Robust and trustworthy GenerativeAI for Robotics and industrial automation (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Made in Europe Partnerships)

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Code: 37940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Proposals integrating Generative AI in robotics and industrial automation are expected to substantially contribute to productivity gains, including for instance in engineering industries, the automotive sector, food production or other sectors related to manufacturing industries. All proposals will have to demonstrate their expected impact on the competitiveness of the selected application sector.

Transition to post-quantum Public Key Infrastructures

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Code: 37936 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08-PUBLICPQC | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 12/06/2025 | End submission calls: 07/10/2025

Proposals shall target activities on the following subjects:

• design of digital signature combiners and key encapsulation mechanism combiners.
• the testing of deployment of certificates in protocols that use those certificates.
• the development of novel protocols for Automatic Certificate Management and revocation and of novel protocols for (privacy-friendly) certificate-transparency.
• the development of methods and tools that can be used by experts across various PKI domains, including all aspects of key management of asymmetric systems.

Post-exascale HPC (CSA)

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Code: 37935 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Proposals are invited for a Coordination and Support Action that will guide and prepare European HPC for the post-exascale era of converging supercomputing, quantum computing and artificial intelligence worlds.

The action should bring together the key scientific and industrial players in Europe, ensuring strong AI engagement, and should liaise with the relevant international post-exascale efforts (e.g. the International Exascale Project (InPex)), the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking advisory bodies such as the Research and Innovation Advisory Group (RIAG) and the Infrastructure Advisory Group (INFRAG), the EuroHPC JU private partners (i.e. the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing ETP4HPC, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), and the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)), relevant EuroHPC main initiatives (e.g. the DARE Framework Programme Agreement on RISC-V processors, HPC Centres of Excellence, AI Factories, etc), the hosting entities of European AI Factories and future AI Gigafactories, and other relevant European projects and initiatives.

The promotion of handicraft products and support of craftsmen 

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Code: 37930 | Identifier Code: PPPA-MOVE-2025-P032404 | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 02/09/2025 | End submission calls: 30/09/2025

This call seeks to support craftsmen across the EU in the production of traditional and artisanal handicrafts, ensuring that these skills and products are preserved and passed on. It promotes handicrafts as a driver of tourism, encouraging visitors to purchase locally and learn about traditional manufacturing techniques, particularly for products with geographical indications. The initiative also aims to provide incentives for craftsmen to continue their work, while motivating young people to enter the sector and sustain these traditions. Furthermore, it encourages collaboration between craftsmen from different EU regions, including through the EU Tourism Platform, to share expertise and create new opportunities. Finally, it supports the promotion and increased sales of artisanal products, both through local markets and digital channels, helping to raise visibility and demand.

Supporting Digital Partnerships in Quantum technologies (RIA)

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Code: 37925 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Proposals are expected to address quantum technology challenges in the fields of quantum communication, computing, simulation, and sensing, identifying the added value and mutual benefits for both EU and Korean partners. This includes integration across various disciplines such as physics, engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, theory, algorithms, software, manufacturing, control, and infrastructures.

Quantum Computing – complementing the quantum computing FPAs with the development of a technology agnostic software stack (RIA)

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Code: 37922 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The project aims to establish a universal and interoperable quantum computing ecosystem through a technology-agnostic software stack, enabling integration with classical computing systems such as HPC and cloud infrastructures (including EuroHPC supercomputers). It will promote standardized software architectures, compilers, and simulators to ensure portability across platforms and demonstrate workflows that combine quantum and classical computing to tackle complex challenges, highlighting quantum acceleration or advantage.

The initiative will also support training of software developers in quantum programming, development of algorithm libraries, and integration of quantum error correction. Strong collaboration between Horizon Europe quantum projects and EuroHPC initiatives is emphasized, requiring joint agreement on open software stack interfaces from the start. These interfaces must be open, consultative, and well-documented to ensure alignment and facilitate cooperation.

All developments should adopt open-source platforms, use recognized free/open licenses (e.g., FSF, OSI, EUPL), and be published in open repositories such as GitHub. Furthermore, research outputs—including data and workflows—must follow FAIR principles and be made openly accessible whenever possible, while respecting the principle of “as open as possible, as closed as necessary.”

