Open topic on secured and facilitated crossing of external borders

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Code: 37047 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/06/2025 | End submission calls: 12/11/2025

Under this topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for improving capabilities of practitioners for the secured and facilitated checks of crossings of external borders. Contexts and scenarios in Europe’s border regions that may in the future be impacted by geopolitical instabilities or tensions from outside the EU, and need sustained and improved surveillance and reaction capabilities, could be particularly considered. Moreover, mechanisms for detecting the presence of threats in travel flows should be investigated. If they relate to some of the topics covered by Horizon Europe Calls Effective Management of EU External Borders 2021-2022 or 2023-2024, the proposals should convincingly explain how they will build on and not duplicate them.

Proposals may also address capabilities related to possible future digitalised travel credentials (DTC), including though not limited to: Type-1 and Type-2 and forward integration with secure digital citizenship wallet(s); identification and verification in the context of border checks; optimisation of resources in the context of border checks.

Strengthening knowledge and skills of advisors and integrating them within Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) via an EU advisory network

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Code: 37046 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-13 | 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: 24/09/2025

The advisers are best placed to encourage farmers to change their practices to improve the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of agriculture.

They must be able to translate knowledge and provide specific, targeted and practical solutions for farmers, tailored to specific local conditions.

They should be prepared to provide innovation support services based on the interactive innovation model.

They should also be able to use different data sources to analyse farm performance over time, covering the three dimensions of sustainability, and thus provide informed, holistic advice to farmers.

Increasing knowledge flows to practice within Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) via thematic networks

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Code: 37041 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-12 | 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: 24/09/2025

Research results, innovative solutions, practical knowledge and best practices are not sufficiently known, disseminated and used in practice, despite continuous investment in R&D to support farmers and/or foresters and/or rural communities to become more competitive, sustainable and resilient.

Enhancing sustainability and resilience of agriculture, forestry and rural development through digital twins

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Code: 37037 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-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: 24/09/2025

Given that around a third of EU citizens live and work in rural areas, it is vital to empower rural communities – farmers, foresters and other rural actors – in the transition towards sustainability and resilience so that no one is left behind.

In this context, digital twin technology has attracted attention over the last decade because of its potential to address challenges in many application areas and to transform the way businesses and public administrations operate.

However, research and innovation related to the use of digital twins in rural areas and related key economic sectors, in particular in agriculture and forestry, is still limited.

Digital twins require further exploration, innovation, testing and demonstration in order to realise their full potential and achieve a higher level of maturity and scalability in different territorial and sectoral contexts.

Improving and integrating polar observation systems in response to user requirements at local, regional, and international level

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Code: 37034 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-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: 24/09/2025

Long-term, integrated and continuous observations, based on common polar observation variables, require the development of a “system of systems”. Proposals should address issues such as the carbon cycle, biogeochemistry, sea ice dynamics, ice shelves, freshwater fluxes altering marine waters and ocean circulation, atmospheric composition and conditions, submarine permafrost, marine habitat degradation and biodiversity.

 

Delivering Earth Intelligence to accelerate the green and digital transition

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Code: 37029 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-09 | 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: 24/09/2025

This action is an application-oriented initiative, which responds to the new GEO strategy for the period beyond 2025 and aims to combine and promote existing European Earth observation services and solutions, which have been prototyped under the relevant Horizon, Copernicus and other European and national projects and initiatives, and to extend them to end-users and customers with a view to their widespread adoption.

Strengthening the European Research Area by enhancing the bioeconomy research and innovation ecosystem in BIOEAST countries

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Code: 37026 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-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: 24/09/2025

This theme concerns proposals to align research and innovation programmes on sustainable natural resources, with a particular focus on soil and water resilience, the security of food systems and the sustainable use of biomass in the bioeconomy.

Strengthening and connecting bioeconomy networks

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Code: 37023 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-06 | 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: 24/09/2025

There is a need to strengthen a pan-European bioeconomy network to exchange knowledge and promote mutual learning on bioeconomy initiatives and solutions, the transition to a sustainable and circular bioeconomy and its governance, in view of the review of the current EU bioeconomy strategy.

Although some platforms for networking and cooperation in the bioeconomy exist, more can be done toenhance relationship building between European sectors, stakeholder groups, generations, languages, levels of governance or professions and to promote cross-sectoral ideas leading to bioeconomy solutions and improved governance.

Exploring options to resolve land and sea use competition

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Code: 37020 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-05 | 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: 24/09/2025

A sustainable and circular bioeconomy is based on management that guarantees the conservation and restoration of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, while providing sufficient biomass to produce the food, materials and energy needed for human well-being.

On the one hand, we see a decline in biodiversity, a gap in carbon storage by ecosystems or a lack of capacity of the biosphere to absorb pollutants.

On the other hand, increasing competition for biomass use between food, materials and energy suggests a possible sustainable biomass gap in Europe.

Improving analytical capacity and understanding of the bargaining power and interactions of farmers with the operators of the value chains

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Code: 37015 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-01 | 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: 24/09/2025

The understanding and capacity to analyse the functioning of the agriculture and food sectors, value chains and market structures remain incomplete and oversimplified.

This contributes to a knowledge gap on the relationships between farm production costs and price transmission, from input prices faced by farmers to food prices faced by consumers.

Market conditions and market and value chain dynamics that affect farmers’ bargaining power are important factors influencing farmers’ decision making and income.

Operationalisation of bioeconomy sustainability principles

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Code: 37012 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-04 | Programme name: 1777 | Sub-program: Τρόφιμα, Βιοοικονομία, Φυσικοί Πόροι, Γεωργία και Περιβάλλον (Πολυτομεακή Προτεραιότητα 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2025 | End submission calls: 24/09/2025

The bioeconomy is a place-based policy framework.

The application of sustainability principles in specific contexts therefore depends on available(environmental and human) assets, challenges and priorities, as well as access to logistics, finance and infrastructure.

It is therefore important that sustainability principles are developed with a high degree of clarity of purpose, but also with sufficient flexibility to allow for their application in different contexts.

It is particularly important to assess the impact of the bioeconomy on ecosystems and to develop options on how to protect/restore ecosystems during the development of the bioeconomy.

Boosting the attractiveness of agriculture and the connection between the farming community and society

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Code: 37009 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-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: 24/09/2025

With the current challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, new working patterns and changes in consumer behaviour, there is a need for a more innovative and sustainable agriculture in the EU.

However, the EU agricultural sector has been facing a steady decline in the workforce over the last fifteen years, also dependent on demographic challenges such as the ageing of the farming population.

Therefore, the need to attract and support new and young farmers is critical. The incentives, commercial character and business models of agriculture have changed due to recent climate and environmental challenges and new opportunities offered by technological and digital innovations, but at the same time due to social and economic factors.