage options and use of several sources of renewable energy can be included, the combination (hybridation) of various decarbonisation technologies can also be considered.

Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience

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Code: 37488 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-02-HERITAGE-02-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) includes traditions, oral histories, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, as defined by UNESCO. ICH represents a repository of traditional knowledge and forms the backbone of a community’s identity and continuity.

Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being

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Code: 37484 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-02-TRANSFO-04-two-stage | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

Gender differences in career trajectories of parents account for large shares of gender employment and pay gaps. This is often referred to as child/motherhood penalties for women (as opposed to child/fatherhood premium for men).

Migration and climate change: building resilience and enhancing sustainability

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Code: 37481 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-11 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

Proposals should develop a strategic roadmap that will act as a comprehensive framework for understanding the impacts of climate change on migration and its impact on future generations and outline key research and policy priorities in the context of environmental degradation, climate change and migration.

Intergenerational fairness in the context of demographic change in the EU

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Code: 37478 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-10 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

Demographic trends over the last decade and future projections show that the share of the population aged 65+ is growing, both in comparison to the working-age population and to the child population.

This is due to an increasing life expectancy and lower fertility and poses major challenges for intergenerational fairness and affects the implicit social contract across generations.

Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities

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Code: 37475 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-09 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognises the right to individual autonomy and independence for persons with disabilities, including the freedom to make their own choices.

Ensuring this right requires a differentiated landscape of measures in all areas of society, including ensuring accessibility and quality person-centred support services.

From heat-driven processes to the use of mechanical and electric forces (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

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Code: 37473 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The generation of heat, which is often sourced from fossil fuel combustion, is the biggest consumer of energy in the process industries and responsible for 60% of process industries GHG emissions. Heat input is in particular commonly used in separation and drying processes. The topic focuses on the development of new electrically driven industrial processes where heat input in such processes is replaced by electro-mechanical power or other forms of direct electrical input. These electrified processes could represent a major reduction of GHG emissions as well as an important source of energy savings. The scope does not include conventional electric heating or the use of heat pumps.

Advanced manufacturing technologies for leadership of EU manufacturers in products for the net-zero industry (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 37470 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The net-zero industry relies on manufactured products, components and equipment.

The focus is on advanced discrete manufacturing processes for such products, components and equipment, which enable new product features (in terms of geometry, weight, robustness, functional integration, re-use-potential); advanced production processes including automation; or the use of innovative materials. The processes should improve productivity and upscaling, decrease waste, and shorten time-to-market and process integration times.

Proposals should address manufacturing technologies applicable to products for at least one of the strategic net-zero technologies listed in Annex I of the Net-Zero Industry Act.

Proposals should address the key manufacturing technologies that generate cross-sectoral impact among the chosen net-zero technology sectors.

Improving mental health outcomes for people in education, training and work

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Code: 37467 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-08 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

In Europe, 84 million citizens ranging from the youth to ageing population of all socio-economic backgrounds of all genders, including vulnerable groups are suffering from various mental health issues in their everyday lives at home, at work, at school as well as in the virtual cyber-world.

The mental health issues affect people in different ways and/or period(s) of their life course as well as the people who live, work and/or study in vicinity of these persons with mental health issues, and/or people who belong to their family, friends and/or social circuits.

Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

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Code: 37466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The rising complexity of discrete manufacturing operations requires workers to adapt to the introduction of new breakthrough technologies, machines, processes, and production environments (considering where appropriate legacy machinery). In addition, labour shortages are growing. The development of a human-centric culture that places the humans at the centre of the manufacturing operation is crucial. Augmentation technologies support and empower the workforce, leading to more high-quality jobs and prosperity beyond efficiency. They can relieve people of non-creative tasks or reduce human strain and stress and potential risks in the workplace. Augmentation technologies can therefore produce benefits for both workers and managers and can become the most effective ways of supporting, or amplifying, human abilities.

Impact of the learning environment and the use of digital tools in everyday life on key skills and competence development

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Code: 37462 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

Digital devices and tools are an integral part in the lives of children and teenagers as they grow. There is discussion about the impact of the use of digital tools in everyday life on children’s wellbeing (cognitive, emotional, social) and development, but the evidence is often piecemeal.

Proposals should investigate the impact that the expansion and normalisation of children’s use of digital technologies (including generative AI) in everyday life has on their learning, at a time in their lives when literacy and numeracy skills are developing, and during adolescence.

Integrated approaches for remanufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

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Code: 37461 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Remanufacturing (including de-manufacturing) is the rebuilding of products using combinations of reused, repaired and new components. Remanufacturing aims to retain the usefulness of both products and components and is an essential step in achieving full industrial circularity. Ultimately, remanufacturing is expected to reduce the level of resource consumption, as well as the carbon footprint of products and logistic chains. Such approaches will strengthen industrial resilience by building up a remanufacturing capacity in Europe, including possible applications in net-zero technologies and components.

Proposals should demonstrate cutting-edge remanufacturing approaches, covering de-manufacturing and appropriate manufacturing technologies, model-based systems engineering, quality control and business models. Repurposing of products (at the level of systems or components) may also be considered. This approach calls for remanufacturing technologies at the factory level, as well as for their integration into circular value loops – within specific industrial sectors or across industrial sectors. In general, the approaches should integrate traditional manufacturing processes, such as additive manufacturing, machining and welding, with automation, robotics and digitalisation.

Recycling technologies for the generation of secondary raw materials are not within the scope of this topic.

Evaluation and use of evidence in education policy and practice

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Code: 37456 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-06 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/05/2025 | End submission calls: 16/09/2025

The European Education Area aims to improve access to quality education for all. The strategic framework for the European Education Area set the EU-level target: “The share of low-achieving 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science should be less than 15%, by 2030” (Council of the European Union 2021).

The latest data (2022) suggest that the European Union average is much higher than 15% and that pupils from low socio-economic status face a considerably higher risk of low achievement than their peers from high socio-economic background.