Identify Art. 36 organisations to be entrusted to improve methods for collection, management and analysis of scientific data

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Code: 37921 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-IDATA-01 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 09/07/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Lot1: Improved methods for chemical and biological monitoring data collection and reporting in collaboration with AGoD and EFSA programs

The overarching tasks are

a) to provide strategic and operational support to the Advisory Group on Data (AGoD) and EFSA in enhancing methods, processes, and tools related to data collection and data sharing.

b) to contribute to the sponsorship and monitoring of new AGoD’s and EFSA’s data initiatives in close collaboration with the iDATA Unit, ENREL Unit, and relevant EFSA programmes. To achieve the above overarching tasks, the beneficiary will be expected to coordinate, execute, and monitor activities (e.g. projects) aligned with the objectives of AgoD and its subgroups.

Lot2: Harmonized food consumption and food composition data collection – Support to terminology management

Support activities related to the collection and analysis of harmonised and high-quality food consumption and food composition. Support to the terminology management of EFSA is also foreseen.

 

Continuation of the Quantum Technologies Flagship (CSA)

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Code: 37918 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The new Quantum Flagship CSA will serve as a global observatory, monitoring and reporting on international advances in quantum technologies. It will actively disseminate EU achievements through regular articles and wide promotion, while also supporting the European Commission and related projects with resources, expertise, and event organisation. In addition, it will design targeted communication strategies to raise awareness among different audiences, strengthen coordination between the EU, Member States, and international partners, and provide essential input for harmonising strategies. Finally, it will assist governance structures to ensure smooth implementation of the Flagship’s strategic vision, including supporting the creation of new bodies or initiatives when needed.

Migration, de-colonisation, slavery and multicultural European societies

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Code: 37914 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 19/06/2025 | End submission calls: 01/10/2025

Migration, de-colonisation, enslavement, and imperialism are embedded in the European history, and all have profound consequences for society today.

Migration has a long and varied history in Europe but is often treated solely as a present- day phenomenon. However, population movements in Europe, from economic, political migration to expulsion and deportation after the Second World War, from fleeing violence and persecution to migration after the creation of the EU, have marked 20^th century European history. The specific history of female migration can also be considered. Migration is multi-faceted and the experiences of migration into, out of or within Europe are lessons for future generations.

Forced migration, internal displacement and expulsion is an experience shared by many Europeans during the period of war. This includes the forced displacement and persecution of Roma populations during and after the Second World War, and its long-term consequences.

There is a wider acceptance of the need to address the past. The discussion on structural racism including antigypsyism entails an examination of the past, present and future of the cultural fabric of Europe.

Colonialism, slavery, and imperialism have left a mark on global history. Prejudices and stereotypes can be addressed by acknowledging the historical roots of racism, including from an intersectional perspective. De-colonisation, the dismantlement of colonial empires particularly in the 20th century and the emerging post-colonial European societies are shaped by this experience until today. While for many, colonialism is considered a chapter in history, the consequences of imperialistic rule inside and outside Europe are felt still today and are intertwined with structural racism and discrimination. However, these debates have been absent for far too long and need to be firmly embedded in a European narrative. Ensuring remembrance is an important part of encouraging inclusion and understanding.

Following the decolonisation process in international relations in the early 20th century, the UN World Conference on Combating Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia established that structural inequalities are caused by the consequences of colonialism and slavery. Stemming from this observation, in its EU Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025, the Commission made efforts to communicate on addressing the historical roots of racism.

Democratic transition, (re-)building and strengthening society based on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights

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Code: 37911 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-TRANSITION | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 19/06/2025 | End submission calls: 01/10/2025

The EU is a community of values, and all its Member States committed to respect the principles of democracy, the rule of law, and respect for fundamental rights. Europe’s experiences in the 20th century demonstrates the need for resilient democracies and the need for people to actively engage in and protect democratic institutions and values. Historical experience such as in the 1920s and 1930s, when some European democracies went through particularly challenging times, are stark reminders of the importance to promote democracy, also in a historical perspective. Today, democracy faces several challenges, which underlined the need to strengthen public trust in democratic processes and institutions and to recall the importance of democracy in people’s daily life.

Democratic transitions (defined as the transition from a non-democratic to a democratic system, a transition undertaken by several European countries before joining the EU) are not only political and legal processes but also societal transformations. The transition and consolidation of democracies through institutional and legal reforms has been essential. In addition, delivering justice to victims and affected communities after the fall of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes (including communist and fascist dictatorships) can aid in societal healing, bolster and reinforce resilience against present and future threats to democracies.

Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust against Jewish people

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Code: 37908 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 19/06/2025 | End submission calls: 01/10/2025

The Shoah is a defining legacy for the European Union. Six million Jewish children, women and men were murdered, while many others were persecuted. Although other groups were also victims, the Nazis implemented across Europe and beyond a state policy with the sole aim of exterminating every Jew they could find.

First-hand accounts of the Shoah continue to have the most powerful impact on future generations. As the number of survivors able to share their personal stories decreases, the importance of memorial sites and education grows, as does the work carried out by the second and third generations of survivors and by dedicated associations.

Current events highlight the growing instrumentalisation of the Holocaust, such as Kremlin propaganda falsely claiming to “denazify” Ukraine. At the same time, in several EU Member States there is an increasing politicisation of the Holocaust and a tendency to minimise its atrocities. Since the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, there has also been a worrying conflation of the Shoah with the conflicts in the Middle East. Citizens should be empowered to recognise and counter this conflation.

Holocaust distortion fuels antisemitism. Moreover, hate speech relating to the condoning, denial, or gross trivialisation of the Holocaust is prohibited under the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law.

The wounds left by the mass atrocities of the 20th century remain open today, feeding divisions among Europeans. Free, open, and independent research, education, and remembrance on all aspects of the Shoah are essential to strengthen understanding. This includes telling the stories of collaborators, bystanders, and rescuers, and confronting Europe’s darkest history with the aim of reconciling divergent and alternative regional and national narratives related to the Shoah and its immediate aftermath.

European citizens should become ambassadors of this memory. Key target audiences could include teachers, policymakers, and university students (particularly history students), who should be empowered to develop a shared European historical narrative and to counter falsification, distortion, and inversion of history. Target groups may also include newcomers and migrants who have no direct link with the Shoah, as well as journalists, in order to raise awareness of Holocaust distortion and of contemporary Holocaust-related events (such as Neo-Nazi marches).

In line with the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life (2021–2030), as well as other key policy initiatives, this topic supports projects that:

• develop networks of Young European Ambassadors to promote Shoah remembrance, and

• establish and sustain networks that use places of memory — “where the Holocaust happened” — for educational purposes.

Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust, genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity to reinforce democracy in the EU

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Code: 37906 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-REM-GENCRIME | Programme name: 2926 | Start submission calls: 19/06/2025 | End submission calls: 01/10/2025

Projects under this topic should focus on the non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust, including Roma and LGBTIQ people, as well as other genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity of the 20th century’s Europe.

Projects under this topic should NOT address the Holocaust against Jewish people which is covered by Topic 2. The European Union is founded on the principles of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, and the rule of law. Europe’s 20th century was marked by horrific crimes, genocides including Holocaust, war crimes and crimes against humanity as well as the crimes committed under authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, including those of communist and fascist dictatorships. The remembrance of these gravest crimes committed on European soil plays a critical role in upholding these values.

Strengthening collective memory of such crimes contributes not only to preventing their recurrence but also to reinforcing democratic resilience, fostering civic engagement, and building a common European culture of remembrance. The legacy of these crimes requires continuous sharing, remembering, teaching as well as research. Education targeting all generations, in particular young people on the importance of safeguarding democracy and fundamental rights should draw on the lessons from these crimes. This also implies countering distortion, denial and trivialisation of the historical facts.

Among these atrocities, the Roma Holocaust—often overlooked or insufficiently acknowledged—requires dedicated attention. Remembering the Roma Holocaust (Porajmos) and other genocides is essential not only to honour the victims and survivors but also to address its lasting impact on the situation of Roma today who are significantly lagging behind in all areas of life.

The continued presence of antigypsyism and structural discrimination underscores the urgent need to integrate Roma history and memory into broader European narratives. The importance of initiatives raising awareness on the Roma genocide, advancing reconciliation efforts, helping to challenge prejudice is recalled by the EU Roma Strategic Framework and its aligned Council Recommendation.

During the Holocaust, amongst other minorities, LGBTIQ people were also persecuted by the Nazi regime, and were often imprisoned in concentration camps. In addition, many LGBTIQ people suffered severe abuse and forced labour, facing marginalization both during and after the war, with their experiences largely unrecognized for decades.

As a result, the history of LGBTIQ persons in Europe is marked by both struggle and resilience, shaped by periods of persecution as well as progress toward equality. The preservation and recognition of LGBTIQ history and memory are essential to building an inclusive European identity rooted in dignity, diversity, and human rights, thus acknowledging their vital role in Europe’s democratic and cultural legacy.

EU Prize for Women Innovators

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Code: 37903 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EIC-2025-PRIZE-WIP | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: European Innovation Council-EIC (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/06/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s game-changing innovations, so that they may inspire other women and girls realise their full potential as the EU’s future scientists, innovators, and tech leaders.

There are three prize categories:

• The Women Innovators prize
• The Rising Innovators prize
• Women Leadership Category

RFCS-2025 Steel Accompanying Measures

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Code: 37898 | Identifier Code: RFCS-2025-02-AM | Programme name: 19762 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

The steel proposals for accompanying measures should address at least one of the following themes:

1. talent attraction and skill formation for the steel industry, possibly built on existing projects;
2. providing decision-makers and policymakers with an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of innovative steelmaking technologies and decarbonisation zero-pollution scenarios, using information collected from:
   1. previous projects run or still running under the RFCS programme or other European and national programmes, as a possible benchmark for identifying recent transformation in the sector;
   2. programmes run in countries outside EU, to contribute to the international dimension of the study

RFCS-2025 Steel Pilot and Demonstration Projects

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Code: 37895 | Identifier Code: RFCS-2025-02-PDP | Programme name: 19762 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

Proposals presented under this topic shall address one or several of the RFCS objectives for steel as set out in the RFCS Regulation, and should clearly identify which work packages address which objective(s) i.e.:

• new, sustainable and low-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes.
• advanced steel grades and applications
• conservation of resources, protection of the environment and circular economy
• management of work force and working conditions

Proposals should also identify to which of the Technical Group(s) listed in Annex 2 they refer to.

Within this frame, projects from all areas and domains are admitted.

RFCS-2025 Coal Research Projects

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Code: 37892 | Identifier Code: RFCS-2025-01-RPJ | Programme name: 19762 | Start submission calls: 18/07/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

Proposals presented under this topic shall address one or several of the RFCS objectives for coal as set out in the RFCS Regulation, and should clearly identify which work packages address which objective(s) i.e.:

• supporting the just transition of the coal sector and regions
• improving health and safety
• minimising the environmental impacts of coal mines in transition

Proposals should also identify to which of the Technical Group(s) listed in Annex 2 they refer to.
Within this frame, projects from all areas and domains are admitted.

RFCS-2025 Steel Research Projects

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Code: 37889 | Identifier Code: RFCS-2025-02-RPJ | Programme name: 19762 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

Proposals presented under this topic shall address one or several of the RFCS objectives for steel as set out in the RFCS Regulation, and should clearly identify which work packages address which objective(s) i.e.:

• new, sustainable and low-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes.
• advanced steel grades and applications
• conservation of resources, protection of the environment and circular economy
• management of work force and working conditions.

Proposals should also identify to which of the Technical Group(s) listed in Annex 2 they refer to.

Within this frame, projects from all areas and domains are admitted.

RFCS-2025 Coal Accompanying Measures

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Code: 37885 | Identifier Code: RFCS-2025-01-AM | Programme name: 19762 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

Proposals presented under this topic shall address one or several of the RFCS objectives for coal as set out in the RFCS Regulation, and should clearly identify which work packages address which objective(s) i.e.:

• supporting the just transition of the coal sector and regions
• improving health and safety
• minimising the environmental impacts of coal mines in transition

Proposals should also identify to which of the Technical Group(s) listed in Annex 2 they refer to.

Within this frame, projects from all areas and domains are admitted.

RFCS-2025 Coal Pilot and Demonstration Projects

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Code: 37882 | Identifier Code: RFCS-2025-01-PDP | Programme name: 19762 | Start submission calls: 18/06/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

Proposals presented under this topic shall address one or several of the RFCS objectives for coal as set out in the RFCS Regulation, and should clearly identify which work packages address which objective(s) i.e.:

• supporting the just transition of the coal sector and regions
• improving health and safety
• minimising the environmental impacts of coal mines in transition

Cooperation Programme Interreg Vi-A Greece- Cyprus 2021-2027: 2nd call for proposals

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Code: 37878 | Identifier Code: Interreg VI-A Greece-Cyprus 2021-2027 / 2nd call | Programme name: 31508 | Start submission calls: 29/08/2025 | End submission calls: 30/09/2025

The 2nd call for project proposals aims to select high-quality cross-border projects in which relevant actors will cooperate to find common solutions in areas such as socio-economic development through the enhancement of culture, sustainable tourism and the social economy.